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 2005

Date Title Speaker Affiliation
Fri, 04/08/2005
Experimental Economics and Public Policy Workshop
Fri, 02/25/2005
A Competitive Model of (Super)Stars
Timothy Perri
Appalachian State University
Fri, 02/18/2005
Stationarity of Global Per Capita Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Implications for Global Warming Scenarios
Mark Strazicich
Appalachian State University
Fri, 02/11/2005
Rent Seeking and Collusion in the Military Allocation Decisions of Finland, Sweden and the UK, 1920-38
Jari Eloranta
Appalachian State University

Fall 2004

Date Title Speaker Affiliation
Fri, 11/12/2004
It Doesn't Pay to be Young in the NBA
Dan Rosenbaum
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Fri, 10/29/2004
Celebrity Misbehavior
Todd Kendall
Clemson University
Fri, 10/08/2004
Cross Media Pollution and Mechanism Design--Can We Avoid Future MTBE's?
Chris Dumas
University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Fri, 09/24/2004
Socioeconomic Status and Academic Achievement
Angela Dills
Clemson University

Spring 2004

Date Title Speaker Affiliation
Fri, 04/23/2004
A Probability Based Measure of Productivity in Major League Baseball with the Applications to the Questions of Clutch Performance and the Value of Pitching
Raymond Sauer
Clemson University
Fri, 03/26/2004
Early Entry in the NBA Draft: Unraveling, Human Capital, and Option Value
Pete Groothuis
Appalachian State University