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 Noble Laureates, Members of the Council of Economic Advisors, and top academic economists.
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
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Fri, 10/11/2013 |
"The Impact of Banking Deregulation on Inbound Foreign Direct Investment: Transaction-Level Evidence from the United States" |
Ivan Kandilov |
North Carolina State University |
Seminar, RH 3010, 2pm |
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Fri, 09/27/2013 |
"To Wedge or to Wail: Par Five Strategy on the PGA Tour" |
Todd McFall |
Wake Forest University |
Seminar, RH 3010, 2pm |
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Fri, 09/06/2013 |
"Lemons & Loons" |
Tim Perri |
Appalachian State University |
Seminar, RH 3010, 2pm |
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
| Date | Title | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper | Info |
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Fri, 04/26/2013 |
"Resource Prices and Ecological Regime Shifts" |
Marty Smith |
Duke University |
Seminar, RH 3010, 2pm |
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Fri, 04/19/2013 |
"Efficiency, Information, and Financial Development: A Century of Competition Between French Banks and Notaries" |
Philip Hoffman |
California Institute of Technology |
Seminar, RH 3010, 2pm |
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Fri, 04/12/2013 |
"Alliance Formation with an Opportunistic Challenger: Theory and Experiments" |
Cary Deck |
University of Arkansas |
Seminar, RH 3010, 2pm |
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Fri, 04/05/2013 |
"Outsourcing Ownership: Theory and Evidence From California General Care Hospital" |
Patrick Warren |
Clemson University |
Seminar, RH 3010, 2pm |
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Fri, 03/01/2013 |
"Does Social Judgement Diminish Rule Breaking?" |
Tim Salmon |
Southern Methodist University |
Seminar, RH 3010, 2pm |
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
| Date | Title | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper | Info |
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Fri, 11/30/2012 |
Cooperate…Or Let the Government Do It! |
Daniel Hall |
High Point University |
Seminar, RH 3010, 2:30 pm |
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Fri, 11/09/2012 |
Biased Technological Change and the Relative Abundance of Natural Resources |
John Boyce |
University of Calgary |
Seminar, RH 3010, 2 pm |
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Fri, 11/02/2012 |
Municipal Housekeeping: The Impact of Women’s Suffrage on the Provision of Public Education |
Celeste Carruthers |
University of Tennessee |
Seminar, RH 3010, 2 pm |
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Fri, 10/26/2012 |
Criterion and Predictive Validity of Revealed and Stated Preference Data: The Case of “Mountain Home Music” Concert Demand |
John Whitehead |
Appalachian State University |
Workshop, RH 3100, 12 pm |
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Fri, 10/05/2012 |
Measuring Talent through Benchmarking: Babe Ruth is the Home Run King |
Pete Groothuis |
Appalachian State University |
Workshop, RH 3100, 2 pm |
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Fri, 09/28/2012 |
Cognitive Resource Depletion, Choice Consistency, and Risk Preferences |
David Dickinson |
Appalachian State University |
Seminar, RH 3010, 2 pm |
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
| Date | Title | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper |
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Fri, 04/20/2012 |
Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop | |||
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Fri, 04/13/2012 |
Coordination and Coercion: The Nature of Rules, Governments, States, and Social Dynamics |
John Wallis |
University of Maryland |
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Fri, 03/30/2012 |
The impact of uncertainty methodologies on dealing with time issues in LCA and GHG accounting |
Eric Marland |
Appalachian State University |
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Fri, 03/23/2012 |
Real-Time Exchange Rate Predictability with Taylor Rule Fundamentals |
Tanya Molodtsova |
Emory University |
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Fri, 02/24/2012 |
Enrollment and Plan Choice in a First-Year High-Risk Pool |
Mark Holmes |
University of North Carolina |
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Fri, 02/17/2012 |
Willingness-to-pay for Oyster Consumption Risk Reductions |
John Whitehead |
Appalachian State University |
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Fri, 02/10/2012 |
The Effects of Minimum Salaries on Career Length: Evidence from the National Football League |
Johnny Ducking |
North Carolina A&T State University |
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Fri, 01/13/2012 |
Gender Differences in Bargaining Outcomes: A Field Experiment on Discrimination |
Marco Castillo |
George Mason University |
Fall 2011
Fall 2011
| Date | Title | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper |
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Fri, 11/04/2011 |
Statistical Discrimination in the Lab: Wage Effects and Unemployment Rates |
David Dickinson |
Appalachian State University |
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Fri, 09/30/2011 |
Are There 'Hidden Costs' of Control in Naturally Occurring Markets: Evidence from Field Experiments |
Michael Price |
University of Tennessee |
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Fri, 09/23/2011 |
Spence Revisited: Signalling and the Allocation of Individuals to Jobs |
Tim Perri |
Appalachian State University |