West Virginia University

Department of Economics
Seminar Series

 (All seminars are 3:30 – 5:00, and in Room 244 B&E, except as noted.)

Coordinator: Stratford Douglas

Fall 2006

August 25:                 Paul Hsu, Rochester University and Columbia University
                 “Aggregate Technology Shock and Market Return Predictability”

September 8:            Marshall Gramm, Rhodes College
                       Efficiency Across Wagering Pools and Arbitrage

September 15:          Michael Munger, Duke University.  (Presentation: Room 459 B&E)
                        “Did Southerners Favor Slavery?” 

September 22:          Donggyu Sul, University of Auckland
                                                Transition Modeling and Econometric Convergence Tests

September 29:          Neha Khanna, SUNY-Binghamton,
                                                “The Environmental Kuznets Curve: Myths and Realities” 
                                                  Based on 2 Papers: Paper 1:  AJAE    Paper 2:  JED

October 6:                 Graham Davis, Colorado School of Mines,
                        A Unified Theory of Optimal Stopping.”

October 13:               Ed Lopez, San Jose State University.
                        " Determinants of Post-Kelo State Laws Restricting Eminent Domain"

October 20:               AKM Mahbub Morshed, Southern Illinois University
                        Microfinance and Missing Markets

October 27:               Stuart Rosenthal, Syracuse University

                                                Secondary Mortgage Markets and Access to Credit: 1992-2002"

November 3:             Tom Garrett, St. Louis Fed
                        War and Pestilence as Labor Market Shocks, 1914-1919

December 8:             Peter Schaeffer, WVU.   The Economics of Refugee Movements