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 2013

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper Info
Fri, 03/01/2013
"Does Social Judgement Diminish Rule Breaking?"
Tim Salmon
Southern Methodist University
Seminar, RH 3010, 2pm

Fall 2012

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper Info
Fri, 11/30/2012
Cooperate…Or Let the Government Do It!
Daniel Hall
High Point University
Seminar, RH 3010, 2:30 pm
Fri, 11/09/2012
Biased Technological Change and the Relative Abundance of Natural Resources
John Boyce
University of Calgary
Seminar, RH 3010, 2 pm
Fri, 11/02/2012
Municipal Housekeeping: The Impact of Women’s Suffrage on the Provision of Public Education
Celeste Carruthers
University of Tennessee
Seminar, RH 3010, 2 pm
Fri, 10/26/2012
Criterion and Predictive Validity of Revealed and Stated Preference Data: The Case of “Mountain Home Music” Concert Demand
John Whitehead
Appalachian State University
Workshop, RH 3100, 12 pm
Fri, 10/05/2012
Measuring Talent through Benchmarking: Babe Ruth is the Home Run King
Pete Groothuis
Appalachian State University
Workshop, RH 3100, 2 pm
Fri, 09/28/2012
Cognitive Resource Depletion, Choice Consistency, and Risk Preferences
David Dickinson
Appalachian State University
Seminar, RH 3010, 2 pm

Spring 2012

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper
Fri, 04/20/2012
Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop
Fri, 04/13/2012
Coordination and Coercion: The Nature of Rules, Governments, States, and Social Dynamics
John Wallis
University of Maryland
Fri, 03/30/2012
The impact of uncertainty methodologies on dealing with time issues in LCA and GHG accounting
Eric Marland
Appalachian State University