Fall 2013 Schedule Department Seminar Detecting Ecological Disturbances from Economic Data: The Case of the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Friday September 13 12:00pm Presented by: Marty Smith Nicholas School of the EnvironmentDuke University The Environment-Economics Interface at UW-Madison: A Conversation with Nelson Institute Director Paul Robbins Friday September 20 12:00pm Presented by: Paul Robbins Nelson InstituteUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Micro-ordeals, Targeting, and Habit Formation Friday September 27 12:00pm Presented by: Vivian Hoffmann Department of Agriculture & Resource EconomicsUniversity of Maryland U.S. Regional Poverty Post-2000: The Lost Decade Friday October 11 12:00pm Presented by: Dan Rickman Department of EconomicsOklahoma State University Why are Indian Children Shorter Than African Children? Friday October 25 12:00pm Presented by: Seema Jayachandran Department of EconomicsNorthwestern University Management of Energy Technology for Sustainability: How to Fund Energy Technology R&D Friday November 8 12:00pm Presented by: Erin Baker Department of Mechanical & Industrial EngineeringUniversity of Massachusetts Land Demarcation and the Great Network of Ancient Rome Friday November 22 12:00pm Presented by: Dean Lueck Department of Agricultural & Resource EconomicsUniversity of Arizona Intra-Industry Reallocation and Long-Run Impacts of Environmental Regulation Friday December 6 12:00pm Presented by: Nori Tarui Department of EconomicsUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa Development Economics Workshop The Natural Selection of Infectious Disease Resistance and Its Effect on Contemporary Health Thursday September 19 3:45pm Presented by: Justin Cook Center for Demography and EcologyUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Does Emigration Inhibit Reform? Evidence from the Mexican Agrarian Movement, 1910-1945 Thursday October 3 3:45pm Presented by: Emily Sellars Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison A Trade Model with Distortions and Chinese National Development Strategy Thursday October 10 3:45pm Presented by: Chang Lian Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Cash for Cooperation? Payments for Ecosystem Services and Common Property Management in Mexico Thursday October 17 3:45pm Presented by: Patricia Yanez-Pagans Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Promotion and Contracting in the Chilean Winegrape Market Thursday October 24 3:45pm Presented by: Pilar Jano Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Migration and Household Activity Choices in the Valle Alto, Bolivia Thursday October 31 3:45pm Presented by: Daniel Prager Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison How Death Generates Birth: Evidence from Tsunami-Affected Indonesia Thursday November 21 3:45pm Presented by: Jenna Nobles Department of SociologyUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Has Indonesia's Boom Left Its Poor Behind? Thursday December 5 3:45pm Presented by: Ian Coxhead Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Labor Scarcity, Land Tenure, and the Persistence of History: Evidence from Mexico Thursday December 12 3:45pm Presented by: Jennifer Alix-Garcia Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Applied Economics Workshop On Demand Analysis and Dynamics: A Benefit Function Approach Wednesday September 11 12:00pm Presented by: Jean-Paul Chavas Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Determinants and Consequences of Friendship Composition Wednesday September 25 12:00pm Presented by: Jason Fletcher La Follette School of Public AffairsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Property Rights, Regulatory Capture, and Exploitation of Natural Resources Wednesday October 2 12:00pm Presented by: Corbett Grainger Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Regional Labor Markets, Commuting and the Economic Impact of Road Pricing Wednesday October 16 12:00pm Presented by: Tom Rutherford Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsWisconsin Institutes for DiscoveryUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Income Inequality and Economic Development on American Indian Reservations Wednesday October 23 12:00pm Presented by: Nick Parker Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison To Give or Not to Give: The Price of Contributing and the Provision of Public Goods Wednesday October 30 12:00pm Presented by: Timo Goeschl Heidelberg University The Demand Analysis in the U.S. Biotech Corn Seed Market Wednesday November 6 12:00pm Presented by: Wenhui Zhang Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Energy Savings from Opt-in Behavioral Energy Efficiency Programs Wednesday November 20 12:00pm Presented by: Bill Provencher Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Understanding, Summarizing, and Analyzing Multivariate Outcomes in Health and Poverty Research Wednesday December 4 12:00pm Presented by: John Mullahy Department of Population Health SciencesUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Behavioralist as Nutritionist: Two Papers on Behavioral Economics of Child Food Choice and Consumption Wednesday December 11 12:00pm Presented by: Anya Samak Department of Consumer ScienceUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Detecting Ecological Disturbances from Economic Data: The Case of the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Friday September 13 12:00pm Presented by: Marty Smith Nicholas School of the EnvironmentDuke University
The Environment-Economics Interface at UW-Madison: A Conversation with Nelson Institute Director Paul Robbins Friday September 20 12:00pm Presented by: Paul Robbins Nelson InstituteUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Micro-ordeals, Targeting, and Habit Formation Friday September 27 12:00pm Presented by: Vivian Hoffmann Department of Agriculture & Resource EconomicsUniversity of Maryland
U.S. Regional Poverty Post-2000: The Lost Decade Friday October 11 12:00pm Presented by: Dan Rickman Department of EconomicsOklahoma State University
Why are Indian Children Shorter Than African Children? Friday October 25 12:00pm Presented by: Seema Jayachandran Department of EconomicsNorthwestern University
Management of Energy Technology for Sustainability: How to Fund Energy Technology R&D Friday November 8 12:00pm Presented by: Erin Baker Department of Mechanical & Industrial EngineeringUniversity of Massachusetts
Land Demarcation and the Great Network of Ancient Rome Friday November 22 12:00pm Presented by: Dean Lueck Department of Agricultural & Resource EconomicsUniversity of Arizona
Intra-Industry Reallocation and Long-Run Impacts of Environmental Regulation Friday December 6 12:00pm Presented by: Nori Tarui Department of EconomicsUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa
The Natural Selection of Infectious Disease Resistance and Its Effect on Contemporary Health Thursday September 19 3:45pm Presented by: Justin Cook Center for Demography and EcologyUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Does Emigration Inhibit Reform? Evidence from the Mexican Agrarian Movement, 1910-1945 Thursday October 3 3:45pm Presented by: Emily Sellars Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
A Trade Model with Distortions and Chinese National Development Strategy Thursday October 10 3:45pm Presented by: Chang Lian Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Cash for Cooperation? Payments for Ecosystem Services and Common Property Management in Mexico Thursday October 17 3:45pm Presented by: Patricia Yanez-Pagans Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Promotion and Contracting in the Chilean Winegrape Market Thursday October 24 3:45pm Presented by: Pilar Jano Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Migration and Household Activity Choices in the Valle Alto, Bolivia Thursday October 31 3:45pm Presented by: Daniel Prager Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
How Death Generates Birth: Evidence from Tsunami-Affected Indonesia Thursday November 21 3:45pm Presented by: Jenna Nobles Department of SociologyUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Has Indonesia's Boom Left Its Poor Behind? Thursday December 5 3:45pm Presented by: Ian Coxhead Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Labor Scarcity, Land Tenure, and the Persistence of History: Evidence from Mexico Thursday December 12 3:45pm Presented by: Jennifer Alix-Garcia Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
On Demand Analysis and Dynamics: A Benefit Function Approach Wednesday September 11 12:00pm Presented by: Jean-Paul Chavas Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Determinants and Consequences of Friendship Composition Wednesday September 25 12:00pm Presented by: Jason Fletcher La Follette School of Public AffairsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Property Rights, Regulatory Capture, and Exploitation of Natural Resources Wednesday October 2 12:00pm Presented by: Corbett Grainger Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Regional Labor Markets, Commuting and the Economic Impact of Road Pricing Wednesday October 16 12:00pm Presented by: Tom Rutherford Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsWisconsin Institutes for DiscoveryUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Income Inequality and Economic Development on American Indian Reservations Wednesday October 23 12:00pm Presented by: Nick Parker Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
To Give or Not to Give: The Price of Contributing and the Provision of Public Goods Wednesday October 30 12:00pm Presented by: Timo Goeschl Heidelberg University
The Demand Analysis in the U.S. Biotech Corn Seed Market Wednesday November 6 12:00pm Presented by: Wenhui Zhang Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Energy Savings from Opt-in Behavioral Energy Efficiency Programs Wednesday November 20 12:00pm Presented by: Bill Provencher Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Understanding, Summarizing, and Analyzing Multivariate Outcomes in Health and Poverty Research Wednesday December 4 12:00pm Presented by: John Mullahy Department of Population Health SciencesUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Behavioralist as Nutritionist: Two Papers on Behavioral Economics of Child Food Choice and Consumption Wednesday December 11 12:00pm Presented by: Anya Samak Department of Consumer ScienceUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison