Spring 2025 Schedule Department Seminar Do environmental justice policies narrow inequality? Friday April 18 12:00pm Presented by: Paige Weber Energy and Resources GroupUniversity of California, Berkeley Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Adapts? New Evidence on the Disproportional Impact of Heat Tuesday February 18 12:15pm Presented by: R. Daniel Bressler School of International and Public AffairsColumbia University How Big Does a “Big Push” Need to Be? Experimental Evidence on Asset Transfer Size Friday February 21 12:00pm Presented by: Adam Osman Department of EconomicsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana Champaign The Long-run Development Impacts of Agricultural Productivity Gains: Evidence from Irrigation Canals in India Friday February 28 12:00pm Presented by: Douglas Gollin Department of EconomicsTufts University The Impact of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations on Groundwater Quality in Private versus Public Wells Friday March 14 12:00pm Presented by: Andrew Meyer Department of EconomicsMarquette University *** CANCELLED *** Friday April 4 12:00pm Presented by: Brian Beach Department of EconomicsVanderbilt University Is Basic Democracy Enough? Friday April 11 12:00pm Presented by: Cory Smith Department of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsUniversity of Maryland Development Economics Workshop Rikhil Bhavnani Thursday April 24 3:45pm Department of Political ScienceUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Nurlan Utesov Thursday May 1 3:45pm Department of Agricultural and Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison The Role of Community Involvement, Information Provision, and Facilitation in Sustainable Resource Management: Case of Liberia Thursday February 13 3:45pm Presented by: Sossou Adjisse Oregon State University The Effects of Psychosocial Care Centers on the Labor Market Thursday February 27 3:45pm Presented by: Talita Silva Department of Agricultural and Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Violent Backlash to Political Reform: Evidence from Anti-Jewish Pogroms in the 1905 Russian Revolution Thursday March 6 3:45pm Presented by: Paul Castañeda Dower Department of Agricultural EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Sun, Sand, and Services: Tourism & Household Welfare in Jamaica Thursday March 13 3:45pm Presented by: Matt McKetty Department of Agricultural and Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Imperfect Competition and Sanitation: Evidence from Randomized Auctions in Senegal Thursday March 20 3:45pm Presented by: Laura Schechter Department of EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Talk Therapy and Human Capital in Adolescence: Evidence from Nepal Thursday April 3 3:45pm Presented by: Priya Mukherjee Department of Agricultural and Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison *** CANCELLED *** Thursday April 10 3:45pm Free University of Berlin Double Vision: Policy Change in a Transition Country Thursday April 17 3:45pm Presented by: Anton Liutin Department of Agricultural and Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Applied Economics Workshop Beautiful Tariffs Wednesday April 23 12:00pm Presented by: Edward Balistreri Department of EconomicsUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln Using Spatial Bayesian Factor Analysis to Measure Livability Wednesday April 30 12:00pm Presented by: Yang Cheng Department of Agricultural and Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Renato Molina Wednesday May 7 12:00pm Environmental & Resource EconomicsUniversity of Miami Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Digital Receipts in the Ugandan Dairy Chain Wednesday March 12 12:00pm Presented by: Pedro Magana-Saenz Department of Agricultural and Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison How Agri-food Value Chain Employment and Compensation Evolve with Structural Transformation Wednesday April 2 12:00pm Presented by: Jing Yi Department of Agricultural and Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison How Do Driver Assistance Systems Affect Transportation Safety? Wednesday April 9 11:00am Presented by: Jonathan Hall College of BusinessUniversity of Alabama Can Farmer-Led Initiatives Reduce Nonpoint Source Pollution? Wednesday April 16 12:00pm Presented by: Jeffrey Hadachek Department of Agricultural and Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Do environmental justice policies narrow inequality? Friday April 18 12:00pm Presented by: Paige Weber Energy and Resources GroupUniversity of California, Berkeley
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Adapts? New Evidence on the Disproportional Impact of Heat Tuesday February 18 12:15pm Presented by: R. Daniel Bressler School of International and Public AffairsColumbia University
How Big Does a “Big Push” Need to Be? Experimental Evidence on Asset Transfer Size Friday February 21 12:00pm Presented by: Adam Osman Department of EconomicsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
The Long-run Development Impacts of Agricultural Productivity Gains: Evidence from Irrigation Canals in India Friday February 28 12:00pm Presented by: Douglas Gollin Department of EconomicsTufts University
The Impact of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations on Groundwater Quality in Private versus Public Wells Friday March 14 12:00pm Presented by: Andrew Meyer Department of EconomicsMarquette University
*** CANCELLED *** Friday April 4 12:00pm Presented by: Brian Beach Department of EconomicsVanderbilt University
Is Basic Democracy Enough? Friday April 11 12:00pm Presented by: Cory Smith Department of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsUniversity of Maryland
Rikhil Bhavnani Thursday April 24 3:45pm Department of Political ScienceUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Nurlan Utesov Thursday May 1 3:45pm Department of Agricultural and Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
The Role of Community Involvement, Information Provision, and Facilitation in Sustainable Resource Management: Case of Liberia Thursday February 13 3:45pm Presented by: Sossou Adjisse Oregon State University
The Effects of Psychosocial Care Centers on the Labor Market Thursday February 27 3:45pm Presented by: Talita Silva Department of Agricultural and Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Violent Backlash to Political Reform: Evidence from Anti-Jewish Pogroms in the 1905 Russian Revolution Thursday March 6 3:45pm Presented by: Paul Castañeda Dower Department of Agricultural EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Sun, Sand, and Services: Tourism & Household Welfare in Jamaica Thursday March 13 3:45pm Presented by: Matt McKetty Department of Agricultural and Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Imperfect Competition and Sanitation: Evidence from Randomized Auctions in Senegal Thursday March 20 3:45pm Presented by: Laura Schechter Department of EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Talk Therapy and Human Capital in Adolescence: Evidence from Nepal Thursday April 3 3:45pm Presented by: Priya Mukherjee Department of Agricultural and Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Double Vision: Policy Change in a Transition Country Thursday April 17 3:45pm Presented by: Anton Liutin Department of Agricultural and Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Beautiful Tariffs Wednesday April 23 12:00pm Presented by: Edward Balistreri Department of EconomicsUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln
Using Spatial Bayesian Factor Analysis to Measure Livability Wednesday April 30 12:00pm Presented by: Yang Cheng Department of Agricultural and Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Digital Receipts in the Ugandan Dairy Chain Wednesday March 12 12:00pm Presented by: Pedro Magana-Saenz Department of Agricultural and Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
How Agri-food Value Chain Employment and Compensation Evolve with Structural Transformation Wednesday April 2 12:00pm Presented by: Jing Yi Department of Agricultural and Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
How Do Driver Assistance Systems Affect Transportation Safety? Wednesday April 9 11:00am Presented by: Jonathan Hall College of BusinessUniversity of Alabama
Can Farmer-Led Initiatives Reduce Nonpoint Source Pollution? Wednesday April 16 12:00pm Presented by: Jeffrey Hadachek Department of Agricultural and Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison