Center for Global and Economic Studies

Marburg Memorial Lecture

The lecture series is named in honor of the late Theodore F. Marburg, a long-time member of the economics department. The goal of the Marburg Memorial Lecture is to provide a forum for the discussion of moral, philosophical and social dimensions of economic issues, as well as continue Professor Marburg’s commitment to the economic aspects of peace and justice. The Marburg Lecture is made possible by the generosity of the Marburg family and through the support of the Center for Global and Economic Studies.

2012-13 Marburg Lecture

“Life as a Laboratory: Using Field Experiments in Economics”

Prof. John A. List, Department of Economics,
University of Chicago

 

Using the world as his sandbox, Prof. List tells us why women get paid less than men, how we can shrink the racial achievement gap in one minute, and what seven words can end discrimination.

Dr. List has been one of the pioneers in the development and use of field experiments in economics. A field experiment evaluates the market behavior of participants, but instead of these actions taking place in an artificial laboratory setting, the field experiment is conducted in the normal market setting for the participant.

Dr. List has used Field Experimental Methods to conduct dozens of studies and has focused on such wide-ranging topics as:

  • Economics of Charity
  • Economics of Discrimination
  • Field Auctions in the Market for Baseball Cards
  • Economics of Environmental Regulation
  • The Role of Incentives in Productivity 

Please join us for what promises to be an insightful presentation by one of the most promising young economic scholars of our time.

Previous Marburg Lectures

2011-2012 - Dr. Ronald G. Ehrenberg

An expert in the economics of higher education, Ehrenberg has served as a consultant to faculty and administrative groups and trustees at a number of colleges and universities on issues relating to tuition and financial aid policies and other budgetary and planning issues. In 2002, he wrote Tuition Rising, an examination of the American higher education system. While in Milwaukee, Dr. Ehrenberg also was interviewed by the Journal Sentinel on the topic of rising tuition.  Watch video...

2010-2011 - Dr. Robert Putnam
Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University Dr. Putnam discussed American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us. Professor Putnam and Professor Daniels, co-director of the CGES, were interviewed for the Marquette Difference Network. 

2009 - Professor Marianne Ferber
Department of Economics      
University of Illinois, Urbana

2008 - Professor James P. Ziliak, Gatton Chair in Microeconomics
Director, Center for Poverty Research
University of Kentucky

2007 - Professor Solomon W. Polachek
Departments of Economics and Political Science
State University of New York at Binghamtom

2006 - Professor Jerry Evensky
Department of Economics
Maxwell School of Syracuse University

2005 - Mr. Chris Lowney
Author & Special Assistant to President
Catholic Medical Mission Board

2004 - Dr. Laurence Iannaccone, Professor
Department of Economics
George Mason University

2000 - Dr. Ransford W. Palmer, Professor
Department of Economics
Howard University  

1998 - Dr. Herman E. Daly, Scholar in Residence
University of Maryland
School of Public Affair

1997 - Dr. Marilyn Moon, Senior Fellow
Health Policy Center of the Urban Institute

1995 - Fr. William Byron, S.J., Director
Center for the Advanced Study of Ethics
Georgetown University