Seminar Series & Brown Bags
Join us for outstanding presentations from accomplished presenters.
Coordinators: Dilek Uz (Committee Chair), Anaka Aiyar, Anna Sokolova, Jingjing Yang, Kym Pram
Spring 2023 Seminar Series schedule
- All seminars are in-person on Fridays, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
- All presentation titles are to be announced.
- All seminars are subject to change.
- Contact Ashley Melendez at apmelendez@unr.edu for the location or the Zoom link.
| Date | Speaker | Institution | Topic | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2/3 | Melanie Guldi | University of Central Florida | Hospital Closures and Maternal and Infant Health | N/A |
| 2/10 | Alex Padilla | Metropolitan State University of Denver | Immigration and Economic Freedom: Do Immigrants Value Economic Freedom? | N/A |
| 2/17 | Barbara Blaylock | Freelance economic consultant | Thank you, next: Non-academic careers for PhDs | N/A |
| 2/24 | Chris Barrington-Leigh | McGill University | Economics of happiness: does this change everything? | Zoom seminar |
| 3/3 | Andres Carvajal | UC Davis | Idiosyncratic risk and the equity premium | N/A |
| 3/10 | Eric Edwards | North Carolina State University | Paper Water, Wet Water, and the Recognition of Indigenous Property Rights | Joint with GPHS |
| 3/17 | Steven Puller | Texas A&M | TBA | TBD |
| 3/24 | No seminar: Spring Break | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 3/31 | Nicholas Irwin | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | Close competition: The contagion effect of neighborhood listings on seller motivation | N/A |
| 4/7 | Brittney Goodrich | UC Davis | Measuring Beekeepers’ Economic Value of Contract Enhancements in Almond Pollination Agreements | N/A |
| 4/14 | David Kling | Oregon State University | Jointly Estimating Site-Choice and Trip Length for Non-Market Valuation | N/A |
| 4/21 | No seminar | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 5/5 | Alessandro Pavan | Northwestern University | Knowing your Lemon before you Dump It | N/A |
| 5/9 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Spring 2023 Brown Bag schedule
Bring your lunch and join us for presentations and discussions with our Economics faculty.
- All Brown Bags are in-person and run from 11 a.m-12 p.m., unless otherwise noted.
- Contact Ashley Melendez at apmelendez@unr.edu for the location.
| Date | Speaker | Title of presentation |
|---|---|---|
| 2/1 | N/A | No seminar |
| 2/8 | N/A | No seminar |
| 2/15 | N/A | No seminar |
| 2/22 | Aina Katsikas | Evaluating home health provider quality and health outcomes in managed long-term services and supports |
| 3/1 | N/A | No seminar |
| 3/8 | N/A | No seminar |
| 3/15 | N/A | No seminar |
| 3/22 | N/A | No seminar; Spring Break |
| 3/29 | N/A | No seminar |
| 4/5 | N/A | No seminar |
| 4/12 | Md Ohiul Islam | Does exposure to low-skilled migration lower educational attainment in origin countries? |
| 4/19 | TBD | TBD |
| 4/26 | TBD | TBD |
| 5/3 | TBD | TBD |
| 5/10 | TBD | TBD |
Economics seminar archive
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