Spring 2008

Friday, February 8

Jason Barr (Rutgers University)
Skyscraper Height

Wednesday, February 20

Thomas Seager (RIT)
“Stochastic Criteria Weighting for Life Cycle Impact Assessment in Applications with High Uncertainty: Diesel Fuel Alternatives “

Friday, February 22

John Lott (University of Maryland)
Is Newspaper Coverage of Economic Events Politically Biased?: Reagan to Bush II

Friday, March 7

Vivian Hoffmann (Cornell University)
Psychology, gender, and the intra-household allocation of free and purchased mosquito nets

Friday, March 28

TBA

Friday, April 11

Tara Sinclair (George Washington Univ.)
Asymmetry in the Business Cycle: Revisiting the Friedman Plucking Model

Friday, March 28

TBA

Friday, April 11

Tara Sinclair (George Washington Univ.)
Asymmetry in the Business Cycle: Revisiting the Friedman Plucking Model

Friday, April 25

Dhaval Dave (Bentley College)
Health Insurance and Ex Ante Moral Hazard: Evidence from Medicare

Friday, May 9

Carli Cochi Ficano (Hartwick College)
Firm Dynamics in the New World of Large Format Retail: Does Wal-Mart Really Matter?

Fall 2007

Friday, September 7

Stephen Snyder (Lehigh University)
The DOHaD Hypothesis, the 1918 Influenza Epidemic and Economists

Friday, September 14

Susan Averett (Lafayette College)
For Better or Worse: Relationship Status and Body Mass Index

Friday, Septfember 21

 

Lewis Davis (Union College)
Do All Countries Follow the Same Growth Process?

Thursday – Friday, October 11-12

Policy Studies Energy Conference

Friday, October 26

Hope Corman (Rider University)
Crime and Circumstance: The Effects of Infant Health Shocks on Father’s Criminal Activity

Friday, November 9

Jonathan Munemo (Moravian College)
Foreign Aid and Export Diversification in Developing Countries

Friday, November 30

Eugene White (Rutgers University)
Bank Examination and Supervision in the United States, 1863-2007