2007 Sessions for Sarah M. Simmons

 
Tuesday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 13G
Topics in Applied Microeconomics: A Structural Approach

Organizers:

Beth A. Freeborn, College of William and Mary

Session Chairs:

Beth A. Freeborn, College of William and Mary

Papers:

"Learning Demand: An Empirical Model of Retail Product Selection"
Eric Fesselmeyer, University of Virginia (Contact Author)

"A Structural Model of Obstetrician Behavior: Agency, Malpractice, Financial Incentives, and Cesarean Sections"
Adam Hyde, University of Virginia (Contact Author)

"The Causes and Welfare Consequences of Predation: A Dynamic Equilibrium Model of the Airline Industry"
Jonathan Williams, University of Virginia (Contact Author)

"A Bad Peace Is Better Than a Good War: A Structural Model of Marital Disagreements"
Oleksandr Zhylyevskyy, University of Virginia (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Beth A. Freeborn, College of William and Mary
Loren K. Smith, Federal Trade Commission
Sarah M. Simmons, Rhodes College


 
Tuesday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 9H*
Economics of Education

Organizers:

Joshua C. Hall, Beloit College

Session Chairs:

Joshua C. Hall, Beloit College

Papers:

"Fiscal Competition and Tax Instrument Choice: A Spatial Approach"
Joshua C. Hall, Beloit College (Contact Author)
Discussant: Todd M. Nesbit, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College

"Models of Teachers' Incentives under Different Institutional Rules"
Justin M. Ross, West Virginia University (Contact Author)
Discussant: Sarah M. Simmons, Rhodes College

"Is September Really Better than January? The Long-Run Effect of School Starting Age on Earnings"
Kelly Bedard, University of California - Santa Barbara
Elizabeth Dhuey, University of Toronto (Contact Author)
Discussant: Sarah M. Simmons, Rhodes College

"Education as a Constraint in Democracies"
Stephen C. Miller, Western Carolina University (Contact Author)
Discussant: Todd M. Nesbit, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College


 
Tuesday
4:00 - 5:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 19L
Incentives in Labor and Pension Markets

Session Chairs:

Sarah M. Simmons, Rhodes College

Papers:

"Measuring the Sorting and Incentive Effects of Tournament Prizes"
Nicolae Adrian Stoian, University of Arizona (Contact Author)
Tim Davies, University of Arizona

"Nepotism, Incentives and Academic Success of College Students"
Deniz Gevrek, University of Texas at Austin (Contact Author)

"Testing Leibenstein's Pension Motive Hypothesis"
Kanybek D Nur-tegin, Florida Atlantic University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Kanybek D Nur-tegin, Florida Atlantic University
Deniz Gevrek, University of Texas at Austin


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