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Kennedy Series Lecturer Christopher D. Carroll Video Now Available
April 24, 2012
On Thursday, April 5, the Kennedy Lecture and Seminar Series hosted Christopher D. Carroll, Professor of Economics at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and an NBER Research Associate in the programs on Monetary Economic Fluctuations and Growth.
W. Kip Viscusi Lecture Video Now Available
April 24, 2012
The Kennedy Lecture and Seminar Series hosted Professor W. Kip Viscusi, Vanderbilt's first University Distinguished Professor of Law, Economics, and Management, on Wednesday, February 1, in Gailor Auditorium. His talk was entitled: "Policy Challenges of the Heterogeneity of the Value of Statistical Life."
Kennedy Lecture and Seminar Series to Host Christopher D. Carroll
April 2, 2012
On Thursday, April 5, at 4:30 p.m. in Gailor Auditorium, the Kennedy Lecture and Seminar Series will host Christopher D. Carroll, Professor of Economics at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and an NBER Research Associate in the programs on Monetary Economic Fluctuations and Growth.