Fall 2010 Schedule Department Seminar A History of Violence: The 'Culture of Honor' as a Determinant of Homicide in the US South Thursday October 28 12:00pm Presented by: Pauline Grosjean Department of EconomicsUniversity of San Francisco Implications of Rationality Asymmetries for Food Choice and Food Policy Friday November 19 12:00pm Presented by: David Just Department of Applied Economics & ManagementCornell University Comparative Research in Regional Science and Institutions Friday December 10 12:00pm Presented by: Judith Stallmann Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Missouri Development Economics Workshop The Impact of a Land Tenure Reform on the Dynamism of the Land Rental Market: The Importance of Non Farm Earnings Thursday September 16 4:00pm Presented by: Ursula Aldana Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Conditional Cash Transfer Schemes and Early Childhood Development in Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua Thursday October 7 4:00pm Presented by: Brad Barham Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Interpreting High Returns to Microenterprise Investment Thursday October 14 4:00pm Presented by: Tim Huegerich Department of EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Impact of Titling on the Supply of Land and Participation in Non Farm Activities: An Empirical Analysis Thursday October 21 4:00pm Presented by: Ursula Aldana Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Civil Unrest and Early Education: Evidence from Uganda Thursday November 4 4:00pm Presented by: Jeremy Foltz & Kweku Opoku Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Intra-Industry Reallocations with Heterogeneous Capital Constraints: Foreign Ownership and the African Experience Thursday November 11 4:00pm Presented by: Lauren Bresnahan Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Food Fortification and Development: the Case of Vitamin D Milk Thursday November 18 4:00pm Presented by: Ben Schwab Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Globalization, Labor Markets and Poverty in Vietnam: General Equilibrium Perspectives Thursday December 2 4:00pm Presented by: Ian Coxhead Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Governance and Logging in Post-Soviet Russia Thursday December 9 4:00pm Presented by: Kelly Wendland Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Applied Economics Workshop A Dynamic Adoption Model with Bayesian Learning Wednesday October 27 4:00pm Presented by: Xingliang MA Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison The Product Line Strategy of a Seed Company in a Context with a Licensed GM Trait Monday (different day) November 1 12:00pm Presented by: Stephane Lemarie INRA, French National Institute for Agricultural ResearchGrenoble, France Store Format Choice in Organic Food Consumption Wednesday November 3 4:00pm Presented by: Ming-Feng Hsieh Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Pricing Options on Commodity Futures: The Role of Storage and Weather Wednesday November 10 4:00pm Presented by: Marin Bozic Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Imperfect Competition between Manufacturers and Retailers in the Milk Industry Wednesday November 17 4:00pm Presented by: Vardges Hovhannisyan Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Truth, Lies and Marketing: The Role of Competition, Norms, and Incentives in Misleading Product Claims Wednesday December 1 12:00pm Presented by: Tirtha Dhar Sauder School of BusinessUniversity of British Columbia A State Contingent Approach to Farmer Valuation and Adoption of Biotech Crops Wednesday December 8 4:00pm Presented by: Jeremy Foltz & Brad Barham Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
A History of Violence: The 'Culture of Honor' as a Determinant of Homicide in the US South Thursday October 28 12:00pm Presented by: Pauline Grosjean Department of EconomicsUniversity of San Francisco
Implications of Rationality Asymmetries for Food Choice and Food Policy Friday November 19 12:00pm Presented by: David Just Department of Applied Economics & ManagementCornell University
Comparative Research in Regional Science and Institutions Friday December 10 12:00pm Presented by: Judith Stallmann Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Missouri
The Impact of a Land Tenure Reform on the Dynamism of the Land Rental Market: The Importance of Non Farm Earnings Thursday September 16 4:00pm Presented by: Ursula Aldana Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Conditional Cash Transfer Schemes and Early Childhood Development in Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua Thursday October 7 4:00pm Presented by: Brad Barham Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Interpreting High Returns to Microenterprise Investment Thursday October 14 4:00pm Presented by: Tim Huegerich Department of EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Impact of Titling on the Supply of Land and Participation in Non Farm Activities: An Empirical Analysis Thursday October 21 4:00pm Presented by: Ursula Aldana Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Civil Unrest and Early Education: Evidence from Uganda Thursday November 4 4:00pm Presented by: Jeremy Foltz & Kweku Opoku Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Intra-Industry Reallocations with Heterogeneous Capital Constraints: Foreign Ownership and the African Experience Thursday November 11 4:00pm Presented by: Lauren Bresnahan Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Food Fortification and Development: the Case of Vitamin D Milk Thursday November 18 4:00pm Presented by: Ben Schwab Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Globalization, Labor Markets and Poverty in Vietnam: General Equilibrium Perspectives Thursday December 2 4:00pm Presented by: Ian Coxhead Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Governance and Logging in Post-Soviet Russia Thursday December 9 4:00pm Presented by: Kelly Wendland Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
A Dynamic Adoption Model with Bayesian Learning Wednesday October 27 4:00pm Presented by: Xingliang MA Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
The Product Line Strategy of a Seed Company in a Context with a Licensed GM Trait Monday (different day) November 1 12:00pm Presented by: Stephane Lemarie INRA, French National Institute for Agricultural ResearchGrenoble, France
Store Format Choice in Organic Food Consumption Wednesday November 3 4:00pm Presented by: Ming-Feng Hsieh Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Pricing Options on Commodity Futures: The Role of Storage and Weather Wednesday November 10 4:00pm Presented by: Marin Bozic Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Imperfect Competition between Manufacturers and Retailers in the Milk Industry Wednesday November 17 4:00pm Presented by: Vardges Hovhannisyan Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Truth, Lies and Marketing: The Role of Competition, Norms, and Incentives in Misleading Product Claims Wednesday December 1 12:00pm Presented by: Tirtha Dhar Sauder School of BusinessUniversity of British Columbia
A State Contingent Approach to Farmer Valuation and Adoption of Biotech Crops Wednesday December 8 4:00pm Presented by: Jeremy Foltz & Brad Barham Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison