Tuesday 4:00 - 5:45 p.m. SEA |
Session 10L The Economics of Higher Education |
Session Chairs: |
Bradley Curs, University of Missouri-Columbia |
Papers: |
"Teaching-Learning Process and Personality Type in the Business Classroom" "Does Participation in Campus Recreation and Intramural Activities Improve GPA Production Among College Students?" "Where the Doctorates Are: Doctorate Production in the Social Sciences and Humanities 1966 – 2005" "Is There Value Added from Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Social Sciences?" |
Discussants: |
Omari H. Swinton, Howard University |
Wednesday 8:00 - 9:45 a.m. SEA |
Session 13N The Economics of Hospitals and Health Care Institutios |
Session Chairs: |
Godfrey A. Gibbison, Georgia Southern University |
Papers: |
"What Happened to Patient Trust? The Changing Face of Medicine and the Impact on Quality" "Private versus Public Hospitals: A Comparison of Quality of Care" "The Impact of Hospital Closures on Racial Differences in Health" "To What Extent Does the Entry of an Ambulatory Surgical Center Affect Hospital Surgical Output and Hospital Profit?" |
Discussants: |
Donald Nichols, Washington University |
Wednesday 10:00 - 11:45 a.m. SEA |
Session 5P Demographic Economics I |
Session Chairs: |
Godfrey A. Gibbison, Georgia Southern University |
Papers: |
"Demographic Transition in Sub-Saharan African Countries with Consideration to Health and Poverty" "Schumpeterian Labor Economics: The Labor Pains (and Labor Gains) from Creative Destruction" "Testing Rational Expectations in a Fertility Setting" "Time or Money: A COPPS Investigation into Charitable Donations" |
Discussants: |
Sara E. Helms, University of Alabama at Birmingham |