Following is a preliminary listing of departmental seminars for Fall Semester 2001. Suggestions for other speakers for this periodCeither MSU faculty members or visitorsCare encouraged. Please contact either Dean Lueck or Randy Rucker.

 

Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics

Faculty/Graduate Student Seminar Program

Fall 2001

 

Sept. 28                   Benito Arrunada, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

(Fri @ 3:15)            "The Enforcement of Property Rights: Comparative Analysis of Institutions Reducing Transaction Costs in Real Estate"

 

Oct 10                     Rob Fleck and Andy Hanssen, MSU

                                "Property Rights and the Origins of Democracy: A Theoretical Model with Application to Ancient Greece "

 

Oct 24                     Joseph Glauber, USDA

                                "On the Supply of Crop Insurance"

 

Nov. 14                  Randy Rucker, MSU

                               "By the Pound or Not By the Pound? The Role of Transaction Costs in Fresh Produce Pricing" (with Keith B. Leffler and Peter Malishka)

 

Dec 5                     Michael Boland, KSU (currently visiting MSU)

                              "Determining the Value of Delivery Rights in Closed Membership Marketing Cooperatives"

 

Seminars generally will begin at 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday afternoons and end by 4:45 p.m., with exceptions noted.