The Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics hosts an academic research seminar series throughout the academic year that features presentations of scholarly research on myriad economics-related topics by researchers from other universities and institutions.

Volunteers and recommendations for future seminars may be submitted to Diane Charlton at diane.charlton@montana.edu or Mariana Carrera at mariana.carrera@montana.edu.


Past Seminars

Spring 2025

  • Dr. Nathan Hendricks, Kansas State University, "Resource-Driven Agricultural Clusters: Coagglomeration Effects of the High Plains Aquifer"
  • Dr. Andrew Ayres, University of Nevado, Reno, "Can Alternative Transfer Mechanisms Alleviate Water Scarcity?"
  • Dr. Martin Saavedra, Rutgers-New Brunswick School of Arts and Sciences, "Legislating Longevity: State-Level Public Health Laws and the Mortality Transition"
  • Dr. Fabiola Alba-Vivar, Wake Forest University, "Opportunity Bound: Transport and Access to College in a Megacity"

Fall 2024

  • Imelda, Geneva Graduate Institute, "Prepayment, Salience, and Price Elasticity of Electricity Demand in a Developing Country Context
  • Dr. Benjamin Chartrock, Bentley University, "Quality Disclosure, Demand, and Congestion: Evidence from Physician Ratings"

Spring 2024

  • Dr. Rich Patterson,Brigham Young University, "Intergenerational Transmission of Occupation: Lessons from the United States Army"

  • Dr. David Neumark, University of California-Irvine
  • Dr. Maria Zhu, Syracuse University, "New Findings on Racial Bias in Teacher's Evaluations of Student Achievement"
  • Dr. Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, Cornell University

Spring 2023

  • Dr. Patrick Baylis, University of British Columbia, presents "Mandated vs. Voluntary Adaptation to Natural Disasters: The Case of U.S. Wildfires"
  • Dr. Dean Lueck, Indiana University, presents "The Institutional Legacy of the Mexican Rancho System in California"
  • Dr. Michael Frakes, Duke University, presents "Racial Concordance & the Quality of Medical Care: Evidence from the Military"
  • Dr. Michael Farmer, Texas Tech, presents "Racial Bias in Property Taxation in Atlanta"
  • Dr. Andrew Barr, Texas A&M, presents "Which Workers Left the Labor Force Post-COVID Recession and Why"
  • Dr. Faraz Dadgostari, MSU Industrial Engineering, presents "Agent-based models to simulate COVID spread and study individuals' choice of protective behaviors."
  • Dr. Bruce Wydick, University of San Francisco, presents "Mortality from Nestlé's Marketing of Infant Formula in Low and Middle-Income Countries"
  • Dr. Olga Stoddard, Brigham Young University, presents "The Economics of the Gender Pay Gap"
  • Dr. Olga Stoddard, Brigham Young University, presents "Who you Gonna Call?: Gender Inequality in Demand for Parental Involvement"
  • Dr. Alberto Ortego, Indiana University, presents "The Impact of Affirmative Action Litigation on Police Killings of Civilians"

Fall 2022

  • Dr. Marshall Burke, Stanford, presents "The Risk and Burden of Wildfire in the U.S."
  • Dr. Justin Sydnor, UW-Madison, presents "The Impact of Consequence Information on Insurance Choice"
  • Dr. Jonathan Colmer, UVA, presents "Air Pollution and Economic Opportunity in the United States"
  • Dr. Rebecca Dizon-Ross, Chicago Booth, presents "The Effectiveness of Personalized Policy"
  • Zachary Sturman, Vanderbilt, presents "The Effects of Cannabis Access Laws on Sleep"