Economics Seminar Series
The Department of Economics hosts a variety of events and guest speakers throughout the year. See the list of upcoming and past events. Stay tuned to the School of Business website for reminders and details of the events.
Departmental Presentations
Spring 2022
February 18, 2:00pm, Beatty 301
Alicia Plemmons, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville // "Scope of Practice and Opioid Prescribing Behavior of Nurse Practitioners Serving Medicare Beneficiaries"
February 25, 1:30-3:00pm, Beatty 301
Mark Witte, College of Charleston // "Does the Margin of Trade Depend on the Currency Denomination of Trade?"
April 22, 2:00pm, Beatty 301
Gary Wagner, University of Louisiana at Lafayette // TBA
Past Departmental Presentations
Fall 2021
September 24, 1:30-3:00pm, Beatty 301
Christopher Mothorpe // "Flooding and Elevation: A Repeat Sales Approach to Examine the Impact of Home Elevation on Property Values"
November 12, 1:30-3:00pm, Beatty 301
Peter Calcagno // "The Political Economy of State Economic Development Incentives: A Case of Rent Extraction"
Spring 2021
March 26 at 3pm via Zoom
Norman Maynard // Sabbatical Presentation
April 2 at 3pm via Zoom
Calvin Blackwell // "Trust and Skepticism"
April 15 at 3pm via Zoom
Beatriz Maldonado // "Do Trade Agreements Affect Corruptions in Latin American Trading Partners?"
Fall 2020
November 6 at 3pm via Zoom
Jennifer Baker, Department of Philosophy, College of Charleston // "Ethics and Economics: Horse and Cart"
Spring 2020
January 24 at 3pm
Spencer Banzhaf, Georgia State University // "Non-parametric Tests of the Tragedy of the Commons" // Beatty 301
January 31 at 3pm
Alicia Plemmons, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville // "Occupational Licensing Effects on Firm Entry and Employment" // Beatty 301
February 21 at 3pm
Dylan Brewer, Georgia Institute of Technology // "The Remarkably Inelastic Demand for Home Energy Services: A Choice Experiment" // Beatty 301
Fall 2019
20 September at 3pm
Mark Witte // "Bargaining Power and the Currency Denomination of Trade" // Beatty 301
27 September at 3pm
Jessica Madariaga // "Worker's Compensation and the Great Recession" // Beatty 301
4 October at 3pm
Gary Wagner, University of Louisiana at Lafayette // "Campaigning for Retirement: State Teacher Union Campaign Contributions and Pension Generosity" // Beatty 301
8 November at 3pm
Andrew Weinbach, Coastal Carolina University // "NBA Daily Fantasy: Tests of Market Efficiency and its Implications" // Beatty 301
15 November at 3pm
Pete Calcagno // "Social Trust and Regulation: A Time Series Analysis of the United States" // Beatty 301
Spring 2019
8 February at 3pm
Chris Mothorpe //“Interjurisdictional Competition for Land: The strategy decisions of municipalities competing for taxable land” // Beatty 301
6 March at 3pm
Peter Leeson // "Hobo Econcus" // Beatty 301
Fall 2018
31 August at 3pm
Chris Mothorpe // "Real Estate Data Working Group" // Beatty 301
14 September at 3pm
Jocelyn Evans // "Distributive Justice: Should Government Agencies Still be Involved in the Houding Finance Markets with Federal Reserve Bails" // Beatty 301
19 October at 3pm
Brad Humphreys, West Virginia University // "NCAA Football Coach Compensation and Non-Price Competition for Football Players" // Beatty 301
9 November at 3pm
Calvin Blackwell // "Skepticism, Education and Personality" // Beatty 301
30 November at 3pm
Jocelyn Evans // "Monetary Policy, Interconnected Mortgage Credit Markets and Real Activity" // Beatty 301
Spring 2018
28 February at 3 PM
Christian Bjornskov, Aarhus University // "Institutional Shocks and Economic Crises" // Beatty 301
7 March at 1 PM
Lynne Kiesling, Purdue University // "From Airbnb to Solar: Toward a transaction cost model of retail electricity distribution platform" // Beatty 301
30 March at 3 PM
Michael Lacour-Little, California State University at Fullerton // "Home Equity Conversion Mortgages: The Secondary Market Investor Experience" // Beatty 301
13 April at 3 PM
Matt Oliver, Georgia Institute of Technology // Renewable Generation Capacity and Wholesale Electricity Price Variance // Beatty 413
Fall 2017
22 September at 3 PM
Gary Libecap, University of California Santa Barbara and NBER // "Collection Action by Contract Prior Appropriation and the Development of Irrigation in the Western United States" // Beatty 301
6 October
Norman Maynard // "Owning Paradise: Living Where Others Vacation When the Bubble Bursts" // Beatty 301
27 October
Chris Mothorpe // "Overflow: Spatial Spillovers from a Flood Event" // Beatty 301
10 November
Wesley Burnett // "Earthquake Alley: Unconventional Oil and Gas Development, Induced Seismic Activity and Housing Prices" // Beatty 301
Spring 2017
3 February
Jordan Ragusa, Department of Political Science // "#NeverTrump: Why Republican Lawmakers Refused to Support Their Party's Nominee"
17 February
Calvin Blackwell // "Minecraft Economics: A Study of the Distribution of Wealth in a Virtual World"
31 MarchPete Calcagno // "The Role of Fiscal Constraints on Economic Freedom in the United States"
14 April
Jim Casey, Washington & Lee University // "Trip Attribute Importance and Willingness to Pay for Marine Conservation: An Exploratory Study of Potential US Visitors to Cuba"
25 April
Student Research Presentations
Fall 2016
9 September
Jocelyn Evans, Department of Finance // "Evidence of Simultaneous Short Selling Surrounding Bad News for Suppliers in Captive Relationships." // Beatty 320
September 23
Carlianne Patrick, Georgia State University // "Demand for New Cities: Property Value Capitalization of Municipal Incorporation." // Beatty 320
7 October
Wes Burnett // "An Economic Efficiency Analysis of U.S. Household Energy Consumption." // Beatty 320
21 October
Daniel L. Hicks // TBD // Beatty 320
4 November
Daniel Huerta // TBD // Beatty 320
11 November
Jordan Ragusa // "I'm With Her? Why Republican Lawmakers Refused to Endorse Its Party's Nominee" // Beatty 320
Spring 2016
15 January
James Malm // "Independent Directors and Corporate Litigation." //Beatty 301
29 January
Russell Sobel //"The Rise and Decline of Nations: The Dynamic Properties of Institutional Reform"//Beatty 301
5 February
Craig McCann //"An Empirical Analysis of Non-Traded REITs"//Beatty 301
12 February
Peter Calcagno //"Does Fiscal Decentralization Affect Infrastructure Quality?: An Examination of U.S. States"//Beatty 301
26 February
Matt Nowlin //"Climate Governance: Mapping the Climate Change Policy Regime in the United States"//Beatty 301
24 March
Alex Tabarrok //"Is Regulation to Blame for the Decline in American Entrepreneurship?"//Beatty 301
15 April
Gary Wagner //"What Does an Income Shock Really Buy You? Evidence from a Change in Military Housing Policy"//Beatty 301
Spring 2015
23 January
Daniela Goya Tocchetto // "The Lottery of Life and Moral Desert: An Interdisciplinary Investigation." //Beatty 220
20 February
Daniel Huerta //"Expectations of Economic Activity and REIT Price Dynamics: Heterogeneous Effects from Institutional and Individual Investors"//Beatty 220
26 February
Brent Evans // "Conference externalities in NCAA football recruiting" // Beatty 220
20 March
Roberta Herzberg // TBA //Beatty 220
3 April
Norman Maynard // "Miracles, Disasters, and Data Revisions: Examining Growth Patterns across Data Series." // Beatty 220
17 April
Calvin Blackwell // “Personality and Performance in Economics Courses and Experiments.”// Beatty 220
Fall 2014
19 Sept
Mark Witte // "Does Trade Integration follow European Union Membership? A Case Study with Croatia and Tesla Cables" Beatty 220
30 Sept.
Timur Kuran // “Rule of Law in the Middle East: Past and Present.” Tate 202
17 Oct.
Wesley Burnett // "Shale Gas Development and Housing Values over a Decade: Evidence from the Barnett Shale." Beatty 220
31 Oct.
Peter Calcagno // Political Economy of Changes in Casino Taxes Beatty 220
14 Nov.
Jessica Madariaga // TBA Beatty 220
Fall 2013
27 Sept.
Weishen Wang // Clustering of shareholder annual meetings and ‘new anomaly’ in stock returns
18 Oct.
Mark Pyles // Culture and Risk Tolerance
25 Oct.
Norman Maynard // TBA
5 Nov.
Nikolai Wenzel // TBA
15 Nov.
Jordan Ragusa // Micro, Mecro, or Macro? Disentangling the Effects of Economic Indicators on Vote Choice
Spring 2012
20 Jan
Andrew Weinbach, Coastal Carolina Univ. // Determinants of Sportsbook Betting Volume in the NFL
27 Jan
Andy Young, West Virginia Univ. // Institutional Quality and Foreign Aid Flows: An Empirical Study
17 Feb
John Siegfried, Vanderbilt Univ. // What Does Intercollegiate Athletics Do To (or For) Colleges and Universities?
1 Mar
Deidre McCloskey, University of IL at Chicago // TBA
22 Mar
Art Carden, Rhodes College // TBA
6 Apr
Weishen Wang, C of C // Corporate Governance, under-performing Stock Reversal and Trading Strategies
13 Apr
Jesus Sandoval Hernandez, C of C // TBA
Fall 2011
19 Sep
Lawrence White, George Mason University // Positively Valued Fiat Money after the Sovereign Disappears: The Case of Somalia
30 Sep
Jin-Hong Park, College of Charleston // Analyzing Nonlinear Time Series with Central Subspace
21 Oct
Humberto Barreto, DePauw University // Understanding and Teaching Unequal Probability of Selection
4 Nov
Calvin Blackwell, College of Charleston // Beyond Critical Thinking: An Example of Critical Action Learning in an Economics Course
11 Nov
Mark Witte, College of Charleston // An Empirical Examination of the Currency Denomination of Trade
Spring 2011
Fri., Jan. 21
Mark Witte (CofC) // Is the evolution of economic freedom random?
Fri., Feb. 4
Hao-Chen Liu (CofC) // Does price clustering exist in the foreign exchange swap market? Evidence from transaction-level data
Fri., Feb. 18
Calvin Blackwell*(CofC), Bing Pan (CofC), and Xiang (Robert) // Power Laws in Tourist Flows
Fri., Mar. 4
Li (U. SC) // Minimum wages and adolescent DUIs
Fri., Mar. 18
Chad Cotti (U. of Wisconsin, Oshkosh) J.J. Arias* (Georgia) and Cameron Ellis // Decreasing excludability of digital music - Implications for copyright law
Fri. Apr. 1
Doug Walker* and Peter Calcagno (CofC) // The casino industry and corruption of public officials in the U.S.
Fri., Apr. 15
Rachel Graefe-Anderson (CofC) // Tournaments and the CEO labor market
* = presenting author
