Archived Seminar Series

The Department of Economics maintains a seminar series to enhance the development and transmission of knowledge and research. The department series and related forums have hosted key figures in economics, including Nobel Laureates, Members of the Council of Economic Advisors, and top academic economists.

Spring 2024

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper Info
Fri, 03/22/2024
Conspiracist Ideation and Behavior: Evidence from an Incentivized Survey
Seth Emblem
Appalachian State University
Peacock Hall rm 3010, 2:00pm
Fri, 03/01/2024
Dark versus light personality types and moral choice
David Dickinson
Appalachian State University
Peacock Hall rm 3010, 2:00pm
Fri, 02/16/2024
Navigating Higher Education Insurance: An Experimental Study on Demand and Adverse Selection*
Michael Koefed
University of Tennessee
Peacock Hall rm 3010, 2:00pm

Fall 2023

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper Info
Fri, 12/01/2023
TBA - Bruner
David Bruner
Appalachian State University
Peacock Hall rm 3010, 2:00pm
Thu, 11/16/2023
TBA - Hennighausen
Hannah Hennighausen
University of Alaska Anchorage
Peacock Hall rm 1012 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Fri, 11/10/2023
TBA - Chaudhuri
Ananish Chaudhuri
University of Aukland
Peacock Hall rm 3010, 2:00pm
Fri, 11/03/2023
A Practical Public Goods Mechanism for Policing
Jordan Adamson
Peacock Hall rm 3010, 2:00pm
Fri, 10/27/2023
TBA - Ince
Onur Ince
Peacock Hall rm 3010, 2:00pm
Fri, 10/20/2023
OBSERVABILITY AND STAKEHOLDER CONFLICT IN MARINE POLICY
Jorge Holzer
University of Maryland
Peacock Hall rm 3010, 2:00pm
Fri, 10/06/2023
Does Free Community College Change Who Enlists in the Military? Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence from Tennessee Promise
Celeste Carruthers
University of Tennessee
Peacock Hall rm 3010, 2:00pm
Fri, 09/22/2023
Two Hearts Tugging at One Load: Air Pollution, Sympathy and Online Charitable Giving
Chu (Alex) Yu
Wake Forest University
Peacock Hall rm 3010, 2:00pm
Thu, 09/14/2023
Evolution of cooperation in the indefinitely repeated collective action with a contest for power
Yaroslav Rosokha
Purdue
Peacock Hall rm 3013, 3:30pm
Fri, 09/08/2023
The Role of Football Win Percentage on College Applications
Pete Groothues
Appalachian State University
Peacock Hall Rm 3010 10:00am - 11:00am

Spring 2023

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper Info
Fri, 04/21/2023
The Benefits of Alternatives to Conventional College: Comparing the Labor-Market Returns to For-Profit Schools and Community Colleges
Ken Troske
University of Kentucky
Peacock Hall rm 3010, 2:00pm
Fri, 04/14/2023
Monetizing climate change impacts to marine resources for regulatory analysis
Chris Moore
US EPA
Peacock Hall, rm 3010, 2:00pm
Fri, 03/31/2023
Cooperation under oath: A case for context-dependent preferences
Jay Shogren
University of Wyoming
Peacock Hall rm 1012, 2:00pm
Fri, 03/24/2023
Group size uncertainty in the common pool resource dilemma
Phil Brookins
University of South Carolina
Peacock Hall rm 3010, 2:00pm
Fri, 02/24/2023
The Power of Competition: Can New Firms Spark Innovative Activity?
Imran Arif
Appalachian State University
Peacock Hall rm 3010, 2:00pm

Fall 2022

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper Info
Fri, 12/02/2022
Layers of injustice: A distributional assessment of toxic chemical facilities, releases, and cleanups
Sarah Brodin Denny Guignet
Appalachian State University
Peacock Hall rm 1012, 2:00pm
Fri, 11/04/2022
Institutions and Disentangled Factor Shares in a Panel of Countries
John Dawson
Appalachian State University
Peacock Hall rm 1012, 2:00pm
Fri, 10/28/2022
When to Deploy? The Proximity Fuse in WorldWar Two.
Tim Perri
Appalachian State University
Peacock Hall rm 1012, 2:00pm
Fri, 10/07/2022
The Infinitely Repeated Volunteer’s Dilemma: An Experimental Study
Shakun Mago
University of Richmond
Peacock Hall rm 1012, 2:00pm
Fri, 09/30/2022
Political ideology, mood response, and the confirmation bias.
David Dickinson
Appalachian State University
Peacock Hall Rm 1012, 2:00pm
Fri, 09/23/2022
Social Comparisons and Groundwater Use: Evidence from Colorado and Kansas
Aaron Hrozencik
US Department of Agriculture
Peacock Hall rm 1012 2:00pm
Fri, 09/16/2022
Attribute Non-Attendance in a LaboratoryExperiment with Hypothetical and Real Payoffs
John Whitehead
Appalachian State University
Peacock Hall rm 1012, 1:30pm - 3:00pm