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 2021

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper Info
Fri, 03/26/2021
Distributional Preferences and Conditional Cooperation in Sequential Prisoner's Dilemmas
Martin Sefton
University of Nottingham
Fri, 02/19/2021
Oil Supply and Tax Incentives
Steven Millsaps
Appalachian State University
Seminar at 2:00pm Please register to receive link to Zoom meeting
Fri, 02/12/2021
Populism in Europe as a mirror of an untrusting society
Eugenio Levi
Masaryk University
Seminar at 2:00pm Please register to receive link to Zoom meeting
Fri, 01/29/2021
Cash versus In-Kind Punishment: Evidence from Environmental Enforcement Cases
Lucija Muehlenbachs
University of Calgary
Seminar at 2:00pm Please register to receive link to Zoom meeting
Fri, 01/22/2021
Beyond Ghost Games and Bubbles: The Value of Attendance with Masking and Social Distancing in U.S. Professional Sports
John Whitehead
Appalachian State University
Seminar at 2:00pm Please register to receive link to Zoom meeting

Fall 2020

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper Info
Fri, 11/20/2020
The Repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846 and its Impact on Antebellum America.
Juan Moreno-Cruz
University of Waterloo
Seminar at 2:00pm Please register to receive link to Zoom meeting
Fri, 11/13/2020
Cooperation in Queueing Systems
Yaroslav Rosokha,
Purdue University
Seminar at 2:00pm Please register to receive link to Zoom meeting
Fri, 11/06/2020
Coalitions, Competition, and Conservation: Spatial Procurement Auction Design and Performance1
Simanti Banerjee
University of Nebraska
Seminar at 2:00pm Please register to receive link to Zoom meeting
Fri, 10/30/2020
The Allocation of Power in Organizations
Tim Perri
Appalachian State University
Seminar at 2:00pm Please register to receive link to Zoom meeting
Fri, 10/16/2020
Random testing with self-quarantine dominates physical distancing for the control of COVID-19
Steve Newbold
University of Wyoming
Seminar at 2:00pm Please register to receive link to Zoom meeting