Fall 2008 Seminar Series

Thursday, September 4, 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. Room # 139 SHB

The Simple Economics of Thresholds: Grades as Incentives [Seminar]

Darren Grant, Sam Houston State University

Friday, September 26, 12:15 - 1:30 p.m. Room # 140 SHB

TBA [Brown Bag Seminar]

Troy Quast and Fidel Gonzalez, Sam Houston State University

Thursday, October 9, 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. Room # 139 SHB

The Confusing Time-Series Behaviour of Real Exchange Rates:
Are Asymmetries Important? [Seminar]

David G. McMillan, University of St. Andrews

Friday, October 24, 12:15 - 1:45 p.m. Room # 139 SHB

A Macroeconomic Analysis of Obesity in the U.S. [Seminar]

Pere Gomis-Porqueras, University of Miami

Friday, November 7, 12:15 - 1:30 p.m. Room # 139 SHB

A New State-Level Panel of Income Inequality Measures over the Period 1916-2005 [Brown Bag Seminar]

Mark Frank, Sam Houston State University

Friday, December 5, 12:15 - 1:30 p.m. Room # 139 SHB

Dowry [Brown Bag Seminar]

Hiranya Nath, Sam Houston State University