Jan. 11, 2012
Jed DeVaro, CSUEB, "Using 'Opposing Responses' and Relative Performance to Distinguish Empirically Among Alternative Models of Promotions".

* Jan. 18, 201
David R. Henderson, Naval Postgraduate School (Monterey), "Seven Myths About Free Markets" (Smith Center event in UU311)

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Jan. 25, 2012
Steve Shmanske, CSUEB, "Gender and Skill Convergence in Professional Golf"

Feb. 1, 2012
Scott Fung, CSUEB, "Financial Market Liquidity and Firm Performance"

Feb. 8, 2012
Jagdish Agrawal and Scott Fung, CSUEB, "Benefit and Cost of Hiring and Firing Tiger Woods as an Endorser"

* Feb. 15, 2012
"Professor Gary Galles, Social Science Division Pepperdine University "Recognizing What Isn't There

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Feb. 22, 2012
Kurt Lavetti, UC Berkeley, "The Estimation of Compensating Differentials and Preferences for Occupational Fatality Risk"

Feb. 29, 2012
Madhura Maitra, Columbia University, "Unexceptional Exporter Performance in China? The Role of Processing Trade"

* Mar. 7, 2012
Professor Edward J. Lopez, Department of Economics San Jose State University "The (Ab)use of Takings for Economic Development"

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* Seminar co-sponsored by the Smith Center for Private Enterprise Studies, presented in UU 311

Sep. 28, 2011
Hideo Owan, University of Tokyo and Stanford University, "Integrating High-Powered Performance Pay into a Seniority Wage System"

Oct. 5, 2011*:
Professor Nathan Ashby, University of Texas at El Paso "Immigration and Economic Freedom"

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Oct. 26, 2011
Charlie Wang, Stanford University, "Measurement Errors of Expected Returns Proxy and the Implied Cost of Capital"

Nov. 2, 2011
Lynn Paringer, CSUEB, "The Distributional Impacts of Health Care Reform"

Nov. 9, 2011*
Professor Fred Foldvary, Santa Clara University "How Geo-Austrian Cycle Theory Predicts the Next Great Economic Crash"

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Nov. 16, 2011
Anthony Evans, European School of Management (ESCP-EAP) - Department of Economics, "The Financial Crisis in the UK: Uncertainty, Calculation and Error"

Nov. 30, 2011
Adriana Agapie, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania "Romania: Communism and the Transition to a Market Economy", Mustafa Amalkhail (CSUEB student presentation for ECON 4896)

* Seminar co-sponsored by the Smith Center for Private Enterprise Studies, presented in UU 311

03/30/2011:
Organizational meeting (no speaker)

04/06/2011:
Student Presentations

04/13/2011*:
Glen Whitman, California State University, Northridge, "Behavioral Economics and the New Paternalism"
Co-sponsored by the Smith Center for Private Enterprise Studies

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04/20/2011
Student Presentations

04/27/2011
Student Presentations

05/04/2011
Gregory Christainsen, CSUEB, "The Road Ahead:
Proposals to Price All Carpool Lanes and Entry into San Francisco County"

05/11/2011:
Joseph Salerno, Pace University,"An Austrian View
of the Financial Crisis and the Prospects for Recovery"
Co-sponsored by the Smith Center for Private Enterprise Studies

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05/18/2011
Doru Cojoc, Stanford University, "Signaling Values and Making Promises in Electoral Campaigns"

05/25/2011
Student Presentations

06/01/2011
Student Presentations

* Seminar co-sponsored by the Smith Center for Private Enterprise Studies, presented in UU 311

01/12/2011:
Kirill Chernomaz, SFSU, "Threshold-based Mixed

01/19/2011:
Aspen Gorry, UCSC, "Minimum Wages and Youth Unemployment"

01/26/11*:
James MacDougald The Free Enterprise Nation "Unsustainable: How Big Nation Government, Taxes and Debt are Wrecking America" sponsored by the Smith Center for Private Enterprise Studies

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02/02/11
Alex Whalley, UC Merced, "Elected Versus Appointed Policymakers: Evidence from City Treasurers"

02/09/11
P.J. Hill, Wheaton College, "The Morality of Markets" Co-sponsored by the Smith Center for Private Enterprise Studies

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02/16/11:
David Hansen, Stanford University, "The Effects ofCrime on Educational Investment: A Policy Simulation Approach"

02/23/11
Suraj Prassad, University of New South Wales, "Promotions, Multi-skilling and Incentives for Skills"

03/02/11
Michael Bar, SFSU, "Longevity, Schooling and Lifetime Labor Supply"

03/09/11:
Joshua Hall, Beloit College, "The Economic Freedom of the World Index" Co-sponsored by the Smith Center for Private Enterprise Studies.

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Sept. 22:
Sherman Lewis, CSUEB, "Sustainable Access to CSUEB- Hayward"

Sept. 29:
Jay Bhattacharya, Stanford University, "Who Pays for Obesity?"

Oct. 6:
James Ahiakpor, CSUEB, "The Ricardian Equivalence Theorem: A Necessary Condition for the Inefficacy of Fiscal Policy"

Oct. 13*:
John Lott, University of Maryland, "More Guns, Less Crime" Co-sponsored by the Smith Center for Private Enterprise Studies

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Oct. 20:
Adrian Stoian, CSUEB, "Public Messages and Bubbles"

Oct. 27:
Emily Skarbek, San Jose State University, Sweatshop and Non-Monetary Compensation: Evidence from El Salvador

Nov. 3:
Jed DeVaro, CSUEB, "Two Perspectives on Multiskilling and Product Market Volatility"

Nov. 10*:
Art Carden, Rhodes College, "Waltonomics: Walmart and Society" Co-sponsored by the Smith Center for Private Enterprise Studies

Nov. 17:
Zinovy Radovilsky, CSUEB, "Optimizing Allocation of Boat Resources among U.S. Coast Guard Stations"

Nov. 10*:
Rich Stowell, University of San Francisco, "A Well-Regulated Militia: The Power of the Volunteer American Military" Co-sponsored by the Smith Center for Private Enterprise Studies

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* Seminar co-sponsored by the Smith Center for Private Enterprise Studies

June 9 , 2010 - Joseph Souza, "The California Prison System"; Kristen Bautista, "Credit Card Reform" ; Vu Phan, "Technological Economics"

June 2 , 2010 - Roma Silvestre, "International Labor Mobility in the NBA"; Hiroki Matsubara, "The Economics of Hybrid Automobles"; Enrique Curbelo, "The Economics of the Flooring Industry"; Raymund Golez, "The Economics of Southwest Airlines"

May 26, 2010 - Daniel K. Benjamin, Clemson University, "Recycling: The Good, The Bad, and (sometimes) The Ugly"

May 19, 2010 - Celena Colin, "The Economics of Tobacco in North Carolina"; Juan Ponce, "Currency Manipulation in China"; Yan Wing Wu, "The Economic Development of Japan"; Tin-Huang Weng, "The Hidden Crisis of Peak Oil"; David Miklos, "The Global Arms Trade"

May 12, 2010 - Ashley Rose, "The Economic Impact of Corporate Aircraft"; Charlie Chun, "The Economics of Gambling"; Tony Chung, "President Obama's Stimilus Package"; Cheryl Pal, "Education in the United States"

May 5, 2010 - Steven Yu, "Our Struggle Against the Malthusian Theory"; Ann Parnigoni, "The History of the EURO"; Bhavin Patel, "The Economics of Cricket"; Young Hun Bae, "The Stock Market Reboound of 2009"; Jawaan Rubin, "The Multilevel Marketing Cult: Koolaid or Iodine?"

April 28, 2010 - Shanin Fattahian, "The Economics of Chevron Dealerships"; Kristen Hewlett, "Feminist Economics"; Chad Davis, "The Economics of Marijuana Legalization in the United States"; Kevin Chien, "International Trade with Taiwan"; Carin West, "The Economics of GMO (genetically modified) Food"

April 21, 2010 - James S. Taylor, The College of New Jersey, "Why Organ Markets Should be Legalized"

April 14, 2010 - Francisco Alfaro, "Impact of the Economic Downturn on the Wine Industry"; Terrance Massey, "The Stimulus Package and Employment"; Gabriel Gutierrez, " Federal Reserve Policy and the Recent Crisis"; Leslie Cruz, "Cannabis Decriminilization in California"

April 7, 2010 - Anthony Alessi "History of Central Banking in the United States"

Part 1 of 1 (WMV video 77 MB - 21 minutes)

March 10, 2010 - William Shughart, University of Mississippi, "The Standard Oil Case 100 Years Later"

March 3, 2010 - Steve Perez, CSU, Sacramento, "NCAA Division 1 Athletics and University Enrollment"

February 24, 2010 - Michelle Lee, CBE, CSUEB, "Transportation Development and Agricultural Specialization in Early Twentieth Century China"

February 10, 2010 - Ed Leamer, UCLA, "Housing and the Recovery"

February 3, 2010 - Tammie Simmons-Mosley, CBE, CSUEB, "Revealiing a Condominium Conversion Public Choice Variabl: Percent Funded for Maintenance Reserves"

January 27, 2010 - Michele Boldrin, Washington University, St. Louis, "Against Intellectual Monopoly"

January 20, 2010 - Nan Maxwell, CBE, CSUEB, "Do Firms use Both Wages and Employment-Based Health Insurance to Purchase Workforce Skills?"

January 13, 2010 - Terri Swartz, CBE, CSUEB, "Piracy and Pragmatism in China"

December 2, 2009 - Jed DeVaro and Scott Fung, CBE CSUEB, "The Retention Consequences of Caps on Executive Compensation"

November 18, 2009 - Charles Kroncke and Ronald White, College of Mount Saint Joseph, "The Modern Health Care Craze"

November 4, 2009 - Al Henning, Aquarian Microsystems, Inc., "The Economics of Clean-Tech Startups"

October 28, 2009 - Stephen Shmanske, Dept. of Economics, CBE, CSUEB, "Sustainability and the Economics of Giving 110%"

October 21, 2009 - Ed Hymson, Research Fellow, State bar of New Mexico, "The Pressures That Compel Persons to Adopt Milton Friendman's Business Ethics Paradigm"

October 14, 2009 - Stephen Hicks, The center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship, Rockford College, "Is Capitalism Bad for Art?

October 7, 2009 - Rob Leathern, CPM Advisors, "The Economics of Internet Advising"

September 30, 2009 - Jagdish Agrawal, CBE, CSUEB, "Yes Virginia, Tiger Woods is Worth It"

June 10, 2009 - Carl Stephenson, CSUEB, "Tranches of Responsibility for the Mortage Meltdown"; Richard Chu, CSUEB, "The Economics of Online Games"; Olu Olandunjoye, CSUEB, "Economic Philosophy: The Differences Between the Major Parties"; Victor Alves, CSUEB, "SFO's Attempted Evolution"

June 3, 2009 - Monica Serrano, CSUEB, "The Cost of High SChool Proficiency Testing"; Joseph Quintana, CSUEB, "Ever Evolving Russia"; Joseph Garcia, CSUEB, "How Japan Became the Second Biggest Economy"; Takuya Uchida, CSUEB, "Trends in Japanese Interbank Money Market"

May 27, 2009 - Rosa Bravo, CSUEB, "The New Housing Sector: Build-up and the Resulting Fallout"; Sandeep Kapadia, CSUEB, "An Economic Analysis of English Football"; John Morales, CSUEB, "The Dominance of X-Box Live"; Hooman Amanat, CSUEB, "China's Economic Development"

May 20, 2009 - Marius Schwartz, Georgetown University, "Net Neutrality: Theory and Policy"

May 13, 2009 - Joon An, CSUEB, "Are Trasportation Subsidies Justified"; Caroline Gikanga, CSUEB, "The Subprime Mortgage Crisis: Who Benfitted and Who Got Hurt"; Philip Sien, CSUEB, "Determinants of Wages in the U.S."

May 6, 2009 - Ahmad Nasri, CSUEB, "American Bailout Policies"; Dung Tran, CSUEB, "California Wetlands"; Brian Turner, CSUEB, "The Economics of Car Racing"

Part 1 (WMV video 225 MB - 64 minutes) (one part only)

Apr 29, 2009 - Evan Osborne, Wright State University, "Commerce is Beautiful"

Apr 22, 2009 - Antonia Malhi, CSUEB, "Globalization and the End of Poverty "; Bilal Salimi, CSUEB, "The Mortgage Meltdown and the Creation of a New Industry "; Mohamad Nasri, CSUEB, "Population Growth and Resource Scarcity"

Apr 15, 2009 - Dion Ruben, CSUEB, "The Demise of the US Auto Industry "; Iat Nam Wong, CSUEB, "Economics Modernization in the Ukraine"; Jane Johnson, CSUEB, "Football Commentators: Do They Really Know What They are Talking About?"

Apr 8, 2009 - Jacob Roberts, CSUEB, "Remittance Across the US-Mexico Border"; Paul Reyes, CSUEB, "The Farebox Ratio for BART"; Truyen Ha, CSUEB, "The Correlation Between Unemployment and Online Gossip Readership

Mar 11 , 2009 - Goerge L. Duarte, Horizon Financial Associates, "Foreclosures: What Consumers Need to Know in Today's Real Estate market"

Mar 4 , 2009 - Kim Shima, CSUEB, "Education and Productivity in China: New Approach, New Results "

Part 1 (WMV video 155 MB - 60 minutes) (only one part)

Feb 25, 2009 - Stu Gasner, Keker & Van Nest LLP, "The Options Backdating Scandal"

Feb 18, 2009 - Adrian Stoian, CSUEB-- "Welfare Spending and Mortality Rates for the Elderly Before the Social Security Era"

Feb 11, 2009 - Gary M. Galles, Peperrdine University -- "Defending Liberty is Worth the Abuse"
(sorry, audio and video not available for this event)

Feb 4, 2009 - Andrew Wong, CSUEB, Anthropology Dept.-- "Brand Names as Paintings: The Applications of Linguistic Anthropology in Brand Name Development"

Jan 28, 2009 - Chongqi Wu, CSUEB -- "Vertical Integration with Price-Setting Competitive Newsvendors"

Jan 21, 2009 - Ben Zycher, Manhattan Institute -- "Private Sector Contributions to Pharmaceutical Science"

Jan 14, 2009 - Franklin Lowenthal -- "The Saga of the Reserve Primary Fund and its Implications

Dec 3, 2008 - Matthew Ladner, Goldwater Institute -- "Demography is not Destiny in Education"

Oct 22, 2008 - Gerald P. O'Driscoll -- "Monetary Policy and the Current Crisis"

Oct 8, 2008 - Scott Fung-- "Is the Stock Market still a Sideshow for Corporate

Investments? New Evidence on Information, Financing and

Agency Effects"

Oct 1, 2008 - Markus Lang -- "Welfare Effects of Salary Caps in Sports Leagues with Win-Maximizing Clubs"

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