INVISIBLE HAND SPEAKER SERIES
Are you interested in economic growth and development? If so, tune into the Invisible Hand Speaker Series! The Invisible Hand Speaker Series is an annual hybrid conference held every spring by the Undergraduate Economics Society. This year, we have three in-person speakers and two virtual speakers. The conference will be held over three days, March 22nd, March 23rd, and March 25th. Speakers will be coming from Harvard University, the Brookings Institute, and Brown University.
Here is the RSVP form: https://forms.gle/Kxuz9scSmSQnk1Up9. Sign up now before spots run out! There will be networking sessions after each talk. This event counts as an Honors event. Our last speaker is Dr. Gautam Rao!
Gautam Rao, Harvard University - Economic Development, Poverty and Psychology - March 25th, 1-2 pm, Student Union 331
Dr Rao is an Associate Professor (without tenure) at the Department of Economics at Harvard University. He graduated from UC Berkeley with a Ph.D. in Economics in 2014. His research tries to bring insights from psychology to bear on topics in economics, particularly topics relevant to developing countries. Recent projects include studying how improving sleep affects the economic outcomes of workers in India, how the endowment effect influences consumer demand for collateralized loans in Kenya, how research findings affect the beliefs and policy choices of mayors in Brazil, and how mixing rich and poor students in schools in India affects social preferences and behaviors.
For more information, contact: Economics Society at econsocietyuconn@gmail.com