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.

Fall 2022

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper Info
Fri, 09/09/2022
Spatial Inequality, Poverty and Informality in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Zainab Iftikhar
Goeth University Frankfurt
Virtual 2:00pm
Wed, 09/07/2022
Australian forest regeneration CO2 offset integrity risks and risk management options
Jeffery Connor
University of South Australia
Peacock Hall rm 4140 Holland Engagement rm 11:00am

Spring 2022

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper Info
Fri, 04/22/2022
Facing the hard truth: Evidence from Climate Change Ignorance
Pamela Campa
Stockholm School of Economics
Fri, 04/01/2022
Trade Policy as an Exogenous Shock: Focusing on the Specifics
Andrew Greenland
Elon University
Seminar at 2:00pm PH 1012
Fri, 03/25/2022
Crowdsourced Employee Sentiment and Abnormal Stock Returns
Zachary McGurk
Canisius College
Seminar at 2:00pm PH 1012
Fri, 03/18/2022
Uniting Affordable Housing and Energy Efficiency
Tanga Mohr
Appalachian State Univversity
Seminar at 2:00pm PH 1012
Fri, 02/25/2022
The Value of Consensus: An Experimental Analysis of Costly Pre-Vote Communication
Krista Saral
UNC - Charlotte
Seminar at 2:00pm PH 1012
Fri, 02/11/2022
The effect of short-term users in a common-pool resource environment
Brock Stoddard
Appalachian State University
Seminar at 2:00pm PH 1012

Fall 2021

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper Info
Fri, 11/19/2021
The Long-Run Impact of Early Retirement Programs: Evidence from Canadian Pension Reforms
Stefan Staubli
University of Calgary
Seminar at 2:00pm. Please register to receive link to Zoom meeting.
Fri, 10/29/2021
Agriculture and Deforestation
Ryan Abman
San Diego State University
Seminar at 2:00pm. Please register to receive link to Zoom meeting.
Fri, 09/17/2021
The Anti Flutie Effect: The Impact of Athletic Malfeasance on the University
Pete Groothuis
Appalachian State University
Seminar at 2:00pm. Please register to receive link to Zoom meeting.

Spring 2021

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper Info
Fri, 04/16/2021
Meta-Analysis of Empirical Estimates of Loss-Aversion
Alex Brown
Texas A&M
Fri, 04/09/2021
The Role of Cultural Worldviews in Willingness to Pay for Environmental Policy
Ash Morgan
ASU
Seminar at 2:00pm Please register to receive link to Zoom meeting
Fri, 03/26/2021
Distributional Preferences and Conditional Cooperation in Sequential Prisoner's Dilemmas
Martin Sefton
University of Nottingham
Fri, 02/19/2021
Oil Supply and Tax Incentives
Steven Millsaps
Appalachian State University
Seminar at 2:00pm Please register to receive link to Zoom meeting
Fri, 02/12/2021
Populism in Europe as a mirror of an untrusting society
Eugenio Levi
Masaryk University
Seminar at 2:00pm Please register to receive link to Zoom meeting
Fri, 01/29/2021
Cash versus In-Kind Punishment: Evidence from Environmental Enforcement Cases
Lucija Muehlenbachs
University of Calgary
Seminar at 2:00pm Please register to receive link to Zoom meeting
Fri, 01/22/2021
Beyond Ghost Games and Bubbles: The Value of Attendance with Masking and Social Distancing in U.S. Professional Sports
John Whitehead
Appalachian State University
Seminar at 2:00pm Please register to receive link to Zoom meeting

Fall 2020

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper Info
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
Fri, 11/13/2020
Cooperation in Queueing Systems
Yaroslav Rosokha,
Purdue University
Seminar at 2:00pm Please register to receive link to Zoom meeting
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
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
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
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

Spring 2020

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Info
Fri, 04/17/2020
Event Cancelled - Economics Seminar
Per Fredriksson
University of Louisville
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm