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
Fall 2016
Fall 2016
| Date | Title | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper | Info |
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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 |
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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
| Date | Title | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper | Info |
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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 |