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Development Economics Workshop

Highway Robbery: The Economics of Petty Corruption in West African Trucking

presented by
Jeremy Foltz
Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics
University of Wisconsin - Madison

December 3, 2009
4:00PM - 5:00PM
Bakken-Schaars Room (B30)

For additional information contact:
Bradford Barham
422 Taylor Hall
(608) 265-3090
email: barham@mailplus.wisc.edu

Fall 2009 Schedule

Date	Speaker and Topic
Sep 17	Brad Barham & Jeremy Weber, Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics University of Wisconsin - Madison Fairtrade-Organic Coffee Cooperatives, Migration, and Secondary Schooling in Southern Mexico
Sep 28	Mark Rosenzweig, Department of Economics Yale University Labor Workshop
Oct 8	John Morrow, Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics University of Wisconsin - Madison The NoPoUM Hypothesis: Income Dynamics and Ideology
Oct 15	Ursula Aldana, Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics University of Wisconsin - Madison The Impact of Titling on the Land Rental Market and the Availability of Off Farm Employment: An Empirical Analysis
Oct 22	Swati Dhingra, Department of Economics University of Wisconsin-Madison Brand, Product and Process Innovation among Thai Exporters
Oct 29	John Morrow, Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics University of Wisconsin - Madison Is Skill Dispersion a Source of Productivity and Exports in Developing Countries
Nov 5	Jeremy Weber, Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics University of Wisconsin - Madison A Poison Becomes a Cure: The Spread of a 'Bad' New Technology Among Coffee Growers
Nov 12	Annemie Maertens, Department of Applied Economics & Management Cornell University Who Cares What Others Think (or Do)? Social Learning, Social Pressures and Imitation in Cotton Farming in India
Dec 3	Jeremy Foltz, Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics University of Wisconsin - Madison Highway Robbery: The Economics of Petty Corruption in West African Trucking
Dec 10	Jennifer Alix-Garcia, Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics University of Wisconsin - Madison Climate Change and Inequality in Rural India

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