Introduction:

Barry Hirsch, E.M. Stevens Distinguished Professor, Trinity University
President-Elect, Southern Economic Association

Speaker:

Edward Lazear, Stanford University

Topic:

Leadership

Introduction:

Barry Hirsch, E.M. Stevens Distinguished Professor, Trinity University
President-Elect, Southern Economic Association

Speaker:

Edward Glaeser, Harvard University

Topic:

Cities, Productivity, and Housing

Introduction:

Barry Hirsch, E.M. Stevens Distinguished Professor, Trinity University
President-Elect, Southern Economic Association

Speaker:

Catherine C. Eckel, University of Texas - Dallas
President, Southern Economic Association

Topic:

TBA

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

Introduction:

Barry Hirsch, E.M. Stevens Distinguished Professor, Trinity University
President-Elect, Southern Economic Association

Speaker:

Jeffrey MacKie-Mason, University of Michigan

Topic:

Getting the Good Stuff In, Keeping the Bad Stuff Out: Incentives and the Web

Organizers:

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

Session Chairs:

Barry Hirsch, E.M. Stevens Distinguished Professor, Trinity University

Papers:

"The Role of Labor Market Intermittency in Explaining Gender Wage Differentials"
Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Georgia State University
M. Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

"Is There a 'Marriage Premium' for Gay Men?"
Madeline Zavodny, Agnes Scott College (Contact Author)

"Is a Walk Down the Aisle Worth It? Cohabitation and Marriage Wage Premia and Penalties"
Susan L. Averett, Lafayette College
Laura M. Argys, University of Colorado - Denver
Joanna Sikora, Cornell University (Contact Author)

"Are Union Wage Differentials in the United States Falling?"
McKinley L. Blackburn, University of South Carolina (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Angela K. Dills, Clemson University
Lisa K. Jepsen, University of Northern Iowa
Joni Hersch, Vanderbilt University
Joseph Tracy, Federal Reserve Bank of New York