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
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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 |