NC State Applied Microeconomics Workshop Series
Spring 2012
Unless otherwise noted, all talks are held in 4210 Nelson Hall from 3:00 - 4:15PM. When available, paper titles link to the paper.- Feb 17 (Time Change: 2:00 - 3:15PM): Andrew Hanssen (Clemson University), "How Tyranny Paved the Way to Wealth and Democracy: The Democratic Transition in Ancient Greece" (with Robert Fleck). No location change: 4210 Nelson Hall.
- Feb 24: Jiawei Chen (University of California, Irvine), "How Do Switching Costs Affect Market Concentration and Prices in Network Industries?"
- Mar 2: Melissa McInerney (College of William and Mary), "Recessions and Seniors' Health, Health Behaviors, and Healthcare Use: Analysis of the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey" (with Jennifer Mellor).
- Mar 23: Kenji Wada (Keio University), "The Effect of Job Training Programs at a Correctional Facility in Japan."
- Apr 13: Klara Peter (University of North Carolina), "The Price of the Hippocratic Oath: Bribery and Wages in Russian Health Care" (only an abstract is available).
- Apr 20: Daniel Yi Xu (Duke University), "A Structural Model of Demand, Cost, and Export Market Selection for Chinese Footwear Producers" (with Mark J. Roberts, Xiaoyan Fan, and Shengxing Zhang).
- Apr 27: George Deltas (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), "Learning and Coordination in the Presidential Primary System" (with Helios Herrera and Mattias K. Polborn).
Past Schedules