Sunday 2:15 - 4:00 p.m. * |
Session 135K* Baseball Economics |
Organizers: |
Robert D. Tollison, BB&T Senior Fellow, Clemson University |
Session Chairs: |
Robert D. Tollison, BB&T Senior Fellow, Clemson University |
Papers: |
"Do Batters and Pitchers Shirk?" "Exit Discrimination in Baseball" "Managerial Efficiency, Revisited" "Stadium Alcohol Availability and Minor League Baseball Attendance" |
Discussants: |
Robert D. Tollison, BB&T Senior Fellow, Clemson University |
Monday 8:00 - 9:45 a.m. |
Session 176N Nonmarket Valuation |
Organizers: |
Craig E. Landry, East Carolina University |
Session Chairs: |
Craig E. Landry, East Carolina University |
Papers: |
"Amenity Valuation: A Disequilibrium Approach" "An Equilibrium Model for Evaluating the Distributional Welfare Impacts of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments in the Los Angeles Area" "Beach Site Selection and Expected Congestion" "The Provision Point Mechanism and Protest No Responses" |
Discussants: |
Constant I. Tra, University of Maryland |
Monday 2:15 - 4:00 p.m. |
Session 217R Stated Preference Methods |
Organizers: |
John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University |
Session Chairs: |
Glenn C. Blomquist, Carl F. Pollard Professor of Health Economics, University of Kentucky |
Papers: |
"The Economic Benefits of a Reduction in Contaminated Sediments in Lake Michigan: An Application of Bootstrap Methodology" "A Benefit Cost Analysis of a Red Drum Stocking Program" "A Semi-Parametric Estimator for Observed and Contingent Behavior Data: An Application to Recretional Beach Visitation" |
Discussants: |
Raymond J. Rhodes, College of Charleston |