Fall 2009 Schedule Department Seminar Market Competition, Institutions, and Contracting Outcomes Friday September 18 12:00pm Presented by: Steven Wu Department of Agricultural EconomicsPurdue University Commodity Price Swings and Global Policy Responses Friday October 9 12:00pm Presented by: Daniel Sumner Department of Agricultural & Resource EconomicsUniversity of California- Davis Revisiting the Income Effect: Gasoline Prices and Grocery Purchases Friday October 16 12:00pm Presented by: Sofia Berto Villas-Boas Department of Agricultural & Resource EconomicsUniversity of California - Berkeley Do Newspapers Matter? Evidence From the Closure of The Cincinnati Post Friday December 4 12:00pm Presented by: Sam Schulhofer-Wohl Department of EconomicsPrinceton University Global Food, Trade and the Environment: AAE Centennial Seminar Series Reassessing U.S. Trade Policy and Agriculture Thursday September 24 8:30am Presented by: Joseph Glauber USDA Chief Economist Natural Resources: The Crisis in Globalization and the Development Challenge Friday September 25 8:30am Presented by: David Kaimowitz Ford FoundationDirector of Natural Assets and Sustainability Development Economics Workshop Fairtrade-Organic Coffee Cooperatives, Migration, and Secondary Schooling in Southern Mexico Thursday September 17 4:00pm Presented by: Brad Barham & Jeremy Weber Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Labor Workshop Monday (different day) September 28 3:45pm Presented by: Mark Rosenzweig Department of EconomicsYale University The NoPoUM Hypothesis: Income Dynamics and Ideology Thursday October 8 4:00pm Presented by: John Morrow Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison The Impact of Titling on the Land Rental Market and the Availability of Off Farm Employment: An Empirical Analysis Thursday October 15 4:00pm Presented by: Ursula Aldana Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Brand, Product and Process Innovation among Thai Exporters Thursday October 22 4:00pm Presented by: Swati Dhingra Department of EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Is Skill Dispersion a Source of Productivity and Exports in Developing Countries Thursday October 29 4:00pm Presented by: John Morrow Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison A Poison Becomes a Cure: The Spread of a 'Bad' New Technology Among Coffee Growers Thursday November 5 4:00pm Presented by: Jeremy Weber Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Who Cares What Others Think (or Do)? Social Learning, Social Pressures and Imitation in Cotton Farming in India Thursday November 12 4:00pm Presented by: Annemie Maertens Department of Applied Economics & ManagementCornell University Highway Robbery: The Economics of Petty Corruption in West African Trucking Thursday December 3 4:00pm Presented by: Jeremy Foltz Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Climate Change and Inequality in Rural India Thursday December 10 4:00pm Presented by: Jennifer Alix-Garcia Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Applied Economics Workshop Are there Spatial Spillovers in Technology Adoption?: The Case of Organic Dairy Farms Wednesday September 30 4:00pm Presented by: Brad Barham & Brian Robinson Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison An Analysis of Pricing in Horizontal and Vertical Markets: The Case of U.S. Cotton Seed Market Wednesday October 7 4:00pm Presented by: Guanming Shi Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Changes in the Structure of Food Demand in China: An Econometric Approach Wednesday October 14 4:00pm Presented by: Vardges Hovhannisyan & Brian Gould Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Advertising and Market Performance Wednesday October 21 4:00pm Presented by: Kyle Stiegert Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Non-Parametric Analysis of Productivity Wednesday October 28 4:00pm Presented by: Gustavo de Los Campos Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Impact of Tax and Expenditure Limitations on State Credit Ratings Wednesday November 4 4:00pm Presented by: Steve Deller Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Analysis of Willingness-to-Pay for Traits of Genetically-Modified Corn Wednesday November 11 4:00pm Presented by: Jeremy Foltz Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Tillage Systems, Risk and Environmental Performance Wednesday November 18 4:00pm Presented by: Tom Cox Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison An Economic Analysis of Plant Density for Biotech Corn Wednesday December 2 4:00pm Presented by: Paul Mitchell Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Linking Small Producers to Supermarkets: The Role of Intermediaries on the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Market in Turkey Friday December 11 12:00pm Presented by: Celine Bignebat French National Insitiute for Agricultural ResearchUniversity of Montpellier SupAgro, France
Market Competition, Institutions, and Contracting Outcomes Friday September 18 12:00pm Presented by: Steven Wu Department of Agricultural EconomicsPurdue University
Commodity Price Swings and Global Policy Responses Friday October 9 12:00pm Presented by: Daniel Sumner Department of Agricultural & Resource EconomicsUniversity of California- Davis
Revisiting the Income Effect: Gasoline Prices and Grocery Purchases Friday October 16 12:00pm Presented by: Sofia Berto Villas-Boas Department of Agricultural & Resource EconomicsUniversity of California - Berkeley
Do Newspapers Matter? Evidence From the Closure of The Cincinnati Post Friday December 4 12:00pm Presented by: Sam Schulhofer-Wohl Department of EconomicsPrinceton University
Reassessing U.S. Trade Policy and Agriculture Thursday September 24 8:30am Presented by: Joseph Glauber USDA Chief Economist
Natural Resources: The Crisis in Globalization and the Development Challenge Friday September 25 8:30am Presented by: David Kaimowitz Ford FoundationDirector of Natural Assets and Sustainability
Fairtrade-Organic Coffee Cooperatives, Migration, and Secondary Schooling in Southern Mexico Thursday September 17 4:00pm Presented by: Brad Barham & Jeremy Weber Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Labor Workshop Monday (different day) September 28 3:45pm Presented by: Mark Rosenzweig Department of EconomicsYale University
The NoPoUM Hypothesis: Income Dynamics and Ideology Thursday October 8 4:00pm Presented by: John Morrow Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
The Impact of Titling on the Land Rental Market and the Availability of Off Farm Employment: An Empirical Analysis Thursday October 15 4:00pm Presented by: Ursula Aldana Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Brand, Product and Process Innovation among Thai Exporters Thursday October 22 4:00pm Presented by: Swati Dhingra Department of EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Is Skill Dispersion a Source of Productivity and Exports in Developing Countries Thursday October 29 4:00pm Presented by: John Morrow Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
A Poison Becomes a Cure: The Spread of a 'Bad' New Technology Among Coffee Growers Thursday November 5 4:00pm Presented by: Jeremy Weber Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Who Cares What Others Think (or Do)? Social Learning, Social Pressures and Imitation in Cotton Farming in India Thursday November 12 4:00pm Presented by: Annemie Maertens Department of Applied Economics & ManagementCornell University
Highway Robbery: The Economics of Petty Corruption in West African Trucking Thursday December 3 4:00pm Presented by: Jeremy Foltz Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Climate Change and Inequality in Rural India Thursday December 10 4:00pm Presented by: Jennifer Alix-Garcia Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Are there Spatial Spillovers in Technology Adoption?: The Case of Organic Dairy Farms Wednesday September 30 4:00pm Presented by: Brad Barham & Brian Robinson Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
An Analysis of Pricing in Horizontal and Vertical Markets: The Case of U.S. Cotton Seed Market Wednesday October 7 4:00pm Presented by: Guanming Shi Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Changes in the Structure of Food Demand in China: An Econometric Approach Wednesday October 14 4:00pm Presented by: Vardges Hovhannisyan & Brian Gould Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Advertising and Market Performance Wednesday October 21 4:00pm Presented by: Kyle Stiegert Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Non-Parametric Analysis of Productivity Wednesday October 28 4:00pm Presented by: Gustavo de Los Campos Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Impact of Tax and Expenditure Limitations on State Credit Ratings Wednesday November 4 4:00pm Presented by: Steve Deller Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Analysis of Willingness-to-Pay for Traits of Genetically-Modified Corn Wednesday November 11 4:00pm Presented by: Jeremy Foltz Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Tillage Systems, Risk and Environmental Performance Wednesday November 18 4:00pm Presented by: Tom Cox Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
An Economic Analysis of Plant Density for Biotech Corn Wednesday December 2 4:00pm Presented by: Paul Mitchell Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Linking Small Producers to Supermarkets: The Role of Intermediaries on the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Market in Turkey Friday December 11 12:00pm Presented by: Celine Bignebat French National Insitiute for Agricultural ResearchUniversity of Montpellier SupAgro, France