The 4th annual Bozeman Applied Economics Summer Conference at Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics at Montana State University will be held June 16-17, 2025.

This is a small conference bringing together researchers in varied areas of applied micro including labor, health, environmental, development, public, and agricultural economics. In addition to the presentation sessions, participants will have opportunities to explore Bozeman's beautiful surroundings.

 

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Day 1: Monday, June 16
8:30 am
Breakfast and Welcome                                                                                                                                                                                          
9:00 am
Coverage Neglect in Homeowners Insurance
Tony Cookson (CU Boulder)
9:30 am
The Bronx is Burning: Urban Disinvestment Effects of the Fair Access to Insurance Requirements
Daniel Hartley (Chicago Fed)
10:00 am
Experience Rating and Moral Hazard in Insurance Markets
Honglin Li (UW – Madison)
10:15 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am
Beyond the Immediate: Cumulative Direct and Spillover Effects of Hot Spots Policing in Costa Rica
Alejandro Abarca (Texas Tech University)
11:00 am
Stimulus Payments and Crime: Randomized Timing from Social Security Serial Digits
Jillian Carr (Purdue)
11:30
Place-based Policies for Neighborhood Improvement: Evidence from Promise Zones
Adamson Bryant (Brown University)
11:45 pm
Lunch
12:45 pm
Local Violence: Disruptions in Educational Progress
Olga Shemyakina (GA Tech)
1:15 pm
Breaking the Gang: A Preventative Approach to Reduce Recruitment in Schools
Carlos Schmidt-Padilla (UC Berkeley)
1:45 pm
Does School Choice Increase Crime?
Andrew Bibler (UNLV)
2:15 pm
An Empirical Model of Agricultural Subsidies with Environmental Externalities
Tristan du Puy (Columbia)
2:30 pm

Depart for Hike
5:30 pm

Conference Dinner:  Ponderosa
Day 2: Tuesday, June 17
8:30 am
Breakfast                                                                                                                                                                               
9:00 am
Subscriptions to Prescriptions: Louisiana’s Progress Toward Eliminating Hepatitis C
Jim Flynn (Miami University)
9:30 am
The Urban Wage Premium in Historical Perspective
Kyle Butts (University of Arkansas)
10:00 am
Compulsory Education and Occupational Persistence in US Agriculture
Jhih-Yun Liu (University of Connecticut)
10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am
Schooling and Political Activism in the Early Civil Rights Era
Bhash Mazumder (UC Irvine)
11:15 am
A Global Regression Discontinuity Design: Theory and Application to Grade Retention Policies
Isaac Opper (RAND)
11:45 am
Should States Allow For-Profit Companies to Train Teachers? Evidence from Texas
Christa Deneault (Dallas Fed)
12:15 pm
Boxed Lunch and Depart for Hike