Archive of Past Seminars 

 2008

Wednesday, January 16, B320, 3:30 p.m.
Dr. Frank Caliendo, Utah State University Is Social Security Behind the Collapse in Personal Saving

Wednesday, January 30, BNR 102, 4:00 p.m.
Dr. W. Douglass Shaw, Texas A&M
"The Economics of Instream Flow management with Uncertainties about Fish Stocks”
 

Friday, February 8, B320, 2:30 p.m.
Dr. James Feigenbaum, University of Pittsburgh
Precautionary Saving Unfettered

Wednesday, February 13,BNR 102, 4:00 p.m. (Water Seminar Series)
Dr. Douglas Jackson-Smith, Utah State University
"Research Priorities for Integrated Water Resources Science”
 

Wednesday, February 27, B320, 3:30 p.m.
Dr. Paul Jakus, Utah State University
"Modeling Perceived Distributions of Mortality Risks from Arsenic Concentrations in Drinking Water”

Wednesday, March 19, B320, 3:30 p.m.
Dr. Klaus Moeltner, University of Nevada, Reno
To be announced

Thursday, April 3, Old Main 225, 4 p.m. Dr. Don Dillman, Washington State University
To be announced
 

2006

Wednesday, August 16, 2006, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
Steve Vickner, Associate Professor, Utah State University
Voluntary Labeling of Trans Fats and the Market Demand for Processed Foods: The Case of the Domestic Cracker Industry

Friday, August 4, 2006, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
Steve Vickner, Associate Professor, Utah State University
Estimating the Market Demand for Value-Added Beef: Testing BSE Announcement Effects Using a Nested PIGLOG Model Approach

Wednesday, July 12, 2006, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
Sterling Liddell, Sr. Research and Development Analyst, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Risk Analysis of Investing in Biodiesel Plant

Tuesday, April 25, 2006, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
DeeVon Bailey, Professor, Utah State University
Willingness-to-Pay for Information: Experimental Evidence on Red Meat Traceability for the US, Canada, the UK, and Japan

Wednesday, April 25, 2006, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
DeeVon Bailey, Professor, Utah State University
Willingness-to-Pay for Information: Experimental Evidence on Red Meat Traceability for the US, Canada, the UK, and Japann

Wednesday, April 19, 2006, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
Frank Caliendo, Assistant Professor, Colorado State University
Overconfidence and Consumption

Wednesday, March 22, 2006, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
John Gilbert, Associate Professor, Utah State University
A Geometric Comparison of the Transformation Loci with Specific and Mobile Capital

Wednesday, March 1, 2006, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
Reza Oladi, Assistant Professor, Utah State University
Foreign Direct Investment, Non-traded Goods and Real Wages

Wednesday, February 15, 2006, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
Makoto Nirei, Assistant Professor, Utah State University
Herd Behavior and Fat Tails in Financial Markets

Wednesday, February 1, 2006, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
Sanjib Sarker, Research Assistant, Utah State University
Asymmetric Adjustment Technology in LDCs

Wednesday, November 29, 2006, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
Ross Emmett, Associate Professor, Michigan State University
Biology Interrupted: T. Robert Malthus on Human Nature, Prudential Restraint and Constitutional Political Economy

Wednesday, November 15, 2006, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
John Gilbert, Associate Professor, Utah State University
Capital Specificity, Imperfect Labor Mobility and Growth in Developing Economies

Wednesday, November 1, 2006, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
Bruce Godfrey, Professor, Utah State University
The future of federal milk marketing orders: lessons learned from the termination of order 135

Wednesday, October 25, 2006, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
Reza Oladi, Assistant Professor, Utah State University
Does Foreign Aid Impede Foreign Direct Investment?

Wednesday, October 4, 2006, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
Arthur Caplan, Associate Professor, Utah State University
A Bayesian Examination of the Interaction Between Anchoring Bias and Cheap Talk in Contingent Valuation Studies

Wednesday, September 27, 2006, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
Richard Baines, Principal Lecturer, Royal Agricultural College
An Update of the European Union's Food Safety Regulations

2005

Wednesday, November 30, 2005, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
Hengrui Qu, Research Assistant, Utah State University
An Empirical Study on the Efficiency of Forward Market

Wednesday, September 14, 2005, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
James Whitaker, Research Assistant, Utah State University
The Movement of Male and Female Labor Across Industries

Wednesday, April 27, 2005, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
John Gilbert and Reza Oladi, Utah State University
Monopolistic Competition and North-South Trade

Wednesday, April 20, 2005, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
Hengrui Qu, Ph.D. Student, Utah State University
Agricultural Contributions and the Political Economy of Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China

Tuesday, April 12, 2005, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Eng. 206, USU
Charles Howe, University of Colorado
Restoring the River Basin as the Management Unit Through the Use of Water Markets

Wednesday, April 6, 2005, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
Rimma Shiptsova, Assistant Professor, Utah State University
Random Parameter Logit Applied in the Brand Choice Modeling

Wednesday, March 23, 2005, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
Nilanjan Banik, Ph.D. Student, Utah State University
Examining Interrelated Aspects of Globalization (Seminar and Dissertation Defense)

Monday, March 21, 2005, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 609, USU
Tyler Olson, IMBA Student, Utah State University
Potential Changes in the Relative Competitive Position of Alternative Industrial Structures in Response to Changes in the Demand for Traceability and Assurance: A Case Study of Chilean Salmon Aquaculture (Seminar and IMBA Defense)

Wednesday, March 9, 2005, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
Nitesh Saha, Ph.D. Student, Utah State University
Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in Developing Countries (Seminar and Dissertation Defense)

Wednesday, January 19, 2005, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
Yuya Sasaki, Ph.D. Student, Utah State University
Fuzzy Production Theory: An Analysis of "As If" Maximizers

2004

Wednesday, November 3, 2004, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
John Gilbert, Utah State University
Adaptive Numerical Simulation in Excel

Wednesday, November 3, 2004, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
Arthur Caplan, Utah State University
The Folly of Dillydally

Wednesday, September 15, 2004, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
Nilanjan Banik, Utah State University
Reciprocal Dumping Under Antidumping Enforcement and Uncertainty

Wednesday, April 14, 2004, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
Rimma Shiptsova, Utah State University
Testing for WARP and GARP Violations Using Consumer Homescan Panel Data

Wednesday, April 7, 2004, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
Roger Norton, International Technical Coordinator, USAID
A Study of Colombia’s Agricultural and Rural Competitiveness

Wednesday, March 17, 2004, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
James W. Richardson, Regents Professor of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University
Probabilistic Forecasting, Simulation, and Ranking Risky Alternatives in Excel

2003

Wednesday, December 3, 2003, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
Arthur Caplan, Utah State University
Curbside Recycling: Waste Resource or Waste of Resources?

Wednesday, October 22, 2003, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
Paul Jakus, Utah State University
Explaining Cooperation in Municipal Solid Waste Management

Wednesday, October 8, 2003, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
Bill Harbaugh, University of Oregon
Bargaining by Children

Wednesday, September 24, 2003, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
John Gilbert, Utah State University
Geometry of Proportionally Distributed Trade Quotas

Wednesday, September 10, 2003, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Business 320, USU
Nitesh Saha, Utah State University
Immiserizing Growth in a Developing Economy Export Enclave

Friday, April 11, 2003, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Business 313, USU
Areendam Chanda, North Carolina State University
Dual Economies and International TFP Differences

Wednesday, March 26, 2003, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 313, USU
Robert J. Lilieholm, Utah State University
Alternative Future Growth Scenarios for the California Mojave Desert: Assessing the Impacts of Growth on Biodiversity

Friday, March 21, 2003, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Business 313, USU
Gregory Parkhurst, University of Wyoming
Spatial Habitat Design by Agglomeration Bonus

Wednesday, March 5, 2003, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Business 313, USU
David Dickinson, Utah State University
Expectations and Their Effects in Comparative Arbitration Institutions

Wednesday, February 19, 2003, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Business 313, USU
Steven Daniels, Utah State University
Partnering with the Western Rural Development Center: Overview and Enlisting YOUR ADVISE on a Project

Friday, February 7, 2003, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Business 313, USU
Jason Shogren, University of Wyoming
Caveat Emptor Kyoto

Wednesday, January 22, 2003, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Business 313, USU
Bruce Blonigen, University of Oregon
Evolving Discretionary Practices of U.S. Antidumping Activity

Wednesday, January 15, 2003, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Business 313, USU
Leslie (Lei) Zhou, Utah State University
Trade and International Convergence of Per Capita Income

2002

Wednesday, November 20, 2002, 3:30 - 5:00pm, Business 320, USU
Keith Criddle, Utah State University
Participation Decisions, Angler Welfare, and the Regional Economic Impact of Sportfishing

Wednesday, November 13, 2002, 3:30 - 5:00pm, Business 320, USU
Paul Jakus, Utah State University
Using Spike Models to Evaluate Willingness to Pay For Eco-certified Wood Products

Friday, November 8, 2002, 3:30 - 5:00pm, Business 320, USU
Thomas Heckelei
A Methodological Note on the Estimation of Programming Models

Wednesday, October 30, 2002, 3:30 - 5:00pm, Business 320, USU
Qiu Fang, Utah State University
The Maturity Structure of foreign Debt in the Presence of Possible Twin Crises

Wednesday, October 9, 2002, 3:30 - 5:00pm, Business 320, USU
Lynn Hunnicutt, Utah State University
Market Relationships in Beef Packing: Stability, Exclusivity and Their Causes

Wednesday, September 25, 2002, 3:30 - 5:00pm, Business 320, USU
Walter Thurman, North Carolina State University
The Internationalization of Reciprocal Benefits: An Analysis of Honeybee Pollination Markets

Wednesday, September 11, 2002, 3:30 - 5:00pm, Business 320, USU
David Aadland, Utah State University
High-Frequency Macroeconomics

Friday, September 6, 2002, 3:30 - 5:00pm, Business 320, USU
Jerald J. Fletcher, West Virginia University
Cost Effective Water Quality Management: A Watershed Perspective

Tuesday, March 26,2002, 3:00 - 4:30pm, Sci Tech 120, USU
Trudy Ann Cameron, University of Oregon
Updated Subjective Distributions for Future Climate and Individual Option Prices for Climate Change Mitigation.

Thursday, March 14, 2002, 3:00 - 4:30pm, Sci Tech 120, USU
Kerk L. Phillips, Brigham Young University
The Forward Bias: Is It Risk?

Wednesday, March 06, 2002, 3:00 - 4:30pm, B322, USU
Keith Criddle, Utah State University
Property Rights and the Management of Multiple Use Fisheries.

Wednesday, February 27, 2002, 3:00 -4:30pm, B322, USU
Therese Grijalva, Weber State University
Waste Not or Want Not? A contingent Ranking Analysis of Curbside Waste Disposal.

2001

Wednesday, November 07, 2001, 3:00pm - 4:30pm, B218, USU
Paul Jakus, Utah State University
Revenue Impacts of MPP Branded Funds: A Firm Level Analysis

Wednesday, October 31, 2001, 3:00 - 4:30pm, B218, USU
Arthur Caplan, Utah State University
An Equitable, Efficient, and Implementable Scheme to Control Global Carbon Dioxide.

Friday, September 21, 2001, 3:00 - 4:30pm, B218, USU
Ronald Oaxaca, University of Arizona
Intrafirm Mobility and Sex Differences in Pay.