Seminar Announcements 
The CMEPR’s Micro-Economic Policy Seminar (MEPS) has upcoming research seminars – all are welcome!
Spring 2026 seminars will be held every Tuesday from 11:00 am – 12:15 pm EST in VMH 322 at the Arlington campus of George Mason University.
If you would like to be added to the mailing list for this seminar, please contact Sungbin Park ([email protected]).
Schedule:
February 3rd: Thomas DeLeire (Georgetown) – Premium Subsidies and Enrollment in the ACA Marketplaces
February 10th: Kihwan Bae (West Virginia University) – Workforce Effects of Scope-of-Practice Regulation: Evidence from Nurse Practitioner Autonomy
February 17th: Carlos Scartascini (IADB) – Gradual or Abrupt? How Tax Reform Design and Information Shape Compliance
February 24th: Belinda Archibong (Johns Hopkins University) – Information Frictions and Gender Inequality in Online Labor Markets
March 3rd: Student presentations
March 10th (Spring break)
March 17th: Nathalie Gonzalez-Prieto (World Bank)
March 24th: Maria Esther Caballero (American University)
March 31st: Mariano Bosch (IADB)
April 7th: Doug Webber (Federal Reserve)
April 14th: Kabir Dasgupta (Federal Reserve) – The Effect of Liquidity Constraints on Labor Supply: Evidence from Interest Rate Ceilings
April 21st: Thiago Scott (World Bank) – Financial Frictions and Competition in Procurement Markets
April 28th: Shafik Hebous (IMF) – Taxing Mobile Money: Theory and Evidence