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 2009

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper
Fri, 10/23/2009
Learning, Externalities, and hybrid Vehicle Adoption
Garth Heutel
UNC - Greensboro
Fri, 10/09/2009
Labor Supply on the US Professional Golfer's Tour
Craig Depken
UNC - Charlotte

Spring 2008

Date Title Speaker Affiliation
Mon, 04/14/2008
Encouraging Giving: Subsidies in the Field
Catherine Eckel
University of Texas at Dallas
Fri, 04/04/2008
Bridging the Gap between the Field and the Lab: Environmental Goods, Policy Maker Input, and Consequentiality
Christian Vossler
University of Tennessee
Fri, 03/07/2008
Demand for Diving on Large Ship Artificial Reefs
Ash Morgan
University of West Florida
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