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AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
Spring Semester 2008
Coordinator: Wally Thurman and Michele Marra
All workshops are now scheduled in room 4210 Nelson Hall,
Tuesdays, 3:00 - 4:15 p.m., unless otherwise posted

Spring 2008

1/15 Tues.	Brent Hueth Wisconsin	Interactions Between Formal and Informal Contracting: Evidence from California Agriculture
4/03Thurs.	Alex Pfaff Duke (joint with Triangle Environmental Economics workshop series)	Sequenced Road Investments & Clearing of the Mayan Forest
4/08 Tues.	Anton Bekkerman NCSU	Spatio-temporal Risks and Severity Analysis of Soybean Rust in the U.S.
4/15 Tues.	Amy Kandilov RTI Ivan Kandilov NCSU	The Effect of Legalization on Wages and Health Insurance of Farm Workers: Evidence from the National Agricultural Workers Survey
4/22 Tues.	Tom Vukina NCSU	Mitigating Contractual Hazards: Short-term vs. Long-term Contracting in Animal Agriculture
4/29 Tues.	Mykel Taylor NCSU	Does Food Safety Information affect Consumers' Decision to Purchase Meat and Poultry? Evidence from U.S. Household Level Data
5/06 Tues.	Ying Zhu NCSU	Time-Varying Yield Distributions and the Implications for Crop Insurance Pricing