Center for Free Enterprise

Research Seminar

Visiting scholars and UTEP faculty present current research in economics and political economy.

The C4FE Research Seminar brings visiting scholars to UTEP to present current work in economics and political economy. Speakers include faculty from other universities, researchers from affiliated institutes, and C4FE's own faculty and doctoral students, presenting papers in progress for discussion and critique.

Talks are held periodically throughout the semester and are open to UTEP faculty, graduate students, and invited guests.

Upcoming Talks

Oct 30, 2026

Title to be announced

William Moffat • The University of Mississippi

Nov 6, 2026

Title to be announced

Leonel Regalado • Free Market Institute, Texas Tech University

Past Talks

Spring 2026

Apr 17

Some Economics of Artificial SuperintelligenceHenry Thompson, PhD, The University of Mississippi

Apr 03

Regulation and Firms: Evidence from BrazilJaime Bologna, PhD, Free Market Institute, Texas Tech University

Fall 2025

Oct 31

Land Concentration and Insurgency: The Role of Land Inequality in the Mexican RevolutionJuan José Casillas Quezada, Center for Free Enterprise, The University of Texas at El Paso

Sep 19

Money Growth and Monetary Policy Post-2020Peter Ireland, PhD, Boston College

Spring 2025

Apr 25

Duel to the Death: The Economics of Indissoluble Marriage ContractsEnnio Piano, The University of Mississippi

Apr 11

The Price of a Nation: The Effects of Financial Incentives on Support for Union in ScotlandMitchell Harvey, Stanford University

Fall 2024

Nov 15

Why Increased Aid to Indian Reservations Fail to Deliver Desired Economic OutcomesKarla C. Hernández, Center for Free Enterprise, The University of Texas at El Paso

Oct 11

Interest-Rate Risk and Household PortfoliosSylvain Catherine, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School

Oct 04

The Forsaken Road: Reassessing Living Standards Following the Cuban Revolution and the American EmbargoJoão Pedro Bastos, Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University

Sep 27

The Treasury Standard: Causes and ConsequencesJosh Hendrickson, The University of Mississippi

Spring 2024

Mar 08

Economic Freedom and EU Accession: A Synthetic Control Analysis of the Eastern EnlargementVincent Miozzi, Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University

Mar 01

Comment on “Quantitative Easing and Bank Risk Taking: Evidence from Lending”Thomas L. Hogan, American Institute for Economic Research

Fall 2023

Nov 11

Revolutionary Transition: Inheritance Change and Fertility DeclineVictor Gay, Toulouse School of Economics

Nov 06

Deflation in Early Canada and its Relevance for TodayBryan Cutsinger, Free Market Institute at Angelo State University

Get in Touch

Questions About the Seminar?

Contact the Center for Free Enterprise at the Woody L. Hunt College of Business.

c4fe@utep.edu