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" "A Structural Model of Obstetrician Behavior: Agency, Malpractice, Financial Incentives, and Cesarean Sections" "The Causes and Welfare Consequences of Predation: A Dynamic Equilibrium Model of the Airline Industry" "A Bad Peace Is Better Than a Good War: A Structural Model of Marital Disagreements" |
Discussants: |
Beth A. Freeborn, College of William and Mary |
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" "Models of Teachers' Incentives under Different Institutional Rules" "Is September Really Better than January? The Long-Run Effect of School Starting Age on Earnings" "Education as a Constraint in Democracies" |
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" "Nepotism, Incentives and Academic Success of College Students" "Testing Leibenstein's Pension Motive Hypothesis" |
Discussants: |
Kanybek D Nur-tegin, Florida Atlantic University |