Saturday 1:15 - 3:00 p.m. |
Session 42C The Healthcare Industry |
Session Chairs: |
Adam D. Rennhoff, Drexel University |
Papers: |
"The Impact of Health Care Costs on Firm Entry and Exit Decisions" "Incorporating Health Care Quality Within Health Antitrust Law" "The Optimal Allocation of Inpatient and Outpatient Services" "The Research Grant and Faculty Productivity Nexus: Heterogeneity Among Dissimilar Institutions" |
Discussants: |
David N. van der Goes, Lehigh University |
Sunday 10:00 - 11:45 a.m. |
Session 117H Buyer Power |
Organizers: |
David E. Mills, University of Virginia |
Session Chairs: |
David E. Mills, University of Virginia |
Papers: |
"Do Buyer-Size Discounts Depend on the Curvature of the Surplus Function? Experimental Tests of Bargaining Models" "Super Market Buyer Power in Action" "Antitrust Standards for Monopolizating Behavior" |
Discussants: |
Douglas D. Davis, Virginia Commonwealth University |
Monday 8:00 - 9:45 a.m. |
Session 178N Regulation and Regulated Industries |
Session Chairs: |
John W. Mayo, Georgetown University |
Papers: |
"Understanding Regulatory Discretion: Evidence From the FDA" "Estimating the Effects of a la Carte Pricing: The Case of Cable Television" "Fundamental Drivers of Electricity Prices in the Pacific Northwest" "Modeling the Economic Impacts of Sectorally Differentiated Supply Availabilities of Electricity - A CGE Analysis of Lifeline Losses Following a Potential Earthquake in Memphis, Tennessee" |
Discussants: |
Tracy L. Regan, University of Miami |
Tuesday 10:00 - 11:45 a.m. |
Session 244U Conflict, Violence, Crime, and Corruption |
Session Chairs: |
D. Randall Jenkins, Independent Scholar |
Papers: |
"Ordered Conflict Resolution" "Underground Economies in the U.S. at the State Level" "The Rational Choice of Violence: A Model of Ethnic Hatred" "Corruption, Bureaucratic Centralization, and the Shadow Economy" |
Discussants: |
Adam D. Rennhoff, Drexel University |