Fall 2006 Schedule Department Seminar Contract Enforcement, Social Efficiency and Distribution: Experimental Evidence and Policy Implications Wednesday October 25 12:00pm Presented by: Brian Roe Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development EconomicsOhio State University Measuring, Modeling and Explaining Patterns of Land Development at the Rural-Urban Fringe Thursday October 26 12:00pm Presented by: Elena Irwin Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development EconomicsOhio State University The Infant Economy Argument for Protection Wednesday November 1 12:00pm Presented by: Joseph Stiglitz Columbia University2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics Post-Merger Product Repositioning Friday November 3 12:00pm Presented by: Greg Werden Senior Economic CounselAntitrust DivisionU.S. Department of Justice U.S. Livestock disease Indemnity Policy Incentives and Implications Wednesday November 8 10:30am Presented by: Chris Wolf Department of Agricultural EconomicsMichigan State University Benjamin H. Hibbard Memorial Lecture Causal Effect of Health on Labor Market Outcomes: Experimental Evidence Friday November 17 2:00pm Presented by: Duncan Thomas Department of EconomicsUniversity of California, Los Angeles Exposing Corrupt Politicians: The Effects of Brazil's Publicly Released Audits on Electoral Outcomes Friday December 1 2:00pm Presented by: Frederico Finan Department of EconomicsUniversity of California, Los Angeles Development Economics Workshop Contested Strategies for Economic Recovery in Southern Sudan and Darfur: The Washington Consensus Refuses to Die Thursday September 28 4:00pm Presented by: Dan Bromley Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Location, Location, Location! Growth, Capital and Labor Migration in Vietnam Thursday October 5 4:00pm Presented by: Ian Coxhead & Diep Phan Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Efficient Corruption or Corrupting Efficiency: Modelling Land Reallocation Rules in China Thursday October 12 4:00pm Presented by: Muqun Li Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Seasonal Migration and Early Childhood Development in Nicaragua Wednesday October 18 4:00pm Presented by: Karen Macours Johns Hopkins, SAIS Burmese Migrant Workers in the Thai Economy Thursday October 26 4:00pm Presented by: Kiriya Kulkolkarn Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Competition Agencies in Developing Nations Thursday November 2 4:00pm Presented by: Kyle Stiegert Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison The Supply and Demand Side Impacts of Credit Market Information Monday November 6 4:00pm Presented by: Craig McIntosh University of California, San Diego Assessing the Returns to Education in the Gambia Tuesday November 28 4:00pm Presented by: Jeremy Foltz Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison *** CANCELLED *** Thursday December 7 4:00pm Presented by: Brad Barham & Reka Sundaram-Stukel Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Productive Social Safety Nets Thursday December 14 4:00pm Presented by: Michael Carter & Munenobu Ikegami Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Applied Economics Workshop Storage Under Imperfect Conditions Wednesday September 13 4:00pm Presented by: Jean-Paul Chavas Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Farming Systems Research Coordination Wednesday September 20 4:00pm Presented by: Tom Cox Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Implications of Heterogeneous Preference for Environmental Zoning Wednesday September 27 4:00pm Presented by: David Lewis Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Tax and Expenditure Limitations and Economic Growth Wednesday October 4 4:00pm Presented by: Steven Deller Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Common Agency and Contract Choices Wednesday October 11 4:00pm Presented by: Brent Hueth Center for CooperativesUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Research and Innovation in the Chinese Pesticide Industry Thursday October 19 4:00pm Presented by: Guanming Shi Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison *** CANCELLED *** Wednesday October 25 4:00pm Presented by: Paul Mitchell Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison *** CANCELLED *** Wednesday November 8 4:00pm Presented by: Pilar Useche Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison The Economic Impact of CWD in Wisconsin Wednesday November 15 4:00pm Presented by: Aaron Jenkins Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Trust, Communication and Contracts: An Experiment Wednesday December 6 4:00pm Presented by: Avner Ben-Ner Department of Human Resources & Industrial RelationsIndustrial Relations Center, Carlson School of ManagementUniversity of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Contract Enforcement, Social Efficiency and Distribution: Experimental Evidence and Policy Implications Wednesday October 25 12:00pm Presented by: Brian Roe Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development EconomicsOhio State University
Measuring, Modeling and Explaining Patterns of Land Development at the Rural-Urban Fringe Thursday October 26 12:00pm Presented by: Elena Irwin Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development EconomicsOhio State University
The Infant Economy Argument for Protection Wednesday November 1 12:00pm Presented by: Joseph Stiglitz Columbia University2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics
Post-Merger Product Repositioning Friday November 3 12:00pm Presented by: Greg Werden Senior Economic CounselAntitrust DivisionU.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Livestock disease Indemnity Policy Incentives and Implications Wednesday November 8 10:30am Presented by: Chris Wolf Department of Agricultural EconomicsMichigan State University
Causal Effect of Health on Labor Market Outcomes: Experimental Evidence Friday November 17 2:00pm Presented by: Duncan Thomas Department of EconomicsUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Exposing Corrupt Politicians: The Effects of Brazil's Publicly Released Audits on Electoral Outcomes Friday December 1 2:00pm Presented by: Frederico Finan Department of EconomicsUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Contested Strategies for Economic Recovery in Southern Sudan and Darfur: The Washington Consensus Refuses to Die Thursday September 28 4:00pm Presented by: Dan Bromley Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Location, Location, Location! Growth, Capital and Labor Migration in Vietnam Thursday October 5 4:00pm Presented by: Ian Coxhead & Diep Phan Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Efficient Corruption or Corrupting Efficiency: Modelling Land Reallocation Rules in China Thursday October 12 4:00pm Presented by: Muqun Li Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Seasonal Migration and Early Childhood Development in Nicaragua Wednesday October 18 4:00pm Presented by: Karen Macours Johns Hopkins, SAIS
Burmese Migrant Workers in the Thai Economy Thursday October 26 4:00pm Presented by: Kiriya Kulkolkarn Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Competition Agencies in Developing Nations Thursday November 2 4:00pm Presented by: Kyle Stiegert Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
The Supply and Demand Side Impacts of Credit Market Information Monday November 6 4:00pm Presented by: Craig McIntosh University of California, San Diego
Assessing the Returns to Education in the Gambia Tuesday November 28 4:00pm Presented by: Jeremy Foltz Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
*** CANCELLED *** Thursday December 7 4:00pm Presented by: Brad Barham & Reka Sundaram-Stukel Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Productive Social Safety Nets Thursday December 14 4:00pm Presented by: Michael Carter & Munenobu Ikegami Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Storage Under Imperfect Conditions Wednesday September 13 4:00pm Presented by: Jean-Paul Chavas Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Farming Systems Research Coordination Wednesday September 20 4:00pm Presented by: Tom Cox Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Implications of Heterogeneous Preference for Environmental Zoning Wednesday September 27 4:00pm Presented by: David Lewis Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Tax and Expenditure Limitations and Economic Growth Wednesday October 4 4:00pm Presented by: Steven Deller Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Common Agency and Contract Choices Wednesday October 11 4:00pm Presented by: Brent Hueth Center for CooperativesUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Research and Innovation in the Chinese Pesticide Industry Thursday October 19 4:00pm Presented by: Guanming Shi Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
*** CANCELLED *** Wednesday October 25 4:00pm Presented by: Paul Mitchell Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
*** CANCELLED *** Wednesday November 8 4:00pm Presented by: Pilar Useche Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
The Economic Impact of CWD in Wisconsin Wednesday November 15 4:00pm Presented by: Aaron Jenkins Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Trust, Communication and Contracts: An Experiment Wednesday December 6 4:00pm Presented by: Avner Ben-Ner Department of Human Resources & Industrial RelationsIndustrial Relations Center, Carlson School of ManagementUniversity of Minnesota-Twin Cities