Seminars (2007-2008)

September 7: Richard Hannah, "To Compete or Not to Compete: Post-Employment Covenants Restrictions in Labor Markets."
September 14: Alan Seals, "Are Gangs an Alternative to Legitimate Employment? Investigating the Impact of Labor Market Effects on Gang Affiliation."
September 21: Charlie Baum, "The Effects of Food Stamp Benefits on Weight Gained by Expectant Mothers."
September 28: Rachel Wilson, "The Role of Mid-level Practitioners in Health Care Costs to Consumers."
October 5: D. Ellis Tallman (Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta), "Liquidity Creation without a Lender of Last Resort: Clearing House Loan Certificates in the Banking Panic of 1907."
October 19: Adam Rennhoff, "The Effectiveness of Post-Release Movie Advertising."
October 26: Chris Klein, "Deregulation and the Demise of Sham Litigation: Evidence from Appellate Decisions 1972-2006."
November 2: John Nunley, "The Effects of Household Income Volatility on Divorce."
November 16: Stuart Fowler, "The Case for Intensive Skill-Biased Technological Change."
February 8: Justin Gardner, MTSU Agribusiness Department, "Genetically Modified Crops: An Input Distance Function Approach."
February 22: Stefan Krause, Emory University, "Better Off without the Euro? Evaluating Monetary Policy and Macroeconomic Performance for Denmark, Sweden and the UK."
March 14: Georg Schaur, University of Tennessee - Knoxville, "Hedging Price Volatility Using Fast Transport."
March 28: Tony Eff, MTSU, "Market Integration and Prosocial Behavior: Some Evidence from the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample."
April 3: Kevin Huang, Vanderbilt University, "Learning, Adaptive Expectations, and Technology Shocks," postponed due to illness.
April 11: Cristina Rennhoff, Vanderbilt University, "Are Rodeo Cowboys Afraid of a Little Competition?: The Conflicting Influence of Competition on Entry Decisions."
April 18: Shea Slonake, MTSU, "Product Variety in the Recorded Music Industry: 1990-2005."