2008 Sessions for Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere

 
Saturday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
CSWEP
Session 8G
Behavior

Organizers:

Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Session Chairs:

Susan L. Averett, Lafayette College

Papers:

"Child Support Policies and Information about Fathers on Birth Certificates"
H. Elizabeth Peters, Cornell University
Asia Sikora, Cornell University (Contact Author)
Kara Joyner, Bowling Green State University

"The Racial Saving Gap Enigma: Unraveling the Role of Institutions"
Willie Belton, Georgia Institute of Technology
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Georgia Institute of Technology

"Ethnic Persistence, Assimilation and Risk Proclivity"
Holger Bonin, ZEW (Centre for European Economic Research)
Amelie Constant, DIW DC (Contact Author)
Konstantinos Tatsiramos, IZA (Institute for the Study of Labor)
Klaus F. Zimmermann, Bonn University

"Information, Advertising, and Consumer Choice: An Application to the Ready-to-Eat Cereal Market"
Yan Chen, University of Maryland (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Daniel I. Rees, University of Colorado Denver
Lina Walker, Brookings Institution and Georgetown University
Pia M. Orrenius, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Debra Holt, Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics


 
Saturday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
CSWEP
Session 8H
Issues in Economic Development

Organizers:

Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Session Chairs:

Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Georgia Institute of Technology

Papers:

"Determinants of Outward Direct Investment from Developing Countries: A Firm-Level Study of China"
Yi Song, George Washington University (Contact Author)

"Electrification and the Household"
Louise Grogan, University of Guelph
Asha Sadanand, University of Guelph

"Are Women from Low-Income Urban Households More Likely to be Credit Constrained? Evidence from the Philippines"
Hazel Jean Malapit, American University (Contact Author)

"Foreign Aid and the Real Exchange Rate - A Theoretical Model"
Sharri C. Byron, University of Georgia (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Catherine S. Norman, Johns Hopkins University
Katherine Terrell, University of Michigan
Xavier Gine, The World Bank
Jonathan Munemo, The World Bank


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