The Economics Department will once again host a seminar series during the 2008-09 academic year. The series is made possible by the generous bequest made to the department by David M. Cole, a professor of economics at UWL from 1966-77. Seminars are scheduled for Friday afternoons and generally last for one hour. The series is open to anyone, but should be especially attractive to economics majors and minors. The series highlights the current research topics of scholars from a variety of backgrounds. Past speakers have included Nobel laureates Douglass North and Robert Fogel and Federal Reserve Board Governor Laurence Meyer. While not all speakers are as distinguished, their research is interesting and the presentations are always worth attending. Beginning this year the final presentation each semester will be made by a member of the UWL Economics Department in an effort to highlight the research that our faculty is undertaking. The speaker series has been set for the year, though dates are subject to change. Final details concerning the time and room for each seminar are available on the department web page the week prior to the seminar. This year’s scheduled speakers include:
October 10-Kristen Monaco, Cal State Long Beach, Wages and working conditions of truck drivers at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles
November 7-Mike Wenz, Winona State, Is there status quo bias? Evidence from two point conversions in football
November 21- James Murray, Viterbo, Initial Expectations in New Keynesian Models with Learning
December 5- Glenn Knowles and Keith Sherony, UWL, A Tale of Two Teams: A Comparison of the Cubs & Sox in Chicago
March 6- Cara McDaniel, Kenyon College, A Study of Hours Worked in the OECD Countries
March 27- Russell Cooper, University of Texas, Macroeconomics
April 17- Scott Cunningham, Baylor, The Internet and Prostitution
May 1- Taggert J. Brooks, UWL, In Da Club: An Econometric Analysis of Strip Club Patrons
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