Fall 2014 Schedule Department Seminar A Causal Analysis of Juvenile Crime in Italy Friday September 19 12:00pm Presented by: Federico Perali Department of EconomicsUniversity of Verona Learning, Hygiene, and Traditional Medicine Friday October 3 12:00pm Presented by: Daniel Bennett University of Chicago Assisted Reproductive Technology and Women's Choice to Pursue Professional Careers Friday October 17 12:00pm Presented by: Sarah Kroeger Department of EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Recycling Non-Renewable Resources by the Least-(Full)-Cost-First Principle Friday October 31 12:00pm Presented by: John Boyce Department of EconomicsUniversity of Calgary Making Agriculture Work for Nutrition: Getting Policies Right Friday November 7 12:00pm Presented by: Prabhu Pingali Applied Economics & ManagementCornell University Wisconsin Becoming - The Careful Creation of Prosperity Friday November 14 12:00pm Presented by: Daniel Bromley Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Piketty's Capital in a Medieval Farming Village Friday December 5 12:00pm Presented by: Jay Coggins Department of Applied EconomicsUniversity of Minnesota Center for Cooperatives Workshops The Wisconsin Milk Strikes of 1933: Redefining Cooperatives’ Role in the Economy Thursday September 18 12:00pm Presented by: Alexia Blin L’Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences SocialesParis Development Economics Workshop Estimating the Effect of Imperial Legacy on Modern Savings and Investment Behavior Thursday September 4 3:45pm Presented by: Sarah Walker Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison An Institutionalist Critique of Behavioral Economics Thursday September 11 3:45pm Presented by: Fred Zimmerman Fielding School of Public HealthUniversity of California, Los Angeles Testing the Existence of a Home Bias in Trade Thursday September 18 3:45pm Presented by: Mitchell Morey Department of EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Self Control or Social Control: Peer Effects on Temptation Consumption Thursday September 25 3:45pm Presented by: Yating Chuang Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Does Emigration Inhibit Reform? Evidence from Mexico's Agrarian Movement, 1910-1945 Thursday October 2 3:45pm Presented by: Emily Sellars Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Effects of Weather Shocks on Child Survival in Mali Thursday October 9 3:45pm Presented by: Jhin Han Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Internal Migration and Risk Sharing in Rural Thailand Thursday October 16 3:45pm Presented by: Na Zhao Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Joint with Applied Economics Workshop Wednesday (different day) October 22 12:00pm Evaluating PES Impact in Yucatan, Mexico: A Spatial Approach Thursday October 30 3:45pm Presented by: Gwen Le Velly CERDIUniversity of Auvergne, France Do Higher Salaries Lower Petty Corruption? A Policy Experiment on West Africa’s Highways Thursday November 6 3:45pm Presented by: Jeremy Foltz Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Do Schools Cause Students? Evidence from China's Post-Famine Baby Boom Thursday November 20 3:45pm Presented by: Ian Coxhead Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison It's Complicated: Direct vs. Incentive-Based Forest Conservation in Mexico Thursday December 4 3:45pm Presented by: Jennifer Alix-Garcia Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Applied Economics Workshop Wildfire Risk and Homeowners: Like a Moth to Flame Wednesday September 10 12:00pm Presented by: Patty Champ U.S. Forest Service Tax Incentives and Private Land Conservation Wednesday October 1 12:00pm Presented by: Nick Parker Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison On Resilience in Agro-Ecosystems Wednesday October 8 12:00pm Presented by: Jean-Paul Chavas Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Games, Optimization Bots and Fields of Fuel Wednesday October 15 12:00pm Presented by: Michael Ferris Department of Computer SciencesWisconsin Institutes for DiscoveryUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Resource Misallocation, Inefficiency, Inequality and China's Development Strategy Wednesday October 22 12:00pm Presented by: Chang Lian Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Dependency Status and Social Insurance: an Experimental Investigation Wednesday October 29 12:00pm Presented by: John Ahlquist Department of Political ScienceUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison New Tools and Applications for Sparse Nonlinear Optimization in Applied Economics Wednesday November 5 12:00pm Presented by: Thomas Rutherford Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison ASEAN Economic Community and Climate Change Wednesday November 12 12:00pm Presented by: Budy Resosudarmo Department of EconomicsAustralian National University The Research Productivity Effects of Formula Funds Wednesday November 19 12:00pm Presented by: Jeremy Foltz Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Directed Technological Change in the Electricity Sector Wednesday December 3 12:00pm Presented by: Itzi Lazkano Department of EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Center for Dairy Profitability Seminar Series The Value of Financial Statements, The Relationship Between Them, and What Does the Producer Gain From Them? Thursday October 23 10:30am Presented by: Chris Taylor Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison The Value of Financial Statements, The Relationship Between Them, and What Does the Producer Gain From Them? Tuesday October 28 1:30pm Presented by: Simon Jette-Nantel Department of Agricultural EconomicsUniversity of Kentucky
A Causal Analysis of Juvenile Crime in Italy Friday September 19 12:00pm Presented by: Federico Perali Department of EconomicsUniversity of Verona
Learning, Hygiene, and Traditional Medicine Friday October 3 12:00pm Presented by: Daniel Bennett University of Chicago
Assisted Reproductive Technology and Women's Choice to Pursue Professional Careers Friday October 17 12:00pm Presented by: Sarah Kroeger Department of EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Recycling Non-Renewable Resources by the Least-(Full)-Cost-First Principle Friday October 31 12:00pm Presented by: John Boyce Department of EconomicsUniversity of Calgary
Making Agriculture Work for Nutrition: Getting Policies Right Friday November 7 12:00pm Presented by: Prabhu Pingali Applied Economics & ManagementCornell University
Wisconsin Becoming - The Careful Creation of Prosperity Friday November 14 12:00pm Presented by: Daniel Bromley Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Piketty's Capital in a Medieval Farming Village Friday December 5 12:00pm Presented by: Jay Coggins Department of Applied EconomicsUniversity of Minnesota
The Wisconsin Milk Strikes of 1933: Redefining Cooperatives’ Role in the Economy Thursday September 18 12:00pm Presented by: Alexia Blin L’Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences SocialesParis
Estimating the Effect of Imperial Legacy on Modern Savings and Investment Behavior Thursday September 4 3:45pm Presented by: Sarah Walker Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
An Institutionalist Critique of Behavioral Economics Thursday September 11 3:45pm Presented by: Fred Zimmerman Fielding School of Public HealthUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Testing the Existence of a Home Bias in Trade Thursday September 18 3:45pm Presented by: Mitchell Morey Department of EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Self Control or Social Control: Peer Effects on Temptation Consumption Thursday September 25 3:45pm Presented by: Yating Chuang Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Does Emigration Inhibit Reform? Evidence from Mexico's Agrarian Movement, 1910-1945 Thursday October 2 3:45pm Presented by: Emily Sellars Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Effects of Weather Shocks on Child Survival in Mali Thursday October 9 3:45pm Presented by: Jhin Han Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Internal Migration and Risk Sharing in Rural Thailand Thursday October 16 3:45pm Presented by: Na Zhao Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Evaluating PES Impact in Yucatan, Mexico: A Spatial Approach Thursday October 30 3:45pm Presented by: Gwen Le Velly CERDIUniversity of Auvergne, France
Do Higher Salaries Lower Petty Corruption? A Policy Experiment on West Africa’s Highways Thursday November 6 3:45pm Presented by: Jeremy Foltz Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Do Schools Cause Students? Evidence from China's Post-Famine Baby Boom Thursday November 20 3:45pm Presented by: Ian Coxhead Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
It's Complicated: Direct vs. Incentive-Based Forest Conservation in Mexico Thursday December 4 3:45pm Presented by: Jennifer Alix-Garcia Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Wildfire Risk and Homeowners: Like a Moth to Flame Wednesday September 10 12:00pm Presented by: Patty Champ U.S. Forest Service
Tax Incentives and Private Land Conservation Wednesday October 1 12:00pm Presented by: Nick Parker Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
On Resilience in Agro-Ecosystems Wednesday October 8 12:00pm Presented by: Jean-Paul Chavas Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Games, Optimization Bots and Fields of Fuel Wednesday October 15 12:00pm Presented by: Michael Ferris Department of Computer SciencesWisconsin Institutes for DiscoveryUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Resource Misallocation, Inefficiency, Inequality and China's Development Strategy Wednesday October 22 12:00pm Presented by: Chang Lian Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Dependency Status and Social Insurance: an Experimental Investigation Wednesday October 29 12:00pm Presented by: John Ahlquist Department of Political ScienceUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
New Tools and Applications for Sparse Nonlinear Optimization in Applied Economics Wednesday November 5 12:00pm Presented by: Thomas Rutherford Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
ASEAN Economic Community and Climate Change Wednesday November 12 12:00pm Presented by: Budy Resosudarmo Department of EconomicsAustralian National University
The Research Productivity Effects of Formula Funds Wednesday November 19 12:00pm Presented by: Jeremy Foltz Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Directed Technological Change in the Electricity Sector Wednesday December 3 12:00pm Presented by: Itzi Lazkano Department of EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
The Value of Financial Statements, The Relationship Between Them, and What Does the Producer Gain From Them? Thursday October 23 10:30am Presented by: Chris Taylor Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
The Value of Financial Statements, The Relationship Between Them, and What Does the Producer Gain From Them? Tuesday October 28 1:30pm Presented by: Simon Jette-Nantel Department of Agricultural EconomicsUniversity of Kentucky