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 2004

Date Title Speaker Affiliation
Fri, 02/27/2004
Consumer Benefits of Labels and Bans on GMO Foods: An Emprical Analysis Using Choice Experiments
Peter Frykblom
Appalachian State University
Fri, 02/13/2004
Effects and Value of Verifiable Information in a Controversial Market: Evidence from Lab Auctions of Genetically Modified Food
Matt Rousu
Research Triangle Institute
Fri, 02/06/2004
Environmental Risk and Averting Behavior: Predictive Validity of Revealed and Stated Behavior Data
John Whitehead
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Tue, 02/03/2004
Are Political Freedoms Converging
Mark Strazicich
University of North Texas
Tue, 01/27/2004
State Environmental Politics: A Study of State Toxic Metal Water Quality Standards
Mary Davis
Harvard University
Fri, 01/23/2004
Expectations and Comparative Arbitration Institutions
David Dickinson
Utah State University

Fall 2004

Date Title Speaker Affiliation
Fri, 01/30/2004
Merging Auction Houses
Jesse Schwartz
Vanderbilt University

Fall 2003

Date Title Speaker Affiliation
Fri, 11/14/2003
The Effect of Intragroup Wage Inequality on Group Performance
Mark Foley
Davidson College
Fri, 11/07/2003
The Effects of Transfer Payments on State Lottery Revenues
Andy Weinbach
Armstrong State University
Thu, 10/09/2003
Accessibility, Congestion and Choice: Nonmarket Consequences of Infrastructure
Alison Davis
N.C. State University