The Applied Economics Working Group meets during the school year to hear presentations by faculty and graduate students. Researchers present their latest work, as well as "works-still-in-progress." This leads to lively and interesting discussions!
All Fall 2024 sessions are also available via Zoom.
Please send any questions about these sessions or presentation inquiries to the working group coordinator, Steven Dundas.
Schedule for Fall 2024
Please email seminar coordinator Steve Dundas for specific Zoom access information.
| Date | Time | Room | Presenter | Title |
| 10/16 | 12-1 | Ballard 219 | Jessica Osanya, PhD Candidate, Applied Economics | Incentivizing Biofuel Adoption in the USA: The Case of Industrial Hemp |
| 10/23 | 12-1 | Ballard 219 | Yong Chen, Associate Professor, Applied Economics | Scylla-Bot: A Chat-Bot for Rural Development |
| 10/30 | 12-1 | Ballard 219 | Bill Jaeger, Professor, Applied Economics | Discounting, Relative Prices, and Future Environmental Values for Benefit-Cost Analysis |
| 11/6 | 12-1 | Ballard 219 | Bethany Rader, Phd Student, Applied Economics | The Economics of Household-Level Water Insecurity in California Self-Supplied Communities: Tradeoffs and Opportunity Costs |
| 11/13 | 12-1 | Ballard 219 | Kelsey Johnson, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Boise State University | Evaluating Conservation Outcomes in the Presence of Payments for Agricultural Conservation Easement (PACE) Programs: Evidence from a Spatial Regression Discontinuity Design in the U.S. Intermountain West |
| 11/20 | 12-1 | Ballard 219 | Richard Acquah-Sarpong, PhD Candidate, Applied Economics | The Impact of Oregon's Tiered Minimum Wage Policy on Business Credit Risk |
| 12/4 | 12-1 | Zoom Only | Zichu Zhao, Assistant Professor, Le Moyne College | Conversion of Natural Forests to Plantations Induced by Wood Pellet Expansion |