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.
Spring 2006
Spring 2006
Date | Title | Speaker | Affiliation |
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Fri, 02/24/2006 |
Demand for Hurricane Evacuation Cost Insurance |
John Whitehead |
Appalachian State University |
Fall 2005
Fall 2005
Date | Title | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper |
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Fri, 12/02/2005 |
The Economic Value of Mountain Views: Some Preliminary Results |
Pete Groothuis |
Appalachian State University |
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Fri, 11/11/2005 |
The effects of total sleep deprivation on decision-making under uncertainty |
David Dickinson |
Appalachian State University |
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Fri, 11/04/2005 |
Attorney's Compensation in Litigation with Bilateral Delegation |
Kyung Baik |
Virginia Tech |
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Fri, 10/28/2005 |
Willingness to Pay for a Green Energy Program |
John Whitehead |
Appalachian State University |
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Fri, 10/21/2005 |
Estimation of a Latent Choice Multinomial Logit Model with Application to Contingent Valuation |
Steven Caudill |
Auburn University |
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Fri, 10/07/2005 |
Eliciting Willingness to Pay without Bias: Evidence from a Field Experiment |
Glenn Blomquist |
University of Kentucky |
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Fri, 09/30/2005 |
Raiding and Signaling in the Academic Labor Market |
Tim Perri |
Appalachian State University |
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Fri, 09/23/2005 |
Internal Migration and the Earnings of Married Couples in the U.S |
McKinley Blackburn |
University of South Carolina |
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Date | Title | Speaker | Affiliation |
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Tue, 04/19/2005 |
Tradable Set-Aside Requirements (TSARs): An Application of a TPP Policy to Spatially Dependent Land Uses |
Gregory Parkhurst |
Mississippi State University |
Fri, 04/15/2005 |
Testing for Unit Roots and Cointegration Using Instrumental Variables |
Junsoo Lee |
University of Alabama |
Fri, 04/08/2005 |
Experimental Economics and Public Policy Workshop | ||
Fri, 02/25/2005 |
A Competitive Model of (Super)Stars |
Timothy Perri |
Appalachian State University |
Fri, 02/18/2005 |
Stationarity of Global Per Capita Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Implications for Global Warming Scenarios |
Mark Strazicich |
Appalachian State University |
Fri, 02/11/2005 |
Rent Seeking and Collusion in the Military Allocation Decisions of Finland, Sweden and the UK, 1920-38 |
Jari Eloranta |
Appalachian State University |
Fall 2004
Fall 2004
Date | Title | Speaker | Affiliation |
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Fri, 11/12/2004 |
It Doesn't Pay to be Young in the NBA |
Dan Rosenbaum |
University of North Carolina, Greensboro |
Fri, 10/29/2004 |
Celebrity Misbehavior |
Todd Kendall |
Clemson University |
Fri, 10/08/2004 |
Cross Media Pollution and Mechanism Design--Can We Avoid Future MTBE's? |
Chris Dumas |
University of North Carolina, Wilmington |
Fri, 09/24/2004 |
Socioeconomic Status and Academic Achievement |
Angela Dills |
Clemson University |
Spring 2004
Spring 2004
Date | Title | Speaker | Affiliation |
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Fri, 04/23/2004 |
A Probability Based Measure of Productivity in Major League Baseball with the Applications to the Questions of Clutch Performance and the Value of Pitching |
Raymond Sauer |
Clemson University |
Fri, 03/26/2004 |
Early Entry in the NBA Draft: Unraveling, Human Capital, and Option Value |
Pete Groothuis |
Appalachian State University |
Fri, 02/27/2004 |
Consumer Benefits of Labels and Bans on GMO Foods: An Emprical Analysis Using Choice Experiments |
Peter Frykblom |
Appalachian State University |
Fri, 02/13/2004 |
Effects and Value of Verifiable Information in a Controversial Market: Evidence from Lab Auctions of Genetically Modified Food |
Matt Rousu |
Research Triangle Institute |
Fri, 02/06/2004 |
Environmental Risk and Averting Behavior: Predictive Validity of Revealed and Stated Behavior Data |
John Whitehead |
University of North Carolina at Wilmington |
Tue, 02/03/2004 |
Are Political Freedoms Converging |
Mark Strazicich |
University of North Texas |