Southern Economic Association's
Sixty-Eighth Annual Conference
November 8 -10, 1998
Omni Inner Harbor Hotel
Baltimore, Maryland

Program Sessions

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
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

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Sunday  10:30am-12:15pm

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  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   3:30

Session 68D*:DISTINGUISHED GUEST LECTURER

Sunday   4:30

Session 69D*:Georgescu-Rogen Prize in Economics

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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  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

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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

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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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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  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  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