Seminar Series

The Department of Economics invites guest speakers to present their research in our Seminar Series. The Economics Seminar generally meets on Fridays from 2:00 – 3:30 PM, unless otherwise noted. Anyone is welcome to attend.

Past Seminars

Spring 2017

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper Info
Fri, 04/21/2017
"Back to the Future of Green-Powered Economies"
Juan Moreno-Cruz
Georgia Tech University
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2pm
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
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
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

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper Info
Fri, 11/18/2016
Does Deliberation Mediate Risk Aversion?
David Bruner
Appalachian State University
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2pm
Fri, 11/04/2016
Equity versus Efficiency in Energy Regulation
Billy Pizer
Duke University
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2pm
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
Fri, 10/07/2016
One-to-One Technology and Student Outcomes
Marie Hull
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2pm
Fri, 09/23/2016
Technological Revolutions and Occupational Change: Electrifying News from the Old Days
Paul Gaggl
UNC Charlotte
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2pm
Fri, 09/16/2016
Rational Skeptics: On the Strategic Communication of Scientific Data
Youngseok Park
Appalachian State University
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2pm