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Working Papers

Publications

Popular Press

Teaching


427 Lorch St.
334 Taylor Hall
Madison, WI
53706


Laura Schechter
Associate Professor
Agricultural and Applied Economics
University of Wisconsin, Madison

tel: (608) 262-9482
fax: (608) 262-4376
lschechter [at] wisc [dot] edu


Curriculum Vitae

Working Papers

Publications
Write-ups in the (Not So) Popular Press
Work in Progress
  • "Risk, Ambiguity, Learning, and Technology Adoption among Wisconsin Farmers," with B. Barham and J.P. Chavas.
  • "Peer Effects and the Adoption of Sanitation Technology," with M. Lipscomb and J.F. Houde.

Teaching at UW Madison
  • AAE 374: The Growth and Development of Nations in the Global Economy, Fall 2005, Fall 2006.
  • AAE 462: Latin American Economic Development, Spring 2006, Spring 2008, Spring 2009.
  • AAE 474: Economic Problems of Developing Areas, Fall 2008.
  • AAE 730: Graduate Economic Development, Fall 2006, Spring 2008, Spring 2010.
Teaching at MSU
  • EC 412: Economic Analysis of Latin America, Fall 2010.
  • EC 850: Growth, Development, and Human Resources, Fall 2010.