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 2020

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Info
Fri, 09/25/2020
Tax diversification and inertia in contribution location decisions between Roth and traditional retirement plans
Brent Davis
TIAA Institute
Seminar at 2:00pm Please register to receive link to Zoom meeting

Spring 2020

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper Info
Fri, 04/17/2020
Event Cancelled - Economics Seminar
Per Fredriksson
University of Louisville
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm
Fri, 04/03/2020
Event Cancelled - Economics Seminar
Philip Brookins
University of South Carolina
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm
Fri, 03/20/2020
Event Cancelled - Behaviors and School Achievement: Experimental Evidence
Etienne Dagorn
University of Rennes,
Seminar, 3010 PH 2pm
Fri, 02/21/2020
Presidents, Economic Performance, and Monetary Policy Rules
Onur Ince
Appalachian State University
Seminar 3010 PH at 2:00pm
Fri, 02/14/2020
The Attraction of Magnet Schools: Evidence from Embedded Lotteries in School Assignment
Thayer Morrill and Melinda Morrill
North Carolina State University
Seminar, 3010 PH 11am
Fri, 02/07/2020
Contests, Qverbidding, and Contest Avoidance: A Cross-cultural Examination
Patrick McGuire
Appalachian State University
Seminar, 3010 PH 2pm
Fri, 01/31/2020
Party schools, football schools and student quality
Peter Groothuis and Austin Eggers
Appalachian State University
Seminar, 3010 PH 2pm

Fall 2019

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper Info
Fri, 11/01/2019
Creative Destruction, Job Reallocation, and Subjective Well-Being
Mona Ahmadiani
Wake Forest University
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm
Fri, 10/25/2019
Political Distortions and Infrastructure Networks in China: A Quantitative Spatial Equilibrium Analysis
Simon Alder
UNC - Chapel Hill
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm