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 2016
Fall 2016
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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
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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 |
Fall 2015
Fall 2015
| Date | Title | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper | Info |
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Fri, 12/04/2015 |
On the Environmental Consequences of Intra-Industry Trade |
Jayjit Roy |
Appalachian State University |
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2pm |
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Fri, 11/13/2015 |
Social signals of safety and risk confer utility and have asymmetric effects on observers’ choices |
Sheryl Ball |
Virginia Tech |
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2pm |
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Fri, 11/06/2015 |
Economic Freedom and Factor Eliminating Growth: A Cross-Country Analysis |
John Dawson |
Appalachian State University |
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2pm |
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Fri, 10/30/2015 |
Using Behavioral Ecology for Management of Ecosystem Services |
Jacob Hochard |
East Carolina University |
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2pm |
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Fri, 10/09/2015 |
Estimating demand for perennial pigeon pea in Malawi using choice experiments |
Robert Richardson |
Michigan State University |
Seminar, PH Boardroom at 2pm |
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Fri, 10/02/2015 |
Voluntary programs to encourage compliance with refuge regulations for pesticide resistance management: evidence from a quasi-experiment |
Zach Brown |
North Carolina State University |
Seminar, PH 2013 at 2pm |
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Fri, 09/25/2015 |
Salt Iodization and the Enfranchisement of the American Worker |
Steven Bednar |
Elon University |
Seminar, PH Boardroom at 2pm |
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Fri, 09/11/2015 |
Enforcing Compliance with Voluntary Agreements under Uncertainty |
David McEvoy |
Appalachian State University |
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2pm |
Spring 2015
Spring 2015
| Date | Title | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper | Info |
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Fri, 05/01/2015 |
How Well Do Professionals Forecast Exchange Rates? Evidence from Survey Expectations |
Onur Ince |
Appalachian State University |
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2pm |
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Fri, 04/24/2015 |
Does the Women, Infants, and Children Program (WIC) Improve Infant Health Outcomes? |
Manan Roy |
UNC Chapel Hill |
Seminar PH 3010, 2pm |
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Fri, 04/17/2015 |
The Impacts of Ending Long-Term Unemployment Insurance Payments: Evidence from North Carolina |
Craig Depken |
UNC Charlotte |
Seminar, PH 3010 2pm |
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Fri, 04/10/2015 |
Appalachian Spring Conference in World History and Economics | ||||
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Fri, 03/27/2015 |
Joint Estimation of Revealed and Stated Preference Data from the Alaska Saltwater Sportfishing Economic Survey |
John Whitehead |
Appalachian State University |
Seminar, PH 3010 2 pm |
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Fri, 03/20/2015 |
Understanding Fuel Poverty in the U.S: Evidence Using the 2009 Residential Energy Consumption Survey |
Tanga Mohr |
Appalachian State University |
Seminar, PH 3010 2pm |