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Seminars

All seminars are from 3:30-5:00 pm in room 217 Stockbridge Hall (unless otherwise indicated). For more information contact Nathalie Lavoie (lavoie "at" resecon.umass.edu, 545-5713).

Spring 2008
Friday, Apr 11

The Role of Preference Uncertainty in the Willingness to Pay - Willingness to Accept Disparity: An Experimental Test >>pdf

David Kingsley
Department of Economics and Management, Westfield State College

Friday, Apr 18
3:00-4:30 (note time change)

Wildfire prevention and mitigation: The case of southern Greece

Nikolaos Zirogiannis
Department of Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Fall 2007
Friday, Sep 14

Lead Exposure and Antisocial Behavior >>pdf

Jessica W. Reyes
Department of Economics, Amherst College

Friday, Sep 28

The Optimal Pricing of Pollution when Enforcement is Costly >>pdf

John K. Stranlund
Dept. of Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Friday, Oct 12

Willingness to Pay for Land Preservation across States and Jurisdictional Scale: Implications for Benefit Transfer >>pdf

Robert J. Johnston
Associate Director, Connecticut Sea Grant
Associate Professor, Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Connecticut

Friday, Nov 2
CANCELLED

Reciprocity Constraints

Robert J. Oxoby
Department of Economics, University of Calgary

Friday, Nov 16

An Intelligent Agent Model for Human-Environment Interactions >>pdf

Catherine A. Roberts
Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, College of the Holy Cross

Friday, Dec 7

The Role of Information and Monitoring on Collusion: An Experimental Assessment >>pdf

Christian Rojas
Dept. of Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Spring 2007
Friday, Feb 23

The Competitive Effects of Exclusive Territories and Exclusive Dealing: Evidence from the US Brewing Industry

Christian Rojas
Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts

Friday, Mar 9

Encouraging Giving: Subsidies in the Field >>pdf

Catherine Eckel
Professor, University of Texas at Dallas

Friday, Mar 30
(114 Stockbridge Hall)

Teaching with Technology to Engage Students and Enhance
Learning >>pdf

Daniel Lass
Professor, University of Massachusetts

Monday, Apr 9
(12:30 to 2:00 pm)

Sleeping with the Enemy: The Economic Costs of Internal Environmental Conflicts

Todd Cherry
Harlan E. Boyles Professor, Appalachian State University

Friday, Apr 27

Using Conjoint Analysis to Assess Stakeholder Preferences in Multi-Attribute Decisions in Natural Resource Management >>pdf

Don Dennis
Research Forester, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Burlington, Vt

Tuesday, May 1
(3:30 pm Cape Cod Lounge, Student Union Bldg)

“Got Milk?” Nutritional and Environmental Impacts of Federal Food Advertising

Parke E. Wilde
Assistant Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy Director, Food Policy and Applied Nutrition, Tufts University.

Environmental Lecture Series, Co-Sponsored by the Department of Resource Economics through The Environmental Institute.

Friday, May 4
(3:30 pm, Stockbridge 114)

Integrating Revealed Preferences and Psychometric Measures to Identify Heterogeneity in a Mixed Logit Model: An Application to Congestion in Demand for Recreation >>pdf

Felipe Vásquez Lavín
Ph. D. Candidate, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley