Spring 2008 Schedule Department Seminar Setting the Rules of Devolution: Promoting Ground Water Reform in the Guadiana Basin Thursday January 31 12:00pm Presented by: Susan E. Stratton Department of Agricultural & Resource EconomicsUniversity of California, Berkeley Sanitary and Phytosanitary Impacts on Apple Trade Monday February 4 12:00pm Presented by: Lia Nogueira School of Economic SciencesWashington State University Asset Markets and Advice Thursday February 7 12:00pm Presented by: Jonathan E. Alevy Department of Resource EconomicsUniversity of Nevada-Reno rbST Decisions Down the Supply Chain Friday February 15 2:00pm Presented by: Chris Wolf Department of Agricultural EonomicsMichigan State University Forum on Agriculture, Climate, & Energy Technology Sustainability Rural Economic Development from Biofuels Production: Alternative Strategies Friday April 4 12:00pm Presented by: William D. Walker Senior Public Policy AdvisorWisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection Measure to Manage: Measuring and improving environmental and economic performance of the WI bio-economy with integrated assessment models Friday May 16 12:00pm Presented by: Tom Cox, John Norman, Laura Ward Good & Jim Leveri AAE, Soil Science & UW-ExtensionUniversity of Wisconsin Development Economics Workshop Reconciling Observed Tariffs and the Median Voter Model Thursday February 14 4:00pm Presented by: Swati Dhingra Department of EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Does Community Participation Produce Dividends in Social Investment Fund Projects? Thursday February 21 4:00pm Presented by: Carolyn Heinrich Lafollette School of Public AffairsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Vote Buying and Negative Reciprocity in Paraguay Thursday February 28 4:00pm Presented by: Laura Schechter Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Non-Farm Enterprises and Agricultural Risk Thursday March 13 4:00pm Presented by: Ousman Gajigo Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Land, Labor, and Livelihood Strategies: Understanding which Households Benefit from Participation in Integrated Conservation Development in the Brazilian Amazon Friday March 28 2:00pm Presented by: Erin Sills Department of Forestry & Environmental ResourcesNorth Carolina State University Development Strategy, Economic Performance and Inequality Thursday April 3 4:00pm Presented by: Binkai Chen China Center for Economic ResearchPeking University Household Investment, Heterogeneous Productivity, and Poverty Dynamics:Theory and Evidence from Kagera, Tanzania Thursday April 10 4:00pm Presented by: Munenobu Ikegami Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison The rise of China and India and the commodity boom: economic and environmental implications for low-income countries Thursday April 17 4:00pm Presented by: Ian Coxhead Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Labor Market Flexibility and Poverty Dynamics: Evidence from Spain Thursday April 24 4:00pm Presented by: Ricardo Serrano-Padial Department of EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Dynamics of Rules and Resources: Three New Field Experiments on Water, Forests and Fisheries Thursday May 15 4:00pm Presented by: Juan Camilo Cardenas Universidad de los Andes, Colombia Applied Economics Workshop Micro-Economic Efficiency Under Bounded Rationality Wednesday February 27 4:00pm Presented by: Jean-Paul Chavas & Brad Barham Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Some Thoughts about the Engaged University and the Scholarship of Engagement Wednesday March 5 4:00pm Presented by: Gerry Campbell Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Explicit and Implicit Contracting Wednesday March 12 4:00pm Presented by: Brent Hueth Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison U.S. Dairy Supply Response: A Dynamic Econometric Approach Wednesday March 26 4:00pm Presented by: Marin Bozic & Brian Gould Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Pricing in the US Seed Corn Industry:A Preliminary Exploration Wednesday April 2 4:00pm Presented by: Guanming Shi Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Economics of Invasive Species Wednesday April 9 4:00pm Presented by: Eric Horsch & Dave Lewis Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Productivity Effect of Extension Appointments Wednesday April 16 4:00pm Presented by: Brad Barham & Jeremy Foltz Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison The Dynamics of GMO Corn in Wisconsin Wednesday April 23 4:00pm Presented by: Brad Barham, Jeremy Foltz & Ursula Aldana Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Managerial and Entrepreneurial Firms in Mixed Duopoly Wednesday April 30 4:00pm Presented by: Shinn-Shyr Wang Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Setting the Rules of Devolution: Promoting Ground Water Reform in the Guadiana Basin Thursday January 31 12:00pm Presented by: Susan E. Stratton Department of Agricultural & Resource EconomicsUniversity of California, Berkeley
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Impacts on Apple Trade Monday February 4 12:00pm Presented by: Lia Nogueira School of Economic SciencesWashington State University
Asset Markets and Advice Thursday February 7 12:00pm Presented by: Jonathan E. Alevy Department of Resource EconomicsUniversity of Nevada-Reno
rbST Decisions Down the Supply Chain Friday February 15 2:00pm Presented by: Chris Wolf Department of Agricultural EonomicsMichigan State University
Rural Economic Development from Biofuels Production: Alternative Strategies Friday April 4 12:00pm Presented by: William D. Walker Senior Public Policy AdvisorWisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection
Measure to Manage: Measuring and improving environmental and economic performance of the WI bio-economy with integrated assessment models Friday May 16 12:00pm Presented by: Tom Cox, John Norman, Laura Ward Good & Jim Leveri AAE, Soil Science & UW-ExtensionUniversity of Wisconsin
Reconciling Observed Tariffs and the Median Voter Model Thursday February 14 4:00pm Presented by: Swati Dhingra Department of EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Does Community Participation Produce Dividends in Social Investment Fund Projects? Thursday February 21 4:00pm Presented by: Carolyn Heinrich Lafollette School of Public AffairsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Vote Buying and Negative Reciprocity in Paraguay Thursday February 28 4:00pm Presented by: Laura Schechter Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Non-Farm Enterprises and Agricultural Risk Thursday March 13 4:00pm Presented by: Ousman Gajigo Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Land, Labor, and Livelihood Strategies: Understanding which Households Benefit from Participation in Integrated Conservation Development in the Brazilian Amazon Friday March 28 2:00pm Presented by: Erin Sills Department of Forestry & Environmental ResourcesNorth Carolina State University
Development Strategy, Economic Performance and Inequality Thursday April 3 4:00pm Presented by: Binkai Chen China Center for Economic ResearchPeking University
Household Investment, Heterogeneous Productivity, and Poverty Dynamics:Theory and Evidence from Kagera, Tanzania Thursday April 10 4:00pm Presented by: Munenobu Ikegami Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
The rise of China and India and the commodity boom: economic and environmental implications for low-income countries Thursday April 17 4:00pm Presented by: Ian Coxhead Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Labor Market Flexibility and Poverty Dynamics: Evidence from Spain Thursday April 24 4:00pm Presented by: Ricardo Serrano-Padial Department of EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Dynamics of Rules and Resources: Three New Field Experiments on Water, Forests and Fisheries Thursday May 15 4:00pm Presented by: Juan Camilo Cardenas Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Micro-Economic Efficiency Under Bounded Rationality Wednesday February 27 4:00pm Presented by: Jean-Paul Chavas & Brad Barham Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Some Thoughts about the Engaged University and the Scholarship of Engagement Wednesday March 5 4:00pm Presented by: Gerry Campbell Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Explicit and Implicit Contracting Wednesday March 12 4:00pm Presented by: Brent Hueth Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
U.S. Dairy Supply Response: A Dynamic Econometric Approach Wednesday March 26 4:00pm Presented by: Marin Bozic & Brian Gould Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Pricing in the US Seed Corn Industry:A Preliminary Exploration Wednesday April 2 4:00pm Presented by: Guanming Shi Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Economics of Invasive Species Wednesday April 9 4:00pm Presented by: Eric Horsch & Dave Lewis Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Productivity Effect of Extension Appointments Wednesday April 16 4:00pm Presented by: Brad Barham & Jeremy Foltz Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
The Dynamics of GMO Corn in Wisconsin Wednesday April 23 4:00pm Presented by: Brad Barham, Jeremy Foltz & Ursula Aldana Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Managerial and Entrepreneurial Firms in Mixed Duopoly Wednesday April 30 4:00pm Presented by: Shinn-Shyr Wang Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison