MSPA Research Seminar Fall 2008

The Research Seminar meets in the Community Lounge (1113) of the Van Munching Hall. It takes place between 12:15 - 1:30 pm, every second Wednesday, after the regular faculty meeting. Whenever possible papers will be made available for download on the Web. For previous Research Seminars: Fall 2008 Spring 2007Spring 2006 Fall 2005 Spring 2005 Fall 2004 Spring 2004 Fall 2003 Spring 2003 Fall 2002

September 17
Professor Hjalmarsson
Topic: "Like Godfather, Like Son: Explaining the Intergenerational Nature of Crime."

October 15 Dr. Philip J. Cook - Schelling Visiting Professor of Public Policy
Topic: "Notes on Accounting for the Costs of the Death Penalty"
Background Reading

October 29
Rui Sun, Ph.D. Candidate in the School of Public Policy
Topic: "Do Tax and Expenditure Limitations Affect Municipal Reliance on User Charges?"
Abstract

November 12

Bill Varettoni, Ph.D Student in the School of Public Policy
Topic: "Russia's Cooking in Crimea's Cauldron: Recipes for Instability and Civil Conflict in Crimea, Ukraine"
Synopsis

November 19
Guy T."Tom" Cosentino, Ph.D Student
Colonel, U.S. Army and Military Assistant, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Topic: "The United States Interagency Process and the Failure of Institution Building in Iraq"
Abstract

December 10 Presenter, Topic TBD

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September 17	Professor Hjalmarsson Topic: "Like Godfather, Like Son: Explaining the Intergenerational Nature of Crime."
October 15	Dr. Philip J. Cook - Schelling Visiting Professor of Public Policy Topic: "Notes on Accounting for the Costs of the Death Penalty" Background Reading
October 29	Rui Sun, Ph.D. Candidate in the School of Public Policy Topic: "Do Tax and Expenditure Limitations Affect Municipal Reliance on User Charges?" Abstract
November 12	Bill Varettoni, Ph.D Student in the School of Public Policy Topic: "Russia's Cooking in Crimea's Cauldron: Recipes for Instability and Civil Conflict in Crimea, Ukraine" Synopsis
November 19	Guy T."Tom" Cosentino, Ph.D Student Colonel, U.S. Army and Military Assistant, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Topic: "The United States Interagency Process and the Failure of Institution Building in Iraq" Abstract
December 10	Presenter, Topic TBD