Ahmed Khwaja (Duke University)
Title: Dynamic Entry with Cross Product Spillovers: An Application to the Generic Drug Industry
Location/Time: 3:30-5:00 pm, Kaluzny conference room, 2nd floor, Sheps Center, UNC
Link to abstract

Marco Huesch (Duke)
Title: Medicare, Managed Care and Admission Severity: Evidence from Pennsylvania 1994-2006
Location/Time: Noon-1:30 pm, Room 150, Sheps Center, UNC
Link to paper

Michael French (University of Miami)
Title: That Instrument Is Lousy!  In Search Of Agreement When Using Instrumental Variables Estimation In Substance Use Research
Location/Time: Noon-1:30 pm, Room 150, Sheps Center, UNC
Link to paper

Workshop format and locations
Workshops are on Fridays unless indicated otherwise. Workshops are from several different series, so please note different times and locations.

Parking and Maps

The UNC Sheps Center is at 725 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. (formerly Airport Rd.); parking permits can be obtained from the second floor receptionist.

Information on other visitor parking at UNC is at http://www.dps.unc.edu/Parking/visitor/visitorlotlocations/visitorlotlocations.cfm.
A campus visitor parking map is available at http://www.dps.unc.edu/maps/visitor/0708visitormap.cfm.

Maps and directions to the Fuqua School of Business can be found here: http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/about/campus/map/FuquaMap.pdf
Note: Information on the time and location of seminars at Duke should be confirmed by going to: http://faculty.fuqua.duke.edu/~dbr1/health/seminar.html

Directions to RTI:

Directions from I40 towards RTP: Exit on Davis Drive and go north to Cornwallis (If you get to M54 you are going South).  Turn left on Cornwallis; the next traffic light is at the entrance to RTI's main campus on your left. Turn left at the light onto Institute Drive.  Go past your first opportunity to turn into a parking lot on your left, and park somewhere in the next large lot on your left. Facing the buildings you see uphill from the lot, Cox is the middle one in the array from left to right. Check in at the Cox security desk at the main
entrance facing the parking lot, and obtain visitor badges. RTI staff will escort you to the conference room.

Directions from Southbound on Durham Freeway: Take the Cornwallis road exit and at the top of the ramp turn left. At the next light turn right onto Institute drive and into RTI's main campus. Go past your first opportunity to turn into a parking lot on your left, and park somewhere in the next large lot on your left. Facing the buildings you see uphill from the lot, Cox is the middle one in the array from left to right. Check in at the Cox security desk at the main entrance facing the parking lot, and obtain visitor badges. RTI staff will
escort you to the conference room.

HPM 815
Doctoral students may register for the workshop for one credit hour, with permission of the instructor Marisa Domino. Students must attend each session and participate in the discussion of the papers. Economics 710 is a prerequisite.

For more information
To be added to the e-mail announcement and paper distribution list, send an email with "Subscribe THEW" in the body of the test to listserv@unc.edu. For other information contact Marisa Domino (mdomino@email.unc.edu, 919-966-3891). For schedule updates see http://www.unc.edu/the.

Other Related Workshops

UNC/Duke Applied Micro Workshop/Triangle Econometrics Workshop: http://www.unc.edu/depts/econ/workshops.htm
Demography and Economics of Aging (Usually meets Mondays) http://www.cpc.unc.edu/dear/
Carolina Population Center (Usually meets Friday noon) http://www.cpc.unc.edu/training/seminars.html
Duke Health Sector Management Faculty Series: http://faculty.fuqua.duke.edu/~dbr1/health/seminar.html