SEA Conference
November 8-10, 1998

Program Sessions

*Session organized by SEA President-Elect


 

Sunday  8:30-10:15am
Session 1A*:Economics of Schooling
Session 2A*:Topics in Research Development and Innovation
Session 3A:Consequences of Fiscal Policy
Session 4A:International Trade: Empirical Evidence
Session 5A*:Explorations into Exchange Rate Anomalies
Session 6A*:Topics in Economic Theory
Session 7A*:The Economics of Science
Session 8A:Financial Economics I
Session 9A*:Issues in State and Local Public Finance
Session 10A*:Health Insurance and Health Reform
Session 11A*:Productivity and Efficiency of Social Institutions
Session 12A*:Recent Empirical Research Using Census Bureau Longitudinal Microdata: Session II
Session 13A:Determinants of Economic Growth
Session 14A*:Topics in Applied Econometrics
Session 15A:Women in the Labor Market
Session 16A:Welfare Policy
Session 18A*:Hurricane Loss Estimation and Mitigation
Session 19A:Probability and Decision-making
Session 21A:Banking
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Sunday
8:30-10:15am
SEA*		 Session  1A*
Economics of Schooling
Chair:  William R. Johnson,  University of Virginia

Papers:
"Evidence from the States on the Equity-Efficiency Tradeoff"
   Thomas Husted,  American University
   Lawrence W. Kenny,  University of Florida
"The Capitalization of Education Finance Reforms"
   Thomas S. Dee,  Georgia Tech University
"Teenage Pregnancy and Academic Achievement"
   Michael Brien,  University of Virginia
   John Pepper,  University of Virginia
Discussants:
   Amy Crews Cutts,  Freddie Mac
   Eugenia F. Toma,  University of Kentucky

Sunday
8:30-10:15am
SEA*		 Session  2A*
Topics in Research Development and Innovation
Chair:  Richard Jensen,  University of Kentucky

Papers:
"The Effect of Tax Competition on Innovation"
   William H. Hoyt,  University of Kentucky
   Richard Jensen,  University of Kentucky
"Second-mover Advantages in Technological Competition"
   Heidrun C. Hoppe,  University of Hamburg
   Ulrich Lehmann-Grube,  University of Hamburg
"An Empirical Analysis of FDA Review Times for New Drugs"
   Angela B. Ritzert,  University of Kentucky
"Strategic Debt and Patent Races"
   Dean Showalter,  Southwest Texas State University
Discussants:
   Paul E. Chambers,  Central Missouri State University
   Amitabh Chandra,  University of Kentucky
   Heidrun C. Hoppe,  University of Hamburg
   Dean Showalter,  Southwest Texas State University

Sunday
8:30-10:15am
SEA		 Session  3A
Consequences of Fiscal Policy
Chair:  O. David Gulley,  Bentley College

Papers:
"Government Budget Deficits and National Saving"
   Gyan Pradhan,  Westminster College
   Kamal P. Upadhyaya,  Pennsylvania State University - Berks-Lehigh Valley College
"Filling Potholes: Macroeconomic Effects of Maintenance vs New Investments in Public Infrastructure"
   Felix Rioja,  Georgia State University
"Empirical Evidence of Crowding Out Hypothesis in Mexico"
   Juventino Ylyses Bladeras,  University of Colorado
   Kishore G. Kulkarni,  Metropolitan State College of Denver
"The Determinants of the Long-term Interest Rate in Jamaica 1970-1994"
   Nelson C. Modeste,  South Carolina State University
Discussants:
   TBA

Sunday
8:30-10:15am
SEA		 Session  4A
International Trade: Empirical Evidence
Chair:  Mohamed A. Dabbagh,  Union College

Papers:
"Global Income Elasticity to Trade: Reality Theory and Applications"
   William A. Donnelly,  U.S. International Trade Commission
   Peter Pogany,  U.S. International Trade Commission
"Does Open Trade Result in a Race to the Bottom? Cross-country Evidence"
   Paavo Eliste,  The World Bank
   Per G. Fredriksson,  The World Bank
"Maximizing the Benefits of North American Integration: Is a Free Trade Area Better Than a Customs Union? A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis"
   Alex Appiah,  Simon Fraser University - BC
   Mahamudu Bawumia,  Baylor University
Discussants:
   Per G. Fredriksson,  The World Bank
   Ken H. McIntyre,  University of Virginia

Sunday
8:30-10:15am
SEA*		 Session  5A*
Explorations into Exchange Rate Anomalies
Chair:  Janice Boucher Breuer,  University of South Carolina

Papers:
"Another Look at Nominal Exchange Rates and Fundamentals"
   Nelson Mark,  Ohio State University
   Donggyu Sul,  Ohio State University
"Non-informative Tests of Foreign Exchange Market Efficiency"
   Scott W. Barnhart,  Clemson University
   Myles Wallace,  Clemson University
   Robert McNown,  University of Colorado
"Bias in Forward Markets: Currency and Non-currency Evidence"
   David Parsley,  Vanderbilt University
   Shang-Jin Wei,  Harvard University
Discussants:
   Janice Boucher Breuer,  University of South Carolina
   Michael D. Goldberg,  University of New Hampshire
   Nelson Mark,  Ohio State University

Sunday
8:30-10:15am
SEA*		 Session  6A*
Topics in Economic Theory
Chair:  Beth Allen,  University of Minnesota

Papers:
"Bilateral Trading on a Network: A Simulation Study"
   Ann M. Bell,  Vanderbilt University
"Does Jury Bias Matter?"
   Amy Farmer,  University of Tennessee
   Paul Pecorino,  University of Alabama
"The Conservative Equal Costs Rule, the Serial Cost Sharing Rule and the Pivotal Mechanism: Asymptotic Welfare Loss Comparisons"
   Laura Razzolini,  University of Mississippi
"The Evolution of Social and Economic Networks"
   Alison Watts,  Vanderbilt University
   Matt Jackson,  California Institute of Technology
Discussants:   TBA

Sunday
8:30-10:15am
SEA*		 Session  7A*
The Economics of Science
Chair:  Paula E. Stephan,  Georgia State University

Papers:
"Estimating the Rate of Return to Science"
   James Adams,  University of Florida
"How Does Science Become Commercialized?"
   David B. Audretsch,  Indiana University
   Luuk Klomp,  Erasmus University - Rotterdam
   A. Roy Thurik,  Erasmus University - Rotterdam
"Where Science Comes to Life: A Study of Scientific and Commercial Linkages Using Genetic Engineering Patents"
   Maryann Feldman,  Johns Hopkins University
"Science and Technology Linkage"
   Diana Hicks,  CHI Research Inc.
Discussants:   TBA

Sunday
8:30-10:15am
SEA		 Session  8A
Financial Economics I
Chair:  Mary Mathewes Kassis,  Georgia State University

Papers:
"The Use of Foreign Currency Derivatives and Firm Market Value"
   George Allayannis,  University of Virginia
   James P. Weston,  University of Virginia
"Multiperiod Forecasts and Implied Volatility"
   Erik C. Benrud,  University of Baltimore
"The Efficiency of the Market for Gold: 1976-1997"
   S. Hugh High,  University of Cape Town - South Africa
   Michelle Joao,  University of the Witwatersrand - South Africa
"Equity Trading Volume and Volatility: Common Long-run Dependencies or Fractional Cointegration?"
   Dan Jubinski,  University of Virginia
Discussants:
   Abdullah H. Albatel,  King Saud University
   John R. McNamara,  Lehigh University
   Philip D. Taylor,  Wesleyan College

Sunday
8:30-10:15am
SEA*		 Session  9A*
Issues in State and Local Public Finance
Chair:  Stephen P.A. Brown,  Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Papers:
"Sporting Events as Municipal Investments: The Economic Return to a Super Bowl"
   Philip K. Porter,  University of South Florida
"Big City Budgetary Behavior"
   D. Andrew Austin,  University of Houston
   Steven G. Craig,  University of Houston
"Estimating Subsidies Under Tax Increment Financing"
   Michael Dardia,  Public Policy Institute of California
"State and Local Policy Factor Movement and Regional Growth"
   Stephen P.A. Brown,  Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
   Lori Taylor,  Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
   Kathy J. Hayes,  Southern Methodist University
Discussants:
   Dallas Burtraw,  Resources for the Future
   Virginia McConnell,  University of Maryland - Baltimore and Resources for the Future

Sunday
8:30-10:15am
SEA*		 Session  10A*
Health Insurance and Health Reform
Chair:  William S. Custer,  Georgia State University

Papers:
"Findings from the 1998 Health Confidence Survey: Is Health Reform Really Needed?"
   Paul Fronstin,  Employee Benefit Research Institute
"Effects of Market Structure on Hospital Profit Margins and Behavior in Florida: 1990-1993"
   Kris Principe,  Emory University
"State Regulation and Employment Based Health Plan Design and Costs"
   William S. Custer,  Georgia State University
"State Effect of the Age Distribution on the Cost of Care in Managed Care Plan"
   Bengamin Gutierrez,  Pennsylvania Blue Shield
Discussants:
   E. Kathleen Adams,  Emory University
   Steve Culler,  Emory University
   William S. Custer,  Georgia State University

Sunday
8:30-10:15am
SEA*		 Session  11A*
Productivity and Efficiency of Social Institutions
Chair:  Jurgen G. Backhaus,  Maastricht University

Papers:
"Productivity and State Sponsorship of Universities: Implications for the European Research Landscape"
   Jurgen G. Backhaus,  Maastricht University
"Can We Say that Althoffs Policy Towards Technological Innovation Enhanced Efficiency?"
   Peter R. Senn,  Evanston, IL
"University Reform and the Landscape Approach: Lessons for Productivity"
   Wolfgang Drechsler,  University of Tartu - Estonia
"Productivity and Infrastructure: Lessons from the Althoff Case"
   Nicholas Balabkins,  Lehigh University
Discussants:
   Jurgen G. Backhaus,  Maastricht University
   Nicholas Balabkins,  Lehigh University
   Wolfgang Drechsler,  University of Tartu - Estonia
   Peter R. Senn,  Evanston, IL

Sunday
8:30-10:15am
SEA*		 Session  12A*
Recent Empirical Research Using Census Bureau Longitudinal Microdata: Session II
Chair:  Mary L. Streitwieser,  U.S. Bureau of the Census

Papers:
"The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey: Creation of a Linked Employer-Employee Database"
   Alison P. Hagy,  U.S. Bureau of the Census
   Philip F. Cooper,  Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
   Jessica Vistnes,  Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
"Plant Characteristics and Employment Adjustment"
   Lucia Foster,  U.S. Bureau of the Census
"Localized Effects of California's Military Base Realignments"
   C. J. Krizan,  U.S. Bureau of the Census
Discussants:
   Ben Scafidi,  Center for Naval Analyses
   Barbara Steinberg Schone,  Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
   James R. Spletzer,  U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Sunday
8:30-10:15am
SEA		 Session  13A
Determinants of Economic Growth
Chair:  Charles A. Andrews,  Mercer University

Papers:
"Government Expenditures and Economic Growth"
   James D. Gwartney,  Florida State University
   Randall G. Holcombe,  Florida State University
   Robert A. Lawson,  Capital University
"Export Structure, Foreign Exchange, and Growth in Latin America"
   Sheila Amin Gutierrez DePineres,  University of Texas - Dallas
   Michael J. Ferrantino,  U.S. International Trade Commission
"Impact on Economic Growth of Public and Private Investment Spending in Latin America: 1980-1995"
   Miguel D. Ramirez,  Trinity College
Discussants:
   Spencer R. Graf,  University of Virginia
   Maria Minniti,  Babson College
   Nicholas S. Vonortas,  George Washington University

Sunday
8:30-10:15am
SEA*		 Session  14A*
Topics in Applied Econometrics
Chair:  Robin C. Sickles,  Rice University

Papers:
"Heterogeneous Rates of Catch-up in Manufacturing Industries"
   Patrick T. Hultberg,  University of Wyoming
   Robin C. Sickles,  Rice University
   M. Ishaq Nadiri,  New York University
"Productivity Dynamics and Scale Efficiency in the U.S. Banking Industry"
   Ila Semenick Alam,  Tulane University
"Measuring Cost Efficiency in the U.S. Banking Industry"
   Ruwan Jayasuriya,  Rice University
"Municipal Water Demand Estimation: Evaluation of the Stone-Geary Form Using Texas Data"
   Ronald C. Griffin,  Texas A&M University
   Sylvestre G. Hultberg,  Rice University
   Robin C. Sickles,  Rice University
Discussants:
   Robert M. Adams,  U.S. Department of Justice
   Jack Gao,  Rice University

Sunday
8:30-10:15am
SEA		 Session  15A
Women in the Labor Market
Chair:  Marvin E. Dodson III,  West Virginia University

Papers:
"The Effect of Family Religion on the Labor Supply and Earnings of Women"
   Christopher Cornwell,  University of Georgia
   Karen Tinsley,  University of Georgia
   Ronald S. Warren, Jr.,  University of Georgia
"Explaining the Gender Earnings Gap in Computing, Legal, and Medical Occupations"
   Ronald Fernandes,  Carnegie Mellon University
   Susan Williams McElroy,  Carnegie Mellon University
"Changes in the Gender Wage Gap: A Comparison Between the U.S. and Denmark"
   Nabanita Datta Gupta,  Aarhus School of Business - Denmark
   Nina Smith,  Aarhus School of Business - Denmark
   Ronald Oaxaca,  University of Arizona
"Forecasting Women's Lifetime Earnings"
   Sharmila Choudhury,  Social Security Administration
   Michael V. Leonesio,  Social Security Administration
Discussants:
   W. David Allen,  University of Alabama
   Christina Cunha Parsons,  Fairfield University
   Richard Wilson,  Florida A&M University

Sunday
8:30-10:15am
SEA		 Session  16A
Welfare Policy
Chair:  Cynthia Royal Tori,  Valdosta State University

Papers:
"The Effect of Food Stamps on Food Insufficiency"
   Craig Gundersen,  U.S. Department of Agriculture
   Victor Oliveira,  U.S. Department of Agriculture
"AFDC Spell Duration: A Comparison of Urban and Rural Regions"
   Kathleen A. Toma,  University of Kentucky
"Measuring the Impact of Rehabilitative Services for Persons with Disabilities: Toward a New Paradigm"
   David H. Dean,  University of Richmond
   Robert C. Dolan,  University of Richmond
Discussants:
   Cynthia Royal Tori,  Valdosta State University
   Kathleen A. Toma,  University of Kentucky

Sunday
8:30-10:15am
SEA*		 Session  18A*
Hurricane Loss Estimation and Mitigation
Chair:  Jamie Brown Kruse,  Texas Tech University

Papers:
"The Social Context of Hazard Mitigation: Neighbors, Neighborhoods, and Policy"
   Lisa Megargle George,  University of Pennsylvania
   Howard Kunreuther,  University of Pennsylvania
"Residential Price Response to Hurricane Mitigation Measures"
   Jamie Brown Kruse,  Texas Tech University
   Kevin Simmons,  Texas Tech University
   Douglas A. Smith,  Texas Tech University
"Disaster Loss Estimation-illusions and the Sad State of the Art"
   Harold Cochrane,  Colorado State University
"The Cost and Timing of Evacuation: An Economic Perspective"
   Robert McComb,  Texas Tech University
Discussants:
   Harold Cochrane,  Colorado State University
   Lisa Megargle George,  University of Pennsylvania
   Howard Kunreuther,  University of Pennsylvania
   Robert McComb,  Texas Tech University

Sunday
8:30-10:15am
SEA		 Session  19A
Probability and Decision-making
Chair:  Irma Adriana Gomez,  Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey

Papers:
"Can Introspection Unravel the Traveler's Dilemma?"
   C. Monica Capra,  University of Virginia
"Risk Taking Behavior in a Raffle"
   Irma Adriana Gomez,  Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
   Nicolas Gutierrez,  Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
   Jorge Ibarra-Salazar,  Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
"Models Under Risk with Two Decision Variables: The Price and Quantity Setting Firm"
   Jorge Ibarra-Salazar,  Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Discussants:
   Jean Roayaei,  Fayetteville State University
   Martin B. Schmidt,  Portland State University

Sunday
8:30-10:15am
SEA		 Session  21A
Banking
Chair:  Paul A. Natke,  Central Michigan University

Papers:
"Empirical Evidence of a Credit Channel Using Regional Data"
   Sandra J. Hanson,  Georgia Southern University
"The Original Federal Reserve System as a Model for a European Central Bank"
   Mark Toma,  University of Kentucky
"Capital Requirements, Bank Lending, and Loan Rates in Alternative Banking-Sector Models"
   David D. VanHoose,  University of Alabama
"Monetary Policy During Transition: The Case of Slovenia"
   Kevin Ross,  International Monetary Fund
Discussants:
   Sam Papenfuss,  George Mason University

 

Sunday  10:30am-12:15pm

Session 23B*:The Dynamics of Welfare-to-Work: A Roundtable Discussion
Session 24B*:Land Use and the Environment
Session 25B*:The Economics of Education
Session 26B:Current Issues in Monetary Policy
Session 27B*:Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
Session 28B:Environmental Economics and Water Pollution Control Policy: Lessons and Future Possibilities
Session 29B:Supply of Health Services
Session 31B*:Empirical Models of Criminal Behavior
Session 32B*:Social Signalling
Session 33B*:Issues in Productivity Measurement
Session 34B*:Topics in International Trade
Session 35B:Title: TBA
Session 36B*:Methods in Applied Econometrics: The Tricks Not in the Texts
Session 37B:Methodological Aspects of Forensic Economics Practice
Session 38B:We Paid Them When They Were Wrong and We're Still Paying: An Irreverent Look at Mainstream Economics
Session 39B:Industrial Organization
Session 40B:Empirical Microeconomics
Session 41B:Behavior of Economists
Session 44B:State Taxes
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Sunday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA*		 Session  23B*
The Dynamics of Welfare-to-Work: A Roundtable Discussion
Chair:  Steve Wandner,  U.S. Department of Labor

Co-authors:
   Julie L. Hotchkiss,  Georgia State University
   Christopher T. King,  University of Texas
   Peter Mueser,  University of Missouri
   Phillip Rokicki,  Florida Atlantic University
   Norman Scheinkman,  Workforce Solutions Assoc., Inc.
   David W. Stevens,  University of Baltimore
Discussants:
   David H. Greenberg,  University of Maryland
   Robert Moffitt,  Johns Hopkins University

Sunday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA*		 Session  24B*
Land Use and the Environment
Chair:  Carol Mansfield,  Duke University

Papers:
"Transportation and Land Use Change"
   Kathleen Bell,  University of Maryland
"Sample Selection and Spatial Dependence in Modeling Land Use Patterns"
   Nancy Bockstael,  University of Maryland
   Mark Fleming,  University of Maryland
"Achieving Greatest Benefits from Sequestration in Costa Rica: Costa Rican Land-Use Policies in Light of Global Climate Change Policies"
   Alexander Pfaff,  Columbia University
"Preserving Environmentally Sensitive Land: The Effectiveness of Nonprofit Land Trusts"
   Carol Mansfield,  Duke University
   Subhrendu Pattanayak,  Duke University
Discussants:
   Amy Ando,  Resources for the Future
   L.F. Jameson Boex,  Georgia State University
   Heidi Halbers,  Resources for the Future

Sunday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA*		 Session  25B*
The Economics of Education
Chair:  John J. Siegfried,  Vanderbilt University

Papers:
"Estimating the Payoff to Attending a More Selective College: An Application of Selection on Observables and Unobservables"
   Alan B. Krueger,  Princeton University
"Does Federal Aid Affect College Costs? Evidence from the Pell Program"
   Sarah E. Turner,  University of Virginia
"Computational Biology: Lessons from a New Field"
   Paula E. Stephan,  Georgia State University
   Grant Black,  Georgia State University
Discussants:
   David Breneman,  University of Virginia
   Charles T. Clotfelter,  Duke University
   Charlotte Kuh,  National Research Council

Sunday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA		 Session  26B
Current Issues in Monetary Policy
Chair:  Alfred V. Guender,  University of Canterbury - New Zealand

Papers:
"Exchange Rates, Monetary Policy Regimes, and Beliefs"
   Don E. Schlagenhauf,  Florida State University
   Jeffrey M. Wrase,  Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
"Monetary Policy Transmission Mechanisms"
   Alex G. Orlov,  University of Virginia
"The Information Content of Money and Interest Rates for Forecasting Prices"
   David C. Black,  University of Toledo
   Michael R. Dowd,  University of Toledo
"Optimal Monetary Policy with Heterogeneous Agents: Is There a Case for Inflation?"
   Theodore Palivos,  Louisiana State University
Discussants:
   W. Douglas McMillin,  Louisiana State University
   Rebecca M. Neumann,  University of Colorado
   David D. VanHoose,  University of Alabama

Sunday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA*		 Session  27B*
Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
Chair:  Richard Barnett,  University of Arkansas

Papers:
"A Model of Financial Fragility"
   Roger Lagunoff,  Georgetown University
   Stacey L. Schreft,  Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
"Central Banking in General Equilibrium"
   Jim Bullard,  Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
   Christopher J. Waller,  University of Kentucky
"Growth, Reserve Requirements, and Inflationary Finance in an Open Economy"
   Richard Barnett,  University of Arkansas
   Mun S. Ho,  Harvard University
Discussants:
   Roger Lagunoff,  Georgetown University
   Alex Mourmouras,  International Monetary Fund
   Christopher J. Waller,  University of Kentucky

Sunday
10:30am-12:15pm
SAPPCREE I		 Session  28B
Environmental Economics and Water Pollution Control Policy: Lessons and Future Possibilities
Chair:  Lynne L. Bennett,  Yale University

Papers:
"Least Cost and Other Treatment Approaches in a Multiple Organic Pollutant River Environment"
   Jeff Carmichael,  Pennsylvania State University
"Government Participation in Environmental Markets: Lessons for Watershed-based Trading Programs"
   Robert Dawson,  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
   Leonard Shabman,  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
   Kurt Stephenson,  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
"Cross-media Trading Possibilities for Managing Water Quality"
   Lynne L. Bennett,  Yale University
   Steven G. Thorpe,  University of Northern Iowa
"Economic Tradeoffs Involved with Using Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment in India"
   David W. Martin,  Davidson College
   L. Amanda Walker,  Davidson College
Discussants:
   Gayatri Acharya,  Yale University
   Dina Franceschi,  University of Tennessee
   James R. Kahn,  University of Tennessee
   Robert Dawson,  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Sunday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA		 Session  29B
Supply of Health Services
Chair:Chair:  Darren Grant,  Georgia Southern University

Papers:
"Changes in Hospital Efficiency, 1986-1991"
   Mary E. Deily,  Lehigh University
   Fred H. Dorner,  Trinity University
   Niccie L. McKay,  University of Florida
"Do Worksite Smoking Cessation Programs Work?"
   Lynn X. Huang,  National Opinion Research Center
"An Empirical Analysis of the Role of Economic Factors in Medical Specialty Choice"
   James Thornton,  Eastern Michigan University
"Macroeconomic Policy, Medicare, and Physician Supply"
   Philip T. Powell,  Indiana University
Discussants:
   Kevin D. Frick,  Johns Hopkins University
   D. Patrick Redmon,  Northern Illinois University

Sunday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA*		 Session  31B*
Empirical Models of Criminal Behavior
Chair:  Helen Tauchen,  University of North Carolina

Papers:
"Estimating Marginal Deterrent Effects with County Level Data"
   Christopher Cornwell,  University of Georgia
   William Trumbull,  West Virginia University
"Estimation and Policy Analysis of Criminal Behavior: A Dynamic, Structural Analysis"
   Susumu Imai,  Pennsylvania State University
   Maria Pisu,  Pennsylvania State University
"A Negative Binomial Model for the Frequency of Arrest of Serious Young Offenders"
   Pam Lattimore,  National Institute of Justice
   Richard L. Linster,  National Institute of Justice
"A Time-series Analysis of Crime"
   Robert Witt,  University of Surrey - United Kingdom
Discussants:
   Nejat Anbarci,  Florida International University
   Sara Markowitz,  New Jersey Institute of Technology and NBER
   Vijayendra Rao,  Brown University
   Helen Tauchen,  University of North Carolina

Sunday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA*		 Session  32B*
Social Signalling
Chair:  Catherine C. Eckel,  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Papers:
"Social Signalling in Simple Bargaining Experiments"
   Catherine C. Eckel,  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
   Rick Wilson,  Rice University
"Leaders and Followers in a Repeated Public Good Game: Some Experimental Evidence"
   Carl Rhodes,  Rice University
"Do Actions Speak Louder than Words: Observation v. Cheap Talk as Coordination Devices"
   John Duffy,  University of Pittsburgh
   Nick Feltovich,  University of Houston
"The Role of Expectations in Determining Bargaining Outcomes: Evidence from Stahl-Rubenstein Bargaining"
   Jeffrey Carpenter,  University of Arizona
Discussants:
   Sheryl Ball,  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
   John Kagel,  University of Pittsburgh
   David Porter,  California Institute of Technology
   Barry Sopher,  Rutgers University

Sunday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA*		 Session  33B*
Issues in Productivity Measurement
Chair:  Lilyan E. Fulginiti,  University of Nebraska

Papers:
"Productivity of the U.S. Agricultural Sector: The Case of Undesirable Outputs"
   G. Eldon Ball,  U.S. Department of Agriculture
   R. Nehring,  U.S. Department of Agriculture
   Rolf Färe,  Oregon State University
   Shawna Grosskopf,  Oregon State University
"Inter-firm and Intra-firm Efficiency Measures"
   Alfons Oude Lansink,  Wageningen Agricultural University
   Elvira Silva,  University of Porto
   Spiro Stefanou,  Pennsylvania State University
"Multiple Outputs and Pollution Modeling"
   Finn R. Førsund,  University of Oslo - Norway
"Technical Change and Welfare in a Closed Economy with Distortions"
   Lilyan E. Fulginiti,  University of Nebraska
   Richard K. Perrin,  University of Nebraska
Discussants:
   Maureen Cropper,  University of Maryland
   William Martin,  World Bank
   Sang Nguyen,  U.S. Bureau of the Census
   V. Kerry Smith,  Duke University

Sunday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA*		 Session  34B*
Topics in International Trade
Chair:  Shawna Grosskopf,  Oregon State University

Papers:
"The Mercantilist Index of Trade Policy
   James E. Anderson,  Boston College
"Trade Restrictiveness and Efficiency"
   Nancy H. Chau,  Southern Illinois University
   Rolf Färe,  Oregon State University
   Shawna Grosskopf,  Oregon State University
"Trade Restriction in European Agriculture"
   Jean-Christophe Bureau,  Institut de la Rechere Agronomique (INRA)
Discussants:   TBA

Sunday
10:30am-12:15pm
IEFS		 Session  35B
Title: TBA
Chair:  Michael J. Ferrantino,  U.S. International Trade Commission

Papers:
"A Note on Taxes, Prices, Wages, and Welfare in General Equilibrium Models"
   Sherman Robinson,  International Food Policy Research Institute
   Karen Thierfelder,  U.S. Naval Academy
"Contribution of Investment to Economic Growth in 100 Countries - 1960-1990"
   Michael Panik,  University of Hartford
   Farhad Rassekh,  University of Hartford
"Factor Abundance with Many Factors and Many Countries"
   Farhad Rassekh,  University of Hartford
   Henry Thompson,  Auburn University
Discussants:
   Thorsten Leo Beck,  University of Virginia
   Farhad Niami,  Louisiana Public Service Commission
   Felix Rioja,  Georgia State University

Sunday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA*		 Session  36B*
Methods in Applied Econometrics: The Tricks Not in the Texts
Chair:  Joe Hirschberg,  University of Melbourne - Australia

Papers:
"Dealing with the Dummies: How to Model Multiple Detailed Dummy Variables"
   Joe Hirschberg,  University of Melbourne - Australia
   Jenny Lye,  University of Melbourne - Australia
"Let Me Count the Ways: How to Estimate and Test Restricted Regressions"
   Joe Hirschberg,  University of Melbourne - Australia
   Dan Slottje,  Southern Methodist University
"Practice Makes Perfect: Teaching Econometric Students How to Model Multivariate Time Series"
   Tom Fomby,  Southern Methodist University
"Are We There Yet?: Issues in Nonlinear Estimation"
   William L. Goffe,  University of Southern Mississippi
Discussants:   TBA

Sunday
10:30am-12:15pm
NAFE I		 Session  37B
Methodological Aspects of Forensic Economics Practice
Chair:  Luvonia J. Casperson,  Louisiana State University

Papers:
"Toward a General Theory of the Value of Lost Health"
   Phyllis W. Isley,  Economic & Financial Consulting Associates, Inc.
"The Forensic Economist for the Defense"
   Michael L. Brookshire,  Michael L. Brookshire & Associates
"Geistfeld on 'Pain and Suffering:' Bringing Law and Economics into Forensic Economics"
   Thomas R. Ireland,  University of Missouri - St. Louis
   James D. Rodgers,  University of Pennsylvania
Discussants:
   Richard J. Gering,  Coopers & Lybrand, L.L.P.
   E. William Johnson,  Shepherd College
   Frank D. Tinari,  Seton Hall University

Sunday
10:30am-12:15pm
SDAE I		 Session  38B
We Paid Them When They Were Wrong and We're Still Paying: An Irreverent Look at Mainstream Economics

Moderator:
   Mario Rizzo,  New York University
Panelists:
   Peter J. Boettke,  George Mason University
   David Harper,  New York University
   Daniel Klein,  Santa Clara University
   Gerald P. O'Driscoll, Jr.,  Citicorp
   Richard E. Wagner,  George Mason University
   Karen Vaughn,  George Mason University

Sunday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA		 Session  39B
Industrial Organization
Chair:  Simon P. Anderson,  University of Virginia

Papers:
"Survivorship and Growth in the Construction Industry: Evidence from Microdata"
   Eric S. Belsky,  Harvard University
   Mark A. Calabria,  Harvard University
   Alfred R. Nucci,  U.S. Bureau of the Census
"A Hedonic Pricing Model of California Wines"
   Douglas M. Brown,  Georgetown University
"Production and Cost Function Aspects of Cellular Manufacturing"
   John C. Larson,  Loyola College - Maryland
"Coordination in the Brewing Industry"
   Patricia J. Euzent,  University of Central Florida
   Craig Gallet,  University of Central Florida
Discussants:
   Thomas E. Cooper,  Lyon College
   Robert M. Feinberg,  American University
   John R. Moroney,  Texas A&M University

Sunday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA		 Session  40B
Empirical Microeconomics
Chair:  Gerald Granderson,  Miami University

Papers:
"Cost Minimizing Behavior in U.S. Manufacturing"
   Kim Andrews,  Central Missouri State University
   Jim Swanson,  Central Missouri State University
"Estimating the Likelihood of Environmental Disasters: The Relative Efficiency of Private and Public Information Dissemination"
   Thomas Husted,  American University
   David Nickerson,  American University
"Food Consumption as a Proxy for Total Consumption in Estimating Life-cycle Models"
   Richard D. McGrath,  Armstrong Atlantic State University
"Can Tax Policy Explain Regional Convergence?"
   Steven Yamarik,  University of Akron
Discussants:
   Mingtao Chen,  University of Ottawa
   Christopher C. Klein,  Tennessee Regulatory Authority

Sunday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA		 Session  41B
Behavior of Economists
Chair:  Kirsten K. Madden,  Millersville University

Papers:
"Geographic Mobility of Economists"
   Joe C. Davis,  Trinity University
   Debra M. Patterson,  Trinity University
"Economists Behaving Badly? Results from a Survey on Ethics of Economists"
   Charles D. Bailey,  University of Central Florida
   Patricia J. Euzent,  University of Central Florida
   John A. List,  University of Central Florida
   Thomas L. Martin,  University of Central Florida
"Teaching Quality, Research, and Tenure"
   Catherine M. Chambers,  Central Missouri State University
   Paul E. Chambers,  Central Missouri State University
Discussants:
   Gene Lebrenz,  Florida Southern College
   Elizabeth L. Rankin,  Centenary College

Sunday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA		 Session  43B
The Economics of Compensation
Chair:  Ronald S. Warren, Jr.,  University of Georgia

Papers:
"Racial and Ethnic Differences in Pension Savings"
   William Even,  Miami University
   David MacPherson,  Florida State University
"The Growth of Nonwage Cash Payments"
   Anthony Barkume,  U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
"The Personal Discount Rate: Evidence from Military Downsizing Programs"
   Saul Pleeter,  U.S. Department of Defense
   John Warner,  Clemson University
Discussants:
   Richard Ippolito,  Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation
   Michael Curme,  Miami University

Sunday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA		 Session  44B
State Taxes
Chair:  Mary O. Borg,  University of North Florida

Papers:
"Buying on the Internet: The Impact on Retailers and the State Budget"
   Frederick W. Derrick,  Loyola College - Maryland
   Charles E. Scott,  Loyola College - Maryland
"The Effect of the Personal Property Tax on Automobile Capital"
   Erik D. Craft,  University of Richmond
   Peter Schuhmann,  University of Richmond
"The Incidence of State Income Tax Treatment of the Elderly"
   Barbara M. Edwards,  Georgia State University
Discussants:
   A. Edward Day,  University of Central Florida

 

Sunday  1:30-3:15pm

Session 47C*:Educational Applications of the Tiebout Model
Session 48C:Domestic Competition and International Competitiveness: Consistency or Conflict?
Session 49C*:Transmission in Open Economies
Session 51C*:Topics in Public Choice
Session 52C*:Gender Pay Gaps and Policy Issues
Session 53C*:Crime
Session 54C*:The Revolution of November 9, 1918: Consequences of the European Economic History and Beyond
Session 55C*:Evolution and Learning in Experimental Games
Session 56C*:Using Product Differentiation Models Outside Industrial Organization
Session 58C:Omicron Delta Epsilon
Session 59C*:Microeconometrics
Session 60C:Alternative Methodologies in Discounting Future Losses to Present Value (A Roundtable Discussion)
Session 61C:Current Research in Market Process Theory: Graduate Student Paper Competition
Session 62C:Worker Motivation, Language, and Depression
Session 63C:Issues in Teaching Economics
Session 64C*:Issues in Development Economics
Session 66C:Growth, Deficits, and Price Setting
Session 67C:Political Economy
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Sunday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA*		 Session  47C*
Educational Applications of the Tiebout Model
Chair:  Lori Taylor,  Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Papers:
"Do Better Schools Matter? Parental Valuation of Elementary Education"
   Sandra Black,  Federal Reserve Bank of New York
"The Impact of School Characteristics on House Prices: Chicago 1987-91"
   Thomas A. Downes,  Tufts University
   Jeffrey E. Zabel,  Tufts University
"School Quality and Massachusetts Enrollment Shifts in the Context of Tax Limitations"
   Katharine L. Bradbury,  Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
   Karl E. Case,  Wellesley College
   Christopher J. Mayer,  Columbia Business School
"Allocative Inefficiency and School Competition"
   Shawna Grosskopf,  Oregon State University
   Kathy J. Hayes,  Southern Methodist University
   Lori Taylor,  Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
   William I. Weber,  Southeast Missouri State University
Discussants:
   William H. Hoyt,  University of Kentucky
   Jamie Shkolnik,  National Opinion Research Center
   Frank Joshua Winicki,  University of Oregon

Sunday
1:30-3:15pm
IOS		 Session  48C
Domestic Competition and International Competitiveness: Consistency or Conflict?
Chair:  John T. Scott,  Dartmouth College

Papers:
"Small Firms, Market Competition, and International Competitiveness"
   David B. Audretsch,  Indiana University
"Market Failure and Government's Role in Innovation"
   Stephen Martin,  University of Copenhagen
"An FTC Perspective"
   Jonathan B. Baker,  Federal Trade Commission
Discussants:
   William James Adams,  University of Michigan
   William L. Baldwin,  Dartmouth College
   Steven Salop,  Georgetown University

Sunday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA*		 Session  49C*
Transmission in Open Economies
Chair:  Michael A. Kouparitsas,  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Papers:
"The Effects of Productivity and Fiscal Shocks on the Current Account: An Empirical Analysis"
   Marianne Baxter,  University of Virginia
   Dorsey D. Farr,  University of Virginia
"Can Non-traded Goods Solve the Comovement Problem?"
   Ken H. McIntyre,  University of Virginia
"Sectoral Interdependence and Conmovement: Lessons from the Canadian Input/Output Data"
   Steven R. Lange,  University of Virginia
Discussants:
   Dorsey D. Farr,  University of Virginia
   Michael A. Kouparitsas,  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
   Steven R. Lange,  University of Virginia
   Ken H. McIntyre,  University of Virginia

Sunday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA*		 Session  51C*
Topics in Public Choice
Chair:  Dwight R. Lee,  University of Georgia

Papers:
"The Optimal Trust in Government"
   J.R. Clark,  University of Tennessee - Chattanooga
   Dwight R. Lee,  University of Georgia
"Public Choice and Antitrust"
   William F. Shughart II,  University of Mississippi
"Rent Seeking: The Bracero Program and Mexican Farm Labor Policy"
   Lisa Basurto,  University of Georgia
   Charles D. Delorme, Jr.,  University of Georgia
   David R. Kamerschen,  University of Georgia
Discussants:
   David Schap,  College of the Holy Cross
   Herb Thompson,  Christensen and Associates

Sunday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA*		 Session  52C*
Gender Pay Gaps and Policy Issues
Chair:  Julia Lane,  American University and U.S. Bureau of the Census

Papers:
"Sources of Sex Differences in Wages: Evidence from Employer-Employee Matched Data"
   Kim Bayard,  U.S. Bureau of the Census
   Judith Hellerstein,  University of Maryland
   David Neumark,  Michigan State University
   Ken Troske,  University of Missouri
"Occupational Segregation and the Gender Earnings Gap in Taiwan"
   Yana Van Der Meulen Rodgers,  College of William and Mary
   Joseph E. Zveglich, Jr.,  Harvard Institute for International Development
"Affirmative Action and its Alternatives"
   Barbara Bergmann,  American University
"Gender Differences in Job Creation and Job Destruction"
   James R. Spletzer,  U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
   Julia Lane,  American University and U.S. Bureau of the Census
Discussants:
   Arthur H. Goldsmith,  Washington and Lee University
   Julia Lane,  American University and U.S. Bureau of the Census
   Donna Rothstein,  U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
   Joseph E. Zveglich, Jr.,  Harvard Institute for International Development

Sunday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA*		 Session  53C*
Crime
Chair:  Paul H. Rubin,  Emory University

Papers:
"New Estimates of the Deterrent Effect of Capital Punishment"
   Hashem Dezhbakhsh,  Emory University
   Paul H. Rubin,  Emory University
"Reputational Sanctions for Corporate Crimes: Evidence"
   Cindy Alexander,  U.S. Department of Justice
"The Impact of Judicial Characteristics on Sentencing Disparities"
   David B. Mustard,  University of Georgia
Discussants:
   Bruce Benson,  Florida State University
   Christopher Curran,  Emory University
   Bruce Kobayashi,  George Mason University School of Law

Sunday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA*		 Session  54C*
The Revolution of November 9, 1918: Consequences for European Economic History and Beyond
Chair:  Jurgen G. Backhaus,  Maastricht University

Papers:
"Beyond Implications for the Americas"
   Peter R. Senn,  Evanston, IL
"The Tragic of the Baltic States"
   Nicholas Balabkins,  Lehigh University
"Financial Implications"
   Jurgen G. Backhaus,  Maastricht University
Discussants:
   Gordon Brady,  George Mason University
   Wolfgang Drechsler,  University of Tartu - Estonia
   Gordon Tullock,  University of Arizona
   Richard E. Wagner,  George Mason University

Sunday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA*		 Session  55C*
Evolution and Learning in Experimental Games
Chair:  Catherine C. Eckel,  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Papers:
"The Evolution of Social Norms in Intergenerational Games"
   Andrew Schotter,  New York University
   Barry Sopher,  Rutgers University
"Nash vs. Evolutionary Strategies in Voluntary Contribution Experiments"
   Jeffrey Banks,  California Institute of Technology
   David Porter,  California Institute of Technology
   Mark Olson,  University of Arizona
"Learning in Signalling Games"
   David Cooper,  University of Pittsburgh
   John Kagel,  University of Pittsburgh
"Independent Private Value Multi-Unit Demand Auctions: An Experiment Comparing Uniform Price and Vickrey Auctions"
   John Kagel,  University of Pittsburgh
   Dan Levin,  Ohio State University
Discussants:
   Nick Feltovich,  University of Houston
   Rick Wilson,  Rice University
   John VanHuyck,  Texas A&M University

Sunday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA*		 Session  56C*
Using Product Differentiation Models Outside Industrial Organization
Chair:  Jonathan Hamilton,  University of Florida

Papers:
"Product Differentiation and Public Education"
   William H. Hoyt,  University of Kentucky
   Richard Jensen,  University of Kentucky
"Wage Competition with Heterogeneous Workers and Firms"
   Jonathan Hamilton,  University of Florida
   Jacques-Francois Thisse,  Universite Catholique de Louvain - Belgium
   Yves Zenou,  Universite Catholique de Louvain - Belgium
Discussants:
   Laura Razzolini,  University of Mississippi
   Steven Slutsky,  University of Florida

Sunday
1:30-3:15pm
ODE		 Session  58C
Omicron Delta Epsilon
Chair:  James Bradley,  University of South Carolina

Papers:
"Tax Policy Review for the Electric and Gas Utility Industries in Washington, D.C."
   Daniel Muhammad,  Howard University
"Rational Addition and Time Preference Amoung Adolescents"
   Scott D. Bowdoin,  University of South Carolina
Discussants:
   Scott D. Bowdoin,  University of South Carolina
   Daniel Muhammad,  Howard University

Sunday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA*		 Session  59C*
Microeconometrics
Chair:  Carter Hill,  Louisiana State University

Papers:
"The Effect of Physician Advice on Alcohol Consumption: Count Data Regression with an Endogenous Treatment Effect"
   Joe Terza,  Pennsylvania State University
"Bidding Behavior in Dod's Commercial Activities Competition"
   Christopher M. Snyder,  George Washington University
   Robert P. Trost,  George Washington University
   R. Derek Trunkey,  Center for Naval Analyses
"Diagnostics for IV Regressions"
   M. Hashem Pesaran,  Trinity College
   Larry Taylor,  Lehigh University
"Estimation of Multivariate Count Regression Models: Applications to Health Care Utilization"
   John Elder,  University of Virginia
   Shiferaw Gurmu,  University of Virginia
Discussants:
   Lee C. Adkins,  Oklahoma State University
   William Greene,  New York University
   Carter Hill,  Louisiana State University
   Ben Scafidi,  Center for Naval Analyses

Sunday
1:30-3:15pm
NAFE II		 Session  60C
Alternative Methodologies in Discounting Future Losses to Present Value (A Roundtable Discussion)
Chair:  Charles DeSeve,  American Economics Group, Inc.

Panelists:   TBA

Sunday
1:30-3:15pm
SDAE II		 Session  61C
Current Research in Market Process Theory: Graduate Student Paper Competition
Chair:  Peter J. Boettke,  George Mason University

Papers:   TBA

Sunday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA		 Session  62C
Worker Motivation, Language, and Depression
Chair:  Peter A. Groothuis,  Westminster College

Papers:
"Motivation and Labor Market Outcomes"
   William Darity, Jr.,  University of North Carolina
   Arthur H. Goldsmith,  Washington and Lee University
   Jonathan R. Veum,  U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
"The Self-employment of Men and Women: What Are Their Motivations?"
   W. David Allen,  University of Alabama - Huntsville
"Language as an Endogenous Contract Enforcement Process: Empirical Evidence"
   Liliana Winkelman,  University of Canterbury - New Zealand
"Occupational Structure of Asian Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market"
   Jongsung Kim,  Bryant College
Discussants:
   Tanja F. Blackstone,  NPRDC
   Sharmila Choudhury,  Social Security Administration
   Richard Wilson,  Florida A&M University

Sunday
1:30-3:15pm
IAFFE		 Session  63C
Issues in Teaching Economics
Chair:  Kimmarie McGoldrick,  University of Richmond

Papers:
"Using Student Produced Video Instruction in Principles of Macroeconomics"
   Frank Maddox,  Oxford College
"The Ten Principles of Feminist Economics"
   Jean Shackelford,  Bucknell University
   Geoffrey Schneider,  Bucknell University
"Using Service-learning in Economics Courses: Examples and Applications"
   Gail Mitchell Hoyt,  University of Kentucky
   Kimmarie McGoldrick,  University of Richmond
Discussants:
   Louise Laurence,  Towson University
   Mary McKinney Schweitzer,  Villanova University

Sunday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA*		 Session  64C*
Issues in Development Economics
Chair:  Andrew W. Horowitz,  University of Arkansas

Papers:
"Gender Differences in Technology Adoption in Ghana"
   Cheryl R. Doss,  Williams College
"Income Distribution, Learning by Doing, and Comparative Advantage"
   Anandi Mani,  Vanderbilt University
"Are International Remittances Altruism or Insurance? Evidence from Guyana"
   Andrew W. Horowitz,  University of Arkansas
   Reena Agrawal,  Vanderbilt University
"Risk Management for Sustainable Extraction Livelihoods"
   Denise Stanley,  University of Tennessee
Discussants:
   Kathryn H. Anderson,  Vanderbilt University
   Charles M. Becker,  University of Colorado

Sunday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA		 Session  66C
Growth, Deficits, and Price Setting
Chair:  David C. Black,  University of Toledo

Papers:
"The Specification of the Aggregate Production Function: A Cross-country Empirical Investigation"
   John Duffy,  University of Pittsburgh
   Chris Papageorgiou,  Louisiana State University
"Money's Role in Aggregate Production: Cross-country Comparison"
   Gregory A. Falls,  Central Michigan University
   Paul A. Natke,  Central Michigan University
"Twin Deficits: Apparition or Reality?"
   Bill Francis,  University of South Florida
   Lori Leachman,  Northern Arizona University
"Staggering or Synchronization in Price Setting"
   Kostas Axarloglou,  Babson College
Discussants:
   Richard D. McGrath,  Armstrong Atlantic State University
   Chris Papageorgiou,  Louisiana State University

Sunday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA		 Session  67C
Political Economy
Chair:  John C. Whitehead,  East Carolina University

Papers:
"On the Determinants of Congressional Bill Sponsorship and Voting Behavior"
   Russell S. Sobel,  West Virginia University
   Gary A. Wagner,  West Virginia University
"Tax Systems in the World: An Empirical Investigation into the Importance of Tax Bases, Collection Costs, and Political Regime"
   Lawrence W. Kenny,  University of Florida
   Stanley L. Winer,  Carleton University
"The Political Economy of Motor-fuel Taxation"
   Rajeev K. Goel,  Illinois State University
   Michael A. Nelson,  Illinois State University
"Catallactics vs Robinson Crusoe: Whately's Exchange Theory of Government"
   Sam Papenfuss,  George Mason University
Discussants:
   David H. Eaton,  Murray State University
   Barbara M. Edwards,  Georgia State University

 

Sunday   3:30

Session 68D*:DISTINGUISHED GUEST LECTURER

Sunday   4:30

Session 69D*: Georgescu-Rogen Prize in Economics
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sunday
3:30pm
SEA*		 Session  68D*
DISTINGUISHED GUEST LECTURER

Introduction:
   Dwight R. Lee,  University of Georgia
Speaker:
   Joseph E. Stiglitz,  World Bank
Topic:   TBA

Sunday
4:30pm
SEA*		 Session  69D*
Presentation of the Twelth Annual Georgescu-Rogen Prize in Economics
for the Best Article Published During the Past Year in the Southern Economic Journal

Presented by:
   Dwight R. Lee,  University of Georgia
   President, Southern Economic Association

Sunday
4:45-6:30pm
SEA		 Session  70E
Post-Lecture Cash Bar and Job Market Poster Fair
  (Everyone Welcome! Come and greet old friends and see the dissertation posters of doctoral students who are in the job market.)

Sunday
4:45-5:45pm
IAFFE		 Session  71E
International Association for Feminist Economics - Business Meeting


 

Monday  8:30-10:15am

Session 72F*:New Topics for the Introductory Economics Course: A Roundtable Discussion
Session 73F*:Trade, Wage Inequality, and Employment
Session 74F*:Topics in Industrial Organization
Session 75F:Politics and the Business Cycle
Session 76F*:The Federal Reserve's Role in the Payment System
Session 77F:Environmental Valuation
Session 78F*:Optimality and Efficiency in International Finance
Session 79F*:Recent Empirical Research Using Census Bureau Longitudinal Microdata: Session I
Session 80F*:Government Sponsored Markets
Session 81F*:Issues in Productivity Analysis
Session 82F*:Altruism and Charitable Giving
Session 83F*:Empirical Industry Studies
Session 85F:Education
Session 86F*:Theory and Applications of Limited Dependent Variable Models
Session 87F:What's on the Internet for Economists: An Update
Session 88F:Three Austrian Critiques
Session 89F:Labor Market Policies
Session 90F*:Technology and Living Standards
Session 91F:Exchange Rate Dynamics
Session 93F:Inflation and Economic Activity
Session 94F:Health
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Monday
8:30-10:15am
SEA*		 Session  72F*
New Topics for the Introductory Economics Course: A Roundtable Discussion

Moderator:
   David W. Martin,  Davidson College
Papers and Panelists:
"Applications from Industry-specific Studies for an Introductory Economics Course"
   Christie Amato,  University of North Carolina
   Ted Amato,  University of North Carolina
"Applications from Environmental Economics for an Introductory Economics Course"
   Susan Kask,  Western Carolina University
"Applications from Health Economics for an Introductory Economics Course"
   Murray Simpson,  Davidson College
"Applications from Experimental Economics for an Introductory Economics Course"
   Chris Bell,  University of North Carolina - Asheville

Monday
8:30-10:15am
SEA*		 Session  73F*
Trade, Wage Inequality, and Employment
Chair:  Thomas Osang,  Southern Methodist University

Papers:
"Globalization and Inequality: How Has Increased Trade Affected the Wages of Pablo, Fritz, and Yingye?"
   Kristin J. Forbes,  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Trade, Imperfect Competition, and Labor Demand: Evidence from Mexico"
   Raymond Robertson,  Syracuse University
"Wage-price Linkages in U.S. Manufacturing: Estimation and Decomposition"
   Indro Dasgupta,  Southern Methodist University
   Thomas Osang,  Southern Methodist University
"It's Not Who You Are But What You Do...Occupational Assignment and Relative Wage Changes"
   Christopher F. Thornberg,  Clemson University
Discussants:
   Marv Kosters,  American Enterprise Institute
   Henry Thompson,  Auburn University

Monday
8:30-10:15am
SEA*		 Session  74F*
Topics in Industrial Organization
Chair:  Craig A. Depken II,  University of Texas - Arlington

Papers:
"U.S. Financial Services Consolidation: The Case of ______"
   W. Scott ______,  U.S. Department of the Treasury
"The ......Nature of ......in a Segmented Market"
   Craig A. Depken II,  University of Texas - Arlington
   Arthur Snow,  University of Georgia
"Characterizing the Marketplace ................ Service .........."
   Allen C. Goodman,  Wayne State University
   Julie Hunsaker,  Wayne State University
   Miron Stano,  Oakland University
Discussants:
   Trisha Bezmen,  Old Dominion University
   William J. Crowder,  University of Texas - Arlington

Monday
8:30-10:15am
SEA		 Session  75F
Politics and the Business Cycle
Chair:  Mark Wheeler,  Western Michigan University

Papers:
"Partisan Business Cycles Under Variable Election Dates"
   Jac C. Heckelman,  Wake Forest University
"Testing for Political Business Cycles in Eastern Europe"
   Kailash Khandke,  Furman University
"An Empirical Analysis of the European Union's Impact on Spanish Economic Performance"
   Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes,  Western Michigan University
   Mark Wheeler,  Western Michigan University
Discussants:
   Victor V. Claar,  West Virginia University
   Antonin Rusek,  Susquehanna University

Monday
8:30-10:15am
SEA*		 Session  76F*
The Federal Reserve's Role in the Payment System
Chair:  David D. VanHoose,  University of Alabama

Papers:
"Social Regulation, Majority Rule, and Retail Payment Services"
   Sujit (Bob) Chakravorti,  Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
"Did the Fed's Founding Improve the Efficiency of the United States Payments System?"
   R. Alton Gilbert,  Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
"Non Par Banking: Competition and Monopoly in Markets for Payments Services"
   Ed Stevens,  Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
"Central Bank Policymaking in Competing Payment Systems"
   David D. VanHoose,  University of Alabama
Discussants:
   Diana Hancock,  Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
   Jeffrey Lacker,  Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
   Joanna Stavins,  Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
   Mark Toma,  University of Kentucky

Monday
8:30-10:15am
SAPPCREE II		 Session  77F
Environmental Valuation
Chair:  Timothy C. Haab,  East Carolina University

Papers:
"Measuring Principal's Values for Environmental Budget Management"
   Glenn Blomquist,  University of Kentucky
   Michael A. Newsome,  Marshall University
   Brad Stone,  Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection
"WTP and WTA in a Policy Context"
   Carol Mansfield,  Duke University
   V. Kerry Smith,  Duke University
"Values Elicited from Open-ended Real Experiments"
   John K. Horowitz,  University of Maryland
   Kenneth E. McConnell,  University of Maryland
Discussants:
   F. Reed Johnson,  Triangle Economic Research
   David W. Martin,  Davidson College
   John C. Whitehead,  East Carolina University

Monday
8:30-10:15am
SEA*		 Session  78F*
Optimality and Efficiency in International Finance
Chair:  Paul Thistle,  Western Michigan University

Papers:
"Optimal Investments in Eurocurrencies"
   John Burnett,  University of Alabama – Huntsville
   Susan Pozo,  Western Michigan University
   Paul Thistle,  Western Michigan University
"Marginal Stochastic Dominance: Testing for International Market Efficiency"
   Victor K. Chow,  West Virginia University
"An Investigation of Forward Exchange Rate Bias Among ______ Countries"
   Tammy A. Rapp,  Northeast Louisiana University
Discussants:
   Mark Wheeler,  Western Michican University

Monday
8:30-10:15am
SEA*		 Session  79F*
Recent Empirical Research Using Census Bureau Longitudinal Microdata: Session I
Chair:  Mary L. Streitwieser,  U.S. Bureau of the Census

Papers:
"Productivity, Entry, and Exit in Regional Markets"
   Timothy Dunne,  U.S. Bureau of the Census
   Shawn D. Klimek,  Carnegie Mellon University
   Mark J. Roberts,  Pennsylvania State University
"External Economics and Exporting from U.S. Manufacturing"
   Catherine Buffington,  University of Maryland
   Ronald S. Jarmin,  U.S. Bureau of the Census
   J. Bradford Jensen,  Carnegie Mellon University
"Energy-efficient Technology Use in U.S. Manufacturing: Evidence from the Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey"
   Catherine Buffington,  University of Maryland
   Mark Niefer
Discussants:
   Mark E. Doms,  Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
   Ronald S. Jarmin,  U.S. Bureau of the Census

Monday
8:30-10:15am
SEA*		 Session  80F*
Government Sponsored Markets
Chair:  Sheryl Ball,  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Papers:
"Signaling in the FCC's Broadband PCS Auctions"
   Peter Cramton,  University of Maryland
   Jesse Schwartz,  University of Maryland
"A Market Based Mechanism for Allocating Space Shuttle Secondary Payloads"
   David Porter,  California Institute of Technology
"Financial Intermediation and Pollution Control Markets"
   Robert Dawson,  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Discussants:
   Mohammad Arzaghi,  The World Bank
   Nick Feltovich,  University of Houston
   Sudipta Sarangi,  International Monetary Fund

Monday
8:30-10:15am
SEA*		 Session  81F*
Issues in Productivity Analysis
Chair:  Roberto Mosheim,  University of North Carolina

Papers:
"Shareholders-Managers Agency Relationship and Firm's Productive Performance in the Italian Manufacturing"
   Sergio Destefanis,  Università degli studi di Salerno
   Vania Sena,  University of York - United Kingdom
"Measuring Agricultural Productivity in EU Regions"
   Ornella Wanda Maietta,  Università degli studi di Napoli "Federico"
"Inefficiency Sources in the Costa Rican Coffee Processing Sector: A Comparative Analysis of Cooperatives and Non-Cooperative Firms"
   Roberto Mosheim,  University of North Carolina
Discussants:
   Ornella Wanda Maietta,  Università degli studi di Napoli "Federico"
   Roberto Mosheim,  University of North Carolina
   Thijs Ten Raa,  Tilburg University
   Vania Sena,  University of York - United Kingdom

Monday
8:30-10:15am
SEA*		 Session  82F*
Altruism and Charitable Giving
Chair:  Philip J. Grossman,  University of Texas - Arlington

Papers:
"Rebates Versus Matching: Does How We Subsidize Charitable Contributions Matter?"
   Catherine C. Eckel,  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
   Philip J. Grossman,  University of Texas - Arlington
"The Informational Value of Sequential Fundraising"
   Lise Vesterlund,  Iowa State University
"Altruism and Error in Two-person Public Goods Experiments"
   Jacob Goeree,  University of Virginia
   Charles A. Holt,  University of Virginia
   Susan K. Laury,  University of South Carolina
Discussants:
   Catherine C. Eckel,  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
   Susan K. Laury,  University of South Carolina
   Mark Wilhelm,  Indiana University

Monday
8:30-10:15am
SEA*		 Session  83F*
Empirical Industry Studies
Chair:  Stephen J. Schmidt,  Union College

Papers:
"Pricing of Academic Journals: A Portfolio Approach"
   Mark J. McCabe,  U.S. Department of Justice
"An Empirical Study of Dynamic Increasing Returns in the U.S. & Japanese Semiconductor Industries"
   Henry E. Kilpatrick, Jr.,  George Mason University
"Electricity: A Structural Econometric and Time Series Demand Forecast"
   Edward C. Kokkelenberg,  State University of New York - Binghamton
"Deregulation, Restructuring, and the Productivity Paradox"
   Douglas M. Brown,  Georgetown University
   Francis J. Cronin,  Hagler Bailley Consulting, Inc.
Discussants:
   James I. Brannon,  University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
   J. Douglass Klein,  Union College

Monday
8:30-10:15am
SEA		 Session  85F
Education
Chair:  James Cobbe,  Florida State University

Papers:
"A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of the Supply of Higher Education"
   Dennis Coates,  University of Maryland - Baltimore
   Brad R. Humphreys,  University of Maryland - Baltimore
"The Relationship Between Athletic Participation and Academic Performance: Evidence from NCAA Division III"
   Jack Keil,  State University of New York - Binghamton
   John Robst,  State University of New York - Binghamton
"The U.S.N.W.R. College Rankings: Impact Upon Students' College Selection and Administrator's Response to the Rankings"
   David B. Yerger,  Lycoming College
"Peer Group Effects and Educational Achievement: A Quantile Regression Approach"
   Xiaoxi (Jennifer) Ma,  University of Maryland
"Public School Choice: Measuring Benefits Through Property Values"
   Craig Martin,  University of Maryland
Discussants:
   Lawrence W. Kenny,  University of Florida
   Susan Williams McElroy,  Carnegie Mellon University

Monday
8:30-10:15am
SEA*		 Session  86F*
Theory and Applications of Limited Dependent Variable Models
Chair:  Christopher R. Bollinger,  University of Kentucky

Papers:
"A Structural Model of Marriage, Divorce, and Co-Habitation"
   Steven Stern,  University of Virginia
"Semi-Parametric Duration Models with Grouped Data"
   Mark An,  Duke University
"Extimation of a Fixed Effects Ordered Logit"
   J.S. Butler,  Vanderbilt University
   Robert Weathers
"A Count Model for the Demand for Prenatal Care"
   Mary Beth Walker,  Georgia State University
Discussants:
   Christopher R. Bollinger,  University of Kentucky
   Bryan W. Brown,  Rice University
   George Tauchen,  Duke University
   Dek Terrell,  Louisiana State University

Monday
8:30-10:15am
SEA		 Session  87F
What's on the Internet for Economists: An Update
Chair:  William L. Goffe,  University of Southern Mississippi

Participants:
   George D. Greenwade,  Sam Houston State University
   Robert P. Parks,  Washington University

Monday
8:30-10:15am
SDAE III		 Session  88F
Four Austrian Critiques
Chair:  Walter Block,  University of Central Arkansas

Papers:
"The Austrian Theory of Consumption-Period Planning: Some Austrian Contributions from the Interwar Period"
   Richard Ebeling,  Hillsdale College
"An Austrian Critique of Public Choice Theory"
   Walter Block,  University of Central Arkansas
   Tom DiLorenzo,  Loyola College
"Why the Preaching Must Never Stop: A Selective Comparison of Free Trade Arguments Over Three Hundred Years"
   Laurence S. Moss,  Babson College
"Politics as a Discovery Process"
   Guido Huelsman,  State University of New York - Buffalo
Discussants:
   Guido Huelsman,  State University of New York - Buffalo
   Robert McGee,  Seton Hall University
   Joseph Salerno,  Pace University

Monday
8:30-10:15am
SEA		 Session  89F
Labor Market Policies
Chair:  Jurgen G. Backhaus,  Maastricht University

Papers:
"The Impact of Social Security on the Labor Supply of Younger Workers"
   Mary Mathewes Kassis,  Georgia State University
"Impacts of Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services on Unemployment Durations and Subsequent Earnings"
   Brett J. Noel,  University of Kentucky
"Does the Federal Minimum Wage Produce Large Employment Effects in Low Wage Areas? Evidence from West Virginia"
   Marvin E. Dodson III,  West Virginia University
Discussants:
   Peter A. Groothuis,  Westminster College
   Richard Wilson,  Florida A&M University

Monday
8:30-10:15am
SEA		 Session  90F*
Panel Discussion: Technology and Living Standards
Chair:  W. Michael Cox,  Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Panelists:
Dwight R. Lee,  University of Georgia
W. Michael Cox,  Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Richard McKenzie,  University of California - Irvine

Monday
8:30-10:15am
SEA		 Session  91F
Exchange Rate Dynamics
Chair:  Dennis W. Jansen,  Texas A&M University

Papers:
"Stochastic Difference Equations Solution of Exchange Rate Dynamics"
   Hiroya Akiba,  Waseda University - Tokyo
"Re-examine the Empirical Exchange Rate Models: A Modification of Money Demand Function"
   Jae-Kwang Hwang,  University of Alabama
"A Multivariate Test of Purchasing Power Parity in the Presence of Structural Breaks"
   Andrew L.H. Parkes,  East Central University
"PPP and Nonstationarity Tests for Exchange Rates: An Application to Latin America"
   Flavio Vilela Vieira,  University of New Hampshire
Discussants:
   Edward Flaherty,  University of Charleston
   Felix Rioja,  Georgia State University

Monday
8:30-10:15am
SEA		 Session  93F
Inflation and Economic Activity
Chair:  Kishore G. Kulkarni,  Metropolitan State College of Denver

Papers:
"Inflation and Growth?"
   Frank G. Steindl,  Oklahoma State University
"Job Uncertainty and the Phillips Curve"
   Yutong Li,  International Monetary Fund
   Charles Kramer,  International Monetary Fund
"Twin Deficit and the Demand for Money"
   A. Edward Day,  University of Central Florida
"Hyperinflation in Some African Economies: The ARFIMA Process"
   Jean Roayaei,  Fayetteville State University
   Paul Vowotor,  Fayetteville State University
Discussants:
   David Kiefer,  University of Utah
   Sandra J. Hanson,  Georgia Southern University
   Jill Ann Holman,  University of Georgia

Monday
8:30-10:15am
SEA		 Session  94F
Health
Chair:  Niccie L. McKay,  University of Florida

Papers:
"Do Frail Older Women Exhibit a Common Taste for Positive Health Behaviors?"
   Kevin D. Frick,  Johns Hopkins University
   Dennis P. Scanlon,  Pennsylvania State University
   Eleanor Simonsick,  National Institute on Aging
"The Effect of Medicare Home Health Benefits on Long Term Care Decisions of the Elderly"
   Gabriel Picone,  University of South Florida
"Depression and Labor Market Performance"
   Dave E. Marcotte,  Northern Illinois University
   D. Patrick Redmon,  Northern Illinois University
   Virginia Wilcox-Gok,  Northern Illinois University
"Information and Sorting in the Market for Birth Providers"
   Darren Grant,  Georgia Southern University
Discussants:
   Mary E. Deily,  Lehigh University
   Craig Gundersen,  U.S. Department of Agriculture
   Stephanie Zobay,  Georgia State University

 

Monday  10:30am-12:15pm

Session 95G*:Regulation and Antitrust Issues
Session 96G*:Economic Issues on Families and Children
Session 97G*:The Economics of Ability Tracking in the Schools
Session 98G*:Is School Integration Unattainable? Does it Matter?
Session 99G*:Environmental Policymaking in a Distorted World: Double Dividend Redux
Session 100G*:Topics in Empirical Labor Economics
Session 101G*:Statistical Analysis of Income Inequality and Parity
Session 103G*:Labor Market Impacts of Training
Session 104G*:Empirical Studies in Migration
Session 105G*:Exploring Aspects of Economic Well- Being
Session 106G*:The Economics of Domestic Violence
Session 108G:Empirical Money, Finance, and Development
Session 109G*:Theory and Practice of Semiparametric Estimation
Session 110G:Empirical Studies and Tools: Generic Drugs, Phosphates, Software Reliability
Session 111G:Terence Kealey on Laissez-Faire Science and R&D
Session 112G*:Creation or Diversion: How Advanced Placement (AP) Economics Can Impact Enrollment in College EconomicsClasses (Roundtable Discussion)
Session 113G:Women's Health and the Labor Market
Session 114G:Openness and Protection in International Trade
Session 116G:Economic Development
Session 117G:State Government
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Monday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA*		 Session  95G*
Regulation and Antitrust Issues
Chair:  John W. Mayo,  Georgetown University

Papers:
"Regulation and Bundling"
   Greg Crawford,  Duke University
"Antitrust Issues in Banking"
   Robin Prager,  Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
"Price Ceilings, Focal Points, and Tacit Collusion"
   Victor Stango,  University of Tennessee
Discussants:
   Sandy Berg,  University of Florida
   Will Gillespie,  U.S. Department of Justice
   John Kwoka,  George Washington University

Monday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA*		 Session  96G*
Economic Issues on Families and Children
Chair:  H. Naci Mocan,  University of Colorado - Denver

Papers:
"Can the Family Support Act Put Some Life into Deadbeat Dads? An Analysis of Award Rates, Levels, and Variation"
   Laura M. Argys,  University of Colorado - Denver
   H. Elizabeth Peters,  Cornell University
   Donald Waldman,  University of Colorado
"The Demand for Multiple Child Care Arrangements"
   Eleanor Brown,  Pomona College
   Alison P. Hagy,  U.S. Bureau of the Census - CECON
"How Large an Effect do Child Care Costs Have on Single Mothers' Labor Supply? Evidence Using Access to Free Public Schooling"
   Jonah Gelbach,  University of Maryland
"Can Consumers Recognize the Lemons? The Case of Child Care Centers"
   H. Naci Mocan,  University of Colorado - Denver
Discussants:
   Susan Averett,  Lafayette College
   Jonah Gelbach,  University of Maryland

Monday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA*		 Session  97G*
The Economics of Ability Tracking in the Schools
Chair:  Lori Taylor,  Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Papers:
"Ability Tracking, School Choice, and Social Mobility"
   David Figlio,  University of Florida
   Marianne Page,  University of California - Davis
"Ability Grouping in Schools: The Tradeoff Between Efficiency and Peer Group Effects"
   Jamie Shkolnik,  National Opinion Research Center
"Ability Tracking, School Competition, and the Distribution of Educational Benefits"
   Dennis Epple,  Carnegie Mellon University
   Elizabeth Newlon,  Carnegie Mellon University
   Richard E. Romano,  University of Florida
Discussants:
   Lori Taylor,  Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
   Jennie C. Wenger,  University of North Texas

Monday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA*		 Session  98G*
Is School Integration Unattainable? Does it Matter?
Chair:  Charles T. Clotfelter,  Duke University

Papers:
"Metropolitan School Segregation"
   Charles T. Clotfelter,  Duke University
"The Suburbanization of African American Households in Large Texas Metropolitan Areas and Impacts on Student Achievement"
   John F. Kain,  University of Texas - Dallas
"School Integration and Earnings"
   Steven Rivkin,  Amherst College
"Integration and Achievement"
   William M. Rodgers III,  College of William and Mary
   William E. Spriggs,  U.S. Department of Commerce
Discussants:
   William Darity, Jr.,  University of North Carolina
   Alan B. Krueger,  Princeton University

Monday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA*		 Session  99G*
Environmental Policymaking in a Distorted World: Double Dividend Redux
Chair:  V. Kerry Smith,  Duke University

Papers:
"Hetergeneity in Costs and Second Best Policies for Environmental Protection
   Dallas Burtraw,  Resources for the Future
   Ian Parry,  Resources for the Future
   Lawrence Goulder,  Stanford University
   Rob Williams,  Stanford University
"Non-separability and the Double Dividend Debate"
   Robert Repetto,  World Resources Institute
   Jesse Schwartz,  University of Maryland
"Putting Environmental Benefits Back in the Double Dividend Debate With a CGE Model for the EU"
   J. Andrès Espinosa,  American Express Co.
   V. Kerry Smith,  Duke University
Discussants:   TBA

Monday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA*		 Session  100G*
Topics in Empirical Labor Economics
Chair:  Donna K. Ginther,  Washington University

Papers:
"The Effects of Official English Laws on Limited English Proficient Workers"
   Madeline Zavodny,  Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
"Differences by Gender in Academic Career Paths in the Humanities"
   Donna K. Ginther,  Washington University
   Kathy J. Hayes,  Southern Methodist University
"Employment Dynamics Following a Late Career Job Loss"
   Sewin Chan,  Rutgers University
   Ann Huff Stevens,  Yale University
"The Effects of School Quality on Educational Attainment and Income"
   Kathy Wilson,  Kent State University
Discussants:
   Marianne Bitler,  Federal Trade Commission
   Patrick Lampani,  Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
   John Pepper,  University of Virginia

Monday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA*		 Session  101G*
Statistical Analysis of Income Inequality and Parity
Chair:  Paul Thistle,  Western Michigan University

Papers:
"Unions, Intersection, and Tests for ______ Dominance"
   Paul Thistle,  Western Michigan University
"Long Run U.S. Income Inequality, 1968-1992"
   John A. Bishop,  East Carolina University
   Edgar Browning,  Texas A&M University
   John B. Horowitz,  Ball State University
"Income Inequality and Poverty in Germany: 1984-1994"
   John A. Bishop,  East Carolina University
   Lester Zeager,  East Carolina University
"International Comparisons of ______Intensity: Index Decomposition and Bootstrap Inference"
   Lars Osberg,  Dalhousie University - Nova Scotia
   Kuan Xu,  Dalhousie University - Nova Scotia
Discussants:
   Victor K. Chow,  West Virginia University

Monday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA*		 Session  103G*
Labor Market Impacts of Training
Chair:  Dan Black,  University of Kentucky

Papers:
"The Effect of Tenure on the Returns to Training"
   Harley Frazis,  U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
   Mark A. Loewenstein,  U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
"Human Capital and Efficient Employment Contracts"
   John Garen,  University of Kentucky
Discussants:
   Mark A. Loewenstein,  U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
   Terra McKinnish,  Carnegie Mellon University
   Seth Sanders,  Carnegie Mellon University

Monday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA*		 Session  104G*
Empirical Studies in Migration

Chairpersons:
   Karen Smith Conway,  University of New Hampshire
   Andrew J. Houtenville,  Syracuse University
Papers:
"Labor Market Consequences of Migration for the Working Poor"
   Gary L. Hunt,  University of Maine
"State and Local Government Factors in the Residential Choices of the Elderly"
   Mark D. Robbins,  University of Georgia
   William Duncombe,  Syracuse University
   Douglas Wolf,  Syracuse University
"What Draws the Elderly? Evidence from 1990 Census Migration Flows"
   Karen Smith Conway,  University of New Hampshire
   Andrew J. Houtenville,  Syracuse University
"Regression Methods of QOL Estimation Using Migration Data"
   Stratford Douglas,  West Virginia University
Discussants:
   Sudeshna C. Bandyopadhyaya,  West Virginia University
   Nancy H. Chau,  Southern Illinois University
   Sara Q. Duffy,  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
   David W. Rasmussen,  Florida State University

Monday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA*		 Session  105G*
Exploring Aspects of Economic Well- Being
Chair:  John P. Formby,  University of Alabama

Papers:
"How We Get Along: Results from SIPP"
   Thesia I. Garner,  U.S. Department of Labor
   Kathleen Short,  U.S. Bureau of the Census
"Direct Measures of Poverty: A Theoretical Framework and an Application to Housing in the United States"
   Craig Gundersen,  U.S. Department of Agriculture
"The Severity of Food Insecurity and Hunger: A Non-monetary Measure of Well-being"
   Margaret S. Andrews,  U.S. Department of Agriculture
   Gary W. Bickel,  U.S. Department of Agriculture
"Distribution of Health Care Burdens in the U.S. Under 65 Population"
   Jessica S. Banthin,  Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
   Thomas M. Selden,  Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
Discussants:
   Mwangi Wa Githinji,  Gettysburg College
   Robert Moffitt,  Johns Hopkins University
   Denton Vaughan,  Social Security Administration
   Bobbi Wolfe,  University of Wisconsin

Monday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA*		 Session  106G*
The Economics of Domestic Violence
Chair:  Jill Tiefenthaler,  Colgate University

Papers:
"The Employement Costs of Domestic Violence"
   Amy Farmer,  University of Tennessee
   Jill Tiefenthaler,  Colgate University
"Why Doesn't She Leave? Domestic Violence as a Signal"
   John Conlon,  University of Mississippi
   Laura Razzolini,  University of Mississippi
   Marci Rossell,  Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
"Terror as a Bargaining Instrument: Dowry Violence in Rural India"
   Vijayendra Rao,  Brown University
   Francis Bloch
Discussants:   TBA

Monday
10:30am-12:15pm
CEANA		 Session  108G
Empirical Money, Finance, and Development
Chair:  Cliff Huang,  Vanderbilt University

Papers:
"Stock Returns and Financial Volatility: Evidence from Asian Markets"
   Thomas C. Chiang,  Drexel University
   Tse-Shih Wang,  Drexel University
   Sheng-Yung Yang,  Drexel University
"A Note on Successful Derivatives Markets: A Theoretical Exposition"
   Taiji Watanabe,  Monash University - Australia
"Population and Development: Cointegration and Causality Evidence for Taiwan, 1903-1992"
   D.P. Tang,  Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
   Edward Tu,  Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
"Developing High-Tech Industries by Establishing the Science-Based Industrial Park - The Experience of Taiwan"
   Jong-Rong Chen,  National Central University
"Nonlinear Error-Correction Models for Money Demand in Taiwan"
   Cliff Huang,  Vanderbilt University
   Jen-Chi Cheng,  Wichita State University
   Chihwa Kao,  Syracuse University
Discussants:
   Jong-Rong Chen,  National Central University
   Thomas C. Chiang,  Drexel University
   Cliff Huang,  Vanderbilt University
   D.P. Tang,  Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
   Taiji Watanabe,  Monash University - Australia

Monday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA*		 Session  109G*
Theory and Practice of Semiparametric Estimation
Chair:  Mary Beth Walker,  Georgia State University

Papers:
"Relative Efficiency in GMM Estimation"
   Ron Galland,  University of North Carolina
   George Tauchen,  Duke University
"Two-Step GMM Estimation of Spatial Econometric Models"
   Christopher R. Bollinger,  University of Kentucky
"Measuring the Regular Region of Semi-nonparametric Forms"
   Dek Terrell,  Louisiana State University
"Efficient Estimation of the Partially Linear Model"
   Bryan W. Brown,  Rice University
   Jack Gao,  Rice University
Discussants:
   Mark An,  Duke University
   J.S. Butler,  Vanderbilt University
   Steven Stern,  University of Virginia
   Mary Beth Walker,  Georgia State University

Monday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA		 Session  110G
Empirical Studies and Tools: Generic Drugs, Phosphates, Software Reliability
Chair:  J. Rody Borg,  Jacksonville University

Papers:
"Competition in Generic Prescription Drug Markets"
   Nisvan Erkal,  University of Maryland
   Lane Koenig,  Lewin Group
"Recycling as a Method of Reducing Hazardous Waste: A Model Applied to Phosphate Industry"
   Akbar Marvasti,  University of Houston - Downtown
"Assessing Software Reliability: How Accurate is Econometric Software?"
   B.D. McCullough,  FCC
Discussants:
   B.D. McCullough,  FCC

Monday
10:30am-12:15pm
SDAE IV		 Session  111G
Terence Kealey on Laissez-Faire Science and R&D
Chair:  Daniel Klein,  Santa Clara University

Main Speaker:
   Terence Kealey,  University of Cambridge
Commentators:
   Kenneth Brown,  National Science Foundation
   Claude Barfield,  American Enterprise Institute
   Frank Machovec,  Wofford College

Monday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA*		 Session  112G*
Creation or Diversion: How Advanced Placement (AP) Economics Can Impact Enrollment in College EconomicsClasses (Roundtable Discussion)
Chair:  Frederick Wright,  The College Board

Panelists:
"What is AP?"
   Frederick Wright,  The College Board
"Diversion: AP Economics Courses as Substitutes for College Economics Courses"
   John A. Karikari,  University of Tulsa
   Susan Woodward,  Unionville High School, Kennett Square, PA
"What Does a Student's AP Grade Mean to Your Department"
   Clark Ross,  Davidson College
"Creation: AP Economics Courses Stimulating Demand for College Economics Courses"
   Linda Manning,  University of Missouri - Rolla
   Claire Melican,  Educational Testing Service
   Dennis Placone,  Clemson University
   Clark Ross,  Davidson College

Monday
10:30am-12:15pm
CSWEP II		 Session  113G
Women's Health and the Labor Market
Chair:  Leslie Stratton,  Virginia Commonwealth University

Papers:
"Recent Trends in Employer-sponsored Health Insurance: Are Bad Jobs Getting Worse?"
   Henry Farber,  Princeton University
   Helen Levy,  University of California - Berkeley
"The Effects of Clinical Depression on Wages and Returns to Schooling"
   Christina Cunha Parsons,  Fairfield University
"The Relationship Between Employment, Private Health Insurance, and Medicaid: Evidence from the SIPP"
   Lara Shore-Sheppard,  University of Pittsburgh
"The Effect of Increasingly Comprehensive Coverage on the Demand for Medical Services"
   Melissa A. Thomasson,  Miami University
Discussants:
   Kathryn H. Anderson,  Vanderbilt University
   Michael Lettau,  U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
   Pamela Peele,  University of Pittsburgh
   Brooks Pierce,  U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
   Leslie Stratton,  Virginia Commonwealth University

Monday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA		 Session  114G
Openness and Protection in International Trade
Chair:  Allen K. Lynch,  Mesquite, TX

Papers:
"Openness, Finance, and Comparative Advantage"
   Thorsten Leo Beck,  University of Virginia and World Bank
"Market Structure and Endogenous Trade Protection"
   Paul Pecorino,  University of Alabama
"Inflation, Openness, and Net Exports"
   Cynthia Royal Tori,  Valdosta State University
"The Demand for Imports and Economic Reform in Spain"
   Dale B. Truett,  University of Texas - San Antonio
   Lila J. Truett,  University of Texas - San Antonio
Discussants:
   Ken H. McIntyre,  University of Virginia
   Antonin Rusek,  Susquehanna University

Monday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA		 Session  116G
Economic Development
Chair:  Mohamed A. Dabbagh,  Union College

Papers:
"Banking at the Margin: Why Do Formal and Informal Intermediaries Coexist?"
   Thorsten Leo Beck,  University of Virginia and The World Bank
"Poverty or Prosperity Through Herd Behavior"
   Keith Blackburn,  University of Manchester - England
   Niloy Bose,  University of Manchester - England
"Social Capital, Trust, and Agricultural Productivity: The Evidence from Tanzania"
   Jonathan Isham,  University of Maryland
"Entrepreneurship and Social Dynamics: A Case of Increasing Returns"
   Maria Minniti,  Babson College
Discussants:
   Randall G. Holcombe,  Florida State University
   Jonathan Isham,  University of Maryland
   Kailash Khandke,  Furman University

Monday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA		 Session  117G
State Government
Chair:  Dennis Coates,  University of Maryland - Baltimore

Papers:
"Efficiency and Economies of Scale in State Prisons"
   Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong,  University of South Florida
"The Efficiency of the UK National Lottery"
   David Forrest,  University of Salford - England
   Robert Simmons,  University of Salford - England
   O. David Gulley,  Bentley College
"Employment Tax Credits and Firm Self Selection"
   Dagney Faulk,  Georgia State University
"State and Local Government Spending Response to Federal Alcohol and Drug Abuse Block Grant: The Role of Program Structure and the Need for Services"
   Shama Gamkhar,  University of Texas - Austin
   Shaochee Sim,  University of Texas - Austin
Discussants:
   Sam Allgood,  University of Nebraska
   Erik D. Craft,  University of Richmond

 

Monday  1:30-3:15pm

Session 118H*:Applied Labor Economics
Session 119H*:MS Antitrust
Session 120H*:Issues in the Economics of Education
Session 121H*:Rethinking the Connection Between the Exchange Rate and Economic Fundamentals
Session 122H:Monetary Policy
Session 123H*:Studies in Efficiency and Productivity
Session 124H:Regional Differences
Session 125H*:Health Care Economics
Session 126H*:Recent Research on Welfare and Poverty
Session 127H*:Issues in International Economics
Session 128H*:Applications of Econometrics to Financial Economics
Session 129H*:Welfare: Incentives and Consequences
Session 131H:Natural Resources
Session 132H*:Poverty and Development in Central Asia
Session 133H:Energy Economics
Session 134H:Title: TBA
Session 135H:Migration, Occupation, and Human Capital
Session 136H:Gender Differences: Theory and Laboratory Experiments
Session 137H:Innovation
Session 139H:Applied Economic Issues
Session 140H:Business Cycles
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Monday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA*		 Session  118H*
Applied Labor Economics
Chair:  Daniel McMillen,  Tulane University

Papers:
"Job Match and Earnings in the U.K.: The Role of Actual and Required Education"
   Daniel McMillen,  Tulane University
   Larry Singell, Jr.,  University of Oregon
"The Impact of Employment During College and College Quality on College Completion"
   Nicolas Williams,  University of Cincinnati
"State Enterprise Zones and Spatial Mismatch"
   John Engberg,  Carnegie Mellon University
   Robert Greenbaum,  Carnegie Mellon University
"Affirmative Action, Unions, and Female Employ_________"
   Tim Sass,  Florida State University
Discussants:
   Barry Hirsch,  Florida State University
   Julie L. Hotchkiss,  Georgia State University
   Larry Singell, Jr.,  University of Oregon
   Paul Thorsnes,  Grand Valley State University

Monday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA*		 Session  119H*
MS Antitrust
Chair:  David J. Zorn,  U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Papers:
"Computer Company Stock Prices and the Microsoft Antitrust Actions"
   George Bittlingmayer,  University of California - Davis
   Thomas Hazlett,  University of California - Davis
"Could Java Change Everything? The Competitive Propriety of a Proprietary Standard"
   David McGowan,  Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin
   Mark Lemley,  University of Texas - Austin
"Dominant Software Platforms and Antitrust Remedies"
   Jamie Love,  Consumer Project on Technology
Discussants:
   Don Boudreaux,  Foundation For Economic Education
   Fletcher Mangum,  Virginia State Department of Planning & Budget
   William Page,  Mississippi College School of Law

Monday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA*		 Session  120H*
Issues in the Economics of Education
Chair:  Lori Taylor,  Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Papers:
"What's in Teacher Contracts?"
   Mary Anne Borelli,  University of Rochester
   Eric A. Hanushek,  University of Rochester
   Mary Beth Savio,  Charles River Associates
"Do Students Respond to Outside Incentives? College Athletic Scholarships and the Probability of Completing High School"
   Frank Joshua Winicki,  University of Oregon
"Do Low Income Children Suffer Summer Fallback in Achievement?"
   Daniel M. O'Brien,  University of Texas - Dallas
"Determinants of Per-pupil Spending"
   Jennie C. Wenger,  University of North Texas
Discussants:
   David Figlio,  University of Florida
   John F. Kain,  University of Texas - Dallas
   Steven Rivkin,  Amherst College
   Lori Taylor,  Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Monday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA*		 Session  121H*
Rethinking the Connection Between the Exchange Rate and Economic Fundamentals
Chair:  Michael D. Goldberg,  University of New Hampshire

Papers:
"The Role of Long-run Equilibrium in the Foreign Exchange Market: Shedding New Light on the Excess Returns Puzzle"
   Michael D. Goldberg,  University of New Hampshire
"Exchange Rate Convention: A 'Keynes' Explanation of the Fundamentals"
   John T. Harvey,  Texas Christian University
"The Double Role of the Dollar as World Currency and as National Currency and the International Economy Since Bretton Woods"
   Stephan Schulmeister,  Austrian Institute of Economic Research
"A Unified Approach to Testing for Purchasing Power Parity"
   Flavio Vilela Vieira,  University of New Hampshire
Discussants:
   Janice Boucher Breuer,  University of South Carolina
   Michael D. Goldberg,  University of New Hampshire
   John T. Harvey,  Texas Christian University
   Stephan Schulmeister,  Austrian Institute of Economic Research

Monday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA		 Session  122H
Monetary Policy
Chair:  Jeffrey M. Wrase,  Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Papers:
"Evaluating Alternative Monetary Policies: A Counterfactual Analysis"
   James S. Fackler,  University of Kentucky
   W. Douglas McMillin,  Louisiana State University
"Nominal Income Targeting vs Strict Inflation Targeting: A Further Comparison"
   Alfred V. Guender,  University of Canterbury - New Zealand
"International Transmission of Inflation Under Alternative Exchange-rate Regimes: Theory and Evidence"
   Jill Ann Holman,  University of Georgia
   Rebecca M. Neumann,  University of Colorado
"Monetary Policy in CEFTA Countries"
   Antonin Rusek,  Susquehanna University
Discussants:
   David C. Black,  University of Toledo
   Michael R. Dowd,  University of Toledo
   Y. Youn Kim,  Western Kentucky University

Monday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA*		 Session  123H*
Studies in Efficiency and Productivity
Chair:  Ila Semenick Alam,  Tulane University

Papers:
"Banking Productivity Dynamics
   Ila Semenick Alam,  Tulane University
"Fedwire Scale Economy Estimates"
   Paul Bauer,  Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
"Parametric and Non-parametric Approaches to Benchmarking the Regulated Firm"
   Gerald Granderson,  Miami University
   Carl Linvill,  University of Arkansas
"Manufacturing Extension and Productivity Dynamics"
   Ronald S. Jarmin,  U.S. Bureau of the Census
Discussants:
   Robert M. Adams,  U.S. Department of Justice
   Mark E. McBride,  Miami University

Monday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA		 Session  124H
Regional Differences
Chair:  Linda Harris Dobkins,  Emory & Henry College

Papers:
"Regional Differences in the Determinants of Average Family Income"
   Bradley T. Ewing,  Georgia Southern University
   William Levernier,  Georgia Southern University
"Effects of Policy Related Variables on Traffic Fatalities: A Dynamic Extreme Bounds Analysis"
   Richard Fowles,  University of Utah
   Peter D. Loeb,  Rutgers University
"Is the Cost of Crime Capitalized in House Values?"
   Allen K. Lynch,  Blockbuster Entertainment Group
   David W. Rasmussen,  Florida State University
"Explaining Productivity Growth in the Industrial Sector Across the United States, 1972-90"
   John K. Mullen,  Clarkson University
   Martin Williams,  Northern Illinois University
Discussants:
   J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.,  James Madison University
   John C. Whitehead,  East Carolina University

Monday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA*		 Session  125H*
Health Care Economics
Chair:  Vivian Valdmanis,  University of Oklahoma

Papers:
"Competition and Contract Pricing for Hospitals"
   Gary D. Ferrier,  University of Arkansas
   Vivian Valdmanis,  University of Oklahoma
"Market Competition and Efficiency in Hospitals"
   Dimitri Margaritis,  Wakito University
   Vivian Valdmanis,  University of Oklahoma
"The Effect of Competition and Regulation on the Diffusion of Major Medical Technologies"
   C. Schenzler,  Vanderbilt University
"Home Health Intensity - Disability and Insurance Status"
   Shelly White-Means,  University of Memphis
Discussants:
   Thomas S. Dee,  Georgia Tech University
   Edward J. Schumacher,  East Carolina State University

Monday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA*		 Session  126H*
Recent Research on Welfare and Poverty
Chair:  Dan Black,  University of Kentucky

Papers:
"Work and Welfare After the 1996 Reforms"
   David C. Ribar,  George Washington University
   Mark Wilhelm,  Indiana University
"A Caseload Model of the AFDC-TANF Program"
   Robert Moffitt,  Johns Hopkins University
"Smoothing the Fixed-effects Estimator: Distinguishing Permanent and Transitory Changes"
   Dan Black,  University of Kentucky
   Terra McKinnish,  Carnegie Mellon University
   Seth Sanders,  Carnegie Mellon University
Discussants:
   John Garen,  University of Kentucky
   David C. Ribar,  George Washington University
   Jeffrey Smith,  University of Western Ontario

Monday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA*		 Session  127H*
Issues in International Economics
Chair:  Craig Schulman,  University of Arkansas

Papers:
"Universal Dumping of Homogeneous Products"
   Tracy Murray,  University of Arkansas
   Nurlan Turdaliev,  University of Minnesota
"Trade and Endogenous Wage Inequality"
   Masao Oda,  Kansai University - Japan
   Robert Stapp,  University of Arkansas
"Sustaining Unsustainable Export Cartels"
   Craig Schulman,  University of Arkansas
"U.S. Trade Remedy Laws as Strategic Trade Policy"
   H. Keith Hall,  Office of Economics/USITC
Discussants:
   H. Keith Hall,  Office of Economics/USITC
   Craig Schulman,  University of Arkansas
   Robert Stapp,  University of Arkansas
   Nurlan Turdaliev,  University of Minnesota

Monday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA*		 Session  128H*
Applications of Econometrics to Financial Economics
Chair:  Tom Fomby,  Southern Methodist University

Papers:
"Nonlinearities in the Real and Financial Sector"
   Michael D. Bradley,  George Washington University
   Dennis W. Jansen,  Texas A&M University
"Nonlinear GARCH Models"
   Heather Anderson,  Texas A&M University
   Farshid Vahid,  Texas A&M University
"The Long-run Linkage Between Yields on Treasury and Municipal Bonds and the 1986 Tax Act"
   William J. Crowder,  University of Texas - Arlington
   Mark Wohar,  University of Nebraska - Omaha
"War, Peace, and Financial Markets"
   John Wells,  Auburn University
   Douglas T. Wills,  Sweet Briar College
Discussants:
   Lee C. Adkins,  Oklahoma State University
   Nathan Balke,  Southern Methodist University
   Tom Fomby,  Southern Methodist University
   Fred L. Joutz,  George Washington University

Monday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA*		 Session  129H*
Welfare: Incentives and Consequences
Chair:  Sam Allgood,  University of Nebraska

Papers:
"Welfare to Work Patterns of Former AFDC Recipients: The Incidence and Persistence of Employer Hiring Patterns"
   Julia Lane,  U.S. Bureau of the Census and American University
   David W. Stevens,  University of Baltimore
"The Long Term Consequences of Early Child Bearing: Do Teen Moms Eventually Catch Up?"
   Jeanne S. Ringel,  Louisiana State University
"Welfare and immigrants' Locational Choices"
   Madeline Zavodny,  Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Discussants:
   Sam Allgood,  University of Nebraska

Monday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA		 Session  131H
Natural Resources
Chair:  Dina Franceschi,  University of Tennessee

Papers:
"Sustainability in Economies Dependent on Exhaustible Resources: The Intersection Between Amazonian Sustainability and Mineral Development"
   Dina Franceschi,  University of Tennessee
   James R. Kahn,  University of Tennessee
"Enforcement of Tradable Permits Regulations When Permits are Bankable and Emissions are Uncertain"
   Andrew G. Keeler,  University of Georgia
   Janusz R. Mrozek,  Georgia Institute of Technology
"Innovation in Pollution Abatement versus 'Cleaner' Technology: Toward a Better Understanding of Efficient Emissions Reduction Under Technological Change"
   Philip T. Powell,  Indiana University
"Sustainability, the Law, and Economic Decision Making"
   Ellen Szarleta,  Indiana University - Northwest
Discussants:
   Manuel Armenta,  Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
   James H. Murphy,  Western Carolina University
   Peter Schuhmann,  University of Richmond

Monday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA*		 Session  132H*
Poverty and Development in Central Asia and Bosnia
Chair:  Kathryn H. Anderson,  Vanderbilt University

Papers:
"New Evidence on Household Consumption, the Shadow Economy, and Relative Prices During Transition to a Market Economy"
   Bryan W. Roberts,  University of Miami
"Maternal Care versus Economic Wealth and the Health of Newborns: Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic and Kansas City, USA"
   Charles M. Becker,  University of Colorado
   Damira Bibosunova,  Krygyz Research Institute of Obstetrics and Pediatrics
   Grace Holmes,  University of Kansas Medical Center
   Margarita M. Ibragimova,  University of Colorado
"Poverty and Transition in the Kyrgyz Republic, 1993-1997"
   Kathryn H. Anderson,  Vanderbilt University
   Richard Pomfret,  University of Adelaide
"From War to Recovery: The Bosnian Economy, 1992-1998"
   Bryan W. Roberts,  University of Miami
Discussants:
   Frederick W. Derrick,  Loyola College
   Elena Glinskaya,  University of North Carolina
   Charles E. Scott,  Loyola College
   Kinnon Scott,  World Bank

Monday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA		 Session  133H
Energy Economics
Chair:  Henry Thompson,  Auburn University

Papers:
"Spot Markets for Electricity on the Western Network"
   Greg Dempster,  Auburn University
   Narin Smith,  Auburn University
"Are Transmission and Distribution Natural Monopolies
   Robert Cope,  Louisiana State University
   David E. Dismukes,  Louisiana State University
   Demitry Mesyanzhinov,  Louisiana State University
"Cost Functions in the Electricity Industry"
   Justin Isaacs,  Auburn University
"The Shock of Electricity Deregulation"
   Andy Barnett,  Auburn University
   Henry Thompson,  Auburn University
Discussants:   TBA

Monday
1:30-3:15pm
SDAE V		 Session  134H
Title: Entrepreneurship and Institutional Change
Chair:  Edward J. Lopez,  University of North Texas

Papers:
"Entrepreneurship and the Flattening of Organizational Structures"
   Ivan Pongracic, Jr.,  George Mason University
"Boomers, Railroad Bosses, and the Knights of Labor: Further Discussion of the Transfer Demanding Entrepreneur"
   Noel D. Campbell,  North Georgia College & State University
"Interest Groups and Institutional Change"
   David "Mitch" Mitchell,  George Mason University
"Term Limits and the Political Entrepreneur"
   Edward J. Lopez,  University of North Texas
Discussants:
   David Harper,  New York University
   Steven Horwitz,  St. Lawrence University

Monday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA		 Session  135H
Migration, Occupation, and Human Capital
Chair:  TBA

Papers:
"The Wage Dynamics of Internal Migration"
   Jeffrey Yankow,  Ohio State University
"Do Returns to Postschool Training Equalize Across Occupational Paths?"
   James Freeman,  University of North Carolina – Greensboro
   Barry Hirsch,  Florida State University
"The Effects of Immigration on the Employment of White, Black, and Hispanic Females"
   Tanja F. Blackstone,  NPRDC
   Lewis H. Smith,  University of Mississippi
Discussants:
   David S. Loughran,  University of Maryland
   Andrew L.H. Parkes,  East Central University
   Leo Turcotte,  State University of New York - Binghamton

Monday
1:30-3:15pm
CSWEP I		 Session  136H
Gender Differences: Theory and Laboratory Experiments
Chair:  Catherine C. Eckel,  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Papers:
"The Effects of Risk Aversion on Job Matching: Can Differences in Risk Aversion Explain the Wage Gap?"
   Lise Vesterlund,  Iowa State University
"Attitude Toward Risk Mitigation Investment Using Hypothetical and Real Rewards: Gender Differences"
   Jamie Brown Kruse,  Texas Tech University
"Strategic Similarity and Emergent Conventions"
   John VanHuyck,  Texas A&M University
Discussants:
   Catherine Eckel,  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Monday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA		 Session  137H
Innovation
Chair:  Henry E. Kilpatrick, Jr.,  George Mason University

Papers:
"The Determinants of International Variation in Technical Efficiency: Estimates from a Frontier Production Function"
   Lee C. Adkins,  Oklahoma State University
   Ronald L. Moomaw,  Oklahoma State University
   Andreas Savvides,  Oklahoma State University
"Knowledge Production and R&D Spillovers"
   Spencer R. Graf,  University of Virginia
"Industrial Property: Creation, Protection, and Effects on Economic Growth"
   Alex G. Orlov,  University of Virginia
Discussants:
   Niloy Bose,  University of Manchester - England
   James Cobbe,  Florida State University

Monday
1:30-3:15pm
KAEA		 Session  139H
Applied Economic Issues
Chair:  H. Youn Kim,  Western Kentucky University

Papers:
"The Variability in Advertising Expenditure and Sales"
   Chulho Jung,  Ohio University
"Technological Change and Hedonic Quality Adjustments to Price Indexes of Personal Computers"
   S. Paik,  U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
"The Financial Crisis in Korea: Causes and Cures"
   Seung Y. Kwack,  Howard University
"A General Theorem on Comparative Static Effects of Changes in One Risk in the Presence of Another"
   Iltae Kim,  Chonnam National University
Discussants:
   Chulho Jung,  Ohio University
   H. Youn Kim,  Western Kentucky University
   S. Paik,  U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Monday
1:30-3:15pm
SEA		 Session  140H
Business Cycles
Chair:  Victor V. Claar,  West Virginia University

Papers:
"International Business Cycles Under the Gold Standard"
   Ken H. McIntyre,  University of Virginia
"A Helicopter Tour of Competing Theories of Wage Rigidity, as Applied to the Great Depression"
   Ranjit S. Dighe,  State University of New York - Oswego
"The Effect of Barter on the Demand for Money: An Empirical Analysis"
   Akbar Marvasti,  University of Houston
   David Smyth,  Louisiana State University
Discussants:
   Mark Wheeler,  Western Michigan University
   Ranjit S. Dighe,  State University of New York - Oswego

 

Monday  3:30-4:20pm

Session 141J:Southern Economic Association, Presidential Address

Monday  4:30-4:45pm

Session 142J:Southern Economic Association Business Meeting
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Monday
3:30-4:20pm
SEA*		 Session  141J
Southern Economic Association, Presidential Address

Introduction:
   Kathy J. Hayes,  Southern Methodist University
Speaker:
   Dwight R. Lee,  University of Georgia
Topic:
"In Defense of Excessive Government"

Monday
4:30-4:45pm
SEA		 Session  142J
Southern Economic Association Business Meeting
Chair:  Dwight R. Lee,  University of Georgia

Monday
5:00-6:00		 Session  143J
George Mason University - Center for the Study of Public Choice
  Cocktail Party (Cash Bar)

Monday
5:00-6:30		 Session  144J
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Department of Economics
  Cocktail Party (Cash Bar)

Monday
5:00-7:00		 Session  145J
University of Kentucky - Department of Economics
  Cocktail Party (Cash Bar)

Monday
5:00-6:30		 Session  146J
Oklahoma State University
  Economistics Society Cocktail Party

Monday
5:30-7:00		 Session  147J
University of Georgia - Department of Economics
  Cocktail Party (Cash Bar)

Monday
6:00-8:00		 Session  148J
University of Virginia - Department of Economics
  Cocktail Party (Cash Bar)

Monday
6:00-8:00		 Session  149J
Georgia State University - Department of Economics
  Cocktail Party (Cash Bar)

Monday
6:00-10:00
SDAE		 Session  150J
Society for the Development of Austrian Economics
Dinner and Presidential Address
Speaker:  Mario Rizzo,  New York University


 

Tuesday  8:30-10:15am

Session 151M*:Women and Health
Session 152M*:Dynamic International Trade
Session 153M*:Income Distribution and Redistribution
Session 154M*:Stochastic Frontier Models
Session 155M*:Topics in Ground Transportation
Session 156M:Coordination Games
Session 157M:Environmental Management
Session 158M*:Title: TBA
Session 159M:Regulation and Conservation
Session 160M:Law and Economics
Session 161M:Public Economics I
Session 162M:Unions and Internal Labor Markets
Session 165M:New Technology in Economics Education
Session 167M*:Issues in Energy and the Environment
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Tuesday
8:30-10:15am
SEA*		 Session  151M*
Women and Health
Chair:  Jeanne S. Ringel,  Louisiana State University

Papers:
"Race and Provider Effects on the Use of Caesarian Section"
   Jennifer Mellor,  College of William and Mary
"The Effects of Alcohol Use and Availability on Teenage Child Bearing"
   Thomas S. Dee,  Georgia Tech University
"State Practice Legislation, the Supply of Certified Nurse Midwives, and Birth Outcomes"
   Ed Miller,  University of Maryland
"Heterogeneity in the Impact of Cigarette Taxes on Maternal Smoking Behavior"
   William N. Evans,  University of Maryland
   Jeanne S. Ringel,  Louisiana State University
Discussants:
   Deborah J. Miller,  Johns Hopkins University
   David C. Ribar,  George Washington University

Tuesday
8:30-10:15am
SEA*		 Session  152M*
Dynamic International Trade
Chair:  Richard Barnett,  University of Arkansas

Papers:
"Optimal Fiscal Policy in a Resource-Rich Open Economy"
   Alex Mourmouras,  International Monetary Fund
"Exchange Rates and the Fiscal Theory of the Price Level"
   William Dupor,  University of Pennsylvania
"Dynamic Trade Creation"
   Eric Fisher,  Ohio State University
   Neil Vousden,  Australian National University
Discussants:
   Richard Barnett,  University of Arkansas
   William Dupor,  University of Pennsylvania
   Eric Fisher,  Ohio State University

Tuesday
8:30-10:15am
SEA*		 Session  153M*
Income Distribution and Redistribution
Chair:  Thesia I. Garner,  U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Papers:
"Unequal Convergence in Income Distributions: Evidence from Post-war U.S. States"
   John A. Bishop,  East Carolina University
   Ryochi Sakano,  North Carolina A&T State University
"Price Discriminations, Income Redistribution, and Welfare"
   Stephen Layson,  University of North Carolina
   W. James Smith,  University of Colorado - Denver
"Decomposing the Redistributive Effects of Marriage Taxes and Subsidies"
   John P. Formby,  University of Alabama
   Hoseong Kim,  University of Alabama
"Trade, Wages, and Inequality"
   Steven Beckman,  University of Colorado - Denver
   Guangmao Nie,  Stillman College
Discussants:
   Kewn Chow,  West Virginia University
   Chih-Chin Ho,  Internal Revenue Service
   Lester Zeager,  East Carolina University

Tuesday
8:30-10:15am
SEA*		 Session  154M*
Stochastic Frontier Models
Chair:  Gary D. Ferrier,  University of Arkansas

Papers:
"A Semi-Parametric Error Components Density Estimation Technique for Stochastic Frontier Models"
   William C. Horrace,  University of Arizona
"The Efficiency Effects of Electricity Deregulation"
   Dek Terrell,  Louisiana State University
"A Normal-Gamma Stochastic Frontier"
   Gary D. Ferrier,  University of Arkansas
"Efficient Distribution Free Estimation of Panel Models"
   Robert M. Adams,  U.S. Department of Justice
   Robin C. Sickles,  Rice University
Discussants:
   Robert M. Adams,  U.S. Department of Justice
   Gary D. Ferrier,  University of Arkansas
   William C. Horrace,  University of Arizona
   Dek Terrell,  Louisiana State University

Tuesday
8:30-10:15am
SEA*		 Session  155M*
Topics in Ground Transportation
Chair:  Leola B. Ross,  Seattle University

Papers:
"Taxi Industry Labor Earnings: Effects of Public Transit Policies"
   Ann Schwartz-Miller,  Old Dominion University
   Wayne Talley,  Old Dominion University
"Federal Transit Subsidies and Cost Efficiency in Mass Transit"
   Stephen J. Schmidt,  Union College
"Merger Activity and Efficiency in the Mexican Railroad System"
   Jorge Ibarra-Salazar,  Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
   Leola B. Ross,  Seattle University
Discussants:   TBA

Tuesday
8:30-10:15am
SEA		 Session  156M
Coordination Games
Chair:  Joe C. Davis,  Trinity University

Papers:
"The Effects of the Business Cycle on Oligopoly Coordination: Evidence from the U.S. Aluminum Industry"
   David I. Rosenbaum,  University of Nebraska
   Sheng-Ping Yang,  University of Nebraska
"Stochastic Game Theory: Properties of the Logit Equilibrium in Auction-like Games"
   Simon P. Anderson,  University of Virginia
   Jacob Goeree,  University of Virginia
   Charles A. Holt,  University of Virginia
"Oligopolopsony"
   Richard Ruble,  University of Virginia
"Empirical Tests of Tacit versus Overt Collusion"
   Frank A. Scott, Jr.,  University of Kentucky
Discussants:
   Henry E. Kilpatrick, Jr.,  George Mason University

Tuesday
8:30-10:15am
SEA		 Session  157M
Environmental Management
Chair:  Paul E. Chambers,  Central Missouri State University

Papers:
"An Economic Analysis of Solid Waste Disposal: The Case of Chilpancingo, Mexico"
   Manuel Armenta,  Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores deMonterrey
   Irma Adriana Gomez,  Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores deMonterrey
   Nicolas Gutierrez,  Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores deMonterrey
"Conservation Organizations and the Protection of Biodiversity: A Portfolio Approach"
   Catherine M. Chambers,  Central Missouri State University
   Paul E. Chambers,  Central Missouri State University
"Averting Behavior and Groundwater Pollution"
   Thomas J. Hoban,  North Carolina State University
   John C. Whitehead,  East Carolina University
"Public Investments in Urban Created Wetlands and Stormwater Retention Ponds"
   Lisa White,  Oklahoma State University
   Keith Willett,  Oklahoma State University
Discussants:
   James R. Kahn,  University of Tennessee
   Janusz R. Mrozek,  Georgia Institute of Technology

Tuesday
8:30-10:15am
SEA		 Session  159M
Regulation and Conservation
Chair:  L.F. Jameson Boex,  Georgia State University

Papers:
"How Long is the Wait?: A Look at FDA Review Time for New Drugs"
   Angela B. Ritzert,  University of Kentucky
"Testing Alternative Price Expectations Regimes in Timber Markets"
   Diana Burton,  Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
   Irma Adriana Gomez,  Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
   Alan Love,  Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
"The Scope Test Reconsidered: Experimental Evidence"
   Samiran Banerjee,  Western Carolina University
   James H. Murphy,  Western Carolina University
Discussants:
   Frederick W. Derrick,  Loyola College - Maryland
   Kevin F. Forbes,  Catholic University of America
   S. Hugh High,  University of Cape Town - South Africa

Tuesday
8:30-10:15am
SEA		 Session  160M
Law and Economics
Chair:  Harold W. Elder,  University of Alabama

Papers:
"Why Harsher Punishments Won't Deter Crime and What Might"
   David A. Anderson,  Centre College
"Illegal Immigration and Capital Mobility: Border versus Internal Enforcement"
   Subhayu Bandyopadhyaya,  West Virginia University
   Sudeshna C. Bandyopadhyaya,  West Virginia University
"Brothers or Welfare? More Evidence on the Locational Choice of Immigrants"
   Marvin E. Dodson III,  West Virginia University
"To See if the Right-to-Carry Concealed Handguns Deters Countable Crimes You Should Use a Count Analysis"
   Florenz Plassmann,  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Discussants:
   Gene Lebrenz,  Florida Southern College
   Florenz Plassmann,  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
   Daniel Sutter,  University of Oklahoma

Tuesday
8:30-10:15am
SEA		 Session  161M
Public Economics I
Chair:  Michael A. Nelson,  Illinois State University

Papers:
"Welfare Cost of Taxation with Endogenous Human and Physical Capital"
   Sam Allgood,  University of Nebraska
   Arthur Snow,  University of Georgia
"Principal-agency Problem in Regulatory Federalism: A Public Choice Perspective"
   Mingtao Chen,  University of Ottawa
"Legislative Shirking and Constituent Characteristics as Determinants of State Lottery Adoption"
   Thomas A. Garrett,  West Virginia University
"The Implicit Social Welfare Function of Statism: An Analytical Framework"
   David E.R. Gay,  University of Arkansas
Discussants:
   Xiaoxi (Jennifer) Ma,  University of Maryland
   Craig Martin,  University of Maryland
   William Stewart Mounts, Jr.,  Mercer University

Tuesday
8:30-10:15am
SEA		 Session  162M
Unions and Internal Labor Markets
Chair:  Jeffrey G. Woods,  Concord College

Papers:
"Increased Unionization Under Multiple Union Solicitation in Certification Elections: An Analysis of Competing Explanations"
   Brian S. Levine,  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
"An Investigation of Union Wage Premiums by Gender and Race: Evidence from PSID"
   Phanindra V. Wunnava,  Middlebury College
"Do-Determination in Germany, 1949-1979 and There Beyond: Bonding or Compulsion?"
   Jurgen G. Backhaus,  Maastricht University
Discussants:
   Nabanita Datta Gupta,  Aarhus School of Business - Denmark
   John K. Mullen,  Clarkson University
   Christina Cunha Parsons,  Fairfield University

Tuesday
8:30-10:15am
SEA		 Session  165M
New Technology in Economics Education
Chair:  Harold Christensen,  Centenary College

Papers:
"Effectiveness of the World Wide Web as an Instructional Tool in Principles of Economics"
   Diane F. Primont,  Southeast Missouri State University
   Rebecca Summary,  Southeast Missouri State University
"Using Student Focus Groups as a Tool for Evaluating Teaching"
   Mary O. Borg,  University of North Florida
   J. Rody Borg,  Jacksonville University
"A Controlled Experiment of Distance Education in International Economics"
   Robert E. Moore,  Georgia State University
Discussants:
   Thomas E. Cooper,  Lyon College
   Kirsten K. Madden,  Millersville University

Tuesday
8:30-10:15am
SEA*		 Session  167M*
Issues in Energy and the Environment
Chair:  Stephen P.A. Brown,  Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Papers:
"Cost-effective Control of Multiple Pollutants from the Electricity Industry"
   Dallas Burtraw,  Resources for the Future
   Karen Palmer,  Resources for the Future
"Intragenerational Aspects of Global Warming Policy"
   Janie M. Chermak,  University of New Mexico
   Katherine Krause,  University of New Mexico
"Terms of Trade, CO2 Emissions, and Strategies for Energy Conservation"
   Stephen P.A. Brown,  Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
   Hillard G. Huntington,  Stanford University
Discussants:
   Virginia McConnell,  University of Maryland - Baltimore and Resources for the Future
   Donald Norman,  American Petroleum Institute
   Mark E. Rodekohr,  U.S. Department of Energy

 

Tuesday  10:30am-12:15pm

Session 174N*:Employment-Related Health Insurance Issues
Session 175N*:Oxford Economic Papers
Session 176N*:Issues in Housing Finance and Tax Reform
Session 177N*:Analysis of "Bads" in Production
Session 178N*:Macroeconomic: Theory and Practice
Session 179N*:Entrepreneurship
Session 180N:Lies, Damn Lies, and Expert Testimony: The Role of Economics in Natural Resource Damage Litigation
Session 181N*:Title: TBA
Session 182N:Topics in Public Choice
Session 183N:Financial Economics II
Session 184N:International Finance
Session 185N:Job Transitions and Education
Session 187N:Industry Studies
Session 190N:Roundtable on Monetary Equilibrium
Session 191N:Public Economics II
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Tuesday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA*		 Session  174N*
Employment-Related Health Insurance Issues
Chair:  Barbara Steinberg Schone,  Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

Papers:
"Did the Medicaid Expansions Crowd Out Employer-Provided Health Insurance? Evidence from Firm-Level Data"
   Thomas Buchmueller,  University of California - Irvine
   Gail Jensen,  Wayne State University
   Lara Shore-Sheppard,  University of Pittsburgh
"Employee Contributions to Health Insurance Premiums"
   Helen Levy,  University of California - Berkeley
"Were Red-Lined Industries Helped by Small Group Reform?"
   Ester Hing,  National Center for Health Statistics
   Gail Jensen,  Wayne State University
"How Has Small Group Market Reform Affected Employee Health Insurance Coverage?"
   Alan C. Monheit,  Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
   Barbara Steinberg Schone,  Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
Discussants:
   Deborah J. Chollet,  Alpha Center
   Alison P. Hagy,  University State Bureau of the Census
   Len Nichols,  Urban Institute
   Thomas M. Selden,  Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

Tuesday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA*		 Session  175N*
Oxford Economic Papers
Chair:  William F. Shughart II,  University of Mississippi

Papers:
"Industrial Concentration and Financial Structure: Evidence from an International Cross Section"
   Arne Kildegaard,  University of Mississippi
   Peter M. Williams,  University of North Alabama
"A Simple Tax Regime Transition in the Laboratory"
   Mark V. VanBoening,  University of Mississippi
   Nathaniel T. Wilcox,  University of Houston
"Centralized and Decentralized Decision-Making in a County Government Setting"
   Gokhan R. Karahan,  University of Mississippi
   Laura Razzolini,  University of Mississippi
   William F. Shughart II,  University of Mississippi
Discussants:
   Atin Basu,  Virginia Military Institute
   Jim F. Couch,  University of North Alabama
   Paul Pecorino,  University of Alabama

Tuesday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA*		 Session  176N*
Issues in Housing Finance and Tax Reform
Chair:  Amy Crews Cutts,  Freddie Mac

Papers:
"Apocalypse Now? Fundamental Tax Reform and Residential Housing Values"
   Donald Bruce,  Syracuse University
   Douglas Holtz-Eakin,  Syracuse University
"The Effect of Eliminating the Mortgage Interest Deduction on Mortgage Debt"
   Ellen A. Merry,  University of Virginia
"Alternative Models of the Demand for Mortgage Debt"
   Robert M. Dunsky,  PriceWaterhouseCoopers
"The Demand for Home Modifications: A Household Production Function Approach"
   Nandinee K. Kutty,  Cornell University
Discussants:
   Amy Bodgon,  Fannie Mae Foundation
   Amy Crews Cutts,  Freddie Mac
   Michelle Harter Dreiman,  Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
   Allison Ivory,  Joint Committee on Taxation

Tuesday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA*		 Session  177N*
Analysis of "Bads" in Production
Chair:  Gary D. Ferrier,  University of Arkansas

Papers:
"Productivity in the Agricultural Sector: The Case of Undesirable Outputs"
   G. Eldon Ball,  U.S. Department of Agriculture
   Rolf Färe,  Oregon State University
   Shawna Grosskopf,  Oregon State University
"Gauging Peformance of Environmentally Interactive Technologies"
   Rob Weaver,  Pennsylvania State University
"The Cost of Bad Debt in Hospital Care"
   Gary D. Ferrier,  University of Arkansas
   Vivian Valdmanis,  University of Oklahoma
"Productivity in Fisheries: The Effect of Bycatch
   Rolf Färe,  Oregon State University
   Shawna Grosskopf,  Oregon State University
   Jim Kirkley,  Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences and College of William and Mary
Discussants:
   G. Eldon Ball,  U.S. Department of Agriculture
   Shawna Grosskopf,  Oregon State University
   Vivian Valdmanis,  University of Oklahoma
   Rob Weaver,  Pennsylvania State University

Tuesday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA*		 Session  178N*
Macroeconomic: Theory and Practice
Chair:  Joseph Haslag,  Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Papers:
"Productivity, Government Spending, and Inequality"
   Zsolt Becsi,  Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
"Behavior of Prices and Output: The Role of Sectoral Supply and Demand Shocks"
   Nathan Balke,  Southern Methodist University
   Mark Wynne,  Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
"Specialization and the Effects of Transactions Costs on Equilibrium Exchange"
   Joseph Haslag,  Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Discussants:   TBA

Tuesday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA*		 Session  179N*
Entrepreneurship
Chair:  Israel Kirzner,  New York University

Papers:
"Equilibrium Versus the Invisible Hand"
   Randall G. Holcombe,  Florida State University
"Entrepreneurship, Externalities,and Growth"
   William Bygrave,  Babson College
   Maria Minniti,  Babson College
"The Limits of Entrepreneurship and Market Processes"
   David Harper,  New York University
"Entrepreneurship: Cause or Consequence of Development?"
   Peter J. Boettke,  George Mason University
Discussants:
   Anthony M. Carilli,  Hampden-Sydney College

Tuesday
10:30am-12:15pm
SAPPCREE III		 Session  180N
Lies, Damn Lies, and Expert Testimony: The Role of Economics in Natural Resource Damage Litigation

Moderator:
   F. Reed Johnson,  Triangle Economic Research
Panelists:
   James Bieke,  Shea & Gardner
   Richard Carson,  University Of California - San Diego
   David Chapman,  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
   Richard Dunford,  Triangle Economic Research

Tuesday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA*		 Session  181N*
Title: TBA
Chair:  Eugenia F. Toma,  University of Kentucky

Papers:
"Public School Spending and the Age and Racial Composition of Counties"
   Helen R. "Sunny" Ladd,  Duke University
   Sheila Murray,  University of Kentucky
"School Spending and Student Achievement: New Estimates from Longitudinal Data"
   Laurie D. Bassi,  American Society for Training and Development
   Jens Ludwig,  Georgetown University
"Stratification and Peer Effects in Education: Evidence Using Within-school and Between-school Variation in the Data"
   Dennis Epple,  Carnegie Mellon University
   David Figlio,  University of Florida
   Richard E. Romano,  University of Florida
Discussants:
   Lawrence W. Kenny,  University of Florida
   Eugenia F. Toma,  University of Kentucky

Tuesday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA		 Session  182N
Topics in Public Choice
Chair:  Clarence C. Morrison,  Indiana University

Papers:
"The Immigration Paradox? Legislator Voting in the 104th Congress"
   Jorge G. Gonzalez,  Trinity University
   Nipoli Kamdar,  Trinity University
"Activist Macroeconomic Policy, Election Effects, and Adaptive Expectations: Evidence from OEDC Economics"
   David Kiefer,  University of Utah
"Political Competition, Transfers, and Negative Advertising"
   Stephen Reed,  University of Maryland
"Divide and Constrain: Separating Powers to Control Government"
   Daniel Sutter,  University of Oklahoma
Discussants:
   Jac C. Heckelman,  Wake Forest University
   Thomas A. Garrett,  West Virginia University
   Stephen Reed,  University of Maryland

Tuesday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA		 Session  183N
Financial Economics II
Chair:  Patricia M. Rudolph,  University of Alabama

Papers:
"Production, Asset Prices, and Full Insurance"
   H. Youn Kim,  Western Kentucky University
"Distribution Free Portfolio Analysis"
   John R. McNamara,  Lehigh University
"Mortgage Default Rates, Profitability, and Racial Discrimination: A Metropolitan Market Analysis"
   Richard A. Phillips,  Virginia Commonwealth University
   James Vanderhoff,  Rutgers University - Newark
"A Case for Polynomial Utility Functions in Financial Markets"
   Philip D. Taylor,  Wesleyan College
Discussants:
   Paul A. Natke,  Central Michigan University

Tuesday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA		 Session  184N
International Finance
Chair:  TBA

Papers:
"The Possibility of the Arab Banks and Their Abilities to Deal with Derivatives"
   Mohamed A. Dabbagh,  Union College
"Pushing the Law of One Price a Bit Further: A Threshold-Cointegration Analysis of U.S. - Canadian Commodity Prices"
   Edward Flaherty,  University of Charleston
"An Empirical Investigation of the Joint Efficiency of the U.S. Stock and Foreign Exchange Markets Utilizing Cointegration and Common Feature Tests"
   Michael E. Parker,  Northeast Louisiana University
   Tammy A. Rapp,  Northeast Louisiana University
Discussants:
   Andrew L.H. Parkes,  East Central University
   Flavio Vilela Vieira,  University of New Hampshire

Tuesday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA		 Session  185N
Job Transitions and Education
Chair:  Stephanie Zobay,  Georgia State University

Papers:
"Wages and the Exit Decision for Workers in the Textile and Apparel Industries"
   Edward J. Schumacher,  East Carolina University
"Is Job Stability Declining in Germany? Evidence from Count Data Models"
   Rainer Winkelmann,  University of Canterbury - New Zealand
   Klaus F. Zimmermann,  University of Munich
"Competing Explanations for Inter-Industry Wage Variation"
   Rob Olsen,  Cornell University
"Is Bigger Better? Economies of Scale and Scope in Higher Education"
   Robert K. Toutkoushian,  University of New Hampshire
Discussants:
   Phanindra V. Wunnava,  Middlebury College
   David B. Yerger,  Lycoming College

Tuesday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA		 Session  187N
Industry Studies
Chair:  Richard V. Butler,  Trinity University

Papers:
"The Role of Credit Unions in Promoting Local Financial Market Competition"
   Robert M. Feinberg,  American University
"Alternative Regulation and the Efficiency of Local Exchange Carriers - Evidence from Ameritech States"
   Trevor R. Roycroft,  Ohio University
"Competition Between Airline Hubs: Unstable Equilibria and Monopoly Power"
   Richard V. Butler,  Trinity University
   John H. Huston,  Trinity University
"Planes, Trains, Railes, and Wires?: Short-haul versus Long-haul Rate Changes in Intrastate Telecommunications"
   Christopher C. Klein,  Tennessee Regulatory Authority
   Reuben Kyle,  Middle Tennessee State University
Discussants:
   Scott M. Dennis,  Association of American Railroads
   Robert T. Sienkiewicz,  National Institute of Standards and Technology

Tuesday
10:30am-12:15pm
SDAE VI		 Session  190N
Roundtable on Monetary Equilibrium
Chair:  William Butos,  Trinity College

Main Presenter:
   Leland Yeager,  Auburn University
Panelists:
   Richard Ebeling,  Hillsdale College
   Steven Horwitz,  St. Lawrence University
   Thomas McQuade,  Trinity College
   Joseph Salerno,  Pace University

Tuesday
10:30am-12:15pm
SEA		 Session  191N
Public Economics II
Chair:  Charles E. Scott,  Loyola College - Maryland

Papers:
"Strategic Behavior and Ricardian Equivalence in a Dynamic Environment"
   Robert Rebelein,  U.S. Department of the Treasury
"Budget Regimes and Internal Governance as Incentive Constraints: The Time-inconsistency of Fiscal Policy"
   William Stewart Mounts, Jr.,  Mercer University
   Clifford Sowell,  Berea College
"The Economic Impact of Alternative Tax Policies in the Airline Market: An Empirical Analysis of Product Differentiation"
   Monica E. Hartmann,  University of Virginia
"Estimating the Price Elasticity of Charitable Contributions: An Examination of Non-itemizer Behavior"
   David H. Eaton,  Murray State University
Discussants:
   Robert Rebelein,  U.S. Department of the Treasury
   Russell S. Sobel,  West Virginia University

 

Tuesday  12:30-2:15pm

Session 197P*:The Economics of Teen Pregnancy and Welfare Reform
Session 198P:Research and Development
Session 199P:Energy
Session 200P:Urban Sprawl
Session 201P:International Capital Flows
Session 202P:Wealth
Session 203P:Health and the Labor Market
Session 204P*:Issues in Indirect Taxation
Session 205P*:Issues in State and Local Public Finance
Session 206P:Family Economics
Session 207P:Teaching Economics
Session 213P:Austrian Economics and Religion
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Tuesday
12:30-2:15pm
SEA*		 Session  197P*
The Economics of Teen Pregnancy and Welfare Reform
Chair:  Donna K. Ginther,  Washington University

Papers:
"Economic Opportunities and Young Women's Pre-marital Childbearing"
   David C. Ribar,  George Washington University
"Bounding the Effect of Teen Pregnancy on Cognitive Development"
   John Pepper,  University of Virginia
"Reassessing the Casual-effects of Early Childbearing on Child Quality: Teenagers Should Be Having Children"
   Charles Mullin,  Vanderbilt University
Discussants:
   Marianne Bitler,  Federal Trade Commission
   Madeline Zavodny,  Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Tuesday
12:30-2:15pm
SEA		 Session  198P
Research and Development
Chair:  John C. Larson,  Loyola College - Maryland

Papers:
"The Diminishing Role of Learning in DRAM Markets"
   Lonnie E. Brist,  University of Alabama
"Market Structure, Publicly, and Privately Financed R&D Spending - Empirical Evidence for Denmark"
   Mogens Dilling-Hansen,  Aarhus School of Business - Denmark
   Tor Eriksson,  Aarhus School of Business - Denmark
   Erik Strojer Madsen,  Aarhus School of Business - Denmark
   Valdemar Smith,  Aarhus School of Business - Denmark
"High-Tech R&D Subsidies: Do Federal Funds Displace Private Investment?"
   Kevin F. Forbes,  Catholic University of America
   Robert T. Sienkiewicz,  National Institute of Standards and Technology
"Multi-market Contact and Inter-firm Cooperation in R&D"
   Nicholas S. Vonortas,  George Washington University
Discussants:
   Mingtao Chen,  University of Ottawa
   Frank A. Scott, Jr.,  University of Kentucky

Tuesday
12:30-2:15pm
SEA		 Session  199P
Energy
Chair:  Janusz R. Mrozek,  Georgia Institute of Technology

Papers:
"Nuclear and Fossil Fuel Scale Economies in the U.S. Electric Utility Industry"
   Russell Rhine,  West Virginia University
"Primary and Final Energy Consumption in European Countries"
   Jan Bentzen,  Aarhus School of Business - Denmark
"The Issues of Public Interest Determination in the Restructuring of the Electric Utility Industry"
   Farhad Niami,  Louisiana Public Service Commission
   Matthew Troxle,  Louisiana Public Service Commission
"The Demand for Electricity Given the Advent of Electric Vehicles"
   Ron Thompson,  State University of New York - Binghamton
"Consumer Self-Generation and Monopoly Limit-Pricing Under Timing Uncertainty of Deregulation in the Electricity Market"
   Chien-Ping Chen,  University of Houston
Discussants:
   Philip T. Powell,  Indiana University
   Ellen Szarleta,  Indiana University - Northwest

Tuesday
12:30-2:15pm
SEA		 Session  200P
Urban Sprawl
Chair:  Martin Williams,  Northern Illinois University

Papers:
"The Causes of Residential Suburbanization in U.S. Metropolitan Areas"
   L.F. Jameson Boex,  Georgia State University
"Growth and Decline in the Mountain Empire: Comparing Rural and Urban Growth Patterns"
   Linda Harris Dobkins,  Emory & Henry College
"Coordination and Bifurcation in Growing Spatial Economies"
   J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.,  James Madison University
"Marketable Development Rights and Zoning in an Urban-Fringe Jurisdiction: A Simulation"
   Paul Thorsnes,  Grand Valley State University
Discussants:
   Richard Fowles,  University of Utah
   William Levernier,  Georgia Southern University

Tuesday
12:30-2:15pm
SEA		 Session  201P
International Capital Flows
Chair:  A. Edward Day,  University of Central Florida

Papers:
"Causes of Capital Flows in Developing Countries"
   Yoonbai Kim,  University of Kentucky
"Can Non-traded Goods Solve the Co-movement Problem?"
   Ken H. McIntyre,  University of Virginia
"National Savings and International Capital Flows: A Reexamination of the Feldstein-Horioka Approach Within a Macroeconomic System"
   Martin B. Schmidt,  Portland State University
Discussants:
   Michael J. Ferrantino,  U.S. International Trade Commission
   Allen K. Lynch,  Mesquite, TX

Tuesday
12:30-2:15pm
SEA		 Session  202P
Wealth
Chair:  Frank G. Steindl,  Oklahoma State University

Papers:
"Do Consumers Have Different MPCs from Different Categories of Wealth"
   Fred C. Graham,  American University
   Daniel Himarios,  University of Texas - Arlington
"Permanent and Transitory Components of Consumer Credit and Wealth"
   David Y. Chen,  North Carolina A&T State University
"Stock Market and Economic Development in Saudi Arabia"
   Abdullah H. Albatel,  King Saud University
"Regional Housing Markets, Aggregation, and Monetary Policy"
   Michael Fratantoni,  Fannie Mae
   Scott Schuh,  Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Discussants:
   Michael R. Dowd,  University of Toledo
   Theodore Palivos,  Louisiana State University

Tuesday
12:30-2:15pm
SEA		 Session  203P
Health and the Labor Market
Chair:  Gabriel Picone,  University of South Florida

Papers:
"The Earnings and Employment of Nursing Personnel: Evidence from the 1990s"
   Edward J. Schumacher,  East Carolina University
   Ben S. Shippen, Jr.,  Mercer University
"Differences in Medical Treatment: Insurance Coverage or Hospital and Physician?"
   Leo Turcotte,  State University of New York - Binghamton
"Municipal Workers' Compensation Costs: Establishing a Benchmark"
   Pamela Peele,  University of Pittsburgh
"The Effects of Religious Affiliation and Health on Labor Market Outcomes"
   D. Patrick Redmon,  Northern Illinois University
Discussants:
   Mary E. Deily,  Lehigh University
   Kevin D. Frick,  Johns Hopkins University

Tuesday
12:30-2:15pm
SEA*		 Session  204P*
Issues in Indirect Taxation
Chair:  Roy Bahl,  Georgia State University

Papers:
"Discriminatory Taxation of Carbonated Beverages: The Case of Ireland"
   Roy Bahl,  Georgia State University
   Mary Beth Walker,  Georgia State University
"Manufacturing Equipment Exemptions from the Sales Tax: Small Splashes in the Big Pond"
   Richard Hawkins,  University of West Florida
"Taxation in a Deregulated Telecommunications Industry"
   Fitzroy Lee,  U.S. Department of Agriculture
Discussants:   TBA

Tuesday
12:30-2:15pm
SEA*		 Session  205P*
Issues in State and Local Public Finance
Chair:  Kathy J. Hayes,  Southern Methodist University

Papers:
"Factor Ownership and Government Strategic Interactions"
   Kangoh Lee,  Towson University
"Endogenous Institutions: Decentralized vs Centralized Liquor Control"
   Koleman Strumpf,  University of North Carolina
"The Opportunity Cost of a High Bond Rating"
   Dennis Coates,  University of Maryland - Baltimore
   Roy T. Meyers,  University of Maryland
Discussants:
   David Figlio,  University of Florida
   Jorge Ibarra-Salazar,  Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
   Eugenia F. Toma,  University of Kentucky

Tuesday
12:30-2:15pm
SEA		 Session  206P
Family Economics
Chair:  Robert K. Toutkoushian,  University of New Hampshire

Papers:
"Sex-Biased Parental Investment and the Trivers-Willard Hypothesis: Links Between Maternal Condition, Gender of First Born, Marriage, and Child Welfare"
   David S. Loughran,  University of Maryland
"A Comparison of Rural and Urban Labor Market Responses to Child Care Policies for Low Income Single Mothers"
   Peter A. Groothuis,  Westminster College
"Beliefs and Actions: Expectations and Savings Decisions by Older Americans"
   Harold W. Elder,  University of Alabama
   Patricia M. Rudolph,  University of Alabama
Discussants:
   Manuel Armenta,  Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
   Brian S. Levine,  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
   Karen Tinsley,  University of Georgia

Tuesday
12:30-2:15pm
SEA		 Session  207P
Teaching Economics
Chair:  Elizabeth L. Rankin,  Centenary College

Papers:
"Introducing Research Across the Undergraduate Curriculum"
   Edward J. Bierhanzl,  Florida A&M University
"Determining the Attributes of Effective Economics Instructors: An Analysis of Student Evaluation of Instructor Data"
   L.F. Jameson Boex,  Georgia State University
Discussants:
   Diane F. Primont,  Southeast Missouri State University
   Jeffrey G. Woods,  Concord College

Tuesday
12:30-2:15pm
SDAE VII		 Session  213P
Austrian Economics and Religion
Chair:  James Sadowsky,  Fordham University

Papers:
"TBA"
   Fr. Robert Sirico,  Acton Institute
"TBA"
   Leonard Liggio,  George Mason University
"TBA"
   Alejandro Chafuen,  Atlas Economic Research Foundation
Discussants:
   Charles W. Baird,  California State University
   James Sadowsky,  Fordham University