Greer Seminar Series

Department of Economics
University of Tennessee

Spring 2009

Speaker Date Place and Time Title
Jason Shogren
University of Wyoming
February 16 HBB 401
3:00
Preference Elicitation under Oath
John List
University of Chicago
February 25
Wednesday
HBB 401
3:00
Using Field Experiments in Firms
Lise Vesterlund
University of Pittsburgh
March 2 HBB West Wing
10:30 am
Why Do People Give? An Experimental Test of Pure and Impure Altruism
Yusufcan Masatlioglu
University of Michigan
March 9 HBB 401
3:00 pm
Revealed Attention
Marc Bellemare
Duke University
March 23 HBB 401
3:00 pm
Household Welfare and Multi-Commodity Price Risk: Evidence from Ethiopia
Dong Li
Kansas State University
March 30 SMC 701
3:00 pm
Nonparametric/Semiparametric Estimation and Testing of Econometric Models with Data Dependent Smoothing Parameters
David Hummels
Purdue University
April 6 HBB 401
3:00 pm
The Wage and Employment of International Outsourcing: Evidence from Danish MicroData
Santanu Chatterjee
University of Georgia
April 13 HBB 401
3:00 pm
Where Has All the Money Gone? Foreign Aid and the Quest for Growth

Fall 2008

Speaker Date Place and Time Title
Mel Stephens
Carnegie Mellon University
September 15 UC Shiloh Room
3:00 pm
Can Governments Help Households Smooth Consumption? Evidence from Japanese Public Pension Benefits
David Figlio
Northwestern University
September 22 UC Shiloh Room
3:30 pm
Feeling the Florida Heat? How Low-Performing Schools Respond to Voucher and Accountability Pressure
Chris Parmeter
Virginia Tech
October 6 TBA
3:00 pm
Constrained Nonparametric Kernel Regression: Estimation and Inference
Mike Shor
Vanderbilt University
October 13 UC Shiloh Room
3:00 pm
Confusion from Profusion: Decision-Making with Many Options
Josh Ederington
University of Kentucky
November 3 UC Shiloh Room
3:00 pm
Infant Industry Protection and Industrial Dynamics
Steven Puller
Texas A&M University
November 10 UC Shiloh Room
3:00 pm
Testing Theories of Price Dispersion and Scarcity Pricing in the Airline Industry
Zach Richards
University of Tennessee
November 14
Friday
UC Shiloh Room
3:00 pm
Does the Exclusion of Capital Gains Taxes on Housing Promote Labor Mobility?
Keith Maskus
University of Colorado
November 17 Haslam 203
3:00 pm
Foreign PhD Students and Knowledge Creation at US Universities: Evidence from Enrollment Fluctuations
Martin Tackie
University of Tennessee
November 24 UC Shiloh Room
3:00 pm
Stock Option Compensation and Managerial Fraud: Theory and Evidence from Experiments
Bryan Shone
University of Tennessee
December 1 UC Shiloh Room
3:00 pm
An Examination of the Choice and Magnitude of Property Tax Relief
Stephen Cotten
University of Tennessee
December 3
Wednesday
605 Hodges Library
3:00 pm
Managerial Teams, Whistle-Blowing, and Accounting Fraud

Past Greer Seminars