Department of Economics Seminar Series
The Department of Economics maintains a seminar series to enhance the development and transmission of knowledge and research. The department series and related forums have hosted key figures in economics, including Noble Laureates, Members of the Council of Economic Advisors, and top academic economists.
2005-06 Seminar Series
| September 23 "Internal Migration and the Earnings of Married Couples in the U.S." [paper] McKinley Blackburn, University of South Carolina |
| September 30 "Raiding and Signaling in the Academic Labor Market" [paper] Tim Perri, Appalachian State University |
| October 7 "Eliciting Willingness to Pay without Bias: Evidence from a Field Experiment" [paper] Glenn Blomquist, University of Kentucky |
| October 21 "Estimation of a Latent Choice Multinomial Logit Model with Application to Contingent Valuation" Steven Caudill, Auburn University |
| October 28 "Willingness to Pay for a Green Energy Program" John Whitehead, Appalachian State University |
| November 4 "Attorney's Compensation in Litigation with Bilateral Delegation" Kyung Baik, Virginia Tech |
| November 11 "The effects of total sleep deprivation on decision-making under uncertainty" David Dickinson, Appalachian State University |
| December 2 "The Economic Value of Mountain Views: Some Preliminary Results" Pete Groothuis, Appalachian State University |
| February 24 "Demand for Hurricane Evacuation Cost Insurance" John Whitehead, Appalachian State University |
| March 22** "The Accumulation of Property by Southern Blacks and Whites: Evidence from Calhoun County South Carolina, 1910-1919" **1:00pm, Room 1138, Old Library Neil Canaday, Appalachian State University |
| March 24 "Voting, Punishment and Public Goods" [paper] Todd Cherry, Appalachian State University |
| April 21 "Peak Oil Demand" Stephen Holland, University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
| April 26 "Equity-based Compensation and Managerial Fraud: An Experimental Investigation" Mike McKee, University of Calgary |
