Government Presentations

 

Policy and Principles: Freedom in the 50 States.” The Mercatus Center. Pennsylvania Legislative Seminar, Harrisburg, March 2010.

 

Costs and Benefits of High Skilled Immigration.” The Mercatus Center. House of Representatives Legislative Staff Seminar, Washington DC, March 2009. (audio)

 

Examining Retirement Security.” The Mercatus Center. Congressional Chiefs of Staff Retreat, Washington DC, February 2009.

 

The Economics of Health Insurance.” The Mercatus Center. Texas Legislative Staff Retreat, San Antonio, July 2008.

 

Public Policy.” The Mercatus Center. Pennsylvania Legislative Seminar, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, March 2008.

 

The Fundamentals of Trade.” The Mercatus Center. Congressional Chiefs of Staff Retreat, Washington DC, February 2008. (audio)

 

Economics and the Minimum Wage.” The Mercatus Center. Texas Legislative Staff Retreat, Austin, Texas, October 2007.

 

Economics of Immigration.” The Mercatus Center. California Legislative Staff Retreat, Lake Tahoe, September 2007.

 

Exploring the Effectiveness of No Child Left Behind.” The Mercatus Center. House of Representatives Legislative Staff Seminar, Washington DC, July 2007.

(C-SPAN coverage)

 

Evaluating the Estate Tax.” The Mercatus Center. House of Representatives Legislative Staff Seminar, Washington DC, July 2007.

 

America or Bust: Still the Land of Opportunity?.” The Mercatus Center. House of Representatives Legislative Staff Seminar, Washington DC, June 2007.

 

Exploring Issues in Education Policy.” The Mercatus Center. House of Representatives Legislative Staff Seminar, Washington DC, June 2007. (video)

 

Making the Grade: The Economics of Education.” The Mercatus Center. Congressional Chiefs of Staff Retreat, Washington DC, February 2007.

 

Bringing the Dismal Science to Life: Lessons from Economic Experiments.” The Mercatus Center. California Chief of Staff Retreat, San Diego, January 2007.

 

Social Gains from Trade.” The Mercatus Center. House of Representatives Legislative Staff Seminar, Washington DC, August 2006.

 

The Economics of International Development: Trade and the Rise from Poverty.” The Mercatus Center. House of Representatives Legislative Staff Seminar, Washington DC, May 2006. (audio)

 

Learning the Three A’s: Assessment, Accountability, and Adaptation.” The Mercatus Center. House of Representatives Legislative Staff Seminar, Washington DC, April  2006.

 

Assessment, Accountability, and Adaptation: K-12 Education Policy in Minnesota.” The Mercatus Center. Minnesota Legislative Staff Program, St. Paul, March 2006.

 

Making the Grade: The Economics of Education.” The Mercatus Center. Congressional Chiefs of Staff Retreat, Washington DC, February 2006. (audio)

 

“The Return on Investing in Public Higher Education.” The Mercatus Center. Alaska Legislative Staff Retreat, Juneau, January 2006.

 

“Higher Learning and Higher Prices: The Economics of College Tuition.” The Mercatus Center. House of Representatives Legislative Staff Seminar, Washington DC, April 2005.

 

“Understanding the Value of Education: The Economics of College Tuition.” The Mercatus Center. House of Representatives Legislative Staff Seminar, Washington DC, March 2004.

 

Globalization: Who Benefits?The Mercatus Center. House of Representatives Legislative Staff Seminar, Washington DC, August 2003. (audio)

 

Trade and Prosperity: The Impact of Trade on Developing Countries.” The Mercatus Center. House of Representatives Legislative Staff Seminar, Washington DC, August 2002.

 

“Uncertainty and Disagreement: Issues in Forecast Analysis.” Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC, March 2001.

 

 

Academic Presentations

 

Exploring Liberty,” Institute for Humane Studies, Duquesne University, January 2010.

 

Economics and Catholic Social Thought,” Saint Vincent College, September 2009.

 

Exploring Liberty,” Institute for Humane Studies, Yale University, July 2009.

   The Laws of Economics

   Prices, Value, and Entrepreneurs

   Minimum Wage

   Trade

 

Exploring Liberty,” Institute for Humane Studies, Saint Vincent College, February 2009.

   What Kind of Society

   Minimum Wage

 

“Ingratiation for Sustainable Competitive Advantage.” Society for Advancement of Management. Las Vegas, 2009.

 

“All Ingratiation is not Equal: A Two Dimensional Model of Consumer Ingratiation.” Society for Consumer Psychology, American Psychological Association. San Diego, 2009.

 

Liberty and Society,” Institute for Humane Studies, Vanderbilt University, July 2008.

   The Laws of Economics (video)

   Health Insurance

   Price Controls

   Trade

    

“Exploring Liberty,” Institute for Humane Studies, Brown University, June 2008.

   The Laws of Economics

   Tax Incidence

   Trade

 

Technology, Data Collection, and Analysis.” Association of Private Enterprise Education. Las Vegas, April 2008.

 

“Exploring Liberty,” Institute for Humane Studies, Princeton University, June 2007.

   The Laws of Economics

   Minimum Wage

   Trade

   Civil Liberties

 

“Deriving Economic Shock and Volatility Measures from Panel Data of Survey Forecasts,” International Symposium on Forecasting, New York, June 2007.

 

Conventional Wisdom.” Delta Sigma Pi. Pittsburgh, October 2006.

 

“Poverty and Prosperity.” Institute for Humane Studies. Brown University, July 2006.

 

“Social Welfare and the Optimal Size of Government.” Association of Private Enterprise Education. Las Vegas, April 2006.

 

A Framework for Decomposing Shocks and Measuring Volatilities Derived from Multi-Dimensional Panel Data of Survey Forecasts.” Econometrics in Public Policy Conference. University at Albany, October 2005.

 

Ethical Development: Examining the Social Impact of Globalization.” Mount Saint Mary’s College, October 2005.

 

A Pricing Model for Grid Computing.” Research Seminar. West Virginia University, April 2005.

 

“The Role of Religion in Economy.” Inter-religious and International Federation for World Peace. Seoul, July 2004.

 

“A Consumer Behavior Approach to Modeling Monopolistic Competition.” Association of Private Enterprise Education. Bahamas, April 2004.

 

“Professional Ethics and Self-Regulation.” Ethics for Public and Professional Life. University of Pittsburgh, May 2003.

 

“The Economics of Distributed Computing.” Association of Private Enterprise Education. Las Vegas, April 2003.

 

Developing Countries and the Global Marketplace.” Association of Private Enterprise Education. Cancun, Mexico, April 2002.

 

“A Multi-user Simulation for the Teaching of Economics.” American Economic Association. New Orleans, 1997.

 

“Do Data Revisions Matter?” Seventh Annual Conference on Panel Data. Istanbul, June 1996.

 

“Experimentation: A New Methodology in the Teaching of Economics.” Eastern Economic Association. Boston, March 1996.

 

A Multi-Dimensional Panel Data Analysis of Survey Forecasts.” Econometric Society World Congress. Tokyo, June 1995.

 

“A General Framework for Analyzing Forecasts in Three-Dimensional Panel Data.” Fifth Annual Conference on Panel Data. Paris, June 1994.

 

“A New Framework for Testing Rationality Using Panel Data.” Econometric Society of the American Economic Association. New Orleans, January 1992.

 

“Testing for Rationality Using Blue Chip Data: A Panel Data Analysis.” 11th International Symposium on Forecasting. New York, June 1991.

 

 

Industry and Other Lectures

 

Economic Impact of Higher Education -- Understanding the Value of Higher Education.” National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges. Washington DC, November 2005.

 

Employing Grid Technology for Data Mining.” National Research Center for Coal and Energy. Morgantown, WV, September 2004.

 

Exploring the Market for Computation.” Teaming To Win Annual Conference. Chester, WV, May 2004.

 

The Economics and Morality of Caring for the Poor.” (commencement address) Bishop Neumann High School. Williamsport, PA, May 2004.

 

“Financial Analysis for Small Businesses.” John C. Burney Management Seminar. Washington DC, February 1999.

 

“Exchange Rates and the Global Economy.” John C. Burney Investment Seminar. Wolf Trap, Washington DC, July 1998.

 

“Financial Management.” EA Science and Technology Management Seminar. Baltimore, March 1997.

 

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