Fall 2011 Schedule Department Seminar The Effects of Legal Institutions on Access to Credit: Evidence from American Indian Reservations Friday October 7 12:00pm Presented by: Dominic Parker Department of Agricultural Economics & EconomicsMontana State University Contracts versus Trust in Resource Allocation: Equity and Efficiency Rise when Sharing Promises are Enforced Thursday (different day) October 20 3:45pm Presented by: Alexander Pfaff School of Public PolicyDuke University Reputations and Neighbors: Understanding the Wine Market Friday October 28 12:00pm Presented by: Jill McCluskey School of Economic SciencesWashington State University Climate Amenities, Climate Change and American Quality of Life Friday November 11 12:00pm Presented by: Ryan Kellog Department of EconomicsUniversity of Michigan Altruism, Cooperation and Intrahousehold Allocation: Agricultural Production in Polygynous Households Friday November 18 12:00pm Presented by: Joyce Chen Agricultural, Environmental & Development EconomicsOhio State University Development Economics Workshop Organizational Meeting Thursday September 15 4:00pm Presented by: Dept. of Ag & Applied Economics Globalization, Wages and Wage Premia in a Transition Economy: New Evidence from Vietnam Thursday September 22 4:00pm Presented by: Ian Coxhead Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Patent Laws, Product Lifecycle Lengths and the Global Sourcing Decisions of U.S. Multinationals Thursday September 29 4:00pm Presented by: Kamran Bilir Department of EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison The Effects of Legal Institutions on Access to Credit: Evidence from American Indian Reservations Friday (different day) October 7 12:00pm Presented by: Dominic Parker Department of Agricultural Economics & EconomicsMontana State University Labor under Fire: Occupation Choice in a Conflict Zone Thursday October 27 3:45pm Presented by: Jennifer Alix-Garcia Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Migration and Networks in China Thursday November 3 4:00pm Presented by: Jeremy Foltz Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Too Costly to Correct: An Experimental Study of the Willingness to Pay for Equal Abilities Friday November 4 12:00pm Presented by: Yang Yao China Center for Economic ResearchBeijing University Household Labor Supply to On-Farm and Off-Farm Work Thursday November 17 3:45pm Presented by: Le Dong Tam Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Closing the Eyes on a Gloomy Future: Psychological Causes and Economic Consequences Thursday December 1 3:45pm Presented by: Rachid Laajaj Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Social Capital in Mexico: Measurement and Analysis using the Mexican Family Life Survey Thursday December 15 3:45pm Presented by: Emily Sellars Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Applied Economics Workshop An Analysis of Selectivity in the Productivity Evaluation of Biotechnology: An Application to Corn Wednesday October 5 4:00pm Presented by: Guanming Shi Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison On the Productive Value of Crop Biodiversity: Evidence from the Highlands of Ethiopia Wednesday October 19 4:00pm Presented by: Jean-Paul Chavas Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Paying for Access to Local Networks: Implicit Pricing of Social Capital in Rural US Counties Wednesday October 26 4:00pm Presented by: Bjorn Markeson Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Does Open Space Conservation Increase Neighboring Development? Wednesday November 2 4:00pm Presented by: Kate Zipp Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Local Foods and Community Economic Growth and Development Wednesday November 30 4:00pm Presented by: Steve Deller Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Analyzing Farmer Participation Intentions and Enrollment Rates for the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Program Wednesday December 7 4:00pm Presented by: Paul Mitchell Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
The Effects of Legal Institutions on Access to Credit: Evidence from American Indian Reservations Friday October 7 12:00pm Presented by: Dominic Parker Department of Agricultural Economics & EconomicsMontana State University
Contracts versus Trust in Resource Allocation: Equity and Efficiency Rise when Sharing Promises are Enforced Thursday (different day) October 20 3:45pm Presented by: Alexander Pfaff School of Public PolicyDuke University
Reputations and Neighbors: Understanding the Wine Market Friday October 28 12:00pm Presented by: Jill McCluskey School of Economic SciencesWashington State University
Climate Amenities, Climate Change and American Quality of Life Friday November 11 12:00pm Presented by: Ryan Kellog Department of EconomicsUniversity of Michigan
Altruism, Cooperation and Intrahousehold Allocation: Agricultural Production in Polygynous Households Friday November 18 12:00pm Presented by: Joyce Chen Agricultural, Environmental & Development EconomicsOhio State University
Globalization, Wages and Wage Premia in a Transition Economy: New Evidence from Vietnam Thursday September 22 4:00pm Presented by: Ian Coxhead Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Patent Laws, Product Lifecycle Lengths and the Global Sourcing Decisions of U.S. Multinationals Thursday September 29 4:00pm Presented by: Kamran Bilir Department of EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
The Effects of Legal Institutions on Access to Credit: Evidence from American Indian Reservations Friday (different day) October 7 12:00pm Presented by: Dominic Parker Department of Agricultural Economics & EconomicsMontana State University
Labor under Fire: Occupation Choice in a Conflict Zone Thursday October 27 3:45pm Presented by: Jennifer Alix-Garcia Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Migration and Networks in China Thursday November 3 4:00pm Presented by: Jeremy Foltz Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Too Costly to Correct: An Experimental Study of the Willingness to Pay for Equal Abilities Friday November 4 12:00pm Presented by: Yang Yao China Center for Economic ResearchBeijing University
Household Labor Supply to On-Farm and Off-Farm Work Thursday November 17 3:45pm Presented by: Le Dong Tam Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Closing the Eyes on a Gloomy Future: Psychological Causes and Economic Consequences Thursday December 1 3:45pm Presented by: Rachid Laajaj Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Social Capital in Mexico: Measurement and Analysis using the Mexican Family Life Survey Thursday December 15 3:45pm Presented by: Emily Sellars Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
An Analysis of Selectivity in the Productivity Evaluation of Biotechnology: An Application to Corn Wednesday October 5 4:00pm Presented by: Guanming Shi Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
On the Productive Value of Crop Biodiversity: Evidence from the Highlands of Ethiopia Wednesday October 19 4:00pm Presented by: Jean-Paul Chavas Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Paying for Access to Local Networks: Implicit Pricing of Social Capital in Rural US Counties Wednesday October 26 4:00pm Presented by: Bjorn Markeson Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Does Open Space Conservation Increase Neighboring Development? Wednesday November 2 4:00pm Presented by: Kate Zipp Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Local Foods and Community Economic Growth and Development Wednesday November 30 4:00pm Presented by: Steve Deller Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Analyzing Farmer Participation Intentions and Enrollment Rates for the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Program Wednesday December 7 4:00pm Presented by: Paul Mitchell Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison