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 2017

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper Info
Fri, 10/27/2017
"Leadership Through Team Selection in Public Goods Games"
Abhijit Ramalingam
University of East Anglia
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm
Fri, 10/20/2017
"Being Bad by Being Good: Owner and Captain Value-Added in the Slave Trade"
John Dalton
Wake Forest University
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm
Fri, 10/06/2017
"The Determinants of Multilateral Environmental Agreements and Their Effect on Bilateral Trade Flows"
Tibor Besedes
Georgia Tech University
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm
Fri, 09/29/2017
"The Effect of an Increase in Lead in the Water System on Fertility and Birth Outcomes: The Case of Flint, Michigan"
Dan Grossman
West Virginia University
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm
Fri, 09/08/2017
"Common-Value Public Goods and Informational Social Dilemmas."
Caleb Cox
Virginia Commonwealth University
Seminar, 3010 PH at 2pm

Spring 2017

Date Title Speaker Affiliation Paper Info
Fri, 04/28/2017
"Gender Wage Gaps and Risky vs. Secure Employment: An Experimental Analysis"
Ron Oaxaca
University of Arizona
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2pm
Fri, 04/21/2017
"Back to the Future of Green-Powered Economies"
Juan Moreno-Cruz
Georgia Tech University
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2pm
Fri, 04/07/2017
"Hysteresis in Unemployment? Evidence from Linear and Nonlinear Unit Root Tests and Tests with Non-Normal Errors"
Mark Strazicich
Appalachian State University
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2 pm
Fri, 03/31/2017
"Assimilation and Development: A case study of the impact of the introduction of Reindeer in Alaska 1900-1940"
Ann Carlos
University of Colorado
Seminar, PH 3010 at 12pm
Fri, 03/03/2017
“Discrimination as favoritism: The private benefits and social costs of in-group favoritism in an experimental labor market.”
David Dickinson
Appalachian State University
Seminar, PH 3010 at 2pm