Spring 2014 Schedule Department Seminar Improving the Effectiveness of Weather-Based Insurance: An Application of Copula Approach Friday February 7 12:00pm Presented by: Raushan Bokusheva Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)Zurich Child Poverty within a Collective Approach: Evidence from Albania Friday February 14 12:00pm Presented by: Federico Perali Department of EconomicsUniversity of Verona, Italy Partial Enclosure of the Commons Friday February 21 12:00pm Presented by: Christopher Costello Environmental & Resource EconomicsUniversity of California, Santa Barbara To Charge or Not to Charge: Evidence from a Health Products Experiment on Aid Dependence in Uganda Friday February 28 12:00pm Presented by: Maggie McConnell Global Health EconomicsHarvard University Optimal Carbon Taxes with Non-Constant Time Preference Friday March 28 12:00pm Presented by: Terry Iverson Department of EconomicsColorado State University Beggar-Thy-Women: Foreign Brides and the Domestic Front - The Case of Taiwan Friday April 4 12:00pm Presented by: Elaine Liu Department of EconomicsUniversity of Houston Global Crude to Local Food: An Empirical Study of Global Oil Price Pass-through to Maize Prices in East Africa Friday April 11 12:00pm Presented by: Chris Barrett Applied Economics & ManagementCornell University Land Tenure and Migration: The Case of Rural Household Efficiency in China Friday April 18 12:00pm Presented by: Xiangyi Meng China Academy of Public Finance and Public PolicyCentral University of Finance & Economics (CUFE)Beijing Modeling Electricity Markets Using Complementarity: Why It's Important (and Fun), & What's Needed Next Friday May 2 12:00pm Presented by: Benjamin Hobbs Department of Geography and Environmental EngineeringJohns Hopkins University Development Economics Workshop Climate Change and Vulnerable People: Assessing Threats to the World's Poor Thursday February 20 3:45pm Presented by: Kate Zipp & Dan Bromley Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison A Spatial Analysis of Peach Adoption in the Valle Alto: Do Neighbors Pave the Way? Thursday March 6 3:45pm Presented by: Brad Barham & Dan Prager Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Vote Buying and Networks: Enforcement, Information, or Both Thursday March 13 3:45pm Presented by: Laura Schechter Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Missing Markets and Consumer Cooperation Thursday March 27 3:45pm Presented by: Brent Hueth Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison What Drives the Demand for Skills? Capital Costs, Technology Choice and Skilled Employment in Vietnamese Industry Thursday April 10 3:45pm Presented by: Diep Phan Department of Economics and ManagementBeloit College The Impact of Weather Shocks on Child Mortality in Mali Thursday April 24 3:45pm Presented by: Jhin Han Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Trade, Specialization and the Roots of Development: A Tale from the Austro-Hungarian Empire Thursday May 1 3:45pm Presented by: Jennifer Alix Garcia & Sarah Walker Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Regional Trade Agreements with Labor Clauses: Effects on Labor Standards and Trade Thursday May 8 3:45pm Presented by: Isao Kamata La Follette School of Public AffairsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Residential Segregation, Access to Piped Water and Diarrhea among Children in Rural India Thursday May 15 3:45pm Presented by: Koji Yamazaki Kobe University Applied Economics Workshop Brent Hueth Thursday February 6 4:00pm Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison The Microeconomics of Specialization Wednesday February 19 12:00pm Presented by: Jean-Paul Chavas Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Heterogeneous Responses to Public Information and the Impact on Price Vlatility and Trading Volume: The Case III Milk Futures Wednesday March 5 12:00pm Presented by: Sheldon Du Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Perspectives on the International Potash Cartel Wednesday March 26 12:00pm Presented by: Kyle Stiegert Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Distributional Impacts of Fossil Fuel Subsidies Wednesday April 2 12:00pm Presented by: Corbett Grainger Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Spatiotemporal Analysis of Dairy Farm Productivity in the U.S. Wednesday April 23 12:00pm Presented by: Heesun Jang Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison The Productivity Consequences of Political Turnover: Firm-Level Evidence from Ukraine's Orange Revolution Wednesday April 30 12:00pm Presented by: Scott Gehlbach Department of Political ScienceUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Alumni Seminar When The Ball Stops Bouncing, the Crowd Can Keep Cheering! Monday April 28 12:00pm Presented by: Michael Finley Dallas Mavericks
Improving the Effectiveness of Weather-Based Insurance: An Application of Copula Approach Friday February 7 12:00pm Presented by: Raushan Bokusheva Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)Zurich
Child Poverty within a Collective Approach: Evidence from Albania Friday February 14 12:00pm Presented by: Federico Perali Department of EconomicsUniversity of Verona, Italy
Partial Enclosure of the Commons Friday February 21 12:00pm Presented by: Christopher Costello Environmental & Resource EconomicsUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
To Charge or Not to Charge: Evidence from a Health Products Experiment on Aid Dependence in Uganda Friday February 28 12:00pm Presented by: Maggie McConnell Global Health EconomicsHarvard University
Optimal Carbon Taxes with Non-Constant Time Preference Friday March 28 12:00pm Presented by: Terry Iverson Department of EconomicsColorado State University
Beggar-Thy-Women: Foreign Brides and the Domestic Front - The Case of Taiwan Friday April 4 12:00pm Presented by: Elaine Liu Department of EconomicsUniversity of Houston
Global Crude to Local Food: An Empirical Study of Global Oil Price Pass-through to Maize Prices in East Africa Friday April 11 12:00pm Presented by: Chris Barrett Applied Economics & ManagementCornell University
Land Tenure and Migration: The Case of Rural Household Efficiency in China Friday April 18 12:00pm Presented by: Xiangyi Meng China Academy of Public Finance and Public PolicyCentral University of Finance & Economics (CUFE)Beijing
Modeling Electricity Markets Using Complementarity: Why It's Important (and Fun), & What's Needed Next Friday May 2 12:00pm Presented by: Benjamin Hobbs Department of Geography and Environmental EngineeringJohns Hopkins University
Climate Change and Vulnerable People: Assessing Threats to the World's Poor Thursday February 20 3:45pm Presented by: Kate Zipp & Dan Bromley Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
A Spatial Analysis of Peach Adoption in the Valle Alto: Do Neighbors Pave the Way? Thursday March 6 3:45pm Presented by: Brad Barham & Dan Prager Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Vote Buying and Networks: Enforcement, Information, or Both Thursday March 13 3:45pm Presented by: Laura Schechter Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Missing Markets and Consumer Cooperation Thursday March 27 3:45pm Presented by: Brent Hueth Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
What Drives the Demand for Skills? Capital Costs, Technology Choice and Skilled Employment in Vietnamese Industry Thursday April 10 3:45pm Presented by: Diep Phan Department of Economics and ManagementBeloit College
The Impact of Weather Shocks on Child Mortality in Mali Thursday April 24 3:45pm Presented by: Jhin Han Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Trade, Specialization and the Roots of Development: A Tale from the Austro-Hungarian Empire Thursday May 1 3:45pm Presented by: Jennifer Alix Garcia & Sarah Walker Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Regional Trade Agreements with Labor Clauses: Effects on Labor Standards and Trade Thursday May 8 3:45pm Presented by: Isao Kamata La Follette School of Public AffairsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Residential Segregation, Access to Piped Water and Diarrhea among Children in Rural India Thursday May 15 3:45pm Presented by: Koji Yamazaki Kobe University
Brent Hueth Thursday February 6 4:00pm Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
The Microeconomics of Specialization Wednesday February 19 12:00pm Presented by: Jean-Paul Chavas Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Heterogeneous Responses to Public Information and the Impact on Price Vlatility and Trading Volume: The Case III Milk Futures Wednesday March 5 12:00pm Presented by: Sheldon Du Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Perspectives on the International Potash Cartel Wednesday March 26 12:00pm Presented by: Kyle Stiegert Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Distributional Impacts of Fossil Fuel Subsidies Wednesday April 2 12:00pm Presented by: Corbett Grainger Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Spatiotemporal Analysis of Dairy Farm Productivity in the U.S. Wednesday April 23 12:00pm Presented by: Heesun Jang Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
The Productivity Consequences of Political Turnover: Firm-Level Evidence from Ukraine's Orange Revolution Wednesday April 30 12:00pm Presented by: Scott Gehlbach Department of Political ScienceUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
When The Ball Stops Bouncing, the Crowd Can Keep Cheering! Monday April 28 12:00pm Presented by: Michael Finley Dallas Mavericks