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 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

Spring 2007

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper
Fri, 04/20/2007
Valuing the Contribution of Scenic Quality to Recreational Experiences: A Case Study in the Southern Appalachian Region
Leah Greden Mathews
UNC-Asheville
Fri, 04/13/2007
Linking Recreation Demand and Willingness to Pay with the Inclusive Value: Valuation of Saginaw Bay Coastal Marsh
John Whitehead
Appalachian State University

Fall 2006

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper
Mon, 11/27/2006
Self-Selection and the Efficiency of Tournaments
Marie-Claire Villevale
University of Lyon