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 2017
Fall 2017
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Fri, 12/01/2017 |
“Trading while sleepy? Circadian mismatch and excess volatility in a global experimental asset market.” |
David Dickinson |
Appalachian State University |
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm |
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Fri, 10/27/2017 |
"Leadership Through Team Selection in Public Goods Games" |
Abhijit Ramalingam |
University of East Anglia |
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm |
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Fri, 10/20/2017 |
"Being Bad by Being Good: Owner and Captain Value-Added in the Slave Trade" |
John Dalton |
Wake Forest University |
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm |
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Fri, 10/06/2017 |
"The Determinants of Multilateral Environmental Agreements and Their Effect on Bilateral Trade Flows" |
Tibor Besedes |
Georgia Tech University |
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm |
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Fri, 09/29/2017 |
"The Effect of an Increase in Lead in the Water System on Fertility and Birth Outcomes: The Case of Flint, Michigan" |
Dan Grossman |
West Virginia University |
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm |
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Fri, 09/08/2017 |
"Common-Value Public Goods and Informational Social Dilemmas." |
Caleb Cox |
Virginia Commonwealth University |
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm |
Spring 2017
Spring 2017
| Date | Title | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper | Info |
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Fri, 04/28/2017 |
"Gender Wage Gaps and Risky vs. Secure Employment: An Experimental Analysis" |
Ron Oaxaca |
University of Arizona |
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2pm |
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Fri, 04/21/2017 |
"Back to the Future of Green-Powered Economies" |
Juan Moreno-Cruz |
Georgia Tech University |
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2pm |
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Fri, 04/07/2017 |
"Hysteresis in Unemployment? Evidence from Linear and Nonlinear Unit Root Tests and Tests with Non-Normal Errors" |
Mark Strazicich |
Appalachian State University |
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2 pm |
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Fri, 03/31/2017 |
"Assimilation and Development: A case study of the impact of the introduction of Reindeer in Alaska 1900-1940" |
Ann Carlos |
University of Colorado |
Seminar, PH 3010 at 12pm |
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Fri, 03/03/2017 |
“Discrimination as favoritism: The private benefits and social costs of in-group favoritism in an experimental labor market.” |
David Dickinson |
Appalachian State University |
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2pm |
Fall 2016
Fall 2016
| Date | Title | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper | Info |
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Fri, 11/18/2016 |
Does Deliberation Mediate Risk Aversion? |
David Bruner |
Appalachian State University |
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2pm |
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Fri, 11/04/2016 |
Equity versus Efficiency in Energy Regulation |
Billy Pizer |
Duke University |
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2pm |
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Fri, 10/21/2016 |
Should We Centralize Detection and Sanctions?: Peer vs. Centralized Monitoring and Punishment in the Provision of Public Goods |
Laura K. Gee |
Tufts University |
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2pm |
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Fri, 10/07/2016 |
One-to-One Technology and Student Outcomes |
Marie Hull |
University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2pm |
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Fri, 09/23/2016 |
Technological Revolutions and Occupational Change: Electrifying News from the Old Days |
Paul Gaggl |
UNC Charlotte |
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2pm |
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Fri, 09/16/2016 |
Rational Skeptics: On the Strategic Communication of Scientific Data |
Youngseok Park |
Appalachian State University |
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2pm |
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Fri, 08/26/2016 |
Price Discrimination in Advance-Purchase Discounts with Focal Points for Tacit Collusion: Regression-Discontinuity Evidence from Airlines |
Nick Rupp |
East Carolina University |
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2pm |
Spring 2016
Spring 2016
| Date | Title | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper | Info |
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Fri, 04/29/2016 |
Experimental and Environmental Economics Workshop |
Blowing Rock, NC April 29-30 |
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Fri, 04/22/2016 |
Getting a Sporting Chance: Title IX and the Intergenerational Transmission of Health |
Lisa Schulkind |
UNC-Charlotte |
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2pm |
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Fri, 04/15/2016 |
The Perils of Top-down State Building: Evidence from Colombia’s False Positives (11th Annual Conference in World History and Economics) |
James Robinson |
University of Chicago |
Seminar, PH 1012 at 3pm |
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Fri, 04/08/2016 |
Electricity Price Risk with Renewable Energy Support Schemes: A Stochastic Merit-Order Effect |
Matthew E. Oliver |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
PH 3010, 2 pm |
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Fri, 04/01/2016 |
Assessing Hypothetical Bias in Households’ Willingness-to-Pay for Coastal Habitat |
Paul Hindsley |
Eckerd College |
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2pm |
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Fri, 03/18/2016 |
Measuring the Price Elasticity of Outdoor Water Use: Evidence from a North Carolina Reclaimed Water Program |
Jonathan Lee |
East Carolina University |
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2pm |
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Fri, 01/29/2016 |
Sleep Restriction and Time-of-Day Impacts on Simple Social Interactions |
David Dickinson |
Appalachian State University |
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2pm |