Talks
Cuba: Economics Red in Tooth and Claw (18/19 Oct 2011 Presentations at Coastal Carolina and College of Charleston; 23 Feb 2012 at Penn State Erie; and 12 Apr 2012 at Wabash College)
- Cuba.pptx -- Powerpoint of Cuba Presentation
- MaddisonData.xls -- Macro-enhanced Excel workbook of Maddison's World Economy data
- CubaDiarywithPhotos.pdf -- My journal from New Year's 2011 Cuba Trip
8 June 2010 Baseball Simulation, Q WorskshopDePauw University
- Download an Excel workbook by clicking the link above and open it in Excel, making sure to enable macros. Explore how a special player affects team performance.
23 Apr 2010 Using Simulation to Understand Complex Surveys (with Manu Raghav), DePauw University
- Download a small zip file by clicking the link above. Extract the three files, a Word doc that is the handout, a Stata do file that reproduces Stata results, and an Excel workbook that enables simulation.
30 Sep 2008 Football Economics, DePauw University
- Download the 46MB zipped file by clicking the link above. Extract all files, then open FootballEconomics.ppt. View the slide show--links from ppt open the other files. (Do not run the ppt from the zipped file, you must extract the files first for the links to work.)
31 Jan 2008 Star Spangled Banner, Wabash College
- 35 minute mp3 audio of a talk I gave on language (with a surprise announcement at the end of my decision to leave Wabash College).