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 2002

Date Title Speaker Affiliation
Mon, 08/12/2002
Harvesting Prey while Protecting an Endangered Predator in a General Equilibrium Ecosystem Model
David Finnoff
University of Central Florida

Spring 2002

Date Title Speaker Affiliation
Fri, 04/26/2002
Exit Discrimination in the NBA: A Duration Analysis of Career Length Using Flow and Stock Samples
Peter Grothieus
Westminster College
Fri, 04/05/2002
Trade and Income Distribution in Developing Countries: Evidence from Peru
Myriam Quispe-Agnoli
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Fri, 02/08/2002
Exploring Nonmarket Values for the Social Impact of Farm Animal Welfare Legislation
Peter Frykblom
Swedish University of Agricultural Science
Fri, 02/01/2002
Audit Selection and Firm Compliance with a Broad-Based Sales Tax
Mike McKee
University of New Mexico
Mon, 01/21/2002
Match Bias in Wage Gap Estimates Due to Earnings Imputation
Edward Schumacher
East Carolina University

Fall 2001

Date Title Speaker Affiliation
Fri, 11/09/2001
Equilibrium Contingent Compensations in Contests with Delegation
Kyung Baik
Virginia Tech
Fri, 10/26/2001
The Cost of Specialized Human Capital
Tim Perri
Appalachian State University
Wed, 10/10/2001
The Development of Markets and Incentives for Sustainable Forestry: Applications to the Brazilian Amazon
James Kahn
Washington and Lee University
Fri, 09/14/2001
Smoking Parents' Valuations of Own and Children's Health
Mark Agee
The Pennsylvania State University