Fall 2016 Schedule Department Seminar Does Migration Cause Political Extremism? Friday September 16 12:00pm Presented by: Thiemo Fetzer Department of EconomicsUniversity of Warwick Intra-National Home Bias: New Evidence from the United States Commodity Flows Survey Friday October 7 12:00pm Presented by: Valeriano Martinez San Roman Department of EconomicsUniversity of Cantabria Displacement and Development: Long Term Impacts of the Partition of India Friday October 21 12:00pm Presented by: Prashant Bharadwaj Department of EconomicsUniversity of California, San Diego Sustainability of U.S. Corn Production: A Cost Function Analysis Monday October 31 12:00pm Presented by: Fengxia Dong Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Are Energy Efficiency Standards Less Regressive Than Energy Taxes? Friday November 4 12:00pm Presented by: Arik Levinson Department of EconomicsGeorgetown University Hazed and Confused: The Effects of Air Pollution on Cognitive Functioning and Financial Decision Making among the Elderly Friday November 18 12:00pm Presented by: Nicolas Kuminoff Department of EconomicsArizona State University Agricultural Productivity and Child Nutrition Friday December 2 12:00pm Presented by: Hope Michelson Department of Agricultural & Consumer EconomicsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Development Economics Workshop Using Heterogeneity in Resistance to Estimate the Impact of Antibiotics on US Economic Development Thursday September 1 3:45pm Presented by: Justin Cook Department of EconomicsUniversity of California, Merced An Experimental Approach to Comparing Similarity- and Guilt-Based Charitable Appeals Thursday September 8 3:45pm Presented by: Jordan van Rijn and Brad Barham Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison The Globalization of Income Inequality Thursday September 15 3:45pm Presented by: John Luke Gallup Department of EconomicsPortland State University Direct Measurement of Efficiency Gains from Land Titling: PROCEDE's Effect upon the Productivity of Mexican Agriculture Thursday September 22 3:45pm Presented by: Travis McArthur Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Migration and Labor Outcomes in Southern Mexico Thursday October 6 3:45pm Presented by: Esteban Quinones Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison South African Pension Program and Labor Market Outcomes Thursday October 13 3:45pm Presented by: Norihiko Matsuda Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Supply Chain Interventions and Leakage: The Case of Brazil's Zero Deforestation Cattle Agreements Thursday October 20 3:45pm Presented by: Jennifer Alix-Garcia Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Trade Liberalization, Firm Productivity, and Exit in Ethiopian Manufacturing Firms Thursday October 27 3:45pm Presented by: Dawit Zenebe Development StudiesUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Agricultural Subsidies: Cutting into Forest Conservation? Thursday November 17 3:45pm Presented by: Fanny Moffette Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Buoyed by the Boom? Regional Effects of Commodity Price Increases in Indonesia Thursday December 1 3:45pm Presented by: Allison Derrick Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Diminishing the Effectiveness of Vote Buying: Experimental Evidence from a Persuasive Radio Campaign in India Thursday December 8 3:45pm Presented by: Srini Vasudevan Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Immigration and Labor Market Outcomes of Natives: Evidence from Thailand Thursday December 15 3:45pm Presented by: Patcha Chaikitmongkol Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Applied Economics Workshop Competition, Price Dispersion and Capacity Constraints: The Case of the U.S. Corn Seed Industry Wednesday September 21 12:00pm Presented by: Cornelia Ilin Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Solving Stochastic Dynamic Programming Problems: A Complementarity Approach Wednesday September 28 12:00pm Presented by: Wonjun Chang Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison The Economic Impact of Groundwater Restrictions in the Central Sands Wednesday October 5 12:00pm Presented by: Andrew Schreiber Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison The Impact of Air Pollution on Medical Expenditures: Evidence from Spending on Chronic Respiratory Conditions Wednesday October 12 12:00pm Presented by: Austin Williams Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Risk Appetite and its Influence on Acreage Decision Making: An East-Asia case study Wednesday October 19 12:00pm Presented by: Debin Zhang School of ManagementHuazhong University Landowner Adoption of Bioenergy Cropping Systems with Public Benefits: A Willingness-to-Accept Model Wednesday October 26 12:00pm Presented by: Daniel Mooney Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Migration as Revealed Preference for Amenities: Evidence from Tax Filing Locations Wednesday November 2 12:00pm Presented by: Brett Close Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Climate change impact on tail dependence of crop yield Wednesday November 16 12:00pm Presented by: Sheldon Du Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Production Credit and Recovery: The Case of US Farm Credit in the Dust Bowl Wednesday November 30 12:00pm Presented by: Jared Hutchins Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Ownership, Pricing and Productivity: The Case of Electric Distribution Cooperatives Wednesday December 7 12:00pm Presented by: Heesun Jang Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison The Effect of Quality on Milk Purchasing Decision of Cheese Processing Plants in Wisconsin Wednesday December 14 12:00pm Presented by: Charng-Jiun Yu Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Does Migration Cause Political Extremism? Friday September 16 12:00pm Presented by: Thiemo Fetzer Department of EconomicsUniversity of Warwick
Intra-National Home Bias: New Evidence from the United States Commodity Flows Survey Friday October 7 12:00pm Presented by: Valeriano Martinez San Roman Department of EconomicsUniversity of Cantabria
Displacement and Development: Long Term Impacts of the Partition of India Friday October 21 12:00pm Presented by: Prashant Bharadwaj Department of EconomicsUniversity of California, San Diego
Sustainability of U.S. Corn Production: A Cost Function Analysis Monday October 31 12:00pm Presented by: Fengxia Dong Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Are Energy Efficiency Standards Less Regressive Than Energy Taxes? Friday November 4 12:00pm Presented by: Arik Levinson Department of EconomicsGeorgetown University
Hazed and Confused: The Effects of Air Pollution on Cognitive Functioning and Financial Decision Making among the Elderly Friday November 18 12:00pm Presented by: Nicolas Kuminoff Department of EconomicsArizona State University
Agricultural Productivity and Child Nutrition Friday December 2 12:00pm Presented by: Hope Michelson Department of Agricultural & Consumer EconomicsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Using Heterogeneity in Resistance to Estimate the Impact of Antibiotics on US Economic Development Thursday September 1 3:45pm Presented by: Justin Cook Department of EconomicsUniversity of California, Merced
An Experimental Approach to Comparing Similarity- and Guilt-Based Charitable Appeals Thursday September 8 3:45pm Presented by: Jordan van Rijn and Brad Barham Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
The Globalization of Income Inequality Thursday September 15 3:45pm Presented by: John Luke Gallup Department of EconomicsPortland State University
Direct Measurement of Efficiency Gains from Land Titling: PROCEDE's Effect upon the Productivity of Mexican Agriculture Thursday September 22 3:45pm Presented by: Travis McArthur Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Migration and Labor Outcomes in Southern Mexico Thursday October 6 3:45pm Presented by: Esteban Quinones Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
South African Pension Program and Labor Market Outcomes Thursday October 13 3:45pm Presented by: Norihiko Matsuda Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Supply Chain Interventions and Leakage: The Case of Brazil's Zero Deforestation Cattle Agreements Thursday October 20 3:45pm Presented by: Jennifer Alix-Garcia Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Trade Liberalization, Firm Productivity, and Exit in Ethiopian Manufacturing Firms Thursday October 27 3:45pm Presented by: Dawit Zenebe Development StudiesUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Agricultural Subsidies: Cutting into Forest Conservation? Thursday November 17 3:45pm Presented by: Fanny Moffette Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Buoyed by the Boom? Regional Effects of Commodity Price Increases in Indonesia Thursday December 1 3:45pm Presented by: Allison Derrick Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Diminishing the Effectiveness of Vote Buying: Experimental Evidence from a Persuasive Radio Campaign in India Thursday December 8 3:45pm Presented by: Srini Vasudevan Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Immigration and Labor Market Outcomes of Natives: Evidence from Thailand Thursday December 15 3:45pm Presented by: Patcha Chaikitmongkol Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Competition, Price Dispersion and Capacity Constraints: The Case of the U.S. Corn Seed Industry Wednesday September 21 12:00pm Presented by: Cornelia Ilin Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Solving Stochastic Dynamic Programming Problems: A Complementarity Approach Wednesday September 28 12:00pm Presented by: Wonjun Chang Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
The Economic Impact of Groundwater Restrictions in the Central Sands Wednesday October 5 12:00pm Presented by: Andrew Schreiber Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
The Impact of Air Pollution on Medical Expenditures: Evidence from Spending on Chronic Respiratory Conditions Wednesday October 12 12:00pm Presented by: Austin Williams Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Risk Appetite and its Influence on Acreage Decision Making: An East-Asia case study Wednesday October 19 12:00pm Presented by: Debin Zhang School of ManagementHuazhong University
Landowner Adoption of Bioenergy Cropping Systems with Public Benefits: A Willingness-to-Accept Model Wednesday October 26 12:00pm Presented by: Daniel Mooney Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Migration as Revealed Preference for Amenities: Evidence from Tax Filing Locations Wednesday November 2 12:00pm Presented by: Brett Close Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Climate change impact on tail dependence of crop yield Wednesday November 16 12:00pm Presented by: Sheldon Du Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Production Credit and Recovery: The Case of US Farm Credit in the Dust Bowl Wednesday November 30 12:00pm Presented by: Jared Hutchins Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Ownership, Pricing and Productivity: The Case of Electric Distribution Cooperatives Wednesday December 7 12:00pm Presented by: Heesun Jang Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
The Effect of Quality on Milk Purchasing Decision of Cheese Processing Plants in Wisconsin Wednesday December 14 12:00pm Presented by: Charng-Jiun Yu Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison