Monday, 25 Oct 2021
Seminar: "Heterogeneous Asset Replacement with Failure Costs: An Empirical Model of Livestock Replacement"
Speaker: Jared Hutchins ( UIUC)
Thursday, 28 Oct 2021
"Immigrant Self-Employment across the United States"
Speaker: John V. Winters (ISU)
Friday, 29 Oct 2021
Seminar: "More Competitive Than You Think? Pricing and Location of Processing Firms in Agricultural Markets"
Richard Sexton (UC Davis) The spatial distribution of production is a defining characteristic of agriculture, and the location choice in geographic space and the spatial pricing policies adopted by agricultural processing/packing firms are key determinants of the competitiveness and efficiency of agricultural product procurement markets.