2008 Sessions for Bulent Unel

 
Friday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 7B*
Human Capital, Productivity, and Technology

Organizers:

Jenny Minier, University of Kentucky
Areendam Chanda, Louisiana State University

Session Chairs:

Peter Rangazas, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Papers:

"Job Creation, Job Destruction, and External Financial Dependence: Theory and Evidence from the US"
Michal Jerzmanowski, Clemson University (Contact Author)
Malhar Nabar, Wellesley College

"Analyzing Skilled and Unskilled Labor Efficiencies in US"
Bulent Unel, Louisiana State University (Contact Author)

"Government Education Expenditures in Early and Late Childhood"
William Blankenau, Kansas State University (Contact Author)
Casey Abington, Kansas State University

"Reforms, Distance to Frontier, and Growth"
Chris Papageorgiou, International Monetary Fund (Contact Author)
Massimiliano Onorato, Universite Bocconi
Alessandro Prati, International Monetary Fund

Discussants:

Areendam Chanda, Louisiana State University
David Cuberes, Clemson University
Carl-Johan Dalgaard, University of Copenhagen
Peter Rangazas, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis


 
Friday
3:00 - 4:45 p.m.
SEA*
Session 7D*
Technology Adoption and Industrial Structure

Organizers:

Jenny Minier, University of Kentucky
Areendam Chanda, Louisiana State University

Session Chairs:

Jenny Minier, University of Kentucky

Papers:

"Learning Abroad and Technology Adoption"
Chris Papageorgiou, International Monetary Fund (Contact Author)
Antonio Spilimbergo, International Monetary Fund

"Trade Liberalization and Firm-Level Productivity"
Jenny Minier, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)
Josh Ederington, University of Kentucky
Kenneth R. Troske, University of Kentucky
Phillip McCalman, University of California, Santa Cruz

"Digital Information, the Internet, and Corruption: Evidence from American States and Across Countries"
Carl-Johan Dalgaard, University of Copenhagen (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Lei Fang, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Bulent Unel, Louisiana State University
Dietrich Vollrath, University of Houston


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