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 2018

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper Info
Fri, 09/21/2018
"Emissions, Transmission, and the Environmental Value of Wind Energy"
Harrison Fell
North Carolina State University
Seminar, 3010 PH at 1pm

Spring 2018

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper Info
Fri, 04/27/2018
2018 Appalachian Environmental & Experimental Economics Workshop
Appalachian State University
Workshop, TBD
Fri, 04/20/2018
"Motivating Workers through Task Assignment: A Dynamic Model of Up-and- Down Competition for Status"
Scott Gilpatric
University of Tennessee
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm
Fri, 04/13/2018
"Growing, Shrinking and Long Run Economic Performance: Historical Perspectives on Economic Development”
Stephen Broadberry
University of Oxford
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm
Fri, 04/06/2018
"Utilizing Subjective Beliefs in Stated Preference Models: Issues and Solutions"
Gregory Howard
East Carolina University
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm
Fri, 03/30/2018
"Just a minute: The effect of emergency department wait time on the cost of care"
Lindsey Woodworth
University of South Carolina
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm
Fri, 03/23/2018
"Citizen Preferences for Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management: The Case of Atlantic Menhaden"
John Whitehead
Appalachian State University
Seminar, 3010 PH at 1pm
Fri, 03/16/2018
"Promises and Punishment"
Alec Smith
Virginia Tech
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm

Fall 2017

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper Info
Fri, 12/01/2017
“Trading while sleepy? Circadian mismatch and excess volatility in a global experimental asset market.”
David Dickinson
Appalachian State University
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm
Fri, 10/27/2017
"Leadership Through Team Selection in Public Goods Games"
Abhijit Ramalingam
University of East Anglia
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm