Seminar Series
Faculty and Invited Presentations
Friday, April 18 , 2008
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. in SH 301
Dave Switzer
St. Cloud State University
Does Sex Sell? A Look at the Effects of Sex and Violence on Motion Picture RevenuesFriday, April 4 , 2008
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. in SH 301
Liang Ding
Macalester College
The Thursday Effect of the Forward Premium PuzzleWednesday, March 12, 2008
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. in SH 322
Philip Grossman
St. Cloud State University
Undercutting Stereotypes: The Influence of Judgment-Relevant Behavioral InformationFriday, November 9, 2007
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. in SH 322
David Lang
Sacramento State University
Financial Aid, Income, and the Choice of College Curriculum: Is the Economics Major a Normal Good?Friday, November 2, 2007
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. in SH 322
Ryan Compton
University of Manitoba
War! What is it Good For?Friday, October 26, 2007
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. in SH 322 - CANCELED
Liang Ding
Macalester College
The Thursday Effect of the Forward Premium PuzzleTuesday, September 18 , 2007
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. in SH 331
John Siegfried
Vanderbilt University
The Economic Impact of Colleges and UniversitiesFriday, April 13, 2007
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. in SH 301
Mana Komai
St. Cloud State University
Leadership, Information and Credible Signalling: Theory and ExperimentFriday, April 6, 2007
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. in SH 301
Mike Wenz
Winona State University
The Spatial Evolution of Casino GamblingFriday, December 8, 2006
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. in SH 301
Simona Cociuba
University of Minnesota
A Theory of Transition to a Better TechnologyFriday, October 13, 2006
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. in SH 301
Wei-Choun (William) Yu
Winona State University
Long Memory versus Structural Breaks in Modeling and Forecasting Realized VolatilityThursday, September 21 , 2006
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. in SH 223
John Sessions
University of Bath, England
Experience-Earnings Profiles and the Cost of AgencyFriday, September 15, 2006
2:30 - 4:00 p.m. in SH 301
Phillip Miller
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Major League Duopolists: When Baseball Clubs Play in Two-Team CitiesFriday, April 28, 2006
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. in SH 301
Stephen Hosking
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Summerstrand Campus, South Africa
An Economic Approach to Allocating River Water to Estuaries in South AfricaFriday, March 31, 2006
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. in SH 301
Mana Komai
St. Cloud State University
Leadership in Groups and Organizations: An Experimental StudyFriday, December 2, 2005
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. in SH 301
Hari Luitel
St. Cloud State University
The Revenue Impact of Repeated Tax AmnestiesWednesday, November 30, 2005
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. in SH 110
Steve Burks
University of Minnesota - Morris
Field Experimental Study of Bicycle MessengersFriday, November 11, 2005 - CANCELED
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. in SH 301
Mana Komai
St. Cloud State University
TBAFriday, November 4, 2005
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. in SH 301
Dilip Ratha
World Bank
Remittances - An Important and Stable Source of Development Finance
BiographyMonday, October 31, 2005
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. in SH 327
Mark Stegeman
Information Goods and AdvertisingFriday, October 21, 2005 - CANCELED
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. in SH 301
Steven Burks
University of Minnesota - Morris
TBAFriday, October 7, 2005
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. in SH 301
Sharmistha Self
St. Benedict College/St. John’s University
Exogamy and Bias against Daughters in Health-care ProvisionFriday, September 30, 2005
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. in SH 301
Dale Thompson
St. Cloud State University
Of Rainbows and Rivers: Lessons for Telecommunications Spectrum Policy from Transitions in Property Rights and Commons in Water LawFriday, September 16, 2005
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. in SH 301
Ming Chien Lo
St. Cloud State University
Bias in Measuring the Persistence of Nonlinear PPP Deviations
Student Presentations
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. in SH 302
Oleksandr Lugovskyy
St. Cloud State University
with: Heather Englestad, former SCSU graduate and Philip J. Grossman, SCSU faculty
Predicting Gamble Choice using a Domain-Specific Risk-Attitude Scale
