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All Seminars are Friday at 3:30 p.m. (unless otherwise noted).
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| Spring 2008 Speakers |
Affiliation | Topic |
| May 9 John Gilbert 3:00 p.m. Hulbert 27 |
Utah State | Strategic International Outsourcing |
| September 12 Maxwell B. Stinchcombe |
University of Texas, Austin | TBA |
| September 19 Lutz Hendricks |
Iowa State University | TBA |
| September 26 Ana Espinola-Arredondo |
SES (Post-doctoral Researcher, Fall 2008) | TBA |
| October 3 Andrew Leach |
TBA | |
| October 10 Brian Roe |
The Ohio State University | TBA |
| 2009 | ||
April 3, 2009 |
TBA |
Previous Seminars 2008
May
- May 2, Pullman: Aggregation in Production Jeffrey LaFrance (SES)
April
- April 4, Pullman: Network Effects of the Point-to-Point Network: Evidences from the Spatial Entry Patterns of Southwest Airlines Jia Yan (SES)
- April 11, Pullman: Taxation and Income Distribution Dynamics in a Neoclassical Growth Model, Stephen Turnovsky, University of Washington
- April 18, Pullman: Parameterizing Risk Tolerance Among Respondents of National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 -- Abstract, Bidisha Mandal (SES)
- April 22, Pullman: When will trade restrictions affect producer behavior: Oligopsony power in international trade -- Abstract Frank Asche, Norwegian Fisheries Economist, University of Stavanger, Norway
- April 24, Pullman: Family Transfers in Rural Mexico: An Application to Risk Sharing and Labor Supply Elasticity --Handout, Rachel Soloveichik, Economist, Bureau of Economic Analysis, US Dept of Commerce
March
- March 21, Pullman: The Determinants of Consuming Food Away from Home in China: The Role of Hosted Meals Junfei Bai (IMPACT WSU)
- March 27, Pullman: 2008 Leigh Lecture in Economics Timothy Kehoe (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) SES Seminar - "How and Why does Trade Grow?" and Leigh Lecture - "Economic Crises and Productivity Drops"
February
- February 4, Pullman: "Semi-Collusive Market Outcomes: Theory and Evidence," and February 5, Wenatchee: "Market Value Maximization through Strategic Delegation," Shinn-Shyr Wang (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- February 7, Pullman: "Evaluating the 100th Meridian Initiative: Assessing the Impacts of Zebra Mussel Invasion on the Columbia River Basin," Travis Warziniack (University of Wyoming)
- February 8, Pullman: "Factors influencing the temporal diffusion of broadband adoption: Evidence from Oklahoma," Brian Whitacre (Oklahoma State University)
- February 13, Pullman: "Beliefs and Social Preferences ," Zachary Grossman (University of California, Berkeley)
- February 14, Pullman: "Producer Preferences for Cottonseed in the Mississippi Delta via a Choice-Based Conjoint Experiment"; and February 15, Wenatchee: "Producer Returns from Bt Cotton under Various Refuge Scenarios in the Mississippi Delta", Swagata Banerjee (Mississippi State University)
- February 18, Pullman: "Wheat Quality Information Availability and its Impacts on Mexican Millers' Welfare"; and February 19, Wenatchee: "Mexican Millers’ Demand for Quality and Consistency in Hard Red Winter Wheat", R. Karina Gallardo (Oklahoma State University)
- February 25, Pullman: "Red Tides and Participation in Marine-based Activities: Estimating the Response of Southwest Florida Residents"; Febryary 26, Wenatchee: " Marketing Opportunities for Perennial Peanut Hay" -- Wenatchee; " Market Development Strategies for Fresh Sweet Corn" , Kimberly Morgan (University of Florida)
- February 26, Pullman: "Sources of Growth and Sources of Knowledge, Seung Mo Choi" (University of Chicago)
- February 28, Pullman: Two papers submitted: "The importance of Foregone Options" and "Social Comparisons as a Device for Cooperation in Simultaneous-Move Games", Felix Munoz-Garcia (University of Pittsburgh)
- February 29, Pullman : "Financial Frictions and International Trade," Ruanjai Suwantaradon (University of Minnesota - Twin Cities)
January
- January 11: "Consumer preferences for alternative formats of nutrition information on grocery store shelf labels," Joshua Berning (SES)
- January 14: "Measurement error in discrete explanatory variables: Implications of conditional independence," Nandita Gawade (Princeton University)
- January 16: "Market signaling with grades," Brendan Daley (Stanford University)
- January 18: "State trade missions," Andrew Cassey (University of Minnesota)
- January 25: "Coordination in learning to play Nash Equilibrium," Tomasz Sadzik (Stanford University)
- January 29: "Intertemporal risk aversion, stationarity and discounting," Christian Traeger (UC Berkeley)
Previous Seminars 2007
December
- December 6 and 7: 2007 Annual Conference Economic Issues and Outlook (Washington State University).
November
- November 29: 2007 Leigh Lecture in Economics, presented by James J. Heckman (University of Chicago), 7:30 p.m. in Todd 130.
- November 16: "An Economic Analysis of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Barriers to Trade," Lia Nogueira (SES), 3:30 p.m., Hulbert 27.
- November 5: "Estimating Willingness to Pay by Means of Adaptive, Sequential Conjoint Experiments," presented by
Greg Duncan (UC Berkeley and The Huron Consulting Group),
3:30 p.m.,
JsnH C107. - November 2: "Expansion of Firms and Human Capital Accumulation by Training: A Growth Model for the Not-So-Growing," Gilad Aharonovitz (SES), 3:30 p.m., Hulbert 27.
October
- October 26: "If You Can't Take the Heat, Get Out of the Region: Spatial Competition and Strategic Firm Relocation," Kevin Henrickson (Gonzaga University ), 3:30 p.m., Hulbert 27.
- October 19:" Trade Creation and Diversion Revisited: Accounting for Model Uncertainty and Natural Trading Partner Effects," Theo Eicher (Univ of Washington), 3:30 p.m., Hulbert 27.
- October 12: "Role of Healthy Lifestyle in Individual Decision Making for Disease Prevention," Rashmita Basu (SES), 3:30 p.m., Hulbert 27.
- October 5: "Tobacco Use as Response to Economic Insecurity: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth," Michael Barnes, 3:30 p.m., Hulbert 27.
September
- September 28: "Organic and Beyond: Consumer Demand for Differentiated Farm Commodities," Kate Painter (SES andCenter for Sustaining Ag and Natural Resources ), 3:30 p.m., JsnH C107.
- September 21: "An empirical examination of the factors affecting remittance by Mexican migrants in the United States," Mudziviri Nziramasanga and Jon Yoder (SES), 3:30 p.m., Hulbert 27.
- September 17: Consumer Directed Health Plans - Paper and PPT Presentation, Roger Feldman (Univ of Minnesota ), 3:30 p.m., Todd 307.
- September 14: "Economics of Biofuels and Oilseeds in North America," Doug Young and Kate Painter (SES), 3:30 p.m., Johnson C107.
- September 7: "Preparation for the Ph.D. Job Market," Jon Yoder (SES), 3:30 p.m., Hulbert 27.
August
- August 31: "Phase Space Reconstruction and Nonlinear Equilibrium Dynamics Applied to U.S. Meat Demand," Mike McCullough (SES), 3:30 p.m., Hulbert 27 .
April
- April 27: "Imperfect Price Deflation in Production Systems," Jeffrey LaFrance (UC Berkeley), Hulbert Hall 27, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
- April 20: "Using a Hedonic Model of Solar Radiation to Assess the Economic Effect of Climate Change: The Case of Mosel Valley Vineyards (with Orley Ashenfelter)," Karl Storchmann (Whitman College), Hulbert Hall 27, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
- April 6: "Learning and the Value of Information: Evidence from Health Plan Report Cards (with Michael Chernew and Dennis Scanlon)," Gautam Gowrisankaran (Washington University, St. Louis and NBER ), Hulbert Hall 23, 10:30-12:00 a.m.
March
- March 22: "Job Loss, Retirement and the Mental Health of Older Americans," Bidisha Mandal (Ohio State University), Johnson Hall C105, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
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March 19: "Auctions for Show Quality Quarter Horses," Mykel Taylor (North Carolina State University), Johnson Hall C107, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
February
- February 28: "The Optimal Sequencing of Carrots: The Timing and Size of Aid Grants for Large Projects," Jennifer Steele (University of Texas at Austin), Johnson Hall C107, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
- February 27: "A Longitudinal Analysis of the Burden of Malaria on Health and Economic Productivity: The American Case," Sok Chul Hong (University of Chicago), Johnson Hall C107, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
- February 21: "Ownership Forms Matter for Airport Efficiency: Results from Bayesian Estimation of Stochastic Cost Frontiers for Worldwide Airports," Jia Yan (Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Johnson Hall C105, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
- February 19: "Trade Liberalization, Reallocation, and Productivity," Mark Gibson (University of Minnesota), Hulbert 27, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
- February 15: "Effects of Family Structure on Child Body Weight," Yanjun (Carol) Bao (University of Illinois at Chicago), Johnson Hall C105, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
- February 12: "Measuring Shared Efficiency in Hospital Cost Centers," Dan Friesner (Gonzaga University), Johnson Hall C107, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
- February 7: "Death and Taxes: The Impact of Progressive Taxation on Health," Anca Cotet (Clemson University), Johnson Hall C105, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
- February 1: "Multinational Spillovers through Worker Turnover," Jennifer Poole (University of California, San Diego), Johnson Hall C107, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
January
- January 29: "Bilateral Investment Treaties and Foreign Direct Investment: Correlation versus Causation," Emma Aisbett (University of California, Berkeley), Johnson Hall C107, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
- January 25: "Firm Heterogeneity, Acquisition Incentives, and Trade Liberalization," Alan Spearot (University of Wisconsin), Johnson Hall C107, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
- January 18: "International Trade Dynamics with Intermediate Inputs," Ananth Ramanarayanan (University of Minnesota ), Johnson Hall C107, 3:30-5:00p.m.
- January 16: "Trade and Migration in an Enlarged European Union: A Spatial Analysis," Justin May (University of Michigan ), Johnson Hall C107, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
- January 12: "Why the Poor Get Fat: Weight Gain and Economic Insecurity,"
Trent Smith (SES WSU
Faculty and Graduate Student Seminar Series), Hulbert Hall 27, 3:30-5:00 p.m. - January 11: "Family Networks and Orphan Caretaking in Tanzania," Christopher Ksoll (Yale University), Johnson C 107, 3:30 p.m.
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