Organizers:

Brent Kreider, Iowa State University

Session Chairs:

Brent Kreider, Iowa State University

Papers:

"Threshold Crossing Models and Bounds on Treatment Effects: A Nonparametric Analysis"
Edward J. Vytlacil, Columbia University
Azeem Shaikh, Stanford University

"Identification of Binary Outcome Distributions With Multiplicative Contamination"
John V. Pepper, University of Virginia
Brent Kreider, Iowa State University

"Minimum Distance Estimation of Randomly Censored Regression Models With Endogeneity"
Shakeeb Khan, Duke University
Ellie Tamer, Northwestern University

"Partially Identifying Treatment Effects With An Application to Covering the Uninsured"
Brent Kreider, Iowa State University
Steven C. Hill, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Discussants:

Han Hong, Duke University
Julian Cristia, Congressional Budget Office
Christopher R. Bollinger, University of Kentucky
Philip J. Cross, Georgetown University

Organizers:

Christopher R. Bollinger, University of Kentucky

Session Chairs:

Christopher R. Bollinger, University of Kentucky

Papers:

"Extreme Bounds Analysis and Measurement Error: Reconciling Two Literatures"
Christopher R. Bollinger, University of Kentucky
Jenny Minier, University of Kentucky

"Take a Penny, Leave a Penny: The Propensity to Round Earnings in Survey Data"
Jonathan A. Schwabish, Congressional Budget Office (Contact Author)
Julian Cristia, Congressional Budget Office

"Semiparametric Efficiency in GMM Models With Nonclassical Measurement Errors"
Han Hong, Duke University (Contact Author)

"Identification and Estimation of Nonclassical Nonlinear Errors-In-Variables Models With Continuous Distributions"
Yingyao Hu, University of Texas - Austin (Contact Author)

Discussants:

John V. Pepper, University of Virginia
Edward J. Vytlacil, Columbia University
Philip J. Cross, Georgetown University
Shakeeb Khan, Duke University

Organizers:

Gary M. Fournier, Florida State University

Session Chairs:

Gary M. Fournier, Florida State University

Papers:

"Wage Determination in the U.S. Airline Industry: The Role of Unions and Product Market Competition"
Barry Hirsch, E.M. Stevens Distinguished Professor, Trinity University (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Low Cost Carriers on Airfares: Insights From a Spatial Econometrics Approach"
Bogdan Daraban, Florida State University
Gary M. Fournier, Florida State University

"The Role of Regional Airlines in the U.S. Airline Industry"
Silke Januszewski Forbes, University Of California - San Diego
Mara Lederman, University of Toronto

"Frequent Flier Program Partnerships, Substitutability, and Airlines' Profit"
Volodymyr Bilotkach, University of California - Irvine (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Nicholas G. Rupp, East Carolina University
Bogdan Daraban, Florida State University
Yunwei Gai, Florida State University
Christopher R. Bollinger, University of Kentucky

Organizers:

Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Georgia State University

Session Chairs:

Gerald S. Oettinger, University of Texas - Austin

Papers:

"A Cohort-Based Model of the Labor Force Participation Rate"
Bruce Fallick, Federal Reserve Board
Jonathan F. Pingle, Federal Reserve Board

"Family Labor Supply and Economic Downturns: Does Consumption Smoothing Explain the Lessened Severity of Recessions?"
Donna K. Ginther, University of Kansas
M. Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

"Asymmetrical Labor Force Participation Decisions Over the Business Cycle"
Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Georgia State University
John C. Robertson, Vice President and Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Discussants:

Mark Schweitzer, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Christopher R. Bollinger, University of Kentucky
Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics