Seminars

Sep. 17

Stacy Sneeringer - Wellesley College

Title: Effects of Hog Production on Air Pollution: Using North Carolina's Policy Changes to Measure Effects

Sep. 25

Michael Greenstone – MIT

Title: Identifying Agglomeration Spillovers: Evidence from Million Dollar Plants 

Location: 3121 Symons Hall, 3:30 pm, Thursday

Oct. 8

David Just – Cornell

Title: Food, Behavioral Economics and Food Policy

The Fixed Price Paradox: Conflicting Effects of "All-You-Can-Eat" Pricing

Constrained Volition and Healthier School Lunches

Oct. 21 

Siddhartha Mitra – CUTS International

Title: Rising World Food Prices  and the Role of Export Restrictions

World Food Price Increase: Where does the Buck Stop? - CUTS CITEE Working Paper 1/2008 

The Saga of Rising Food Prices - CUTS International Briefing Paper 2/2008

PLEASE NOTE THE SPECIAL DATE AND TIME.

Location: 3121 Symons Hall, 2:30 p.m., Tuesday 

Oct . 22

Sumeet Gulati – U British Columbia

Title: Evaluating Tax Rebates for Hybrid Vehicles

Oct. 29

Jon Strand- World Bank

Title: Who Gains and Who Loses by Fossil-Fuel Taxes and Caps: Importers Versus Exporters

Nov. 5

Matt Neidell – Columbia University

Title: Climate Change and the Allocation of Leisure Time

Nov. 12

Pierre Lasserre – University of Quebec at Montreal 

Title: A Real Option Approach to the Protection of a Habitat Dependent Endangered Species

Nov. 19

Daniel Gilligan – IFPRI

Title: The Impact of Alternative Food for Education Programs on Learning Achievement and Cognitive Development in Northern Uganda

Dec. 10 

Andrea Leiter – University of Innsbruck

Title: Environmental Regulation and Investment: Evidence from European Industries

PLEASE NOTE THE SPECIAL LOCATION AND TIME.

Location: 2200B Symons Hall, 2:00 p.m.