2008 Sessions for Luisa Rocio Blanco Raynal

 
Friday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
SEA*/CSMGEP
Session 10C*
Topics in Savings, Growth, and Other Socioeconomic Outcomes

Session Chairs:

Sue K. Stockly, Eastern New Mexico University

Papers:

"Hate Crimes and State Labor Market Conditions in the Early 2000s"
Marie T. Mora, The University of Texas-Pan American (Contact Author)
Mark Hugo Lopez, Pew Hispanic Center

"Savings Incentives and Prices: A Study of the 529 College Savings Plan Market"
Vicki Bogan, Cornell University (Contact Author)

"An Instrumental Variable Analysis of the Impact of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Low- and Middle-Income Countries"
Juan J. DelaCruz, Lehman College - CUNY (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Luisa Rocio Blanco Raynal, Pepperdine University
Carlos Vargas-Silva, Sam Houston State University
Isabel Ruiz, Sam Houston State University


 
Saturday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 6G
Different Perspectives on Relative Price Changes: Remittances and Economic Conditions

Organizers:

Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Carlos Vargas-Silva, Sam Houston State University

Papers:

"Remittances and Relative Prices"
Carlos Vargas-Silva, Sam Houston State University (Contact Author)
Hiranya K. Nath, Sam Houston State University

"Price Differences Across Colombian Cities: Gravity or the Guerillas?"
Isabel Ruiz, Sam Houston State University (Contact Author)
Hiranya K. Nath, Sam Houston State University

"Remittances and Segmented Markets"
Christopher P. Ball, Quinnipiac University (Contact Author)
Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas

Discussants:

Jingping Gu, Texas A&M University
Rossitza B. Wooster, Portland State University
Luisa Rocio Blanco Raynal, Pepperdine University


 
Saturday
2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 6J
Foreign Direct Investment and Outsourcing Dynamics, Determinants and Effects

Organizers:

Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Rossitza B. Wooster, Portland State University

Papers:

"The Political Debate on Outsourcing and the Market Reaction to Layoffs"
Rossitza B. Wooster, Portland State University (Contact Author)
Donna L. Paul, Washington State University

"Competition Between Tax Havens: Does Geographic Distribution Matter?"
Luisa Rocio Blanco Raynal, Pepperdine University (Contact Author)
Cynthia Rogers, University of Oklahoma

Discussants:

Isabel Ruiz, Sam Houston State University
Martha Cruz Zuniga, Catholic University of America
Alina Carare, International Monetary Fund


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