Spring 2006 Schedule Department Seminar Buried Treasure: The Economy of Brownfields Friday February 10 1:30pm Presented by: John Braden Department of Agricultural & Consumer EconomicsUniversity of Illinois, Urbana Development Economics Workshop From Cash Transfer Flows to Human Capital Stocks: Evaluating the Impact of the South African Child Support Grant Thursday February 2 4:00pm Presented by: Jorge Aguero & Michael Carter Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison War and Institutions in Sierra Leone Friday February 17 12:00pm Presented by: Ted Miguel Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley Biodiversity and Land Degradation in Ethiopia Thursday March 2 4:00pm Presented by: Salvatore di Falco School of Environmental SciencesUniversity of East Anglia, UK Was Marx Right After All? The Economics of Polarized Agrarian Class Structure in Central and Eastern Europe Thursday March 9 4:00pm Presented by: Martin Petrick Post-Doctoral ResearcherLeibniz-Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO) Women and Targeted Cash Transfers in Nicaragua Thursday March 30 4:00pm Presented by: Seth Gitter Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison The Long-Term Impacts of Short-Term Shocks: Poverty Traps and Environmental Disasters in Ethiopia and Honduras Thursday April 6 4:00pm Presented by: Michael Carter Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Early Childhood Nutrition, Schooling and Sibling Inequality in a Dynamic Context: Evidence from South Africa Thursday April 13 4:00pm Presented by: Futoshi Yamauchi International Food Policy Research Institute Subjective Welfare, Isolation and Rivalry Thursday April 20 3:00pm Presented by: Marcel Fafchamps Economics Department, Oxford UniversityCenter for the Study of African Economies Access to Land, Market Participation and Poverty Reduction in Vietnam (1992-1998) Thursday April 27 4:00pm Presented by: Thi Minh Ngo Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Detecting Problems in Survey Data Using Benford's Law Thursday May 4 4:00pm Presented by: Laura Schechter Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Applied Economics Workshop On the Product Value of Biodiversity Wednesday January 25 4:00pm Presented by: Jean-Paul Chavas Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison A Generalized Sharecropping Model of Retail Leasing and Licensing Agreements Wednesday February 8 4:00pm Presented by: Timothy Riddiough School of BusinessUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Understanding Cigarette Tax Setting: The Competing Forces of Median Voter and Interest Groups Wednesday February 15 4:00pm Presented by: Ming-Feng Hsieh Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison The Effects of Cooperative Competition on Member Loyalty Wednesday February 22 4:00pm Presented by: Andrea Bentancor & Kimberly Zeuli Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Valuing Water Clarity Improvements in Green Bay, Wisconsin: A Spatial Modeling Approach Wednesday March 8 4:00pm Presented by: Rebecca Moore Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Should the Government Finance Public Goods in Rural Areas? A Review of Arguments Wednesday March 29 4:00pm Presented by: Martin Petrick Post-Doctoral ResearcherLeibniz-Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO) Bundling and Licensing of Genes in Agricultural Biotechnology Wednesday April 26 4:00pm Presented by: Guanming Shi Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Education and Agricultural Productivity in Vietnam Wednesday May 3 4:00pm Presented by: Thi Minh Ngo Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Strategic Effects of Private Labels in a Vertical Bargaining Model Wednesday May 10 4:00pm Presented by: Li Tian University of Connecticut
Buried Treasure: The Economy of Brownfields Friday February 10 1:30pm Presented by: John Braden Department of Agricultural & Consumer EconomicsUniversity of Illinois, Urbana
From Cash Transfer Flows to Human Capital Stocks: Evaluating the Impact of the South African Child Support Grant Thursday February 2 4:00pm Presented by: Jorge Aguero & Michael Carter Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
War and Institutions in Sierra Leone Friday February 17 12:00pm Presented by: Ted Miguel Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
Biodiversity and Land Degradation in Ethiopia Thursday March 2 4:00pm Presented by: Salvatore di Falco School of Environmental SciencesUniversity of East Anglia, UK
Was Marx Right After All? The Economics of Polarized Agrarian Class Structure in Central and Eastern Europe Thursday March 9 4:00pm Presented by: Martin Petrick Post-Doctoral ResearcherLeibniz-Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO)
Women and Targeted Cash Transfers in Nicaragua Thursday March 30 4:00pm Presented by: Seth Gitter Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
The Long-Term Impacts of Short-Term Shocks: Poverty Traps and Environmental Disasters in Ethiopia and Honduras Thursday April 6 4:00pm Presented by: Michael Carter Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Early Childhood Nutrition, Schooling and Sibling Inequality in a Dynamic Context: Evidence from South Africa Thursday April 13 4:00pm Presented by: Futoshi Yamauchi International Food Policy Research Institute
Subjective Welfare, Isolation and Rivalry Thursday April 20 3:00pm Presented by: Marcel Fafchamps Economics Department, Oxford UniversityCenter for the Study of African Economies
Access to Land, Market Participation and Poverty Reduction in Vietnam (1992-1998) Thursday April 27 4:00pm Presented by: Thi Minh Ngo Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Detecting Problems in Survey Data Using Benford's Law Thursday May 4 4:00pm Presented by: Laura Schechter Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
On the Product Value of Biodiversity Wednesday January 25 4:00pm Presented by: Jean-Paul Chavas Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
A Generalized Sharecropping Model of Retail Leasing and Licensing Agreements Wednesday February 8 4:00pm Presented by: Timothy Riddiough School of BusinessUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Understanding Cigarette Tax Setting: The Competing Forces of Median Voter and Interest Groups Wednesday February 15 4:00pm Presented by: Ming-Feng Hsieh Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
The Effects of Cooperative Competition on Member Loyalty Wednesday February 22 4:00pm Presented by: Andrea Bentancor & Kimberly Zeuli Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Valuing Water Clarity Improvements in Green Bay, Wisconsin: A Spatial Modeling Approach Wednesday March 8 4:00pm Presented by: Rebecca Moore Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Should the Government Finance Public Goods in Rural Areas? A Review of Arguments Wednesday March 29 4:00pm Presented by: Martin Petrick Post-Doctoral ResearcherLeibniz-Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO)
Bundling and Licensing of Genes in Agricultural Biotechnology Wednesday April 26 4:00pm Presented by: Guanming Shi Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Education and Agricultural Productivity in Vietnam Wednesday May 3 4:00pm Presented by: Thi Minh Ngo Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Strategic Effects of Private Labels in a Vertical Bargaining Model Wednesday May 10 4:00pm Presented by: Li Tian University of Connecticut