Seminars for Academic Year 2009-2010

September - 2009

• September 11: Long Run Effects of Mergers: The Case of U.S. Western Railroads, Clifford Winston
• September 25: Preparation for the PhD Job Market, Jon Yoder

October - 2009

• October 30: Unbiased Function Simulation Based on Good Lattice Points, Greg Duncan
• October 23: Is there really no economic response in U.S. agriculture?, Jeffrey LaFrance
• October 16: The Decision to Import, Tim Graciano and Mark Gibson

November - 2009

• November 13: A tale of two externalities: environmental policy and market structure, Felix Munoz and Ana Espinola

December - 2009

• December 4: Returns on Individual Stocks in a General Equilibrium, Seung Mo Choi

January - 2010

• January 21: Anonymity and infidelity: Ethnic Identity, Strategic Cross-ethnic Sexual Network Formation, and HIV/AIDS in Africa, Roland Pongou

February - 2010

• February 1: Un - 2010certain Child Survival and Fertility: The Effects of Child Morbidity and Mortality, Anna-Maria Aksan
• February 3: Early Childhood Malnutrition and Adult Obesity: Evidence from the 1959-61 China Famine, Winnie Fung
• February 5: The Impact of Rainfall on Early Child Health, Yeon-Soo Kim
• February 18: Forward-Thinking Teens: The Effects of College Costs on Adolescent Risky Behavior, Ben Cowan
• February 19: SES-GSA Poster Competition
• February 26: Agricultural Economics: A Profile and Projections for the Future, Greg Perry

March - 2010

• March 5: Prediction Markets: A Case Study of Forecasting Cattle on Feed, Karina Gallardo
• March 8: Washington State's Economic & Revenue Outlook, Arun Raha
• March 9: The Art & Science of Economic Fortune Telling, Arun Raha

April - 2010

• April 29: The Nature and Causes of the Current US Recession, University wide lecture
• April 29: Ideas and Growth, Robert E. Lucas, Jr. School Seminar
• April 16: We should drink no wine before its time, Jeff LaFrance