University of Hawaii Department of Economics

Sep 24

S. Charusheela
(UHM)

Oct 15

Dolores Anne Sanchez
(UHM)

Inflation Dynamics in Japan: Evidence of Price Rigidity and Structural Breaks

Oct 22

Jim Roumasset (UHM)

The Resource Economics of Pests: the Case of Invasive Species

Oct 26

Naotaka Sawada (UHM)

Technology Transfer, Spillovers, and Growth through FDI in Developing Countries: An Endogenous Growth Approach

Oct 29

Andy Mason
(UHM)

Aging, Intergenerational Transfers, and the Economy

Nov 5

Sumner La Croix
(UHM)

The Dog ATE my Economics Home Work: Evaluating the Effects of Treating Students in Hawaii's Public High Schools With Economics

Nov 12

Tim Halliday
(UHM)

Economic Shocks and Migration: Evidence from El Salvador

Nov 19

Tianshu Chu

Trade Policy as a Promoter of Domestic Policy: The Case of China's SOE Sector and the WTO

Nov 22

State Sen. Les Ihara, Jr.
(D-Kaimuki)
State Rep. Galen Fox
(R-Waikiki)

Talking about Jobs: The Political Economy of Job Creation
(sponsored by the Econ Club)

Dec 10

Andrew Dewit
(Rikkyo University)

The Politics of Fiscal Decentralization in Japan and Korea
(Co-sponsored by Center for Japanese Studies)

Jan 12

James Richardson
(Texas A&M)

Risk Analysis Using Simulation and Simetar

Jan 21

David Salkever
(Johns Hopkins)

Firms' Demand for Employment Based Mental Health Benefits

Feb 4

Denise Konan &
Sumner La Croix
(UHM)

Global Intellectual Property Rights: Do They Help Developing Countries?

Feb 11
Part 1

Jota Ishikawa
(Hitotsubashi University)
Yoichi Sugita
(Columbia University)
Laixun Zhao
(Kobe University)

Corporate Control, Foreign Ownership Regulation and Technology Transfer

Feb 11
Part 2

Jota Ishikawa
(Hitotsubashi University)
Kenzo Abe
(Osaka University)
Laixun Zhao
(Kobe University)

International Labor Standards and Their Harmonization

Feb 18
12-1pm

Christopher Anderson
(U of Rhode Island)

Using Laboratory Experiments to Compare Alternative Rules for Trading Fishing Allowance

Feb 18
3-4:15pm

Ilan Noy
(UHM)

The IMF and the Liberalization of Capital Flows

Feb 25

George Battese
(UNE)

Metafrontier Functions for the Study of Interregional Productivity Differences

Feb 28

David Reiley
(U of Arizona)

Sniping and Secret Reserve Prices: Two Field Experiments on eBay

Mar 4

Sang Hyop Lee
Jerry Russo
(UHM)

The Effect of Mandatory Employer-Sponsored Insurance (ESI) on Health Insurance Coverage and Employment in Hawaii: Evidence from the Current Population Survey (CPS) 1994-2003

Mar 11

Brooks Kaiser
(Gettysburg College)

The Athenian Trierarchy: Mechanism Design for the Private Provision of Public Goods

Apr 8

Tim Halliday
(UHM)

Heterogeneity, State Dependence and Health

Apr 15

Joshua Aizenman
(UCSC)

Sources for Financing Domestic Capital - Is Foreign Saving a Viable Option for Developing Countries?

May 6

Eric Im
(UH Hilo)

Convergence Condition for AR Index Model

June 30

Ray Huffaker
(Washington State University)

Economic Dynamics of Reservoir Sedimentation Management: Optimal Control with Singularly Perturbed Equations of Motion

Seminars

2004-2005 Academic Year