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“