Spring 2009 Schedule Department Seminar Sweetening the Deal? Political Connections and Sugar Mills in India Friday January 23 12:00pm Presented by: Sandip Sukhtankar Harvard UniversityDepartment of Economics Thirsty Factories, Hungry Farmers: Intersectoral Impacts of Industrial Water Demand Thursday January 29 12:00pm Presented by: Pinar Keskin Yale UniversityDepartment of Economics Report Cards: The Impact of Providing School and Child Test-scores on Educational Markets Monday February 2 12:00pm Presented by: Asim Khwaja Harvard UniversityKennedy School of Government Filtered Social Learning, with an Application to Productivity Growth Wednesday February 4 12:00pm Presented by: Paul Niehaus Harvard University Employment and Wage Effects of Privatisation: Evidence from Hungary, Romania, Russia and Ukraine Friday February 6 12:00pm Presented by: John S. Earle Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Small Business Development and Rising Self-Employment in the New Economy: Implications for Land Grant Universities Friday February 27 12:00pm Presented by: Stephan Goetz Penn State UniversityDepartment of Agricultural Economics Development and Deforestation in Mexico: Impacts Using the Discontinuity in Eligibilty for Oportunidades Tuesday March 24 12:00pm Presented by: Jennifer Alix-Garcia University of San FranciscoDepartment of Economics Grain Market Fluctuations: Insights from Recent Research Monday April 6 12:00pm Presented by: Brian Wright University of California, BerkeleyDepartment of Agricultural & Resource Economics Empirical Models of Yield Risk: Implications for Crop Insurance Friday April 17 12:00pm Presented by: Barry Goodwin North Carolina State UniversityDepartment of Agricultural Economics Brown Bag Seminars On the Dark Side of Social Capital Friday April 3 10:00am Presented by: Salvatore Di Falco London School of Economics Development Economics Workshop Economic Instability and Aid Effectiveness Thursday February 12 4:00pm Presented by: Rachid Laajaj Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Choices Under Risk Thursday February 19 4:00pm Presented by: Francisco Galarza Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Impact Evaluation of Land Reform in South Africa Wednesday (different day) March 4 3:00pm Presented by: Malcom Kesswell University of Stellenboch, South Africa Feel Good Lattes and Farm Gate Prices: How Much do Growers Receive for 'Socially Responsible' Coffee Thursday March 12 4:00pm Presented by: Jeremy Weber Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Labor migration in Malaysia Thursday March 26 4:00pm Presented by: Rebecca Lessem Department of EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Are Land Titles the Constraint to Enhanced Agricultural Performance Thursday April 2 4:00pm Presented by: Brad Barham & Michael Carter Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Capital Constraints and Entrepreneurial Skill Allocation in Mexico Thursday April 9 4:00pm Presented by: Tim Huegerich Department EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Who Smoothes What: Asset Smoothing Versus Consumption Smoothing in the Presence of Poverty Traps Thursday April 16 4:00pm Presented by: Michael Carter Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Indonesia's Trade and Development Dilemmas Thursday April 23 4:00pm Presented by: Ian Coxhead Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Health Insurance or Food for the Family? Consequences of Mandated Insurance Thursday May 7 4:00pm Presented by: Steve Koch University of PretoriaRepublic of South Africa Applied Economics Workshop On Pricing and Vertical Organization of Differentiated Products: The Case of Soybean Seed Industry Wednesday February 18 4:00pm Presented by: Guanming Shi Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Insuring Dairy Farm Revenues: Overview of an Existing Program and Potential for Future Research Wednesday February 25 4:00pm Presented by: Brian Gould Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison The Scarlet Warning Label: An Experimental Investigation of Food Stigma and Information Effects on Economic Instruments to Improve Dietary Health Wednesday March 25 4:00pm Presented by: Sean Cash Department of Consumer ScienceUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Effect of Prices, Traits and Market Structure on Corn Seeding Density Wednesday April 1 4:00pm Presented by: Paul Mitchell Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Disentangling Preferences and Expectations: the Welfare Cost of Milfoil Invasions of Freshwater Lakes Wednesday April 8 4:00pm Presented by: Bill Provencher Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Dynamic Risk Management Strategy for an Ethanol Producer Wednesday April 15 4:00pm Presented by: Hwanil Park Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Modeling Quality and Price Competition Among Retail Formats Wednesday April 22 4:00pm Presented by: Ming-Feng Hsieh Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Eligible Worker-Owned Cooperatives: A Tool for Transferring the Family Farm Wednesday April 29 4:00pm Presented by: Phill Harris Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Sweetening the Deal? Political Connections and Sugar Mills in India Friday January 23 12:00pm Presented by: Sandip Sukhtankar Harvard UniversityDepartment of Economics
Thirsty Factories, Hungry Farmers: Intersectoral Impacts of Industrial Water Demand Thursday January 29 12:00pm Presented by: Pinar Keskin Yale UniversityDepartment of Economics
Report Cards: The Impact of Providing School and Child Test-scores on Educational Markets Monday February 2 12:00pm Presented by: Asim Khwaja Harvard UniversityKennedy School of Government
Filtered Social Learning, with an Application to Productivity Growth Wednesday February 4 12:00pm Presented by: Paul Niehaus Harvard University
Employment and Wage Effects of Privatisation: Evidence from Hungary, Romania, Russia and Ukraine Friday February 6 12:00pm Presented by: John S. Earle Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Small Business Development and Rising Self-Employment in the New Economy: Implications for Land Grant Universities Friday February 27 12:00pm Presented by: Stephan Goetz Penn State UniversityDepartment of Agricultural Economics
Development and Deforestation in Mexico: Impacts Using the Discontinuity in Eligibilty for Oportunidades Tuesday March 24 12:00pm Presented by: Jennifer Alix-Garcia University of San FranciscoDepartment of Economics
Grain Market Fluctuations: Insights from Recent Research Monday April 6 12:00pm Presented by: Brian Wright University of California, BerkeleyDepartment of Agricultural & Resource Economics
Empirical Models of Yield Risk: Implications for Crop Insurance Friday April 17 12:00pm Presented by: Barry Goodwin North Carolina State UniversityDepartment of Agricultural Economics
On the Dark Side of Social Capital Friday April 3 10:00am Presented by: Salvatore Di Falco London School of Economics
Economic Instability and Aid Effectiveness Thursday February 12 4:00pm Presented by: Rachid Laajaj Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Choices Under Risk Thursday February 19 4:00pm Presented by: Francisco Galarza Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Impact Evaluation of Land Reform in South Africa Wednesday (different day) March 4 3:00pm Presented by: Malcom Kesswell University of Stellenboch, South Africa
Feel Good Lattes and Farm Gate Prices: How Much do Growers Receive for 'Socially Responsible' Coffee Thursday March 12 4:00pm Presented by: Jeremy Weber Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Labor migration in Malaysia Thursday March 26 4:00pm Presented by: Rebecca Lessem Department of EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Are Land Titles the Constraint to Enhanced Agricultural Performance Thursday April 2 4:00pm Presented by: Brad Barham & Michael Carter Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Capital Constraints and Entrepreneurial Skill Allocation in Mexico Thursday April 9 4:00pm Presented by: Tim Huegerich Department EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Who Smoothes What: Asset Smoothing Versus Consumption Smoothing in the Presence of Poverty Traps Thursday April 16 4:00pm Presented by: Michael Carter Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Indonesia's Trade and Development Dilemmas Thursday April 23 4:00pm Presented by: Ian Coxhead Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Health Insurance or Food for the Family? Consequences of Mandated Insurance Thursday May 7 4:00pm Presented by: Steve Koch University of PretoriaRepublic of South Africa
On Pricing and Vertical Organization of Differentiated Products: The Case of Soybean Seed Industry Wednesday February 18 4:00pm Presented by: Guanming Shi Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Insuring Dairy Farm Revenues: Overview of an Existing Program and Potential for Future Research Wednesday February 25 4:00pm Presented by: Brian Gould Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
The Scarlet Warning Label: An Experimental Investigation of Food Stigma and Information Effects on Economic Instruments to Improve Dietary Health Wednesday March 25 4:00pm Presented by: Sean Cash Department of Consumer ScienceUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Effect of Prices, Traits and Market Structure on Corn Seeding Density Wednesday April 1 4:00pm Presented by: Paul Mitchell Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Disentangling Preferences and Expectations: the Welfare Cost of Milfoil Invasions of Freshwater Lakes Wednesday April 8 4:00pm Presented by: Bill Provencher Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Dynamic Risk Management Strategy for an Ethanol Producer Wednesday April 15 4:00pm Presented by: Hwanil Park Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Modeling Quality and Price Competition Among Retail Formats Wednesday April 22 4:00pm Presented by: Ming-Feng Hsieh Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Eligible Worker-Owned Cooperatives: A Tool for Transferring the Family Farm Wednesday April 29 4:00pm Presented by: Phill Harris Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison