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 2023

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper Info
Thu, 09/14/2023
Evolution of cooperation in the indefinitely repeated collective action with a contest for power
Yaroslav Rosokha
Purdue
Peacock Hall rm 3013, 3:30pm
Fri, 09/08/2023
The Role of Football Win Percentage on College Applications
Pete Groothues
Appalachian State University
Peacock Hall Rm 3010 10:00am - 11:00am

Spring 2023

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper Info
Fri, 04/21/2023
The Benefits of Alternatives to Conventional College: Comparing the Labor-Market Returns to For-Profit Schools and Community Colleges
Ken Troske
University of Kentucky
Peacock Hall rm 3010, 2:00pm
Fri, 04/14/2023
Monetizing climate change impacts to marine resources for regulatory analysis
Chris Moore
US EPA
Peacock Hall, rm 3010, 2:00pm
Fri, 03/31/2023
Cooperation under oath: A case for context-dependent preferences
Jay Shogren
University of Wyoming
Peacock Hall rm 1012, 2:00pm
Fri, 03/24/2023
Group size uncertainty in the common pool resource dilemma
Phil Brookins
University of South Carolina
Peacock Hall rm 3010, 2:00pm
Fri, 02/24/2023
The Power of Competition: Can New Firms Spark Innovative Activity?
Imran Arif
Appalachian State University
Peacock Hall rm 3010, 2:00pm

Fall 2022

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper Info
Fri, 12/02/2022
Layers of injustice: A distributional assessment of toxic chemical facilities, releases, and cleanups
Sarah Brodin Denny Guignet
Appalachian State University
Peacock Hall rm 1012, 2:00pm
Fri, 11/04/2022
Institutions and Disentangled Factor Shares in a Panel of Countries
John Dawson
Appalachian State University
Peacock Hall rm 1012, 2:00pm
Fri, 10/28/2022
When to Deploy? The Proximity Fuse in WorldWar Two.
Tim Perri
Appalachian State University
Peacock Hall rm 1012, 2:00pm