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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