Department of Economics Seminar Series*
*Seminars take place in WJWH 427 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
| FALL 2012 | |||
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Speaker |
Affiliation |
Seminar Title |
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Nov. 9, 2012 |
WZB, The Social Science Research Center Berlin |
TBA |
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| SPRING 2012 | |||
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Date |
Speaker |
Affiliation |
Seminar Title |
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Jan 20, 2012 |
Doo Bong Han & Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr. |
Korea University & University of Arkansas |
Assessing Korean Consumers’ Valuation for Domestic and Imported Rice: Importance of Country of Origin and Food Miles Information |
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Jan 27, 2012 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Incentives and Commitments to Exercise: Evidence from a Field Experiment |
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Feb. 24, 2012 |
Abel Embaye |
University of Arkansas |
Using Dynamic Panel Methods to Estimate Shadow Economics Around the World: 1984-2006 |
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Mar. 2, 2012 |
WZB, The Social Science Research Center Berlin |
I did it myself as I knew it all along: on hindsight bias and delegation |
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Mar. 9, 2012 |
Tiziana de Magistris |
University of Arkansas |
On the use of honesty priming task to mitigate the hypothetical bias in choice experiments |
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Mar. 16, 2012 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
Justification and Cooperation |
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Mar. 30, 2012 |
George Mason University |
Promoting star networks with homogeneous agents |
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April 6, 2012 |
Jebaraj Asirvatham, Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr.& Michael R. Thomsen |
University of Arkansas |
Obesity Prevalence and Academic Achievement among Public School Students in Arkansas: A Grade Level Analysis |
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April 9, 2012† |
Andrew W. Horowitz |
University of Arkansas |
Is Foreign Aid Motivated by Altruism or Self-Interest? A Theoretical Model and Empirical Test |
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April 13, 2012 |
Louisiana State University |
Confirming information flows in networks |
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April 20, 2012 |
Simon Fraser University |
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April 27, 2012 |
Jae Won Lee |
Rutgers University |
Policy regime, policy shift, and U.S. business cycles |
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†NOTE: This seminar will take place in WCOB 207, 12-1:30pm. |
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| FALL 2011 | |||
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Date |
Speaker |
Affiliation |
Seminar Title |
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Sep 09, 2011 |
Universidad de Santiago de Chile |
An Economic Analysis of Looting after the 2010 Chile Earthquake |
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Sep 16, 2011 |
U of A / ECON |
The Cost Channel and the Persistence of the Inflation Response to a Monetary Policy Shock |
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Sep 23, 2011* |
Saroj Bhattarai |
Penn State University |
Hedging Against the Government: A Solution to the Home Asset Bias Puzzle |
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Sep 30, 2011 |
U of A / ECON |
Perceptions of Corruption |
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Oct 7, 2011 |
Miroslav "Mark" Zajicek |
University of Economics, Prague |
Feedback Triggered Beliefs Distortions: Theory and Evidence from an Auction Application |
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Oct 14, 2011** |
Baylor University |
Active Learning in the Economics Classroom |
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Oct 21, 2011 |
Devashish Mitra |
Syracuse University |
Trade Liberalization and Labor's Slice of the Pie: Evidence from Indian Firms |
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Oct 28, 2011 |
John Mayo |
Georgetown University |
Demand in a Portfolio-Choice Environment: The Evolution of Telecommunications |
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Nov 4, 2011 |
University of South Carolina |
Bank Risk Taking and Liquidity Creation |
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Nov 10, 2011*** |
Texas A & M University |
Forecasting Aluminum Prices: The Efficacy of Using LME Futures Prices to Forecast Future Spot Prices |
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Nov 11, 2011 |
Prachi Mishra |
International Monetary Fund |
Three's Company: Wall Street, Capitol Hill, and K Street |
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*NOTE: This seminar will take place from 1:10-2:35pm. **NOTE: Teaching workshop. ***NOTE: This is a special THURSDAY seminar that will take pace from 3:30-5:00 pm in WCOB 236.
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| SPRING 2011 | |||
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Mar 4, 2011 |
Elaine M. Liu |
The University of Houston |
Does Sorry Work? The Impact of Apology Laws on Medical Malpractice |
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Mar 11, 2011 |
Jason Delaney |
University of Arkansas-Little Rock |
Logrolling as Anti-Social Favor Trading |
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Apr 1, 2011 |
Gregory Price |
Morehouse College |
Do Remittances Finance Terrorism in Sub-Saharan Africa? |
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Apr 6, 2011* |
University of New South Wales |
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Apr 8, 2011** |
Alex Monge |
Pennsylvania State University |
Foreign Firms and the Diffusion of Entrepreneurial Skills |
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Apr 29, 2011 |
Marie T. Mora |
The University of Texas-Pan American |
Self-selection and the Loan Approval Rates of Minority Owned Small Businesses in the U.S. |
| FALL 2010 | |||
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Sep 10, 2010 |
Olivier Coibion |
The College of William and Mary |
Information Rigidity and the Expectations Formation Process: A Simple Framework and New Facts |
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Sep 17, 2010 |
Roberto Weber |
Carnegie Mellon University |
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Sep 24, 2010 |
Andrea Civelli |
University of Arkansas |
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Oct 08, 2010 |
Scott Baier |
Clemson University |
Paper available upon request |
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Oct 29, 2010 |
Raja Kali |
University of Arkansas |
Paper available upon request |
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Nov 12, 2010 |
Donald P. Morgan |
Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
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Dec 03, 2010 |
Amrita Dhillon |
University of Warwick |
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Other Seminars of Possible Interest:
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Behavioral Business Research Lab, Sam M. Walton College of Business
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Department of Finance, Sam M. Walton College of Business
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Department of Education Reform, College of Education and Health Professions
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Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Dale Bumpers College of Agriculture, Food and Life Sciences
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