Workshops PhD Political Economy Political Economy Workshop Archive Public Policy & Economics PPE Workshop Archive Workshops meet on Tuesdays from 2:00 to 3:20 p.m. at the Harris School - Keller Center, Sky Suite - 4th floor, also available via Zoom. The faculty organizers are Yana Gallen, Peter Ganong, Dmitri Koustas, and Maggie Shi.For questions regarding the workshops, please contact Crystall Dooley, dooleyc@uchicago.edu.Fall 2025 WorkshopsSeptember 30Youssef Benzarti – University of California, Santa Barbara“Can VAT Cuts and Anti-Profiteering Measures Dampen the Effects of Food Price Inflation?”October 7Peter Bergman – University of Texas at Austin“Building Resilient Education Systems: Experimental Evidence Across Five Countries”October 14Emma Harrington – University of Virginia“Power of Proximity to Coworkers”October 21Clémentine Van Effenterre – University of Toronto"Workplace Hostility"October 28Nick Bloom – Stanford UniversityNovember 11Michael Best – Columbia UniversityDecember 2Johannes Schmieder – Boston UniversityWorkshop Archive Crystall DooleyEmail dooleyc@uchicago.eduProfessorKoichiro Ito Koichiro Ito's research interests lie at the intersection of environmental and energy economics, industrial organization, and public economics. His research uses randomized field experiments and quasi-experimental designs to address policy relevant questions in energy and environmental policy.