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 2008

Date Title Speaker Affiliation
Mon, 03/03/2008
Research Institute for Environment, Energy and Economics Presentation
David Bjornstad
Oak Ridge National Laboratory & University of Tennessee
Wed, 01/23/2008
Quantity Uncertainty and Demand: The Case of Water Smart Reader Ownership
Aaron Strong
Arizona State University
Thu, 01/17/2008
Trust, Risk and the Lender-Borrower Relationship
Jaclyn Kropp
Trust, Risk and the Lender-Borrower Relationship

Fall 2007

Date Title Speaker Affiliation
Fri, 11/16/2007
Personalty Interests at the Constitutional Convention: A Test of the Beard Thesis
Jac Heckelman
Wake Forest University
Fri, 11/09/2007
Cognitive Dissonance, Self-Esteem, and Behavioral Spillover Effects
David Dickinson
Appalachian State University
Fri, 11/02/2007
Naming Your Own Price Mechanisms: Revenue Gain or Drain?
Artie Zillante
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Fri, 10/26/2007
Investment Tax Credit in an Open Developing Economy with External Debt and Sovereign Risk
Mohammed Mohsin
University of Tennessee
Fri, 10/19/2007
Enforcing Voluntary Contributions to a Threshold Public Good
Dave McEvoy
Appalachian State University
Fri, 09/21/2007
Convergent Validity of Revealed and Stated Recreation Behavior with Quality Change
John Whitehead
Appalachian State University
Fri, 09/14/2007
Provision Point Mechanism, Scenario Rejection and Willingness to Pay
Pete Groothuis
Appalachian State University