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 2021

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper Info
Fri, 10/29/2021
Agriculture and Deforestation
Ryan Abman
San Diego State University
Seminar at 2:00pm. Please register to receive link to Zoom meeting.
Fri, 09/17/2021
The Anti Flutie Effect: The Impact of Athletic Malfeasance on the University
Pete Groothuis
Appalachian State University
Seminar at 2:00pm. Please register to receive link to Zoom meeting.

Spring 2021

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper Info
Fri, 04/16/2021
Meta-Analysis of Empirical Estimates of Loss-Aversion
Alex Brown
Texas A&M
Fri, 04/09/2021
The Role of Cultural Worldviews in Willingness to Pay for Environmental Policy
Ash Morgan
ASU
Seminar at 2:00pm Please register to receive link to Zoom meeting
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