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.
Fall 2020
Fall 2020
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Fri, 11/20/2020 |
The Repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846 and its Impact on Antebellum America. |
Juan Moreno-Cruz |
University of Waterloo |
Seminar at 2:00pm Please register to receive link to Zoom meeting
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Fri, 11/13/2020 |
Cooperation in Queueing Systems |
Yaroslav Rosokha, |
Purdue University |
Seminar at 2:00pm Please register to receive link to Zoom meeting |
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Fri, 11/06/2020 |
Coalitions, Competition, and Conservation: Spatial Procurement Auction Design and Performance1 |
Simanti Banerjee |
University of Nebraska |
Seminar at 2:00pm Please register to receive link to Zoom meeting |
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Fri, 10/30/2020 |
The Allocation of Power in Organizations |
Tim Perri |
Appalachian State University |
Seminar at 2:00pm Please register to receive link to Zoom meeting |
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Fri, 10/16/2020 |
Random testing with self-quarantine dominates physical distancing for the control of COVID-19 |
Steve Newbold |
University of Wyoming |
Seminar at 2:00pm Please register to receive link to Zoom meeting |
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Fri, 09/25/2020 |
Tax diversification and inertia in contribution location decisions between Roth and traditional retirement plans |
Brent Davis |
TIAA Institute |
Seminar at 2:00pm
Please register to receive link to Zoom meeting
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Spring 2020
Spring 2020
| Date | Title | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper | Info |
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Fri, 04/17/2020 |
Event Cancelled - Economics Seminar |
Per Fredriksson |
University of Louisville |
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm |
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Fri, 04/03/2020 |
Event Cancelled - Economics Seminar |
Philip Brookins |
University of South Carolina |
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm |
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Fri, 03/20/2020 |
Event Cancelled - Behaviors and School Achievement: Experimental Evidence |
Etienne Dagorn |
University of Rennes, |
Seminar, 3010 PH 2pm |
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Fri, 02/21/2020 |
Presidents, Economic Performance, and Monetary Policy Rules |
Onur Ince |
Appalachian State University |
Seminar 3010 PH at 2:00pm |
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Fri, 02/14/2020 |
The Attraction of Magnet Schools: Evidence from Embedded Lotteries in School Assignment |
Thayer Morrill and Melinda Morrill |
North Carolina State University |
Seminar, 3010 PH 11am |
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Fri, 02/07/2020 |
Contests, Qverbidding, and Contest Avoidance: A Cross-cultural Examination |
Patrick McGuire |
Appalachian State University |
Seminar, 3010 PH 2pm |
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Fri, 01/31/2020 |
Party schools, football schools and student quality |
Peter Groothuis and Austin Eggers |
Appalachian State University |
Seminar, 3010 PH 2pm |
Fall 2019
Fall 2019
| Date | Title | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper | Info |
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Fri, 11/01/2019 |
Creative Destruction, Job Reallocation, and Subjective Well-Being |
Mona Ahmadiani |
Wake Forest University |
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm |
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Fri, 10/25/2019 |
Political Distortions and Infrastructure Networks in China: A Quantitative Spatial Equilibrium Analysis |
Simon Alder |
UNC - Chapel Hill |
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm |
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Fri, 10/04/2019 |
Network Formation with Multigraphs and Strategic Complementarities |
Sudipta Sarangi |
Virginia Tech |
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm |
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Fri, 09/27/2019 |
Testing Predictions in Weighted Networks with the Dirichlet Covariate Model† |
David Rojo Arjona |
Chapman University |
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm |
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Fri, 09/20/2019 |
Why Join a Team? |
David Cooper |
Florida State University |
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm |
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Fri, 09/13/2019 |
Testing the water: Drinking water quality, public notification, and child outcomes |
Michelle Marcus |
Vanderbilt University |
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm |
Spring 2019
Spring 2019
| Date | Title | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper | Info |
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Fri, 04/26/2019 |
Assessing the Literature on School Reform From an Entrepreneurship Perspective |
John Garen |
University of Kentucky |
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm |
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Fri, 04/12/2019 |
Project selection and competitive cheap talk: an experimental study |
Eric Schmidbauer |
University of Central Florida |
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm |
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Fri, 04/05/2019 |
Match Fixing and Sports Betting in Football: Empirical Evidence from the German Bundesliga |
Brad Humphreys |
West Virginia University |
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm |
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Fri, 03/29/2019 |
On Language and Meaning: A Randomized Experiment |
Dan Houser |
George Mason University |
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm |
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Fri, 03/22/2019 |
Using contingent valuation responses to address travel cost endogeneity |
Adan L. Martinez-Cruz |
Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE); Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), ETH |
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm |
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Tue, 04/16/2019 |
Workman Distinguished Lecture : Energy Transitions, Carbon Pricing and the Green New Deal |
Brian Murray |
Duke University |
Room: 114 Belk Library |