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

Fall 2013

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper Info
Fri, 11/15/2013
"Estimating the Effects of Brownfields and BrownField Remediation on Property Values in a New South City"
Peter Schwarz
University of North Carolina - Charlotte
Seminar, RH 3010, 2pm
Fri, 11/08/2013
"The Benefits of Clean Air: How EPA Values Reductions in Air Pollution"
Bryan Hubbell
US EPA
RIEEE Lecture, 2:30pm, Belk Library 114
Fri, 10/25/2013
"Water Doesn't Flow Up Hill: Determinants of Willingness-to-Pay for Water Conservation"
Peter A. Groothuis
Appalachian State University
Brown Bag Workshop, RH 3010, 2pm
Fri, 10/11/2013
"The Impact of Banking Deregulation on Inbound Foreign Direct Investment: Transaction-Level Evidence from the United States"
Ivan Kandilov
North Carolina State University
Seminar, RH 3010, 2pm
Fri, 09/27/2013
"To Wedge or to Wail: Par Five Strategy on the PGA Tour"
Todd McFall
Wake Forest University
Seminar, RH 3010, 2pm
Fri, 09/06/2013
"Lemons & Loons"
Tim Perri
Appalachian State University
Seminar, RH 3010, 2pm

Spring 2013

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper Info
Fri, 04/26/2013
"Resource Prices and Ecological Regime Shifts"
Marty Smith
Duke University
Seminar, RH 3010, 2pm
Fri, 04/19/2013
"Efficiency, Information, and Financial Development: A Century of Competition Between French Banks and Notaries"
Philip Hoffman
California Institute of Technology
Seminar, RH 3010, 2pm
Fri, 04/12/2013
"Alliance Formation with an Opportunistic Challenger: Theory and Experiments"
Cary Deck
University of Arkansas
Seminar, RH 3010, 2pm
Fri, 04/05/2013
"Outsourcing Ownership: Theory and Evidence From California General Care Hospital"
Patrick Warren
Clemson University
Seminar, RH 3010, 2pm