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Department of Economics and Finance Seminars
Series 2006-2007
 
When??? Second and Fourth Wednesdays, 3:00-4:30 pm
Where??? Tate Center for Entrepreneurship 132
Questions Contact Peter Calcagno & Jocelyn Evans
 

Seminars Series Schedule for Spring 2007

Date

Authors

Paper Title

Jan 24

Heather Tierney* (Department of Economics and Finance, C of C) Marcelle Chauvet (Department of Economics, University of California Riverside)

"Nonlinear Relation of Inflation and Nominal Interest Rates--A Local Nonparametric Investigation"

Feb 9**

Craig Landry* Okmyung Bin Thomas W. Crawford Jamie B. Kruse (Department of Economics, East Carolina University)

“Viewscapes and Flood Hazard: Coastal Housing Market Response to Amenities and Risk”

Feb 21

Justin Benefield (Department of Economics and Finance, C of C)

"An Unruly Rule of Thumb Revisited" 

Feb 28

Caroline Sandifer (Department of Economics and Finance, C of C)

"Virtualization and Competition in the US Server Industry"

Mar 14

Peter Calcagno* (Department of Economics and Finance, C of C) Monica Escaleras (Department of Economics Florida Atlantic University)

“An Analysis of State Expenditures and Varying Gubernatorial Term Limits”

Mar 23** Michael Cipriano (Department of Accounting and Legal Studies, C of C) "When Beliefs Persevere: The Cognitive and Social Effects on Revisions to Earnings Forecasts"
Mar 28 Calvin Blackwell* (Department of Economics and Finance, C of C) Susannah Sheldon ( South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium) “Economic Incentives for Continuing Beachfront Development in Charleston County, South Carolina”
Apr 6**

Ken H. Johnson* Zhonghua Wu William G. Hardin III (Department of Finance and Real Estate, Florida International University)

“Brokerage Intermediation Effects in the Commercial Property Market”
Apr 13**

Monica Escaleras (Department of Economics Florida Atlantic University)

“The Potentially Deadly Effect of Weak Property Rights from a Household Perspective”

*Indicates presenter
**Indicates a Friday presentation

Seminars Series Schedule for Fall 2006

Date

Authors

Paper Title

Sept 13

Mark Pyles* Mike Morgan (Economics and Finance) Steven Dolvin ( Butler University)

“Instructional Technology in the Finance Classroom”

Sept 27

Jocelyn Evans* Mark Pyles (Economics and Finance)

“Anti-takeover Techniques and Ownership Structure”

Oct 11

Pete Calcagno* (Economics and Finance) Marian Currinder (Political Science, Georgetown University)

“House Member Support for Fiscally Conservative Policy: Principle or Party?”

Oct 25

Marian Martinez*(Economics and Finance)

"Fiscal Convergence within a Customs Union: The Case of MERCOSUR"

Nov 08

Heather Tierney* (Economics and Finance) Marcelle Chauvet (Economics, University of California Riverside)

“A Nonparametric VAR Model With Local Conditional Orthogonalized Impulse Response Functions”

Nov 15 Calvin Blackwell* Pete Calcagno (Economics and Finance) “Voting Experiments: Primary Type and Turnout.”

*Indicates presenter


 
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