Fall 2019 Schedule Department Seminar Partisanship and Survey Refusal Friday September 6 12:00pm Presented by: Mark Borgschulte Department of EconomicsUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Social Network Structures and the Politics of Public Goods Provision: Evidence from the Philippines Friday September 20 12:00pm Presented by: Cesi Cruz Departments of Economics and Political ScienceUniversity of British Columbia It's Getting Crowded in Here: Experimental Evidence of Demand Constraints in the Gender Profit Gap Friday September 27 12:00pm Presented by: Morgan Hardy Social Science DivisionNYU Abu Dhabi Policy Design with Advantageous Selection: Experimental Evidence from Electricity Plan Choice Friday October 11 12:00pm Presented by: Koichiro Ito Harris School of Public PolicyUniversity of Chicago The Response of Cropland Transitions to Economic Incentives: Applications to the Environmental Impacts of the Renewable Fuels Standard and a Supply Curve for Carbon Sequestration Friday October 18 12:00pm Presented by: Nathan Hendricks Department of Agricultural EconomicsKansas State University Loan Contract Structure and Adverse Selection: Survey Evidence from Uganda Friday October 25 12:00pm Presented by: Miri Stryjan Department of EconomicsBen-Gurion University of the Negev Pricing Private Education in Urban India: Demand, Use and Impact Friday November 1 12:00pm Presented by: Priya Mukherjee Department of EconomicsCollege of William and Mary Development Economics Workshop Gender Equality in the Family Can Reduce the Malaria Burden in Malawi Thursday October 10 3:45pm Presented by: Matt Klein Practice Job Talk Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Where There’s Haze There’s Fire: Political Accountability and Indonesia’s Forest Fires Thursday November 14 3:45pm Presented by: Russell Toth Department of EconomicsUniversity of Sydney Heterogeneous firm responses to environmental changes: evidence from meat production in the Brazilian Amazon Thursday November 21 3:45pm Presented by: Marin Skidmore Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Applied Economics Workshop Efficient learning of site-specific management in precision agriculture Wednesday September 11 12:00pm Presented by: Yuji Saikai Practice Job Talk Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Milked for All They Are Worth: Analyzing Livestock Mortality Costs in a Structural, Dynamic Discrete Choice Model Wednesday September 18 12:00pm Presented by: Jared Hutchins Practice Job Talk Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Are 'Complementary Policies' Substitutes? Evidence from R&D Subsidies in the UK Wednesday September 25 12:00pm Presented by: Jacquelyn Pless Sloan School of ManagementMIT Learning By Regulating: The Evolution of Wind Energy Zoning Laws Wednesday October 2 12:00pm Presented by: Justin Winikoff Practice Job Talk Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison The cognitive cost of toxic chemicals in early childhood Wednesday October 9 12:00pm Presented by: Irene Jacqz Practice Job Talk Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Subnational Favoritism in Development Grant Allocations - Empirical Evidence from a Decentralized Country Wednesday October 16 12:00pm Presented by: Gerrit Gonschorek University of Freiburg Risk Attitudes and Returns in Rural Economies: Evidence from Thailand and Vietnam Wednesday October 23 12:00pm Presented by: Sabine Liebenehm Department of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsUniversity of Saskatchewan The Insurance Effect of Migrant Remittances on Farm Households: Evidence from China Wednesday November 13 12:00pm Presented by: Licheng Xu Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Credit Union and Bank Subprime Lending in the Great Recession Wednesday November 20 12:00pm Presented by: Jordan van Rijn & Kangli Li Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Rural Broadband: The Connection to Entrepreneurship by Business Size and Gender Wednesday December 4 12:00pm Presented by: Tessa Conroy Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Partisanship and Survey Refusal Friday September 6 12:00pm Presented by: Mark Borgschulte Department of EconomicsUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Social Network Structures and the Politics of Public Goods Provision: Evidence from the Philippines Friday September 20 12:00pm Presented by: Cesi Cruz Departments of Economics and Political ScienceUniversity of British Columbia
It's Getting Crowded in Here: Experimental Evidence of Demand Constraints in the Gender Profit Gap Friday September 27 12:00pm Presented by: Morgan Hardy Social Science DivisionNYU Abu Dhabi
Policy Design with Advantageous Selection: Experimental Evidence from Electricity Plan Choice Friday October 11 12:00pm Presented by: Koichiro Ito Harris School of Public PolicyUniversity of Chicago
The Response of Cropland Transitions to Economic Incentives: Applications to the Environmental Impacts of the Renewable Fuels Standard and a Supply Curve for Carbon Sequestration Friday October 18 12:00pm Presented by: Nathan Hendricks Department of Agricultural EconomicsKansas State University
Loan Contract Structure and Adverse Selection: Survey Evidence from Uganda Friday October 25 12:00pm Presented by: Miri Stryjan Department of EconomicsBen-Gurion University of the Negev
Pricing Private Education in Urban India: Demand, Use and Impact Friday November 1 12:00pm Presented by: Priya Mukherjee Department of EconomicsCollege of William and Mary
Gender Equality in the Family Can Reduce the Malaria Burden in Malawi Thursday October 10 3:45pm Presented by: Matt Klein Practice Job Talk Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Where There’s Haze There’s Fire: Political Accountability and Indonesia’s Forest Fires Thursday November 14 3:45pm Presented by: Russell Toth Department of EconomicsUniversity of Sydney
Heterogeneous firm responses to environmental changes: evidence from meat production in the Brazilian Amazon Thursday November 21 3:45pm Presented by: Marin Skidmore Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Efficient learning of site-specific management in precision agriculture Wednesday September 11 12:00pm Presented by: Yuji Saikai Practice Job Talk Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Milked for All They Are Worth: Analyzing Livestock Mortality Costs in a Structural, Dynamic Discrete Choice Model Wednesday September 18 12:00pm Presented by: Jared Hutchins Practice Job Talk Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Are 'Complementary Policies' Substitutes? Evidence from R&D Subsidies in the UK Wednesday September 25 12:00pm Presented by: Jacquelyn Pless Sloan School of ManagementMIT
Learning By Regulating: The Evolution of Wind Energy Zoning Laws Wednesday October 2 12:00pm Presented by: Justin Winikoff Practice Job Talk Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
The cognitive cost of toxic chemicals in early childhood Wednesday October 9 12:00pm Presented by: Irene Jacqz Practice Job Talk Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Subnational Favoritism in Development Grant Allocations - Empirical Evidence from a Decentralized Country Wednesday October 16 12:00pm Presented by: Gerrit Gonschorek University of Freiburg
Risk Attitudes and Returns in Rural Economies: Evidence from Thailand and Vietnam Wednesday October 23 12:00pm Presented by: Sabine Liebenehm Department of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsUniversity of Saskatchewan
The Insurance Effect of Migrant Remittances on Farm Households: Evidence from China Wednesday November 13 12:00pm Presented by: Licheng Xu Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Credit Union and Bank Subprime Lending in the Great Recession Wednesday November 20 12:00pm Presented by: Jordan van Rijn & Kangli Li Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Rural Broadband: The Connection to Entrepreneurship by Business Size and Gender Wednesday December 4 12:00pm Presented by: Tessa Conroy Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison