Departmental Seminar Series: Spring 2009

All seminars are scheduled for 3.30-5.00 pm in room 105 of the Agricultural Administration building unless otherwise noted.

 

April 9        Mark Partridge, Swank Chair in Rural-Urban Policy, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, The Ohio State University

 

            Title: "Spatial Growth Dynamics in Wages and Housing Costs:

                         The Role of Distances from Urban Production Externalities and Consumer

                        Amenities"   [PDF copy]

 

April 23      Rohini Pande, Mohammed Kamal Professor of Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

 

           Title: "Does Group Lending Increase Social Capital?  Evidence from a Field Experiment in

                           India"  [PDF copy]

 

May 14       Carmen Carrion-Flores, Assistant Professor, Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida

 

            Title: “The Effects of Border Enforcement on Migrants Border Crossing Choices:

                      Diversion, or Deterrence?”  [PDF copy]  

 

May 28       2009 Tweeten Lecture: Carl Zulauf, Professor, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, The Ohio State University

 

Title: "The New Farm Program: A Look at the History, Provisions, and Impacts of ACRE[PDF copy] [Powerpoint Presentation] [Understanding ACRE] [http://www.choicesmagazine.org/magazine/issue.php?issue=5]