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Spring 2009 Workshop Series

  • March 27- Shiferaw Gurmu, Georgia State University,“The Knowledge Production Function for University Patenting”
  • April 17- Partha Deb, Hunter College, City University of New York,“Involuntary Job Loss, Body Mass, and Alcohol Consumption ”

Spring 2008 Workshop Series

  • February 18 - Charles Plott, Cal Tech, “Market Equilibrim and the Process of Information Transmission: A Summary of Experimental Evidence”
  • February 20 - Pravin Trivedi, Indiana University, “Copulas: Motivation and Basic Concepts”
  • February 21- Pravin Trivedi, Indiana University, “Copulas: Estimation and Inference”
  • February 22- Pravin Trivedi, Indiana University, “Copulas: Examples and Applications in Health Economics”

Fall 2007 Workshop Series

  • November 16- Alberto Abadie, Harvard University,“Is Terrorism Eroding Agglomeration Economies in Central Business Districts? Lessons from the Office Real Estate Market in Downtown Chicago”
  • December 14- Joseph Terza, University of Florida,“Marginal and Incremental Effects in Parametric Nonlinear Models with Endogenous Regressors”

Spring 2007 Workshop Series

  • January 19- Inas Rashad, Georgia State University, “Cycling: An Increasingly Untouched Source of Physical and Mental Health”
  • February 3- Kyle Bagwell, Columbia University, “Trust, Reciprocity and Favors in Cooperative Relationships”
  • March 30- Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, University of Chicago, “Classrom Gender Composition and Student Achievement: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment”

Fall 2006 Workshop Series

  • September 22 - Jonah Gelbach, University of Maryland and Florida State University, “Are Bail Amounts Racially Discriminatory? Evidence Using Outcome Analysis”
  • November 3- Gerald Oettinger, University of Texas, “The Incidence and Wage Consequences of Home-Based Work in the United States, 1980-2000”
  • December 8- Dan Ackerberg, UCLA, “Estimating Price Elasticities in Differentiated Product Demand Models with Endogenous Characteristics”

Spring 2006 Workshop Series

  • January 13 - Bruce Sacerdote, Dartmouth College, “How Large are the Treatment Effects from Shifts in Environment? A Study of Korean American Adoptees”
  • February 17 - Leemore Dafny, Northwestern University, “Estimation and Identification of Merger Effects: An Application to Hospital Mergers”
  • March 31 - Kitt Carpenter, University of California, Irvine, “How Do Workplace Smoking Laws Work?”
  • April 21 - Jack Porter, University of Wisconsin, Madison, “Moment Inequalities and Their Application”

Fall 2005 Workshop Series

  • September 9 - Sarah Hamersma, University of Florida, “The Use of Federal Employer Tax Credits by Temporary Help Service Firms and Their Implications for Disadvantaged Workers’ Labor Market Outcomes”
  • September 16 - Karine Lamiraud, Harvard University, “Therapeutic Non Adherence: A Rational Behavior Revealing Patient Preferences?”
  • September 23 - Inbae Kim, Soongsil University, “Bureaucratic Discretion and Endogenous Selection of Monetary Institutions: With the Case of Discount Windows”
  • October 7, Laura Razzolini, Virginia Commonwealth University, “Hiding in Plain Sight -- Using Signals to Detect Terrorists”
  • October 28, Beth Freeborn, College of William and Mary, “Arrest Avoidance: Law Enforcement and the Price of Cocaine”
Spring 2005 Workshop Series
  • January 21 - Michael Grossman, City University of New York, “Parental Education and Child Health: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Taiwan”
  • January 28 - Pierre Wertheimer, Normandy Management School, “Central and Eastern European Countries and the EU-15: Actual Integration and Optimal Integration”
  • February 4 - Angela Dills, Clemson University, “Class Size, Conduct, and Comprehension”
  • February 25 - David Autor, MIT, “Will Job Testing Harm Minority Workers?”
  • April 1 - Etienne Pracht, University of South Florida, “ Value Added of the Florida Trauma System”
  • April 8 - Michael Caputo, University of Central Florida, “The Lagrange Multiplier is not the Shadow Value of the Limiting Resource in the Presence of Multiple Strategically Interacting Agents”
  • April 15 - Chris Udry, Yale University, “Gender, Power and Agricultural Investment in Ghana”
Fall 2004 Workshop Series
  • November 5 - Tom Mroz, University of North Carolina, “Maternal Employment, Migration, and Child Development”
  • November 19 - Will Dow, University of California, Berkeley, “The Introduction of Medicare: Effects on Elderly Health”
  • December 2 - David Figlio, University of Florida, “Names, Expectations and the Black-White Test Score Gap”
Spring 2004 Workshop Series
  • January 23 - Stephen Hamilton, University of Central Florida, “Walrasian Rent and the Equivalence of Price- and Quantity-Setting Outcomes under Oligopoly”
  • February 20 - David Grabowski, University of Alabama, Birmingham, “ Nursing Home Quality as a Public Good”
  • March 19 - Monica Capra, Emory University, “Mood Driven Distortions in Strategic Interactions”
  • April 16 - Raymonda Burgman, University of South Florida-St. Petersburg, “ Taxing Time for Taxpayers: To Use or Not to Use a Preparer”
Fall 2003 Workshop Series
  • September 5 - Stephen Calabrese, University of South Florida, “ Local Government Tax Structure and State Mandated Tax Limits”
  • September 12 - Pere Gomis-Porqueras, University of Miami, “Global Bifurcations and Recurrent Hyperinflation”
  • October 3 - Sara Markowitz, Rutgers University, Newark, “ An Investigation of the Effects of Substance Use Policies on Youth STDs”
  • October 10 - Richard Smith, University of South Florida-St. Petersburg, “The Influence of Patient Knowledge in the Physicians Services Market: An Alternative Perspective on Information Asymmetry”
  • November 14 - Carlos Garriga, Florida State University, “Capital Income Taxation with Imperfectly Competitive Markets”
Spring 2003 Workshop Series
  • January 21 - Christelle Viauroux, University of Pittsburgh, “Root N - Consistent Semiparametric Estimators of a Dynamic Panel Sample Selection Model”
  • January 23 - Jeff DeSimone, East Carolina University, “Determinants of Drug Injection Behavior: Economic Factors, HIV Infection Rish and Needle Exchange Programs”
  • January 31 - Steven Lehrer, University of Pennsylvania, “Matching using Semiparametric Propensity Scores”
  • April 4 - Marcelle Chauvet, University of California, Riverside and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, “International Economic Stabilization: Empirical Evidence”
  • June 27 - Larry Perruso, University of Miami, “Predicting Optimal Targeting Strategies in Multispecies Fisheries: A Portfolio Approach”
Fall 2002 Workshop Series
  • September 6 - Professor Gabriel Picone, University of South Florida, “Smoking Cessation and Alcohol Consumption”
  • September 27 - Professor Steven Stern, University of Virginia, “Cohabitation, Marriage, and Divorce in a Model of Match Quality”
  • October 18 - Professor Keisuke Hirano, University of Miami, “Efficient Estimation of Auction and Related Models”
  • October 25 - Caprice Garing Knapp, University of Florida, “Anti-Poverty Programs, Parental Incentives, and the Classification of Disabled Children”
  • November 8 - Professor Gary Fournier, Florida State University, “Physician Social Networks and Treatment Variations in Coronary Inpatient Care”
Fall 2001 Workshop Series
  • October 12 - Professor Ken Wieand, University of South Florida Center for Economic Development Research, “In Search of Michael Porter's Diamond: Spatial Competitive Advantage in Health Technology”
  • October 26 - Professor Mary Burke, Florida State University, “An Evolutionary Model of Debt”
  • November 9 - Professor Rebecca Harris, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C., “Economy-Wide Effects of El Nino Southern Oscillation in Mexico and the Role of Improved Forecasting and Technological Change”
  • December 7 - Professor Shelby Gerking, University of Central Florida, “Parents' Valuation of Latent Health Risks to Their Children”
Spring 2001 Workshop Series
  • February 23 - Dr. Omar Arias, Inter-American Development Bank, “Heterogeneity in the Determinants of Income Tax Evasion: A Quantile Regression analysis of U.S. TCMP Data”
Fall 2000 Workshop Series
  • October 27 - Professor Claustre Bajona, University of Miami, “Specific Factors, Learning, and the Dynamics of Trade”
  • September 15- Professor Junsoo Lee, University of Central Florida, “LM Unit Root Test with Panel Data: A Test Robust to Structural Changes”
Spring 2000 Workshop Series
  • April 14 - Professors Jose Cordero and Justo Aguilar, University of Costa Rica, “Globalization and Economics Growth in Costa Rica: A Quantitative Analysis”
  • March 31 - Dr. William Roberds, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, “Payment Intermediation and the Origins of Banking”
  • February 25 - Professor John List, University of Central Florida, “The Incredible Disappearing Act: The Effect of Market Experience on the WTA/WTP Disparity”
  • January 28 - Professor Murray Brown, State University of New York, Buffalo, “The Noncooperative Kernel of a Sequential Coalition Game”
Fall 1999 Workshop Series
  • September 25 - Professor Chris Thomas, University of South Florida, “A Simple Model of Buying Market Share”
  • October 16 - Professors Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong and Mark Wilson,University of South Florida, “Health Care Investment and Economic Growth”
  • October 30 - Professor Essie Maasoumi, Southern Methodist University
  • November 6 - Professor Martin Echeverria, University of Pennsylvania
 Spring 1999 Workshop Series
  • January 22 - Professor Michael Loewy, University of South Florida, “Demand Deposit Banking with a Fiat Reserve Asset”
  • February 19 - Dr. Marco Espinosa, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
  • March 5 - Professor John Swinton, “What Do Licence Plates Tell Us About Drivers?”
  • March 19 - Professor Steve Koch, Georgia Southern University
  • March 26 - Professor D. Schlagenhauf, Florida State University
  • April 2 - Professor Luz Saavedra, University of South Florida
  • April 16 - Professor Jeff Racine, University of South Florida