Seminars

• CFF - Seminar organized by Centre for Finance
• CHEGU - Centre of Health Economics at University of Gothenburg
• DEW - Development Economics Workshop
• EEU - Seminars organized by the Environmental Economics Unit
• GCGD - Seminars and Workshops at Gothenburg Centre for Globalization and Development
• GES - General Economics Seminar
• LARRI - Land Rights Research Initiative

• DE/GU - Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg
• Conf.room E5 is situated on Floor 5, House E, Vasagatan 1
• Conf.room E6 is situated on Floor 6, House E, Vasagatan 1

N.B. The seminars and workshops listed below are open to all staff and students.
Active participation is encouraged!

List editor: Eva-Lena Neth.

Seminars Spring 2013 

Tuesday 21 May, 12:00-13:00, Room B-34, GES
Michael Kirchler, University of Innsbruck and VPP Professor at HGU:
"Can markets be moral? How market design influences moral behavior in markets"

Tuesday 21 May, 14:15-16:00, SEB-salen, GCGD
Sylvia Chant, London School of Economics:
"The 'Feminisation of Poverty' as a global concept? Reflections from The Gambia, Philippines and Costa Rica" (N.B. Registration requested - see Calender)

Wednesday 22 May, 14:15-15:15, Room F-44, DEW
Francis Teal, University of Oxford:
"An agricultural revolution in Ghana?"

Thursday 23 May, 14:00-15:00, Conf.room E6, EEU
Maria Angelica Naranjo, CATIE and University of Wageningen
"Does tourism eco-certification pay? Costa Rica's Blue Flag"

Friday 24 May, 10:15- , Room E-43, PhD defense seminar
Anna Nordén, DE/GU:
PhD thesis: "Essays on Behavioral Economics and Policies for Provision of Ecosystem Services"
Discussant: Professor Carl-Johan Lagerkvist, SLU, Uppsala

Tuesday 28 May, 12:00-13:00, Room D-31, GES
Adrian Soetevent,University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands:
Title t.b.a.

Tuesday 28 May, 15:15, Room E-44, CFF
Hans Hvide, University of Bergen, Norway:
"Do entrepreneurs matter?"

Wednesday 29 May, 13-14, Conf.room E5, DEW
Oana Borcan, DE/GU:
Title t.b.a.

Tuesday 4 June, 12:00-13:00, Room D-31, GES
Henri Overman, London School of Economics, UK:
title t.b.a.

Wednesday 5 June, 10:15- , Room E-44, PhD defense seminar
Xiaojun Yang, DE/GU:
PhD thesis: "Household Decision Making, Time Preferences, and Positional Concern: Experimental evidence from rural China"
Discussant: Professor Jerker Holm, Lund University

Monday 10 June, 13-14, Room t.b.a., GES
Robert H. Frank, Cornell University:
Title t.b.a.

Tuesday 11 June, 09:15- , Room E-45, PhD defense seminar
Jorge Alexander Bonilla Londoño, DE/GU:
PhD thesis: "Essays on the Economics of Air Quality Control"
Discussant: Allen Blackman, RFF-Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C., USA

Tuesday 11 June, 12:00-13:00, Room D-31, GES
Carol Propper, University of Bristol, UK:
Title t.b.a.
(Invited GES speaker)

Wednesday 12 June, 13-14, Conf.room E5, DEW
Lisa Andersson, DE/GU:
”International remittances and private transfers in urban Ethiopia”

Tuesday 18 June, 12:00-13:00, Room D-31, GES
Dale Whittington, University of North Carolina, USA:
Title t.b.a.

Autumn 2013

Monday 2 Sept, 13:15- , Room t.b.a., Licentiate defense seminar
Anja Tolonen, DE/GU:
Licentiate thesis: Title t.b.a.
Discussant: Assoc. Professor Christa N. Brunnschweiler, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

Friday 6 Sept, time and room t.b.a., PhD defense seminar
Claudine Uwera, DE/GU:
PhD thesis: Title t.b.a.
Discussant:

Friday 13 Sept, time and room t.b.a., PhD defense seminar
Kristina Mohlin, DE/GU:
PhD thesis: Title t.b.a.
Discussant: