2008 Sessions for Lei Fang

 
Friday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
SEA*
Session 7C*
Multi-Sector General Equilibrium Models

Organizers:

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

Session Chairs:

Nils-Petter Lagerlof, York University

Papers:

"Economic Recovery from Natural Disasters: A Dynamic General Equilibrium Approach"
Areendam Chanda, Louisiana State University (Contact Author)

"Reconciling Kuznets and Habbakuk in a Unified Growth Theory"
Peter Rangazas, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (Contact Author)
Alex Mourmouras, International Monetary Fund

"Entry Barriers, Competition, and Technology Adoption"
Lei Fang, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Contact Author)

"Appropriate Medical Inventions"
Shankha Chakraborty, University of Oregon (Contact Author)
Anna-Maria Aksan, University of Oregon

Discussants:

Santanu Chatterjee, University of Georgia
Michal Jerzmanowski, Clemson University
Nils-Petter Lagerlof, York University
Malhar Nabar, Wellesley College


 
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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