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 2018
Fall 2018
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Fri, 10/26/2018 |
“Our Bark is Bigger than Our Bite: Stated Preferences over the Distribution of Wages and the Effect on Productivity” |
Eric Cardella |
Texas Tech |
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm |
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Fri, 10/05/2018 |
"Cooperation when Defection is Risky Too" |
Andrew Kloosterman |
University of Virginia |
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm |
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Fri, 09/21/2018 |
"Emissions, Transmission, and the Environmental Value of Wind Energy" |
Harrison Fell |
North Carolina State University |
Seminar, 3010 PH at 1pm |
Spring 2018
Spring 2018
| Date | Title | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper | Info |
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Fri, 04/27/2018 |
2018 Appalachian Environmental & Experimental Economics Workshop |
Appalachian State University |
Workshop, TBD |
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Fri, 04/20/2018 |
"Motivating Workers through Task Assignment: A Dynamic Model of Up-and- Down Competition for Status" |
Scott Gilpatric |
University of Tennessee |
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm |
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Fri, 04/13/2018 |
"Growing, Shrinking and Long Run Economic Performance: Historical Perspectives on Economic Development” |
Stephen Broadberry |
University of Oxford |
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm |
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Fri, 04/06/2018 |
"Utilizing Subjective Beliefs in Stated Preference Models: Issues and Solutions" |
Gregory Howard |
East Carolina University |
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm |
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Fri, 03/30/2018 |
"Just a minute: The effect of emergency department wait time on the cost of care" |
Lindsey Woodworth |
University of South Carolina |
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm |
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Fri, 03/23/2018 |
"Citizen Preferences for Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management: The Case of Atlantic Menhaden" |
John Whitehead |
Appalachian State University |
Seminar, 3010 PH at 1pm |
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Fri, 03/16/2018 |
"Promises and Punishment" |
Alec Smith |
Virginia Tech |
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm |
Fall 2017
Fall 2017
| Date | Title | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper | Info |
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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 |