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Past Seminars

  1. Recreation Demand for Great Lakes Beaches and Responses to Algae

    Fri, 12/11/2015 - 10:30 to 12:00

    Frank Lupi, Professor, Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics at Michigan State University, will present the Havlicek Memorial Seminar on Dec. 11th in Room 105 of the Agricultural Administration Building (2120 Fyffe Road) as part of the AEDE Applied Economics Seminar Series. His presentation will focus on "Recreation Demand for Great Lakes Beaches and Responses to Algae." The Havlicek Memorial Seminar is sponsored by funds from the Havlicek Memorial Fund, which honors Joseph Havlicek, Jr., former AEDE Professor and Chair.

  2. Ecosystem Services and Natural Capital: Are they Assets or Liabilities?

    Fri, 12/04/2015 - 14:00 to 15:00

    Cassie Phillips, Vice President, Sustainable Forestry at Weyerhaeuser, will present the Environmental Policy Initiative Seminar on Dec. 4th in Room 105 of the Agricultural Administration Building (2120 Fyffe Road) as part of the AEDE Applied Economics Seminar Series. Her presentation will focus on "Ecosystem Services and Natural Capital: Are they Assets or Liabilities?" The Environmental Policy Initiative, which is led by AEDE's Professor Brent Sohngen, focuses on stimulating and focusing systematic collaboration in environmental policy through research, graduate and undergraduate education, communication with the policy community, and interaction with the national and international community of scholars in environmental policy.

  3. The 2018/2019 Farm Bill: An Early Assessment

    Fri, 11/06/2015 - 10:30 to 12:00

    Carl Zulauf, AEDE professor emeritus, will present the Tweeten Policy Seminar on Nov. 6th in Room 105 of the Agricultural Administration Building (2120 Fyffe Road) as part of the AEDE Applied Economics Seminar Series. His presentation will focus on: "The 2018/2019 Farm Bill: An Early Assessment." The Tweeten Seminar is sponsored by funds from the Luther Tweeten Fund, which has been supported by Luther and Eloyce Tweeten since 1992. Luther Tweeten was a member of the AEDE faculty from 1988 to 2000. The Tweeten Seminar sponsors yearly a presentation at the AEDE Seminar Series focused on policy.

  4. What Really Works to Improve Learning in Developing Countries? Evidence from More than 200 Studies

    Fri, 05/01/2015 - 10:00 to 11:30

    David K. Evans, Senior Economist in the Chief Economist's Office for the Africa Region of the World Bank, will present on May 1st in Room 105 of the Agricultural Administration Building (2120 Fyffe Road) as part of the AEDE Applied Economics Seminar Series.

  5. Moving People with Ideas: Innovation, Inter-regional Mobility and Firm Heterogeneity

    Fri, 04/17/2015 - 10:30 to 12:00

    Riccardo Crescenzi, Associate Professor of Economic Geography in the Department of Geography and Environment at the London School of Economics and Visiting Scholar at the Taubman Centre for State and Local Government at Harvard University, will present his recent research with Luisa Gagliardi, also from the London School of Economics: "Moving People with Ideas: Innovation, Inter-regional Mobility and Firm Heterogeneity." 

  6. Diversify or Die: How Increasing Diversity of People and Ideas Can Make Organizations More Competitive

    Fri, 03/06/2015 - 10:30 to 12:00

    Jill McCluskey, Professor in the School of Economic Sciences at Washington State University and President-elect of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, will present her recent research: "Diversify or Die: How Increasing Diversity of People and Ideas Can Make Organizations More Competitive." 

  7. A Welfare Analysis of Conservation Easement Tax Credits

    Wed, 11/12/2014 - 15:00 to 16:30

    James Vercammen, Professor of Food and Resource Economics at The University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business, will present his recent research: "A Welfare Analysis of Conservation Easement Tax Credits." 

  8. On the Economics of Specialization: An Application to Agriculture

    Fri, 10/24/2014 - 10:30 to 12:00

    Jean-Paul Chavas, Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will present his recent research with Kwansoo Kim, Professor at Seoul National University in Seoul, Korea: "On the Economics of Specialization: An Application to Agriculture." This seminar is sponsored by The Fred N. VanBuren Professorship in Farm Management.

  9. Using Degree Days to Measure the Impact of Climate Change on U.S. Agriculture

    Thu, 10/23/2014 - 14:00 to 15:00

  10. Ambiguity, Learning Opportunities, and Risk-Neutral Regulation

    Fri, 10/10/2014 - 10:30 to 12:00

    Alan Randall, Professor Emeritus in Ohio State's Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics (AEDE) and Honorary Professor of Economics and Agriculture and Environment at the University of Sydney, will present his recent research: "Ambiguity, Learning Opportunities, and Risk-Neutral Regulation." 

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