2009 Sessions for the Southern Economic Association

Session 07A Determinants and Effects of Foreign Direct Investment: Firms' Objectives and Country Characteristics
Session 10A Fertility Issues
Session 23A Monetary Policy and the Global Economy
Session 22A* Political Economy I: Leadership Change and War
Session 08A Business Cycles
Session 14A Prices
Session 09A Shock and Trade
Session 11A Oligopoly Models and Empirical Evidence
Session 04A Economic Growth
Session 13A* Innovations in Teaching I
Session 21A International Financial Markets and Stock Markets
Session 15A* Human Capital: Institutions, Traits, Quality, and Skills
Session 06A* Markets, Politics, and Macro-Level Coordination I
Session 03A* Econometrics: Partial Identification Models
Session 22B* Political Economy II: Unofficial Economy and Development
Session 08B Household Behavior
Session 14B Pay and Pensions
Session 11B Firm Organization and Market Structure
Session 03B* Measurement Error Models and Applications
Session 21B Public Goods: Local, State, and International
Session 07B Determinants for the Dynamics of Prices and Other Economic Variables: Forecasts and Imperfect Information
Session 04B Cultural Economics
Session 13B* Innovations in Teaching II
Session 10B* Topics in Macroeconomic Policy
Session 01B Energy and Environmental Performance of U.S. Industries
Session 06B* Markets, Politics, and Macro-Level Coordination II
Session 23B Exchange Rates
Session 09B Education and Employment Outcomes
Session 12B* Race, Politics and Public Finance
Session 15C* Health and Human Capital Across States and Nations
Session 17C Financial Markets
Session 22C Job Search and Employment Satisfaction
Session 13C* Innovations in Teaching III
Session 03C Economic Issues in the Equine Industry
Session 14C Topics in Urban Economics
Session 06C* Monetary Theory
Session 23C Importance of Information
Session 04C What's Good for the Economy?
Session 12C Political Economy and Bureaucratic Behavior
Session 09C Growth and Volatility
Session 07C Effects of Market Strategies and Regulations on Market Behavior
Session 08C Issues in Developing Economies
Session 10C Panel Data, IV, and GMM
Session 11D Renewable Resources and Conservation
Session 21D* Topics on Tax Policies and Public Goods
Session 15D* Demographic and Financial Determinants of Health Status
Session 06D Real-Time Forecasting and Policy Analysis
Session 04D* Better Living Through Economics
Session 10D Health Care Mandates and Drug Policies
Session 16D Law and Economics I
Session 08D Monetary Policy
Session 14D* Local Impacts of Combating Global Warming
Session 13D Decision Making
Session 23D The Economics of Education and Learning
Session 22D* Applied Microeconomics: Binge Drinking, Child Abuse and Corn for Fuel
Session 07D Propagation, Contagion, and Transmission of Shocks: Financial Markets, Macroeconomic, and International Monetary Policy Shocks
Session 03D Starting Point Economics: A Source for Pedagogical Resources
Session 09D* Macroeconomic Political Economy
Session 03F* Applied Political Economy
Session 18F Topics in Public Economics
Session 09F Health and the Economy
Session 10F Discrimination and Affirmative Action
Session 21F* Public Economics
Session 15F Exchange Rates
Session 17F* Industrial Organization Experiments: Collusion and Market Power
Session 11F Foreign Direct Investment
Session 13F* Sportometrics
Session 14F Policy and Vulnerability
Session 22F Economics of Education
Session 07F Remittances, Immigration, and Portfolio Choices
Session 16F Government Expenditures and Provision
Session 12F Topics in Industrial Organization I
Session 23F Topics in Economic Development
Session 01F* Recent Federal Reserve Policy: An Evaluation
Session 08F Government Structure and Choices
Session 19F At Risk Youths
Session 04F Antitrust Issues
Session 11G* Financial Crises in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Session 18G Transitions to Adult Roles
Session 14G* Antitrust and Sports
Session 04G* Issues in Economics of Immigration, Gender Gaps, and Housing Markets
Session 17G Decisions and Choices
Session 19G Issues in Gender Inequity
Session 16G Issues in Banking
Session 22G Efficiency and Collective Bargaining in Public School Provision
Session 07G Remittances and FDI Flows: Macroeconomic Causes and Consequences
Session 03G* Teacher Pay, Principals, and Schooling
Session 23G Development I
Session 15G Depository Institutions and Financial Markets
Session 08G Economic Behavior
Session 12G Topics in Industrial Organization II
Session 13G Asset Pricing Under Imperfect Markets
Session 21G* Issues in Public Sector Economics
Session 01G* Research on Economic Freedom
Session 10G Issues in Poverty
Session 21H* Law and Economics 1
Session 22H* Undocumented Immigration
Session 15H* From Risky to Downright Criminal Behavior, This Session Has It All
Session 16H Information and Innovation in International Trade
Session 12H Industrial Organization and the Environment
Session 13H International Issues
Session 07H Market Structure, Firm Size, and Competition
Session 08H Savings, Investments, and Wealth
Session 10H Earnings: Family Structure and Public Policy
Session 23H Development II
Session 09H School Choice, Rewards and Student Performance
Session 14H* Causes and Consequences of Trade Policy
Session 03H Information Session on the History of Economic Thought Summer Teaching Program at Duke University
Session 17H* Experiments on Public Goods, Centipede Games, Effort Supply, and Vote Rotation
Session 18H Marriage and Divorce
Session 01H* The Public Choice Legacy of Gordon Tullock I
Session 19H Micro Level Impact of Liberalization
Session 08I International Studies
Session 22I* Experiments on Organizational Incentives
Session 23I Topics in Industrial Organization
Session 19I* Topics in Development and Institutional Economics
Session 15I* Education Incentives, School Choice, and Tiebout Sorting
Session 14I Economics of Health and Healthcare
Session 09I* Macroeconomics and Energy
Session 17I Market Relationships
Session 18I Topics in Financial Economics
Session 03I* Macroeconomic Theory: Sticky Prices, Shocks, Moral Hazard, and the Taylor Curve
Session 10I Workplace Exits
Session 20I Natural Hazards
Session 12I Group Decision Making
Session 21I* Law and Economics 2
Session 01I* The Public Choice Legacy of Gordon Tullock II
Session 11I Environmental Economics II
Session 01J* Symposium: "The Invisible Hook"
Session 17J Immigration, Language and Labor Markets
Session 13J Topics in the Economics of Fertility
Session 21J* Contemporary Issues on Africa’s Development
Session 18J Issues in Immigration
Session 11J Birth and Childhood Health
Session 15J How Students Think, Forget, and Perform in Economics
Session 23J Topics in Applied Microeconomics
Session 19J* The Best of Econ Journal Watch
Session 16J Medical Spending, Health Insurance and Health Outcomes
Session 03J Education, Outcomes and Occupational Choice
Session 12J Open Economy Macroeconomics
Session 14J Household Production and Investment
Session 22J Housing
Session 09J Macroeconomic Effects of Trade Policy
Session 08J Decisions and Social Outcomes
Session 10J State and Local Taxation
Session 23K* Topics in Microeconometrics
Session 21K Student Performance
Session 15K Topics in Undergraduate Economics Education
Session 10K Physical and Mental Health
Session 22K Public Economics Topics
Session 03K Law and Economics II
Session 13K Technology
Session 14K Trade Policy Formation
Session 17K Nominal Income Targeting, the Productivity Norm, and Monetary Stability
Session 08K Games in Many Settings
Session 09K Medicaid, Enrollment and Outcomes
Session 18K Topics in the Health Economics
Session 16K New Frontiers in Bill Evans Economics
Session 06K Overlapping Jurisdictions, Price Discrimination, and Convenient Care Clinics
Session 19K Topics in Experimental Economics
Session 11K Regional Economic Activity
Session 01K* Slavery and Violence in Economic History
Session 05K* Experiments on Risk and Time Preferences

 
Saturday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 03A*
Econometrics: Partial Identification Models

Organizers:

John V. Pepper, University of Virginia

Session Chairs:

John V. Pepper, University of Virginia

Papers:

"Partial Identified Regions and Inference in Panel Data Roy Models"
Shakeeb Khan, Duke University (Contact Author)
Elie Tamer, Northwestern University

"Partial Identification and Confidence Sets for Functionals of the Joint Distribution of Potential Outcomes in Gaussian Switching Regimes Models"
Yanqin Fan, Vanderbilt University (Contact Author)

"An Explicit Solution for Structural Function in a Class of Nonparametric IV Models"
Nese Yildiz, University of Rochester (Contact Author)

"Nonparametric Probability Bounds in a Class of Simultaneous Discrete Choice Models"
Andres Aradillas-Lopez, Princeton University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Christopher R. Bollinger, University of Kentucky
Wayne Gayle, University of Virginia
Aaron Sojourner, University of Minnesota
Elie Tamer, Northwestern University

 

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Saturday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 04A
Economic Growth

Session Chairs:

Jen-Ruey Tsaur, National Central University

Papers:

"Growth and Wages: Better Perspectives as Real Wages are Rising"
Mariano Alierta, Annuorum SL (Contact Author)

"Institutions and Economic Growth: Predictive Value of Different Institutional Quality Indices"
Tomi Ovaska, Youngstown State University (Contact Author)
Julio H. Cole, Universidad Francisco Marroquín

"Social Capital, Investment, and Economic Growth"
Robert R. Reed, III, The University of Alabama
Jen-Ruey Tsaur, National Central University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Richard Dunn, Texas A&M University
Abdoulaye Seck, Suffolk University
Jorge Ibarra-Salazar, Tecnológico de Monterrey

 

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Saturday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 06A*
Markets, Politics, and Macro-Level Coordination I

Organizers:

Richard E. Wagner, George Mason University

Session Chairs:

Richard E. Wagner, George Mason University

Papers:

"Target Versus Instrument Rules as Optimal as Monetary Policies"
Richard T. Froyen, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Contact Author)

"Capital Structure, Financial Structure, and Economic Crisis"
Peter Lewin, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)

"Aid and Democratization in Eastern Europe"
Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University (Contact Author)

"Entangled Political Economy as Demonstrated by TARP"
Adam C. Smith, George Mason University (Contact Author)
Richard E. Wagner, George Mason University

Discussants:

Andrew T. Young, West Virginia University
Clifford F. Thies, Shenandoah University
Daniel Sutter, The University of Texas-Pan American
Roger Koppl, Institute for Forensic Science Administration

 

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Saturday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 07A
Determinants and Effects of Foreign Direct Investment: Firms' Objectives and Country Characteristics

Organizers:

Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Rossitza B. Wooster, Portland State University

Papers:

"Incentives and Deterrents to Foreign Direct Investment "
Luisa R. Blanco, Pepperdine University (Contact Author)

"Direct Investments in China and Transition Economies: Complements or Substitutes?"
Rossitza B. Wooster, Portland State University (Contact Author)
Donna L. Paul, Washington State University

"Was Latin America Correct in Relying on Foreign Direct Investment to Improve Employment Rates?"
Diego Vacaflores, Texas State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Christopher A. Laincz, Drexel University
Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas
Salvador Contreras, The University of Texas-Pan American

 

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Saturday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 08A
Business Cycles

Session Chairs:

Christian Jensen, University of South Carolina

Papers:

"Imperfect Risk Sharing, Output-Inflation Tradeoffs and Business Cycles"
Jae Won Lee, Rutgers University (Contact Author)

"The Business-Cycle Effects of Aggregate Uncertainty"
Christian Jensen, University of South Carolina (Contact Author)

"Understanding the Decline in GDP in the Aftermath of Financial Crises: A Business Cycle Accounting Approach"
Dooyeon Cho, Michigan State University (Contact Author)
Antonio Doblas-Madrid, Michigan State University

"A Joint Dynamic Bi-Factor Model of the Yield Curve and the Economy as a Predictor of Business Cycles"
Zeynep Senyuz, University of New Hampshire (Contact Author)
Marcelle Chauvet, University of California, Riverside

Discussants:

Rasim Burak Uras, Washingston University in St. Louis Department of Economics
Luiggi Donayre, Washington University in St. Louis
Jae Won Lee, Rutgers University
Zeynep Senyuz, University of New Hampshire

 

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Saturday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 09A
Shock and Trade

Session Chairs:

Giandomenico Sarolli, Washington and Lee University

Papers:

"Macroeconomic Shocks and Discipline in the Market for Large CDs"
Ruby Kishan , Texas State Unversity-San Marcos (Contact Author)
Timothy P. Opiela, DePaul University

"New Measures of Monetary Policy Shocks from Alternatives to the Greenbook"
Dan Groft, Louisiana State University (Contact Author)

"Tuning the Volume: Asset Trading Volume with Incomplete Markets"
Giandomenico Sarolli, Washington and Lee University (Contact Author)

"A Stock Market Model with Systematic and Idiosyncratic Risks: A GMM Estimation Approach for Cross-Sectional Data"
Serguey Khovansky, Clark University (Contact Author)
Oleksandr Zhylyevskyy, Iowa State University

Discussants:

Maria Pia Olivero, Drexel University
W. Douglas McMillin, Louisiana State University
Gokce Soydemir, The University of Texas-Pan American
Dan Groft, Louisiana State University

 

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Saturday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 10A
Fertility Issues

Session Chairs:

Noelia R. Paez, Texas A&M University

Papers:

"An Analysis of Fertility in Japan"
Hitomi Komatsu, American University (Contact Author)

"Debt and Unmet Fertility Expectations"
Michael D. S. Morris, Oklahoma State University (Contact Author)
Karina Shreffler, Oklahoma State University

"The Effect of Labor Market Supply on Fertility Spacing"
Noelia R. Paez, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)
Li Gan, Texas A&M University

Discussants:

Bhavneet Walia, Nicholls State University
Manuel Chavez, The University of Texas at Austin
Hitomi Komatsu, American University

 

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Saturday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 11A
Oligopoly Models and Empirical Evidence

Session Chairs:

Yuying Xie, Shepherd University

Papers:

"Mergers and Strategic Programming Choices in Broadcast Radio"
Catherine Tyler Mooney, The University of Oklahoma (Contact Author)

"Sole-Source Contracts in WIC Infant-Formula Rebate Auctions and Their Effect on Manufacturers’ Markups"
David E. Davis, South Dakota State University (Contact Author)

"Technology Spillover and Product Quality in Fully Covered Markets: Simultaneous Vis-à-vis Sequential Quality Decisions"
Yuying Xie, Shepherd University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Klaus G. Becker, Texas Tech University
Robert Driskill, Vanderbilt University
Emmanuel Dechenaux, Kent State University

 

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Saturday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 13A*
Innovations in Teaching I

Organizers:

Gail M. Hoyt, University of Kentucky

Moderators:

Gail M. Hoyt, University of Kentucky

Panelists:

Jill L. Caviglia-Harris, Salisbury University "Using Cooperative Learning to Understand Exam Assessment"

Hari S. Luitel, University of Richmond "Best Classroom Practice"

Sarah Pearlman, Vassar College "A Goldsmith Game for Teaching Money Creation and the Tools of Monetary Policy"

Steven Rundle, Biola University "A Mid-Semester Cooperative Learning Exercise in Principles of Microeconomics"

Sandra Trejos, Clarion University of Pennsylvania "Clicking on Student Engagement in the Economics Classroom"

 

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Saturday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 14A
Prices

Session Chairs:

David VanHoose, Baylor University

Papers:

"Durable Goods and Sticky Prices: Industry-Level Evidence"
Carl Gwin, Pepperdine University
David VanHoose, Baylor University (Contact Author)

"Sticky Prices and Wages Versus Sticky Information: Results from an Estimated DSGE Model"
Benjamin D. Keen, The University of Oklahoma (Contact Author)
Evan F. Koenig, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

"Do Gasoline Prices Exhibit Asymmetry? Not Usually!"
Christopher Douglas, University of Michigan-Flint (Contact Author)

"Retail Pricing Strategy of Dominant and Fringe Firms in the Supermarket Industry"
David Barrus, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Marcela Giraldo, University of Florida
Berrak Buyukkarabacak, University of Richmond
Christopher Douglas, University of Michigan-Flint
David B. Skarbek, George Mason University

 

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Saturday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 15A*
Human Capital: Institutions, Traits, Quality, and Skills

Organizers:

Jeffrey S. DeSimone, The University of Texas at Arlington

Session Chairs:

Jeffrey S. DeSimone, The University of Texas at Arlington

Papers:

"Schools, Adherents, and Abuses in the Catholic Church"
Angela K. Dills, Wellesley College (Contact Author)
Rey Hernandez, Metropolitan State College of Denver

"Competitiveness and Confidence: Evidence on Gender Differences from Math Tournaments"
Joseph Price, Brigham Young University (Contact Author)

"Lovely Jobs, Lousy Jobs and Welfare Independence"
Orgul D. Ozturk, University of South Carolina (Contact Author)

"Which Job Skills Are Complementary to IT Adoption and Use?"
Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Contact Author)
Cindy Zoghi, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Discussants:

Jennifer Kohn, Drew University
Hope Corman, Rider University
Cagatay Koc, Federal Trade Commission
Jeremy Sandford, University of Kentucky

 

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Saturday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 21A
International Financial Markets and Stock Markets

Session Chairs:

Hsin-hui (Ida) Whited, Colorado State University-Pueblo

Papers:

"Offshore Versus Local Trading Prices of Taiwanese Firms: Evidence from New York, London, Luxembourg, and Taipei"
Hsin-hui (Ida) Whited, Colorado State University-Pueblo (Contact Author)
Richard C. K. Burdekin, Claremont Mckenna College

"Equity Finance and the Global Financial Crisis"
Mohammed Akacem, Metropolitan State College of Denver (Contact Author)

"Stock Market and Macroeconomy in China: A Cointegration Approach"
Lian An, University of North Florida (Contact Author)
Wei Sun, Grand Valley State University
Pieter De Jong, University of North Florida

Discussants:

Marvin Smith, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Lian An, University of North Florida
Hsin-hui (Ida) Whited, Colorado State University-Pueblo

 

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Saturday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 22A*
Political Economy I: Leadership Change and War

Organizers:

Kevin Tsui, Clemson University

Session Chairs:

Kevin Tsui, Clemson University

Papers:

"Party-Motivated Politicians in Dynamic Elections with Endogenous Issues"
Micah Pollak, University of Illinois (Contact Author)

"How Much Did the U.S. Government Value its Troops’ Lives in World War II? Evidence from Dollar-Fatality Tradeoffs in Land Battles"
Chris Rohlfs, Syracuse University (Contact Author)

"Volunteer Armies, the Draft, and Support for War"
Leopoldo Fergusson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Monica Martinez-Bravo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Patrick Warren, Clemson University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Sergey Mityakov, Clemson University
Patrick Warren, Clemson University
Chris Rohlfs, Syracuse University

 

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Saturday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 23A
Monetary Policy and the Global Economy

Session Chairs:

Xiaofen Chen, Truman State University

Papers:

"Can Uninsurable Idiosyncratic Shocks Lead to Global Imbalances?"
Vitaliy Strohush, Elon University (Contact Author)

"Monetary Policy and 'Sudden Stops': Implications for Formal Monetary Cooperation"
Xiaofen Chen, Truman State University (Contact Author)

"Political Monetary Cycles and a de facto Ranking of Central Bank Independence"
Sami Alpanda, Amherst College
Adam Honig, Amherst College (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Ellis B. Heath, Valdosta State University
Erika I. Gulyas, Trinity University
Kamal P. Upadhyaya, University of New Haven

 

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Saturday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 01B
Energy and Environmental Performance of U.S. Industries

Organizers:

Carl A. Pasurka, Jr., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Session Chairs:

Carl A. Pasurka, Jr., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Papers:

"Are Modern Management Practices a Source of Environmental Efficiency (or Just Hot Air?)"
Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University
Gale A. Boyd, Duke University
Christos Genakos, Cambridge University
Ralph Martin, London School of Economics
Raffaella Sadun, London School of Economics

"Environmental Regulations and Technological Change"
Anna Belova, Abt Associates Inc.
Wayne B. Gray, Clark University
Cynthia Morgan, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Carl A. Pasurka, Jr., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Ron Shadbegian, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

"Opportunity Costs of Voluntarily Reducing Toxic Releases from Coal-fired Power Plants"
Rolf Färe, Oregon State University
Shawna Grosskopf, Oregon State University
Cynthia Morgan, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Carl A. Pasurka, Jr., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Ron Shadbegian, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Discussants:

Gale A. Boyd, Duke University
Carl A. Pasurka, Jr., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Ron Shadbegian, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

 

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Saturday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 03B*
Measurement Error Models and Applications

Organizers:

John V. Pepper, University of Virginia

Session Chairs:

John V. Pepper, University of Virginia

Papers:

"Bayesian Inference When Binary Regressors Are Mismeasured"
Christopher R. Bollinger, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)
Martijn van Hasselt, University of Western Ontario

"Noisy Addicts? Estimation of Optimal Consumption Choice with Habit Formation and Measurement Error"
Wayne Gayle, University of Virginia (Contact Author)

"Partially Identifying the Effect of the Free School Lunch Program on Child Health Using the Monotone Instrumental Variable Assumption"
Craig Gundersen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Brent Kreider, Iowa State University (Contact Author)
John V. Pepper, University of Virginia

"Inference on Peer Effects with Missing Peer Data: Evidence from Project STAR"
Aaron Sojourner, University of Minnesota (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Yanqin Fan, Vanderbilt University
Shakeeb Khan, Duke University
Nese Yildiz, University of Rochester
Andres Aradillas-Lopez, Princeton University

 

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Saturday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 04B
Cultural Economics

Session Chairs:

D.W. MacKenzie, The United States Coast Guard Academy

Papers:

"Social Status and Income Redistribution"
D.W. MacKenzie, The United States Coast Guard Academy (Contact Author)

"Congregational Economies of Scale and the Megachurch: An Application of the Stigler Survivor Technique"
Kenneth G. Elzinga, University of Virginia (Contact Author)
Colin T. Page, University of Virginia

"Communist Party Membership and Social Networks in China"
Abdul Munasib, Oklahoma State University (Contact Author)
Xi Tian, Department of Economics and Legal Studies

"Women in Economic Research: A Bibliometric Approach"
Emmanuelle Auriol, Toulouse School of Economics
Mette Verner, University of Aarhus (Contact Author)

"Economics, Philosophy (Metaphysics) and Progress"
Robert Renshaw, Renshaw Enterprises (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Alan Seals, Oklahoma City University
Kenneth G. Elzinga, University of Virginia
D.W. MacKenzie, The United States Coast Guard Academy
Robert Renshaw, Renshaw Enterprises
Frank Martin, Southern University at New Orleans

 

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Saturday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 06B*
Markets, Politics, and Macro-Level Coordination II

Organizers:

Richard E. Wagner, George Mason University

Session Chairs:

Richard E. Wagner, George Mason University

Papers:

"Prospect Theory of Fiscal Deficits and Government Debt"
Andrew T. Young, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"Sovereign and Private Debt Repudiation in Antebellum Mississippi"
Clifford F. Thies, Shenandoah University (Contact Author)

"Joint Production in Entrepreneurial Discovery"
Daniel Sutter, The University of Texas-Pan American (Contact Author)

"The State of Confidence"
Roger Koppl, Institute for Forensic Science Administration (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Richard T. Froyen, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Peter Lewin, The University of Texas at Dallas
Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University
Adam C. Smith, George Mason University

 

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Saturday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 07B
Determinants for the Dynamics of Prices and Other Economic Variables: Forecasts and Imperfect Information

Organizers:

Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas

Papers:

"Personal Consumption Expenditure Price Index (PCEPI) and Consumer Price Index Inflation Links "
Julie K. Smith, Lafayette College (Contact Author)

"What Can Survey Forecasts Tell Us About Informational Rigidities?"
Olivier Coibon, The College of William & Mary (Contact Author)
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, University of California, Berkeley

"Revising the Sticky-Information Phillips Curve "
Yelena Tahktamanova, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Contact Author)

"An Empirical Evaluation of the Presence of Credit Rationing in the U.S. Credit Markets"
Jingping Gu, University of Arkansas (Contact Author)
Paula L. Hernandez-Verme, Texas A&M University
Qi Li, Texas A&M University

Discussants:

Isabel Ruiz, Sam Houston State University
Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas
Susan Richter, University of California, Merced
Chung Choe, CEPS/INSTEAD

 

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Saturday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 08B
Household Behavior

Session Chairs:

Asia Sikora, Cornell University

Papers:

"Intergenerational Transfers and Altruism"
Asia Sikora, Cornell University (Contact Author)
H. Elizabeth Peters, Cornell University

"Labor Supply and Household Meal Production: New Results from the Health and Retirement Survey"
Richard Dunn, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)

"The Mitigation of Transaction Costs in Unilateral Divorce States"
Michael Hanlon, University of Washington (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jing Liu, The University of Texas at Austin
Denvil Duncan, Georgia State University
John J. Hisnanick, U.S. Census Bureau

 

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Saturday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 09B
Education and Employment Outcomes

Session Chairs:

Richard V. Butler, Trinity University

Papers:

"Higher Education Opportunities and Local Employment Conditions "
Michael Bonnal, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Contact Author)
Cristina Lira, The University of Alabama
Samuel Addy, The University of Alabama

"The 21st Century Workforce: Is There a 'Skills Gap?' If So, How Can We Close It?"
Richard V. Butler, Trinity University (Contact Author)
Paulius Kosmarciukas, Trinity University

"Estimating the Intrinsic and Extrinsic Returns to Multiple Measures of MBA Quality"
Wayne A. Grove, Le Moyne College
Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis (Contact Author)

"Do Postdoctoral Fellowships Increase the Likelihood of Tenure? "
Omari H. Swinton, Howard University (Contact Author)
Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe, Bennett College for Women
William A. Darity, Jr., Duke University

"Placement of the 2008-09 Class of Economics Ph.D. Students"
Chad Turner, Nicholls State University (Contact Author)
Bhavneet Walia, Nicholls State University
Shane Sanders, Nicholls State University

Discussants:

Tommy Henry, Mississippi State University
Kylie Goggins, University of Kentucky
Azhar Iqbal, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Chad Turner, Nicholls State University
Alice Louise Kassens, Roanoke College

 

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Saturday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 10B*
Topics in Macroeconomic Policy

Organizers:

Rob Roy McGregor, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Session Chairs:

Rob Roy McGregor, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Papers:

"An Econometric Model of Monetary Policy Decision-Making with Applications to the United Kingdom and Sweden"
Todd A. Vermilyea, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Contact Author)
Henry W. Chappell, Jr., University of South Carolina
Rob Roy McGregor, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

"Partial Adjustment Estimates and the Dividend Tax: Does Specification Matter?"
Benjamin Russo, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Contact Author)
Alan Blankley, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Stanislav Radchenko, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

"Does the Fed Chairman Campaign for Reappointment?"
Rob Roy McGregor, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Ellen Meade, American University
Todd A. Vermilyea, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

 

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Saturday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 11B
Firm Organization and Market Structure

Session Chairs:

Cesar Alfredo Cancho, Texas A&M University

Papers:

"Innovation, Licensing and Market Structure in Agricultural Biotechnology"
Benjamin C. Anderson, The Ohio State University (Contact Author)
Ian Sheldon, The Ohio State University

"Measuring the Degree of Competition Between Nonprofits and For-Profits: The Case of Fitness Centers"
Teresa D. Harrison, Drexel University (Contact Author)
Katja Seim, University of Pennsylvania

"Regulatory Compliance and Market Competition: Evidence from Emission Inspection Market "
Cesar Alfredo Cancho, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)

"Strategic Campaign Expenditures"
Kyle Kretschman, The University of Texas at Austin
Nick Mastronardi, United States Air Force Academy (Contact Author)

"Optimal Purchasing Strategy: Burning What You Bought"
Dongsoo Shin, Santa Clara University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Gergely Ujhelyi, University of Houston
Dongsoo Shin, Santa Clara University
Alexandre Padilla, Metropolitan State College of Denver
Tomi Ovaska, Youngstown State University
Samuli Leppälä, Turku School of Economics

 

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Saturday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 12B*
Race, Politics and Public Finance

Organizers:

Jim F. Couch, University of North Alabama

Session Chairs:

Jim F. Couch, University of North Alabama

Papers:

"Decomposing State and Local Tax Regressivity"
Keith D. Malone, University of North Alabama (Contact Author)

"In Search of the Optimal Taxing Scheme: How Public Higher Education Copes with Economic Downturns"
David L. Black, University of Alabama (Contact Author)

"An Empirical Examination of the Impetus for Party Switching"
Jim F. Couch, University of North Alabama (Contact Author)
Taylor P. Stevenson, East Tennessee State University

"The Economic Welfare of Hispanic Americans"
Christopher K. Johnson, University of North Florida (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Taylor P. Stevenson, East Tennessee State University
Keith D. Malone, University of North Alabama
Christopher K. Johnson, University of North Florida
David L. Black, University of Alabama

 

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Saturday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 13B*
Innovations in Teaching II

Organizers:

Gail M. Hoyt, University of Kentucky

Moderators:

KimMarie McGoldrick, University of Richmond

Panelists:

Mohammed Akacem, Metropolitan State College of Denver "Using Case Studies to Enhance the Teaching of Concepts and Student Engagement"

Nelson Altamirano, National University "Experimenting with the Making of Markets and Politics - Can We Get a Large and More Competitive Market?"

Jennifer K. Rhoads, University of Illinois at Chicago "Being Aware of Health Care: Using Cooperative Learning to Synthesize and Communicate U.S. Health Care Reform Issues"

Derek Stimel, Menlo College "Long-Run Economic Growth and Policy: A Case About Mali"

 

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Saturday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 14B
Pay and Pensions

Session Chairs:

Gustavo Canavire-Bacarreza, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Moral Hazard and the Monday Effect in Workers' Compensation: Evidence from the California Reforms"
Benjamin Hansen, IMPAQ International, LLC (Contact Author)

"Unions and Pension Plans"
William E. Even, Miami University
David Macpherson, Trinity University (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Broad-Based and Executive Stock Option Adoption"
Yu Peng Lin, Texas A&M University-Kingsville (Contact Author)

"Indigenous Workers and Wage Gaps: Informal and Formal Labor Markets in Latin America"
Gustavo Canavire-Bacarreza, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Darren Grant, Sam Houston State University
Jan Bentzen, University of Aarhus
Yu Peng Lin, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Benjamin Hansen, IMPAQ International, LLC

 

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Saturday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 21B
Public Goods: Local, State, and International

Session Chairs:

Ian Partridge, The University of Texas at Austin

Papers:

"Why Do High-Wage States Offer Generous Social Insurance Programs If High-Wage Individuals Dislike Them?"
Jason L. Saving, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Contact Author)

"User-Friendly Benefit-Cost Analysis of an Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project"
John Merrifield, The University of Texas at San Antonio (Contact Author)

"Opportunities Created by Cyclical Construction Demand: Implications for State and Local Fiscal Policy"
Keith Waltz, The University of Texas at San Antonio (Contact Author)
John Merrifield, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Discussants:

Shibalee Majumdar, The Ohio State University
Divya Balasubramaniam, The University of Georgia
Adam Jones, The University of Georgia

 

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Saturday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 22B*
Political Economy II: Unofficial Economy and Development

Organizers:

Kevin Tsui, Clemson University

Session Chairs:

Kevin Tsui, Clemson University

Papers:

"Formal Incomes and Actual Wealth: Evidence from Moscow Income and Car Ownership Databases"
Serguey Braguinsky, Carnegie Mellon University
Sergey Mityakov, Clemson University (Contact Author)
Andrey Liscovich, Havard University

"Resource Curse or Malthusian Trap? Evidence from Oil Discoveries and Extractions"
Anca M. Cotet, Ball State University (Contact Author)
Kevin Tsui, Clemson University

"The Effects of Subsidies for Childbearing on Migration and Fertility: Evidence from Kora"
Ryan Sullivan, Syracuse University (Contact Author)

"Weather and Infant Mortality in Africa"
Masayuki Kudamatsu, Stockholm University (Contact Author)
David Stromberg, Stockholm University
Torten Persson, Stockholm University

Discussants:

Masayuki Kudamatsu, Stockholm University
Micah Pollak, University of Illinois
Anca M. Cotet, Ball State University
Ryan Sullivan, Syracuse University

 

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Saturday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 23B
Exchange Rates

Session Chairs:

David Y. Chen, North Carolina A&T State University

Papers:

"Effect of US Budget Deficit on Bilateral Exchange Rate: A Ricardian Approach"
David Y. Chen, North Carolina A&T State University (Contact Author)

"Long Swings in Exchange Rates: Are They Still There and Do Markets Know About Them?"
Ruxandra Prodan, University of Houston (Contact Author)
Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, The University of Memphis

"Nonlinear and Asymmetric Exchange Rate Exposure of U.S. Industries"
Rehim Kilic, Georgia Institute of Technology (Contact Author)

"The Effect of Exchange Rate Adjustment on Output in South-East Asia"
Kamal P. Upadhyaya, University of New Haven (Contact Author)
Robert Rainish, University of New Haven
Rabindra Bhandari, Westminster College

Discussants:

Lian An, University of North Florida
Marzieh Bolhassani, University of Wisconsin Colleges
Vitaliy Strohush, Elon University
Kamal P. Upadhyaya, University of New Haven

 

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Saturday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 03C
Economic Issues in the Equine Industry

Organizers:

Marshall K. Gramm, Rhodes College

Session Chairs:

Marshall K. Gramm, Rhodes College

Papers:

"Breeding to Race or Breeding to Sell: A Hedonic Price Analysis of Leading Thoroughbred Stud Fees"
Jill Stowe, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)
Kimberly Brown, University of Kentucky

"Agency Costs: Does Underlying Quality Matter? Residual Loss in the Market for Two-Year-Old Thoroughbreds "
Brian E. Chezum, St. Lawrence University (Contact Author)
Bradley Wimmer, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

"Racing Syndicates Choices Under Different Purse Distributions"
Ann Gillette, Kennesaw State University (Contact Author)
Ramon DeGennaro , The University of Tennessee

"Birthdays and Birth Order in Thoroughbred Racing"
Marshall K. Gramm, Rhodes College (Contact Author)

Discussants:

TBA

 

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Saturday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 04C
What's Good for the Economy?

Session Chairs:

Azhar Iqbal, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

Papers:

"What Makes a Good Economy? An Analysis of Survey Data"
Darren Grant, Sam Houston State University (Contact Author)

"Mean Diversion: When Getting Back to the Old Economy Isn’t Possible"
John Silvia, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Azhar Iqbal, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (Contact Author)

"Employment Effect of Mergers and Acquisitions in the United States by Sector"
Kamal P. Upadhyaya, University of New Haven (Contact Author)
Nadia Doytch, University of New Haven
Franklin G. Mixon, Jr., Auburn University

"Is Less More?: Menu Costs and Estimated Thresholds in the Response of Output to Monetary Policy"
Luiggi Donayre, Washington University in St. Louis (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jae Won Lee, Rutgers University
Taehee Han, Louisiana State University
Adam Honig, Amherst College
Darren Grant, Sam Houston State University

 

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Saturday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
SEA*
Session 06C*
Monetary Theory

Organizers:

Edgar A. Ghossoub, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Session Chairs:

Edgar A. Ghossoub, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Papers:

"Central Bank Provision of Liquidity and Financial Market Volatility"
Robert R. Reed, III, The University of Alabama (Contact Author)
Bonnie Brewer, The University of Alabama
Jun Ma, The University of Alabama
David C. Mills, Federal Reserve Bank Board of Governors

"The Real Effects of Inflation in Small Open Developing Economies: Theory and Empirics"
Mark Assibey-Yeboah, The University of Tennessee (Contact Author)
Mohammed Mohsin, The University of Tennessee

"Endogenous Financial Development and the Effects of Monetary Policy"
Edgar A. Ghossoub, The University of Texas at San Antonio (Contact Author)

"Monetary Policy in a Two-Sector Dependent Economy"
Mohammed Mohsin, The University of Tennessee
Kihyun Park, The Univeristy of Tennessee (Contact Author)

 

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Saturday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 07C
Effects of Market Strategies and Regulations on Market Behavior

Organizers:

Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Adam D. Rennhoff, Middle Tennessee State University

Papers:

"The Effect of Competition and Bundling in Telecom and Television Services: Short Term Gain or Long Term Loss?"
Adam D. Rennhoff, Middle Tennessee State University (Contact Author)

"Inducing R&D Investment with Price Ceilings"
Zhou Yang, The University of Tennessee
Cristina M. Reiser, The University of Tennessee
Youping Li, The University of Tennessee (Contact Author)

"Is E-Textbook the Solution for High Textbook Expenses?"
Lirong Liu, Sam Houston State University (Contact Author)
Qiannong Gu, Sam Houston State Universisty

"An Alternative View to the Cause of Corruption"
Salvador Contreras, The University of Texas-Pan American (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Christopher A. Laincz, Drexel University
Luisa R. Blanco, Pepperdine University
Diego A. Escobari, San Francisco State University
Adam D. Rennhoff, Middle Tennessee State University

 

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Saturday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 08C
Issues in Developing Economies

Session Chairs:

Ruby Kishan , Texas State Unversity-San Marcos

Papers:

"An Application of the Oligopoly Banking Model to Developing Economies"
Tarron Khemraj, New College of Florida (Contact Author)

"Foreign Technology, Absorptive Capacity, and Firm Performance"
Mahmut Yasar, The University of Texas at Arlington (Contact Author)

"Consolidation in Banking and the Lending Channel of Monetary Transmission: Evidence from Asia and Latin America"
Maria Pia Olivero, Drexel University
Yuan Li, Drexel University
Bang Jeon, Drexel University (Contact Author)

"Mexican Stock Exchange Reaction to US Monetary Surprises"
Ellis B. Heath, Valdosta State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Erik Strojer Madsen, University of Aarhus
Zhizhong Shan, The University of Mississippi
Mahmut Yasar, The University of Texas at Arlington
Hsin-hui (Ida) Whited, Colorado State University-Pueblo

 

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Saturday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 09C
Growth and Volatility

Organizers:

Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University

Session Chairs:

Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University

Papers:

"Sectoral Effects of Monetary Shocks"
Nathan S. Balke, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)

"The Great Dissolution: Intangible Capital and Diverging Volatility Puzzle"
Natasha X. Che, Georgetown University (Contact Author)

"Political Instability, Institutions, and Growth"
Ryan Compton, University of Manitoba
Daniel Giedman, Grand Valley State
Noel David Johnson, George Mason University

"Democracy and Volatility: Do Special-Interest Groups Matter?"
Dennis C. Coates, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University
Bonnie Wilson, Saint Louis University

Discussants:

David VanHoose, Baylor University
Sami Alpanda, Amherst College
John W. Dawson, Appalachian State University
Jenny Minier, University of Kentucky

 

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Saturday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 10C
Panel Data, IV, and GMM

Session Chairs:

Deniz Baglan, University of California, Riverside

Papers:

"Consistent Estimation with Weak Instruments in Panel Data"
Chiwa Kao, Syracuse University (Contact Author)
Long Liu, The University of Texas at San Antonio

"Seemingly Unrelated Regression with Panel Data"
Lei Zhang, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)
Wim P.M. Vijverberg, City University of New York

"The Reduction in Bias for an Endogenous Interaction Coefficient"
Teresa D. Harrison, Drexel University (Contact Author)

"Efficient Estimation of a Partially Linear Dynamic Panel Data Model with Fixed Effects: Application to Unemployment Dynamics in the U.S."
Deniz Baglan, University of California, Riverside (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Matthew J. Salois, University of Reading
Kai Sun, Binghamton University
Serguey Khovansky, Clark University
Pedro de Araujo, Colorado College

 

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Saturday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 12C
Political Economy and Bureaucratic Behavior

Session Chairs:

Gergely Ujhelyi, University of Houston

Papers:

"Determinants of Adoption of a Performance Indicators System: Evidence of Mexican Municipalities"
Jorge Ibarra-Salazar, Tecnológico de Monterrey (Contact Author)
Carlos Lopez de Arkos, Tecnológico de Monterrey

"Political Affiliation of Elected Representatives and Public Goods Provisioning in India"
Shibalee Majumdar, The Ohio State University (Contact Author)

"Political Screening: Theory and Evidence from the Argentine Public Sector"
Ernesto Calvo, University of Houston
Gergely Ujhelyi, University of Houston (Contact Author)

"Crime Spillovers and Hurricane Katrina"
Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis
Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, The University of Memphis
Ioana Sofia Pacurar, The University of Memphis (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Gary Wagner, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Nick Mastronardi, United States Air Force Academy
Scott Cunningham, Baylor University
Andreas Buehn, Dresden University of Technology

 

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Saturday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
SEA*
Session 13C*
Innovations in Teaching III

Organizers:

Gail M. Hoyt, University of Kentucky

Moderators:

Tisha Lin Nakao Emerson, Baylor University

Panelists:

Melanie E. Fox Kean, Austin College "Anonymous Letters as a Feedback and Reflection Tool"

Scott Houser, Colorado School of Mines "As Case Study in Cost-Benefit Analysis of Landmine Clearance in Developing Nations "

Sharon L. May, Maryville College "Simulating Money Creation in the Principles Classroom"

Kalpana Pai, Texas Wesleyan University "Clickers in the College Classroom"

Sue K. Stockly, Eastern New Mexico University "Leading Discussions in Online Class"

Supriya Sarnikar, Westfield State College "Learning to Think Like an Economist Through Group Work- Sample Student Responses"

 

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Saturday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 14C
Topics in Urban Economics

Session Chairs:

Kuntala Bandyopadhyay, The Ohio State University

Papers:

"Are the Movements in the Federal Funds Rate Impacting the U.S. Home Foreclosures and Prices? An Empirical Inquiry"
Gokce Soydemir, The University of Texas-Pan American (Contact Author)

"Tax Free Income and the Housing Bubble"
John Merrifield, The University of Texas at San Antonio (Contact Author)
Freeman Field, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Yong Bao, Purdue University

"Home Appreciation, Default Risk and Neighborhood Upkeep"
Tammy C.M. Leonard, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)

"Does Proximity to a Metropolitan City Affect Strategic Interaction Among US Counties?"
Kuntala Bandyopadhyay, The Ohio State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Gokce Soydemir, The University of Texas-Pan American
Tammy C.M. Leonard, The University of Texas at Dallas
Kuntala Bandyopadhyay, The Ohio State University
Ermanno Affuso, Auburn University

 

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Saturday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
SEA*
Session 15C*
Health and Human Capital Across States and Nations

Organizers:

Jeffrey S. DeSimone, The University of Texas at Arlington

Session Chairs:

Richard B. Smith, University of South Florida St. Petersburg

Papers:

"Crime and Health Insurance"
Cagatay Koc, Federal Trade Commission (Contact Author)

"Effects of Prenatal Care on Maternal Postpartum Behaviors"
Hope Corman, Rider University (Contact Author)

"Employer Discrimination and Market Structure"
Jeremy Sandford, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

"Adolescent Health and the Economy"
Jeffrey S. DeSimone, The University of Texas at Arlington (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Yunwei Gai, Babson College
Susan L. Averett, Lafayette College
Joshua Price, Cornell University
Richard B. Smith, University of South Florida St. Petersburg

 

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Saturday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 17C
Financial Markets

Session Chairs:

Marvin Smith, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Papers:

"Democracy and Financial Development"
Benhua Yang, Stetson University (Contact Author)

"Pyramidal Ownership in Ecuadorian Business Groups"
Maria L. Granda, Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral - Graduate School of Management (Contact Author)
Steven N. Wiggins, Texas A&M University

"Alternative Financial Service Providers and the Spatial Void Hypothesis: The Case of New Jersey and Delaware"
Marvin Smith, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Contact Author)
John J. Wackes, Federal Resrve Bank of Philadelphia
Tony Smith, University of Pennsylvania

"A Community Based Study of Financial Well-being at Retirement: A Multiple Imputation Application"
Tibebe Assefa, The University of Texas-Pan American (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Maria L. Granda, Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral - Graduate School of Management
Benhua Yang, Stetson University
Ali M. Al-Nadi, The University of Tennessee
Tibebe Assefa, The University of Texas-Pan American

 

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Saturday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 22C
Job Search and Employment Satisfaction

Session Chairs:

Ye Zhang, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Papers:

"Should I Stay or Should I Go Now? Job Mobility, Property Values and the Negative Returns to Seniority for Academic Economists"
Michael J. Hilmer, San Diego State University
Christiana E. Hilmer, San Diego State University (Contact Author)

"Impact of Perceived Leadership Bias on Job Satisfaction and Organizational Morale"
Laila Dabbagh Lambdin, University of Phoenix (Contact Author)
Mohamed A. Dabbagh, Florida Metropolitan University

"Employer Learning Under Asymmetric Information: The Role of Job Mobility"
Ye Zhang, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Andres J. Vargas, Texas Tech University
Christiana E. Hilmer, San Diego State University
Michael D. S. Morris, Oklahoma State University

 

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Saturday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 23C
Importance of Information

Session Chairs:

Jennifer Steele, Washington State University

Papers:

"Arrow's Paradox and Competitive Markets for Information"
Samuli Leppälä, Turku School of Economics (Contact Author)

"Shock and Awe: The Effects of Disinformation in Military Confrontation"
Matthew Clements, St. Edward's University (Contact Author)

"When Opportunity Costs Matter: Screening Through Diversion in Multi-Stage Contracts"
Jennifer Steele, Washington State University (Contact Author)

"The Marginal Affect of a Terrorist Organization"
Kathleen Deloughery, University at Albany - SUNY (Contact Author)

"Urbanization and the Cultural Costs of International Trade"
Tamas Forgacs, California State University, Fresno (Contact Author)
Iliana Perez, California State University, Fresno

Discussants:

Andreas Pape, Binghamton University
Alistair J. Wilson, New York University
Matthew Clements, St. Edward's University
Jonathan Munemo, Salisbury University
Kristie Briggs, Creighton University

 

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Saturday
3:00 - 4:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 03D
Starting Point Economics: A Source for Pedagogical Resources

Organizers:

KimMarie McGoldrick, University of Richmond

Session Chairs:

KimMarie McGoldrick, University of Richmond

Papers:

"Starting Point- Teaching and Learning Economics"
KimMarie McGoldrick, University of Richmond (Contact Author)
Mark H. Maier, Glendale Community College
Scott Paul Simkins, North Carolina A&T State University

"Cooperative Learning in Economics"
KimMarie McGoldrick, University of Richmond (Contact Author)

"Getting Started with Context-Rich Problems"
Joann Bangs, St. Catherine University (Contact Author)

"Building the Economics Starting Point Community: An Evaluator’s Perspective"
Paul W. Grimes, Mississippi State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Lynne Lewis, Bates College
Tisha Lin Nakao Emerson, Baylor University
Sue K. Stockly, Eastern New Mexico University

 

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Saturday
3:00 - 4:45 p.m.
SEA*
Session 04D*
Better Living Through Economics

Organizers:

John J. Siegfried, Vanderbilt University

Introduction:

John J. Siegfried, Vanderbilt University

Speaker:

John J. Siegfried, Vanderbilt University

 

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Saturday
3:00 - 4:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 06D
Real-Time Forecasting and Policy Analysis

Organizers:

Dean Croushore, University of Richmond

Session Chairs:

Dean Croushore, University of Richmond

Papers:

"Monetary Policy Evaluation in Real Time: Forward-looking Taylor Rules Without Forward-looking Data"
Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, The University of Memphis (Contact Author)

"Real-Time Forecasting Errors: Do Analysts' Affiliations Matter?"
Robert C. Dolan, University of Richmond (Contact Author)
Jerry L. Stevens, University of Richmond

"Real-Time Forecasting"
Dean Croushore, University of Richmond (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Robert C. Dolan, University of Richmond
Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, The University of Memphis
Dean Croushore, University of Richmond

 

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Saturday
3:00 - 4:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 07D
Propagation, Contagion, and Transmission of Shocks: Financial Markets, Macroeconomic, and International Monetary Policy Shocks

Organizers:

Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Mark Wheeler, Western Michigan University

Papers:

"Stock Market Synchronicity and the Global Trade Network: A Random-Walk Approach"
Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas (Contact Author)
Raja Kali, University of Arkansas
Amat B Adarov, University of Arkansas

"The International Impacts of the U.S. Stock Market Crash"
Mark Wheeler, Western Michigan University (Contact Author)
Rajeev Sooreea, Penn State

"Better Inflation Performance in Emerging Market Economies: Good Monetary Policies or Good Luck?"
Alina Carare, International Monetary Fund
Niamh Sheridan, International Monetary Fund (Contact Author)
Tine Olsen, International Monetary Fund
Chorng-Huey Wong, International Monetary Fund

Discussants:

Carlos Vargas-Silva, University of Oxford
Yelena Tahktamanova, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Julie K. Smith, Lafayette College
Niamh Sheridan, International Monetary Fund

 

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Saturday
3:00 - 4:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 08D
Monetary Policy

Session Chairs:

Roger Spencer, Trinity University

Papers:

"The Bernanke Fed and Transparency: Evidence from the Futures Market"
Roger Spencer, Trinity University (Contact Author)
John H. Huston, Trinity University
Erika I. Gulyas, Trinity University

"The Regional Effects of Monetary Policy: Does the Method of Identifying Policy Shocks Matter?"
Taehee Han, Louisiana State University
W. Douglas McMillin, Louisiana State University (Contact Author)

"Financial Intermediation, Monetary Policy and Economic Fluctuations"
Ali M. Al-Nadi, The University of Tennessee (Contact Author)

"On the Firm-Level Implications of the Bank Lending Channel of Monetary Policy"
Maria Pia Olivero, Drexel University (Contact Author)
Roger A. Aliaga-Diaz, The Vanguard Group, Inc.

Discussants:

Benjamin D. Keen, The University of Oklahoma
Maria Pia Olivero, Drexel University
Ali M. Al-Nadi, The University of Tennessee
Dan Groft, Louisiana State University

 

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Saturday
3:00 - 4:45 p.m.
SEA*
Session 09D*
Macroeconomic Political Economy

Organizers:

Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University

Session Chairs:

Bonnie Wilson, Saint Louis University

Papers:

"Political Economy of Investment: Sclerotic Effects from Interest Groups"
Dennis C. Coates, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University
Bonnie Wilson, Saint Louis University

"Closed-End Country Fund Premiums and Economic Freedom"
Samuel K. Jones, Stephen F. Austin State University (Contact Author)
Michael D. Stroup, Stephen F. Austin State University

"The Impact of Central Bank Independence on Political Monetary Cycles in Advanced and Developing Nations"
Sami Alpanda, Amherst College
Adam Honig, Amherst College

Discussants:

Noel David Johnson, George Mason University
William Arthur Carden, Rhodes College
Bonnie Wilson, Saint Louis University

 

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Saturday
3:00 - 4:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 10D
Health Care Mandates and Drug Policies

Session Chairs:

John Robst, University of South Florida

Papers:

"Make Mine a Double: Do Mental Health Parity Mandates Affect Drinking Behavior?"
Adele M. Kirk, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Contact Author)
Sergio Prada, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Judy A. Shinogle, The University of Maryland

"The Effects of Minimum Stay Mandates on Hospitalizations"
Attila Cseh, Valdosta State University (Contact Author)
Brandon C. Koford, Valdosta State University

"Targeted Influenza Vaccine Subsidies for Healthcare Workers"
Troy Tassier, Fordham University (Contact Author)

"Short-Term Impact of Preferred Drug List Changes on Healthcare Utilization and Medicaid Costs: The Case of Risperidone Long-Acting Injectable"
John Robst, University of South Florida (Contact Author)

Discussants:

John Robst, University of South Florida
Adele M. Kirk, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Troy Tassier, Fordham University
James Murray, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

 

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Saturday
3:00 - 4:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 11D
Renewable Resources and Conservation

Session Chairs:

Yusuke Kuwayama, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Papers:

"Accounting for Instream Flow Impacts of Agricultural Water Use"
Yusuke Kuwayama, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Contact Author)
Nicholas Brozovic, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

"Optimal Extraction of Groundwater Under Finite Aquifer Transmissivity"
Andreas Pape, Binghamton University
Neha Khanna, Binghamton University (Contact Author)
Kai Sun, Binghamton University

"Two Travel Cost Models with Internally Determined Individual Opportunity Time Costs"
John Richard McKean, AEI Economic Consultants
Donn Johnson, Quinnipiac University (Contact Author)
R. G. Taylor, University of Idaho

Discussants:

John Merrifield, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Donn Johnson, Quinnipiac University
Neha Khanna, Binghamton University

 

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Saturday
3:00 - 4:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 13D
Decision Making

Session Chairs:

Mihaela I. Pintea, Florida International University

Papers:

"Work and/or Fun: Modeling Utilitarian and Hedonic Values of Shopping, Research, and More"
Wan-Ju Iris Franz, Houston Baptist University (Contact Author)

"Toward a Unified Theory of Fertility"
Bhavneet Walia, Nicholls State University (Contact Author)
Shane Sanders, Nicholls State University

"Subsistence and Suicide: An Empirical Analysis of Japanese Data"
Yoshiaki Shimazaki, Akita Prefectural University (Contact Author)
Christian Crowley, U.S. Department of the Interior

"Keeping up with the Joneses with Multiple Reference Groups and Female Labor Force Participation"
Mihaela I. Pintea, Florida International University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jessica Harriger, Western Illinois University
Raul Alberto Ponce Rodriguez, Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez
Mihaela I. Pintea, Florida International University
Michael Bonnal, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

 

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Saturday
3:00 - 4:45 p.m.
SEA*
Session 14D*
Local Impacts of Combating Global Warming

Organizers:

David E.R. Gay, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

David E.R. Gay, University of Arkansas

Papers:

"An Economist’s Perspective on a State's Entrance into the Global Warming Arena: Reflections of a Commissioner"
Richard K. Ford, University of Arkansas at Little Rock (Contact Author)

"Re-examining Localized Impacts of Global Warming"
Don L. Coursey, The University of Chicago (Contact Author)

"Global Climate Change and Changes in Patterns of Belief: Some Evidence from the Arkansas Poll"
Charles R. Britton, University of Arkansas (Contact Author)
Richard K. Ford, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
David E.R. Gay, University of Arkansas

"Markets and Energy Conservation Behavior Under Different Regulatory Regimes: The Case of Responsiveness in Residential HVAC Technologies from 1992-2004"
Douglas S. Noonan, Georgia Institute of Technology (Contact Author)
Brett M. Baden, Brett Baden Economic Consulting

Discussants:

David E.R. Gay, University of Arkansas
Richard L. Stroup, North Carolina State University

 

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Saturday
3:00 - 4:45 p.m.
SEA*
Session 15D*
Demographic and Financial Determinants of Health Status

Organizers:

Jeffrey S. DeSimone, The University of Texas at Arlington

Session Chairs:

Jeffrey S. DeSimone, The University of Texas at Arlington

Papers:

"Analyzing Obesity‐Related Factors over Time"
Richard B. Smith, University of South Florida St. Petersburg (Contact Author)

"Can’t We Just Live Together? New Evidence on the Effect of Relationship Status on Health from the British Household Panel Survey"
Susan L. Averett, Lafayette College (Contact Author)
Jennifer Kohn, Drew University

"Association Between Insurance Gaps and Anti‐Hypertension Medication Adherence in a U.S. National Representative Population"
Yunwei Gai, Babson College (Contact Author)

"Financial Incentives for Weight Loss"
Joshua Price, Cornell University (Contact Author)
John Cawley, Cornell University

Discussants:

Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Angela K. Dills, Wellesley College
Orgul D. Ozturk, University of South Carolina
Joseph Price, Brigham Young University

 

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Saturday
3:00 - 4:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 16D
Law and Economics I

Session Chairs:

Matthew D. Henry, Cleveland State University

Papers:

"Uncertainty in the Theory of Deterrence: Experimental Evidence"
Gregory DeAngelo, University of California, Santa Barbara (Contact Author)
Gary Charness, University of California, Santa Barbara

"A Structural Analysis of American Drunk Driving Legislation"
Darren Grant, Sam Houston State University (Contact Author)

"Disparities in Federal Sentencing: A New Approach"
Monica E. Hartmann, University of St. Thomas (Contact Author)
Beth A. Freeborn, The College of William & Mary

"Do Statutory Rape Laws Work?"
Matthew D. Henry, Cleveland State University (Contact Author)
Scott Cunningham, Baylor University

"Preemptive Corruption, Hold-Up and Repeated Interactions"
Emmanuel Dechenaux, Kent State University (Contact Author)
Andrew Samuel, Loyola University - Maryland

Discussants:

Beth A. Freeborn, The College of William & Mary
D. Mark Anderson, University of Washington
Gregory DeAngelo, University of California, Santa Barbara
David VanHoose, Baylor University
Alexander Fink, George Mason University

 

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Saturday
3:00 - 4:45 p.m.
SEA*
Session 21D*
Topics on Tax Policies and Public Goods

Organizers:

Hui-chen Wang, The University of Mississippi

Session Chairs:

Hui-chen Wang, The University of Mississippi

Papers:

"Panel Co-integration Analysis of Cigarette Taxes and Health: The Case of Respiratory Cancers"
Echu Liu, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Wei-Choun Yu, Winona State University
Hsinling Hsieh, Northern Michigan University (Contact Author)

"Are Notches Good Tax Policy: Evidence from the Saver’s Credit"
Shanthi Ramnath, University of Michigan (Contact Author)

"Explaining the State Variation in the Wave of Cigarette Tax Increases Post 2002"
Hui-chen Wang, The University of Mississippi (Contact Author)
Ming-Feng Hsieh, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Discussants:

Todd Sorensen, University of California, Riverside
Echu Liu, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Hui-chen Wang, The University of Mississippi

 

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Saturday
3:00 - 4:45 p.m.
SEA*
Session 22D*
Applied Microeconomics: Binge Drinking, Child Abuse and Corn for Fuel

Organizers:

Robert B. Ekelund, Jr., Auburn University

Session Chairs:

Robert B. Ekelund, Jr., Auburn University

Papers:

"Child Abuse and Neglect: The Economic Effects of the United States Welfare System"
John Keith Watson, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Contact Author)
Sarah J. Skinner, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

"Binge Drinking and Designated Drivers: A Moral Hazard Dilemma"
Wesley A. Austin, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Contact Author)
Rand W. Ressler, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

"Can Corn-Based Ethanol Replace Gasoline? A Market-Based Analysis"
Shaun W. Tatum, BE&K (Contact Author)
Sarah J. Skinner, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
John D. Jackson, Auburn University

Discussants:

Mark R. Fratrik, BIA
Catherine England, Marymount University
Mark Thornton, Ludwig von Mises Institute

 

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Saturday
3:00 - 4:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 23D
The Economics of Education and Learning

Organizers:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Session Chairs:

Kylie Goggins, University of Kentucky

Papers:

"Does Competition Improve Public School Efficiency? An Analysis of K-12 Public Education in Mississippi"
Kaustav Misra, Mississippi State University (Contact Author)

"Teacher Pension Incentives, Retirement Behavior, and Potential for Reform in Arkansas"
Josh B. McGee, University of Arkansas (Contact Author)

"Mergers Do Smaller Classes Increase Test Scores? Using New Entrants to Estimate Class Size Effects"
Courtney Collins, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)

"Learning by Doing, Overconfidence, and Serial Entrepreneurs"
Jing Chen, Florida International University (Contact Author)

"Post-Socialist Culture and Entrepreneurship: An Empirical Analysis"
Petrik Runst, George Mason University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Omari H. Swinton, Howard University
Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis
Luis Gonzalez, University of Kentucky
Whitney Schott, University of Pennsylvania
Mary Beth Walker, Georgia State University

 

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Sunday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 01F*
Recent Federal Reserve Policy: An Evaluation

Organizers:

James D. Gwartney, Florida State University

Moderators:

James D. Gwartney, Florida State University

Panelists:

W. Scott Frame, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

James A. Dorn, Cato Institute

David Macpherson, Trinity University

Lawrence H. White, George Mason University

Lawrence J. White, New York University

James D. Gwartney, Florida State University

 

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Sunday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 03F*
Applied Political Economy

Organizers:

Russell S. Sobel, West Virginia University
Christopher J. Coyne, West Virginia University

Session Chairs:

Rachel Mathers, West Virginia University

Papers:

"The Economics of Female Genital Mutilation"
Christopher J. Coyne, West Virginia University (Contact Author)
Rachel Mathers, West Virginia University

"Culture and Economic Freedom"
Claudia R. Williamson, New York University (Contact Author)
Rachel Mathers, West Virginia University

"Cointegrating Institutions: The Time-Series Properties of Country Institutional Measures"
Russell S. Sobel, West Virginia University (Contact Author)
Christopher J. Coyne, West Virginia University

"Divergence in Cross-Country Presidential Ratings as a Measure of Political Propaganda"
Pavel A. Yakovlev, Duquesne University (Contact Author)
Dave Gilson, Duquesne University

Discussants:

Claudia R. Williamson, New York University
Russell S. Sobel, West Virginia University
Pavel A. Yakovlev, Duquesne University
Rachel Mathers, West Virginia University

 

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Sunday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 04F
Antitrust Issues

Session Chairs:

David E.R. Gay, University of Arkansas

Papers:

"Critical Import Elasticities, Geographic Market Definition, and the 'Imports-as-Market-Discipline' Hypothesis"
Julie Anne Carlson, Federal Trade Commission (Contact Author)
Paul R. Zimmerman, Federal Trade Commission

"Is the French Mobile Phone Cartel Really a Cartel?"
Louis de Mesnard, University of Burgundy (Contact Author)

"The Continuing Cartelizarion of the European Union Market for Wine"
David E.R. Gay, University of Arkansas (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Louis de Mesnard, University of Burgundy
Catherine Tyler Mooney, The University of Oklahoma
Scott French, The Univeristy of Texas at Austin

 

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Sunday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 07F
Remittances, Immigration, and Portfolio Choices

Organizers:

Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Carlos Vargas-Silva, University of Oxford

Papers:

"Insurance Role of Remittances and Household Credit Demand"
Susan Richter, University of California, Merced (Contact Author)

"Immigrants, Assimilation and Wealth Portfolio Choices"
Eva Sierminska, CEPS/INSTEAD (Contact Author)
Chung Choe, CEPS/INSTEAD
Vincent Alexandre Hildebrand, York University

"When Remittances Are More than Just Money: Measuring the Impact of Remittances on Demographic Behavior"
Carlos Vargas-Silva, University of Oxford (Contact Author)
George Sami Naufal, American University of Sharjah

Discussants:

Christopher P. Ball, Quinnipiac University
Diego Vacaflores, Texas State University

 

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Sunday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 08F
Government Structure and Choices

Session Chairs:

Rasim Burak Uras, Washingston University in St. Louis Department of Economics

Papers:

"Political Democratization, Economic Liberalization, and Growth Volatility"
Benhua Yang, Stetson University (Contact Author)

"Can the Galbraithian Hypothesis Too Big a Private Sector Explain Policies Advocated by the Obama Administration"
Frank Martin, Southern University at New Orleans (Contact Author)

"Who Invests in Research and Development?: A Model of Endogenous Sectoral Choice with Costly External Finance"
Rasim Burak Uras, Washingston University in St. Louis Department of Economics (Contact Author)

"Expenditure Trajectories for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness and Criminal Justice Involvement"
John Robst, University of South Florida (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Frank Martin, Southern University at New Orleans
Benhua Yang, Stetson University
Dooyeon Cho, Michigan State University
Laila Dabbagh Lambdin, University of Phoenix

 

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Sunday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 09F
Health and the Economy

Session Chairs:

Ioana Petrescu, American Enterprise Institute

Papers:

"Income Inequality and Consumer Behavior: An Application to Health"
Jessica Harriger, Western Illinois University (Contact Author)
Neha Khanna, Binghamton University
Andreas Pape, Binghamton University

"The Humanitarian Impact of Economic Sanctions "
Ioana Petrescu, American Enterprise Institute (Contact Author)

"Unemployment and Suicide in the United States: A New Look Using Mass-Layoffs"
Richard Dunn, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)
Tim J. Classen, Loyola University Chicago

"Clinical Depression, Earnings and Employment"
Alice Louise Kassens, Roanoke College (Contact Author)
William M. Rodgers, III, Rutgers University

"The Effect of Health Conditions and Behaviors on Future Labor Market Outcomes"
Anil Nathan, College of the Holy Cross
Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis
Padmaja Ayyagari, Yale University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Kruti Dholakia, The University of Texas at Dallas
Ahlam Fakhar, Al Akhawayn University
Murat Mercan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Alice Louise Kassens, Roanoke College
Jessica Harriger, Western Illinois University

 

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Sunday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 10F
Discrimination and Affirmative Action

Session Chairs:

Andrew Francis, Emory University

Papers:

"Affirmative Action in a Two Stage Statistical Discrimination Model "
Aniruddha Mitra, Middlebury College (Contact Author)

"Employer-Employee Racial Match and Statistical Discrimination"
Yariv Fadlon, Vanderbilt University (Contact Author)

"Racial Identity and Affirmative Action in Brazil"
Andrew Francis, Emory University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Valdemar Smith, University of Aarhus
Yariv Fadlon, Vanderbilt University
Aniruddha Mitra, Middlebury College

 

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Sunday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 11F
Foreign Direct Investment

Session Chairs:

Cristina Lira, The University of Alabama

Papers:

"Firm Growth and Foreign Direct Investment Under Exchange Rate Shocks: Does the Ownership Matter?"
Fırat Demir, The University of Oklahoma (Contact Author)

"State-Level Employment Protection and Foreign Direct Investment in the United States"
Ivan Kandilov, North Carolina State University
Justin May, The College of William & Mary (Contact Author)
Mine Senses, Johns Hopkins University

"Terrorism and Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries"
Javed Younas, American University of Sharjah (Contact Author)

"Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Trade Agreement: Endogeneity in a Dynamic Model Specification"
Cristina Lira, The University of Alabama (Contact Author)
Junsoo Lee, The University of Alabama
Byoungki Lee, Korea Economic Research Institute

Discussants:

Jongmook Choe, The University of Texas at Austin
Fırat Demir, The University of Oklahoma
Javed Younas, American University of Sharjah
Carolyn Evans, Santa Clara University

 

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Sunday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 12F
Topics in Industrial Organization I

Session Chairs:

Chun-Hui Miao, University of South Carolina

Papers:

"Bargains Followed by Bargains: When Switching Costs Make Markets More Competitive"
Jason Pearcy, Tulane University (Contact Author)

"Sequential Innovation and the Duration of Technology Licensing"
John Gordanier, University of South Carolina
Chun-Hui Miao, University of South Carolina (Contact Author)

"Implicit Risk and Cost Sharing Through the Choice of Location: The Case of Nuclear Power Plants"
Ibrahim Demir, Benedict College (Contact Author)

"Vertical Research Joint Ventures, R&D Cost Sharing, and Supply Chain Efficiency"
Mark Frascatore, Clarkson University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

David Zirkle, Randolph College
Ibrahim Demir, Benedict College
Mark Frascatore, Clarkson University
Jason Pearcy, Tulane University

 

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Sunday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 13F*
Sportometrics

Organizers:

Robert D. Tollison, Clemson University

Session Chairs:

Robert D. Tollison, Clemson University

Papers:

"Thrill of Victory: Measuring the Incentive to Win"
B. Coffey, Clemson University (Contact Author)
Michael T. Maloney, Clemson University

"Integration of NCAA Basketball Coaches"
Raymond Sauer, Clemson University (Contact Author)
B. Oguntimein, Clemson University

"Entitlement Versus Competition: English Premier League Compared to Major League Baseball"
Brian Goff, Western Kentucky University (Contact Author)
Stephan Symanski, Imperial College
Babatunde Buraimo, University of Lancashire

Discussants:

Robert D. Tollison, Clemson University
William F. Shughart, II, The University of Mississippi

 

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Sunday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 14F
Policy and Vulnerability

Organizers:

Jill Janocha, American University

Session Chairs:

Kara Reynolds, American University

Papers:

"Implementing Sen’s Capability Approach to Evaluate Foster Care Programs in the United States"
Ashley Provencher, American University (Contact Author)

"Poverty to Vulnerability: The Case for Measuring Vulnerability Instead of Poverty to Indicate Household Well-being in the United States"
Jill Janocha, American University (Contact Author)

"Tolerance, Disclosure of Sexual Orientation, and the Process of Discrimination"
Michael Martell, American University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Anita Alves Pena, Colorado State University
Timothy Page, Florida International University

 

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Sunday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 15F
Exchange Rates

Session Chairs:

Rehim Kilic, Georgia Institute of Technology

Papers:

"Exchange Rate Volatility and Commodity Trade Between U.S. and China: Is There Third Country Effect?"
Jia Xu, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Contact Author)
Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

"Median Unbiased Estimation of Structural Change Models: An Application to PPP"
Hatice Ozer-Balli, Massey University (Contact Author)
David H. Papell, University of Houston
Chris Murray, University of Houston

"Long Memory and Nonlinearity in Conditional Variances: A Smooth Transition FIGARCH Model"
Rehim Kilic, Georgia Institute of Technology (Contact Author)

"Currency Depreciation Effects on ADR Returns: Evidence from Latin America"
Omar A Esqueda, The University of Texas-Pan American (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jia Xu, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Omar A Esqueda, The University of Texas-Pan American
Inchul Kim, Sungkyunkwan University
Rehim Kilic, Georgia Institute of Technology

 

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Sunday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 16F
Government Expenditures and Provision

Session Chairs:

Divya Balasubramaniam, The University of Georgia

Papers:

"Do Remittances Crowd out the Government´s Redistributive Policies?"
Raul Alberto Ponce Rodriguez, Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez (Contact Author)
Ikuho Kochi, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez

"A Life Insurance Deterrent to the Spread of HIV and AIDS in Africa"
Pedro de Araujo, Colorado College
James Murray, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (Contact Author)

"Gender Differences in Healthcare Provisions for Children: Evidence from Two Hindi-speaking States in India"
Sajal Lahiri, Southern Illinois University
Sharmistha Self, Missouri State University (Contact Author)

"Got Water? Social Divisions and Access to Public Goods in Rural India"
Divya Balasubramaniam, The University of Georgia (Contact Author)
Santanu Chatterjee, The University of Georgia
David B. Mustard, The University of Georgia

Discussants:

Duncan Chaplin, Mathematica Policy Research
Sharmistha Self, Missouri State University
James Murray, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Melissa Boyle, College of the Holy Cross

 

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Sunday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 17F*
Industrial Organization Experiments: Collusion and Market Power

Organizers:

Douglas D. Davis, Virginia Commonwealth University

Session Chairs:

Douglas D. Davis, Virginia Commonwealth University

Papers:

"On the Fragility of Cooperative Arrangements: Evidence from Field Experiments"
Michael Price, The University of Tennessee (Contact Author)
John A. List, The University of Chicago

"Advance Production, Inventories and Market Power: An Experimental Investigation"
Douglas D. Davis, Virginia Commonwealth University (Contact Author)

"Laboratory Study of Duopoly Price Competition with Patient Buyers"
Timothy N. Cason, Purdue University
Shakun Datta Mago, University of Richmond (Contact Author)

"Experimental Evidence on Tacit Collusion with Cournot Substitutes and Complements"
Lisa R. Anderson, The College of William & Mary (Contact Author)
Beth A. Freeborn, The College of William & Mary
Jason P. Hulbert, The College of William & Mary

Discussants:

Matt Van Essen, University of Arizona
Roman M. Sheremeta, Chapman University
R. Mark Isaac, Florida State University
Artie Zillante, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

 

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Sunday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 18F
Topics in Public Economics

Organizers:

Noel D. Campbell, University of Central Arkansas

Session Chairs:

David T. Mitchell, University of South Alabama

Papers:

"More Competition, More Economic Growth?: A Panel Study of Local Government in U.S. Metropolitan Areas"
Dean B. Stansel, Florida Gulf Coast University (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Economic Freedom on Firm Births and Firm Deaths in the United States: A Spatial Econometrics Approach"
Noel D. Campbell, University of Central Arkansas (Contact Author)
Andres Jauregui, Columbus State University
Kirk C. Heriot, Columbus State University

"Human Rights and Economic Liberalization"
William Arthur Carden, Rhodes College (Contact Author)

"Rebuilding After Disaster—Do Neighborhood Effects Matter Post Katrina?"
David T. Mitchell, University of South Alabama (Contact Author)
Sam Stutsman, University of South Alabama

"The Determinants of Congressional Franking"
S. Tyler Edwards, Berry College
Frank Stephenson, Berry College (Contact Author)
Melissa M. Yeoh, Berry College

Discussants:

Dean B. Stansel, Florida Gulf Coast University
David T. Mitchell, University of South Alabama
Andres Jauregui, Columbus State University
Frank Stephenson, Berry College

 

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Sunday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 19F
At Risk Youths

Session Chairs:

D. Mark Anderson, University of Washington

Papers:

"Are Accountability Systems Contributing to Adolescent Obesity?"
Lu Yin, University of Florida (Contact Author)

"High School Dropout Rates Considered in the Context of School Safety"
Mary G. McGarvey, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Mary Beth Walker, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Compulsory Schooling and Juvenile Crime"
D. Mark Anderson, University of Washington (Contact Author)

"Cognitive Ability and Street Gang Participation: Evidence from the NLSY and Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods"
Alan Seals, Oklahoma City University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Noelia R. Paez, Texas A&M University
Yu Xue, The University of Texas at Dallas
Lu Yin, University of Florida
Alan Seals, Oklahoma City University

 

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Sunday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 21F*
Public Economics

Organizers:

Todd M. Nesbit, Penn State Erie

Session Chairs:

Todd M. Nesbit, Penn State Erie

Papers:

"A Spatial Interaction Model Examination of Public School Teacher Mobility Across Schools and Districts in Florida"
Li Feng, Texas State University-San Marcos (Contact Author)
James P. LeSage, Texas State University-San Marcos

"Strategic Sustainability: Is There a Return on Reputation"
Steven F. Kreft, Indiana University (Contact Author)
Elham Mafi-Kreft, Indiana University

"Does Direct Democracy Restrict the Usage of Eminent Domain for Private Gain?"
Todd M. Nesbit, Penn State Erie (Contact Author)
Gregory M. Randolph, Southern New Hampshire University

"Measuring the Value of School Choice: The Impact of Charter School Access on Housing Prices"
Kerry A. King, Penn State Erie (Contact Author)
Todd M. Nesbit, Penn State Erie
Randy Childs, West Virginia University

Discussants:

Justin M. Ross, Indiana University
Michael D. Stroup, Stephen F. Austin State University
Edward J. Lopez, San Jose State University
Gregory M. Randolph, Southern New Hampshire University

 

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Sunday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 22F
Economics of Education

Organizers:

Sarah M. Estelle, Rhodes College

Session Chairs:

Sarah M. Estelle, Rhodes College

Papers:

"Effective Childrearing of Young School-Aged Children: Evidence from College-Enrolled Mothers"
Sarah M. Estelle, Rhodes College (Contact Author)

"Smaller Classes and Similar Peers: Disentangling the Effects of Class Size and Class Composition"
Courtney Collins, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)

"You Can’t Judge a Grant by Its Dollar Amount – How State Merit Grants Affect Student Decisions in College"
Erin Dunlop, University of Virginia (Contact Author)

"Visa Status and Postdoctoral Participation of Non-Citizen PhDs in the U.S."
Xiaohuan Lan, University of Virginia (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Sarah M. Estelle, Rhodes College
Courtney Collins, Texas A&M University
Erin Dunlop, University of Virginia
Xiaohuan Lan, University of Virginia

 

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Sunday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 23F
Topics in Economic Development

Organizers:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Session Chairs:

Michael Bonnal, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Papers:

"Assessing Trade Potential Between Countries of the Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA): A Panel Data Analysis"
Amr S. Hosny, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Contact Author)

"Labor Mobility, Knowledge Transfer and Productivity Spillover: Evidence from Indian Firms"
Deepraj Mukherjee, The University of Memphis (Contact Author)

"Cross-Country Variation in Factor Shares and Its Implications for Development Accounting"
Brad Sturgill, Appalachian State University (Contact Author)

"Double Irreversibilities and the Development of Biofuels"
Ruiqing Miao, Iowa State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jen-Ruey Tsaur, National Central University
Carolina Castilla, The Ohio State Univesity
Nabamita Dutta, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
Mariano Alierta, Annuorum SL

 

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Sunday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 01G*
Research on Economic Freedom

Organizers:

James D. Gwartney, Florida State University

Session Chairs:

James D. Gwartney, Florida State University

Papers:

"Economic Freedom in the Mexican States"
Nathan J. Ashby, The University of Texas at El Paso (Contact Author)

"Economic Freedom and Business Cycles Across Countries"
John W. Dawson, Appalachian State University (Contact Author)

"How Economic Freedom Affects Service Industry Location"
Bradley Hobbs, Florida Gulf Coast University (Contact Author)
Stephan F. Gohmann, University of Louisville

"From Economic Freedom to Democracy"
Carolina Acosta, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello
Hugo J. Faría, IESA (Contact Author)
Hugo Montesinos, Universidad Simon Bolivar

Discussants:

Joseph Connors, Florida State University
James D. Gwartney, Florida State University
Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University

 

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Sunday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 03G*
Teacher Pay, Principals, and Schooling

Organizers:

Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University

Session Chairs:

Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Optimal Incentives for Public Sector Workers: The Case of Teacher-Designed Incentive Pay in Texas"
Matthew G. Springer, Vanderbilt University
Lori L. Taylor, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)

"The Policy Choices of Successful Principals"
David N. Figlio, Northwestern University (Contact Author)

"Teacher Salaries and State Collective Bargaining Laws"
Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University (Contact Author)
David Macpherson, Trinity University

"Cohort Crowding and Non-Resident College Enrollment"
John Winters, Auburn University at Montgomery (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Scott Imberman, University of Houston
Sherrilyn M. Billger, Illinois State University
Li Feng, Texas State University-San Marcos
David Macpherson, Trinity University

 

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Sunday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 04G*
Issues in Economics of Immigration, Gender Gaps, and Housing Markets

Organizers:

Simona Lup Tick, The University of Mississippi

Session Chairs:

Simona Lup Tick, The University of Mississippi

Papers:

"The Effect of Immigration on the Low-Skilled: A Look at Occupation-Level Evidence"
Todd Sorensen, University of California, Riverside (Contact Author)
Arindrajit Dube, University of California, Berkeley

"Determinants of the Duration of Migration of Mexican Immigrants in the United States"
Carmen Carrion-Flores, University of Florida (Contact Author)

"Movin' on Up: Hierarchical Occupational Segmentation and Gender Wage Gaps"
Dina Shatnawi, University of Arizona (Contact Author)
Ronald L. Oaxaca, University of Arizona
Michael Ransom, Brigham Young University

"Technological Change and Gender Wage Differentials Revisited"
Simona Lup Tick, The University of Mississippi (Contact Author)
Ronald L. Oaxaca, University of Arizona

"A Semiparametric Bounds Approach for Hedonic Housing Price Indexes with an Application to the Southern California Market 1996 to 2008"
Zhizhong Shan, The University of Mississippi (Contact Author)
Walter J. Mayer, The University of Mississippi
Hui-chen Wang, The University of Mississippi

Discussants:

Todd Sorensen, University of California, Riverside
Carmen Carrion-Flores, University of Florida
Hsinling Hsieh, Northern Michigan University
Simona Lup Tick, The University of Mississippi
Dina Shatnawi, University of Arizona

 

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Sunday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 07G
Remittances and FDI Flows: Macroeconomic Causes and Consequences

Organizers:

Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas

Papers:

"The Macroeconomic Consequences of Remittances: A Reappraisal"
Diego Vacaflores, Texas State University (Contact Author)
Dennis W. Jansen, Texas A&M University

"Financial Openness, Resource Reallocation and the Real Exchange Rate: Is There a Trade-off?"
Emmanueal K.K. Lartey, California State University, Fullerton (Contact Author)

"Real Business Cycles and Remittances to Emerging Markets"
Diego Vacaflores, Texas State University
Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas (Contact Author)
Christopher P. Ball, Quinnipiac University

Discussants:

Olivier Coibon, The College of William & Mary
Mark Wheeler, Western Michigan University
Emmanueal K.K. Lartey, California State University, Fullerton

 

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Sunday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 08G
Economic Behavior

Session Chairs:

Carolina Castilla, The Ohio State Univesity

Papers:

"An Experiment for Examining the Formation of Natural Monopolies"
A.J. Allen Bostian, The University of New South Wales
David Zirkle, Randolph College (Contact Author)

"Internalizing Violence: Coordinating Murder Between Families in the Sicilian and American Mafia"
Douglas Rogers, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"Why the Inside Rules the Outside: The Economics of Criminal Gang Control"
David B. Skarbek, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"Consumer Willingness to Search in the Gasoline Retail Market"
Carolina Castilla, The Ohio State Univesity (Contact Author)
Timothy C. Haab, The Ohio State University

Discussants:

Steven Carl Trost, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Douglas Rogers, George Mason University
Andreas Pape, Binghamton University
Benjamin C. Anderson, The Ohio State University

 

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Sunday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 10G
Issues in Poverty

Session Chairs:

Solomon T. Tesfu, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Poverty, Legal Status, and Pay Basis in U.S. Agriculture"
Anita Alves Pena, Colorado State University (Contact Author)

"The Effect of Early Childhood Malnutrition on Child Labor and Schooling: Evidence from Ethiopia"
Solomon T. Tesfu, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"An Enquiry into the Role of Economics in Domestic Conflict Resolution"
Saheli Nath, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Saheli Nath, The University of Texas at Dallas
Yu Peng Lin, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Umut Ozek, The Urban Institute

 

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Sunday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 11G*
Financial Crises in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

Organizers:

Jon R. Moen, The University of Mississippi

Session Chairs:

Jon R. Moen, The University of Mississippi

Papers:

"Aldrich-Vreeland Currency as a Lender of Last Resort"
Chris Hoag, Coe College (Contact Author)

"Banking and Financial Crises in United States History: What Guidance does History Offer?"
Ellis W. Tallman, Oberlin College (Contact Author)
Elmus R. Wicker, Indiana University

"20th Century Developments in the Maturity Structure of Bank Assets"
Andrew T. Young, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"Why Didn’t the United States Establish a Central Bank Until After the Panic of 1907?"
Jon R. Moen, The University of Mississippi (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jon R. Moen, The University of Mississippi
Chris Hoag, Coe College
Ellis W. Tallman, Oberlin College
Andrew T. Young, West Virginia University

 

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Sunday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 12G
Topics in Industrial Organization II

Session Chairs:

Abdullah Al-bahrani, University of Kentucky

Papers:

"Athletic Spending, Uncertainty, and Fan Interest: Evidence from College Football"
Matthew D. Henry, Cleveland State University (Contact Author)

"Porno Economicus: A Rational Choice Model of Self-Regulation in the Adult Film Industry"
Alexandre Padilla, Metropolitan State College of Denver (Contact Author)

"Joint Determination of Consumer Search Behavior and Mortgage Interest Rates"
Abdullah Al-bahrani, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

"Why Leaving the Consumer Alone Helps to Close the Deal--A Theoretical Approach"
Wan-Ju Iris Franz, Houston Baptist University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Wan-Ju Iris Franz, Houston Baptist University
Matthew D. Henry, Cleveland State University
Thomas E. Cooper, Georgetown College
Yuying Xie, Shepherd University

 

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Sunday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 13G
Asset Pricing Under Imperfect Markets

Session Chairs:

Sermin Gungor, Emory University

Papers:

"Collaterality and the Housing Wealth Effect"
Sheng Guo, Florida International University (Contact Author)

"Commodity Price Behaviour Resulting from Transaction-Cost Frictions"
Lewis T. Evans, Victoria University (Contact Author)
Graeme Guthrie, Victoria University

"Testing for Stochastic Dominance with Uncertain Time Horizon"
Raul Ibarra-Ramirez, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)

"Illiquidity and Predictability of Expected Returns"
Sermin Gungor, Emory University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Raul Ibarra-Ramirez, Texas A&M University
Xing Chen, Oklahoma State University
Lewis T. Evans, Victoria University
Sheng Guo, Florida International University

 

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Sunday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 14G*
Antitrust and Sports

Organizers:

Roger D. Blair, University of Florida

Session Chairs:

Roger D. Blair, University of Florida

Papers:

"The Rule of Reason: Some Economic Problems"
Roger D. Blair, University of Florida (Contact Author)
Jessica Stephanie Haynes, University of Florida

"Antitrust and Equipment Standards: Winners and Whiners"
John Edward Lopatka, Pennsylvania State University (Contact Author)

"Collusive Monopsony and Antitrust Damages"
Christina DePasquale, University of Michigan (Contact Author)

"The NCAA and the Sherman Act"
Jeffrey L. Harrison, University of Florida (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Bruce Alan Seaman, Georgia State University
Janice A. Hauge, University of North Texas
Celeste K. Carruthers, The University of Tennessee

 

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Sunday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 15G
Depository Institutions and Financial Markets

Session Chairs:

Jian Hu, Southern Methodist University

Papers:

"Effects of Foreclosure Laws and Bankruptcy Asset Exemptions on Mortgage Default and Foreclosure Rates"
Chintal Desai, The University of Texas-Pan American
Gregory Elliehausen, Federal Reserve Board and The George Washington University
Jevgenijs Steinbuks, University of Cambridge (Contact Author)

"Interest on Bank Reserves and Optimal Sweeping"
Donald Dutkowsky, Syracuse University
David VanHoose, Baylor University (Contact Author)

"Strategic Behaviors in Financial Markets and the Market Discipline Mechanism"
Osman Nal, Texas Southern University (Contact Author)

"Return Dependence and the Limits of Product Diversification in Financial Firms"
Jian Hu, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)
Thomas B. Fomby, Southern Methodist University
Jefferey Gunther, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Discussants:

Timothy P. Opiela, DePaul University
Christian Jensen, University of South Carolina
Osman Nal, Texas Southern University
Lisa Verdon, College of Wooster

 

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Sunday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 16G
Issues in Banking

Session Chairs:

Marcela Giraldo, University of Florida

Papers:

"Contestability, Relationship Lending and Small Firm Use of Bank Financing: A Cross-Country Investigation"
Shannon Mudd, Ursinus College (Contact Author)

"Endogenous Bank Preferences and Bank Switching Problems in a Search Model of Lending"
Marcela Giraldo, University of Florida (Contact Author)

"Financial Freedom, Regulation, and Bank Efficiency: Evidence from Europe"
Alexia Ventouri, University of Essex (Contact Author)
Georgios Chortareas, University of Athens
Claudia Girardone, University of Essex

Discussants:

Shannon Mudd, Ursinus College
Alexia Ventouri, University of Essex
Marcela Giraldo, University of Florida

 

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Sunday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 17G
Decisions and Choices

Session Chairs:

Zhe Li, Stony Brook University

Papers:

"A Life-Cycle Analysis of Retirement Savings and Portfolio Choices: Optimal Asset Allocation and Location with Taxable and Tax-Deferred Investment"
Zhe Li, Stony Brook University (Contact Author)

"The Role of Long-Term Credit Contracts"
Xuan Tam, University of Virginia (Contact Author)

"Public Versus Private: A Dynamic Model of Health Insurance Choice"
Cristian Pardo, Saint Joseph's University (Contact Author)
Whitney Schott, University of Pennsylvania

Discussants:

Zhe Li, Stony Brook University
Xuan Tam, University of Virginia
Mark Frascatore, Clarkson University

 

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Sunday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 18G
Transitions to Adult Roles

Organizers:

David C. Ribar, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Session Chairs:

William M. Rodgers, III, Rutgers University

Papers:

"Occupational Restrictions on Ex-Offenders"
Keith Finlay, Tulane University (Contact Author)

"Vulnerability, Risk, and the Transition to Adulthood"
Daniel Kuehn, Urban Institute (Contact Author)
Tracy Vericher, Urban Institute
Michael Pergamit, Urban Institute
Jennifer Macomber, Urban Institute

"Stress, Conflict, and Adolescents' Transitions to Adult Roles"
David C. Ribar, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Contact Author)
Deborah Cobb-Clark, Australian National University

Discussants:

Scott Cunningham, Baylor University
Gerald S. Oettinger, The University of Texas at Austin
Jeffrey S. DeSimone, The University of Texas at Arlington

 

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Sunday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 19G
Issues in Gender Inequity

Session Chairs:

Dipanwita D. Sarkar, The University of Louisiana at Monroe

Papers:

"Gender Pay Gap Among Top Executive Officers"
Valdemar Smith, University of Aarhus (Contact Author)
Mette Verner, University of Aarhus
Nina Smith, University of Aarhus

"Estimating Gender Differentials in Earnings of MBA Graduates"
Wayne A. Grove, Le Moyne College
Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis (Contact Author)
Michael Jetter, The University of Memphis

"Gender Inequality and the Spread of HIV/AIDS in India"
Aparna Mitra, University of Oklahoma (Contact Author)
Dipanwita D. Sarkar, The University of Louisiana at Monroe

"Female-Headed Households and Poverty: Evidence from the National Family Health Survey"
Ramaprasad Rajaram, The University of Georgia (Contact Author)

"Gender and Portfolio Choice: Are Women More Risk Averse when Selecting Pension Funds?"
Jose Olivares, Universidad del Desarrollo (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Valdemar Smith, University of Aarhus
Christy Spivey, The University of Texas at Arlington
Hitomi Komatsu, American University
Jose Olivares, Universidad del Desarrollo
Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis

 

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Sunday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 21G*
Issues in Public Sector Economics

Organizers:

Dwight R. Lee, Southern Methodist University

Session Chairs:

Dwight R. Lee, Southern Methodist University

Papers:

"Government Censorship Increases Costs by Disguising Them"
J.R. Clark, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Dwight R. Lee, Southern Methodist University

"Rule of Law and the Size of Government"
Randall G. Holcombe, Florida State University
Cortney S. Rodet, Florida State University

"Divided We Vote"
Edward J. Lopez, San Jose State University (Contact Author)
Peter T. Calcagno, College of Charleston

Discussants:

Randall G. Holcombe, Florida State University
Edward J. Lopez, San Jose State University
David E.R. Gay, University of Arkansas

 

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Sunday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 22G
Efficiency and Collective Bargaining in Public School Provision

Organizers:

Sarah M. Estelle, Rhodes College

Session Chairs:

Sarah M. Estelle, Rhodes College

Papers:

"The Relative Contract Position of School Teachers: An Analysis of Public Union Versus Non-Union Schools"
Sarah M. Estelle, Rhodes College
John Ruggiero, University of Dayton (Contact Author)

"Teacher Qualifications and Student Achievement: A Panel Data Analysis"
Trevor Collier, University of Dayton (Contact Author)

"Nonparametric Least Squares Approach to Estimating the Effects of Contextual Variables on Cost Efficiency – An Application to Ohio School Districts"
Andrew Johnson, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)
Timo Kuosmanen, MTT

Discussants:

John Ruggiero, University of Dayton
Trevor Collier, University of Dayton
Andrew Johnson, Texas A&M University

 

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Sunday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 23G
Development I

Session Chairs:

Nabamita Dutta, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

Papers:

"How Petty Is Petty Corruption? Evidence from Firm Surveys in Africa"
George R.G. Clarke, Texas A&M International University (Contact Author)

"Institutions, Terrorism and the Role of a Free Press"
Sanjukta Roy, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"Level-Specific Effects of Human Capital on Economic Growth"
Daren A. Conrad, Bowie State University (Contact Author)

"Yet Another Curse of Aid"
Nabamita Dutta, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Justin May, The College of William & Mary
Ioana Petrescu, American Enterprise Institute
Charles Vehorn, Radford University
Mariano Alierta, Annuorum SL

 

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Sunday
2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
SEA*
Session 01H*
The Public Choice Legacy of Gordon Tullock I

Organizers:

Charles K. Rowley, The Locke Institute

Moderators:

Charles K. Rowley, The Locke Institute

Panelists:

Charles K. Rowley, The Locke Institute "The Life, the Times and the Overall Legacy of Gordon Tullock"

William Niskanen, The Cato Institute "The Economics and Politics of Bureaucracy"

William F. Shughart, II, The University of Mississippi "What Should Governments Do? Problems of Social Cost, Externalities and All That "

Michael Reksulak, Georgia Southern University "What Should Governments Do? Problems of Social Cost, Externalities and All That "

Robert D. Tollison, Clemson University "Interest Groups, Rent Seeking and Redistributive Politics"

 

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Sunday
2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 03H
Information Session on the History of Economic Thought Summer Teaching Program at Duke University

Organizers:

Bruce J. Caldwell, Duke University

Panelists:

Bruce J. Caldwell, Duke University

Steven Medema, University of Colorado at Denver

 

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Sunday
2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 07H
Market Structure, Firm Size, and Competition

Organizers:

Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Christopher A. Laincz, Drexel University

Papers:

"Flight Departure Time Differentiation and Spatial Competition"
Diego A. Escobari, San Francisco State University (Contact Author)
Sang-Yeob Lee, San Francisco State University

"Are Rodeo Cowboys Afraid of a Little Competition?: The Conflicting Influence of Competition on Entry Decisions"
Paul Carrillo, The George Washington University
Adam D. Rennhoff, Middle Tennessee State University (Contact Author)
Christina H. Rennhoff, Vanderbilt University

"A Theoretical Foundation for Understanding Firm Size Distributions"
Christopher A. Laincz, Drexel University (Contact Author)
Ana Rodrigues, Autoridad de Concorrencia

Discussants:

Rossitza B. Wooster, Portland State University
Lirong Liu, Sam Houston State University
Zhou Yang, The University of Tennessee

 

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Sunday
2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 08H
Savings, Investments, and Wealth

Session Chairs:

Christian Dreger, DIW Berlin

Papers:

"Macroeconomic Saving Under Prudence"
A.J. Allen Bostian, The University of New South Wales (Contact Author)
Christoph Heinzel, Toulouse School of Economics (LERNA)

"Higher Order of Risk Aversion and Portfolio Choice"
Suvayan De, West Virginia State University (Contact Author)

"The Role of Asset Markets for Private Consumption: Evidence from Paneleconometric Models"
Christian Dreger, DIW Berlin (Contact Author)
Hans-Eggert Reimers, Hochschule Wismar

"Housing Wealth Isn't (Much) Wealth"
William Miles, Wichita State University (Contact Author)
Charles Calomiris, Columbia University

"The Welfare Consequences of the Increase in Wage Dispersion with Private Information"
Yuki Ikeda, Georgetown University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Suvayan De, West Virginia State University
William Miles, Wichita State University
Yuki Ikeda, Georgetown University
A.J. Allen Bostian, The University of New South Wales
Christian Dreger, DIW Berlin

 

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Sunday
2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 09H
School Choice, Rewards and Student Performance

Session Chairs:

Celeste K. Carruthers, The University of Tennessee

Papers:

"New Teachers and Student Achievement in Charter Schools"
Celeste K. Carruthers, The University of Tennessee (Contact Author)

"The Effects of Open Enrollment on School Choice and Student Outcomes"
Umut Ozek, The Urban Institute (Contact Author)

"Public School Choice: Charter and Magnet Schools and the Public-Private School Decision"
Kylie Goggins, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

"The Effect of State Funded Merit Scholarships for Higher Education on Pre-College Academic Performance"
Christopher C. Klein, Middle Tennessee State University (Contact Author)
Elizabeth A. Perry-Sizemore, Randolph College

Discussants:

Pedro de Araujo, Colorado College
Yoshiaki Shimazaki, Akita Prefectural University
Eric R. Dodge, Hanover College
Omari H. Swinton, Howard University

 

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Sunday
2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 10H
Earnings: Family Structure and Public Policy

Session Chairs:

Gary Wagner, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Papers:

"Honey I Love You, but...Evaluating the Earnings Penalty of Being a Tied-Migrant Military Spouse"
John J. Hisnanick, U.S. Census Bureau (Contact Author)
Roger Little, U.S. Naval Academy

"Transitory Earnings Shocks and Intergenerational Income Elasticities"
Murat Mercan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Contact Author)

"Teacher Performance Rewards: The Devils Are in the Details"
Duncan Chaplin, Mathematica Policy Research (Contact Author)
Gary Ritter, University of Arkansas

"The Minimum Wage Spike in the Search Economy with Wage-Posting"
Natalya Shelkova, Guilford College (Contact Author)

"The Effect of State Tax Preferences on the Living Arrangements and Welfare of the Elderly"
Jie Pan, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Gary Wagner, University of Arkansas at Little Rock (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Ye Zhang, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Stephan Lindner, University of Michigan
Gustavo Canavire-Bacarreza, Georgia State University
Lynn MacDonald, St. Cloud State University
Selcuk Eren, Bard College

 

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Sunday
2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 12H
Industrial Organization and the Environment

Session Chairs:

Merlin Mack Hanauer, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Survival and Financing of Black Owned Start-Ups in the U.S."
Yunwei Gai, Babson College
Maria Minniti, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)

"Economy, Elections and Economic Voting in India"
Harini Kannan, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Protected Areas, Deforestation and Socioeconomic Outcomes in Costa Rica: A Subgroup Analysis"
Merlin Mack Hanauer, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Trade, Pollution and the Environmental Kuznets: An Examination of Economic Growth and Pollution from Different Sources"
Alejandro E. Dellachiesa, The University of Tennessee (Contact Author)

"Environmental Service Payments and Cost Share Equilibrium"
Keith Willett, Oklahoma State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Harini Kannan, Georgia State University
Maria Minniti, Southern Methodist University
Yunwei Gai, Babson College
Alejandro E. Dellachiesa, The University of Tennessee
Keith Willett, Oklahoma State University

 

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Sunday
2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 13H
International Issues

Session Chairs:

Sean Turner, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Tax Evasion and Market Structure in Transition Economies"
Sean Turner, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Does Labor Supply Respond to Flat Tax? Evidence from the Russian Tax Reform"
Denvil Duncan, Georgia State University
Klara Sabirianova Peter, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Foreign Aid, Illegal Immigration, and Welfare"
Jonathan Munemo, Salisbury University (Contact Author)

"How Many Illegal Immigrants Enter the U.S. Where and Why?"
Andreas Buehn, Dresden University of Technology (Contact Author)
Stefan Eichler, Dresden University of Technology

Discussants:

Hari S. Luitel, University of Richmond
Andreas Buehn, Dresden University of Technology
Mahmut Yasar, The University of Texas at Arlington
Jonathan Munemo, Salisbury University

 

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Sunday
2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
SEA*
Session 14H*
Causes and Consequences of Trade Policy

Organizers:

Kara Reynolds, American University

Session Chairs:

Kara Reynolds, American University

Papers:

"Trade Policy and Market Power: The Case of the U.S. Steel Industry"
Benjamin H. Liebman, Saint Joseph's University (Contact Author)
Bruce Blonigen, University of Oregon
Wesley Wilson, University of Oregon

"Overcoming Free-Riding: A Cross-Country Analysis of Firm Participation in Antidumping Petitions"
Kara Reynolds, American University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Benjamin H. Liebman, Saint Joseph's University
Kara Reynolds, American University

 

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Sunday
2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
SEA*
Session 15H*
From Risky to Downright Criminal Behavior, This Session Has It All

Organizers:

M. Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Daniel I. Rees, University of Colorado Denver

Session Chairs:

Brian S. Armour, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Papers:

"Making Space for Crime: A Spatial Analysis of Criminal Competition"
Gregory DeAngelo, University of California, Santa Barbara (Contact Author)

"License to Drive: Graduated Driver Licensing and Adolescent Risky Behaviors"
Laura M. Argys, University of Colorado Denver (Contact Author)
M. Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

"Binge Drinking and Risky Sex Among College Students"
Jeffrey S. DeSimone, The University of Texas at Arlington (Contact Author)

"The Price of Promiscuity: Does Number of Sex Partners Affect School Attainment?"
Joseph J. Sabia, American University (Contact Author)
Daniel I. Rees, University of Colorado Denver

Discussants:

Christopher Cunningham, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Hani Mansour, University of Colorado Denver
Kathleen Deloughery, University at Albany - SUNY
Melayne Morgan McInnes, University of South Carolina

 

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Sunday
2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 16H
Information and Innovation in International Trade

Session Chairs:

Scott French, The Univeristy of Texas at Austin

Papers:

"Export, Firm Heterogeneity and Innovation"
Erik Strojer Madsen, University of Aarhus (Contact Author)
Valdemar Smith, University of Aarhus

"Innovation in Product Space and Trade"
Scott French, The Univeristy of Texas at Austin (Contact Author)

"Information Inputs and International Trade: Evidence from State Level Data on Business Air Travel"
Anca Cristea, Purdue University (Contact Author)

"Information Heterogeneity and Portfolio Home Bias"
Huiran Pan, California State University-Fullerton (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Deepraj Mukherjee, The University of Memphis
Anca Cristea, Purdue University
David Y. Chen, North Carolina A&T State University
Erik Strojer Madsen, University of Aarhus

 

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Sunday
2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
SEA*
Session 17H*
Experiments on Public Goods, Centipede Games, Effort Supply, and Vote Rotation

Organizers:

Vjollca Sadiraj, Georgia State University

Session Chairs:

Vjollca Sadiraj, Georgia State University

Papers:

"NIMBY: When Public Goods Go Bad"
R. Mark Isaac, Florida State University (Contact Author)
Doug Norton, Florida State University
Svetlana Pevnitskaya, Florida State University

"Arms or Legs: Isomorphic Dutch Auctions and Centipede Games"
James C. Cox, Georgia State University (Contact Author)
Duncan James, Fordham University

"Deferred Compensation Versus Efficiency Wages: An Experimental Test"
Tim Salmon, Florida State University (Contact Author)
David Macpherson, Trinity University
Kislaya Prasad, Florida State University

"Let Me Vote! An Experimental Study of Vote Rotation in Committees"
Ronald Bosman, Bank of the Netherlands
Philipp Maier, Bank of Canada
Vjollca Sadiraj, Georgia State University (Contact Author)
Frans van Winden, University of Amsterdam

Discussants:

Daniel Houser, George Mason University
Glenn W. Harrison, University of Central Florida
C. Monica Capra, Emory University
Ragan Petrie, George Mason University

 

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Sunday
2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 18H
Marriage and Divorce

Session Chairs:

Miao Chi, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Papers:

"Analyzing the Effects of Parental Divorce on Short-Term and Long-Term Outcomes of Adolescents: A Propensity Score Matching Approach"
Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis
Debjani Kanjilal, The University of Memphis (Contact Author)

"Money and Marriage: Implications of Wage Inequality on Marriage Outcomes"
Jing Liu, The University of Texas at Austin (Contact Author)

"Impact of International Marriage Migration on Local Divorce Rates"
Elaine Liu, University of Houston (Contact Author)
Jin-Tan Liu, National Taiwan University

"Intermarriage and the Economic Assimilation of Immigrants in the United States"
Miao Chi, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Elaine Liu, University of Houston
Michael Hanlon, University of Washington
Chunbei Wang, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Asia Sikora, Cornell University

 

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Sunday
2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 19H
Micro Level Impact of Liberalization

Session Chairs:

Marzieh Bolhassani, University of Wisconsin Colleges

Papers:

"Intra-Industry Specialization in United States-Mexico Trade"
Don P. Clark, The University of Tennessee (Contact Author)

"The Impact of International Trade on Gender Wage Gap in the United States"
Jongsung Kim, Bryant University (Contact Author)
Edinaldo Tebaldi, Bryant University

"Trade Liberalization and Industry Wage Premia: The Missing Role of Productivity"
Lourenco Paz, Syracuse University (Contact Author)

"Trade Liberalization and the Impact on the U.S. Motor Vehicle Trade with Canada"
Marzieh Bolhassani, University of Wisconsin Colleges (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Don P. Clark, The University of Tennessee
Xuepeng Paul Liu, Kennesaw State University
Tammy Parker, University of Louisiana at Monroe
Jongsung Kim, Bryant University

 

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Sunday
2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
SEA*
Session 21H*
Law and Economics 1

Organizers:

Paul Pecorino, The University of Alabama
Amy Farmer, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Paul Pecorino, The University of Alabama

Papers:

"An Economic Analysis of Torture in Counterterrorism"
Hugo M. Mialon, Emory University (Contact Author)
Sue H. Mialon, Emory University
Maxwell Stinchcombe, The University of Texas

"Imperfect Verification, Appeals, and Limited Liability"
Chifeng Dai, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Contact Author)

"Why Do Judges Read Statutes?"
Alexander Volokh, Emory Law School (Contact Author)

"Stock Option Contract Design and Managerial Fraud: Theory and Experimental Evidence"
Rudy Santore, The University of Tennessee
Martin Tackie, Concordia College (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Amy Farmer, University of Arkansas
Rudy Santore, The University of Tennessee
Scott Gilpatric, The University of Tennessee
Hugo M. Mialon, Emory University

 

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Sunday
2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
SEA*
Session 22H*
Undocumented Immigration

Organizers:

Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Session Chairs:

Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Papers:

"New Estimates of Previous Illegal Experience Among New Legal Immigrants in the 2003 Cohort"
Guillermina Jasso, New York University (Contact Author)

"Immigration, Legal Status, and Public Aid Magnets"
Anita Alves Pena, Colorado State University (Contact Author)

"Employer Monopsony Power in the Labor Market for Undocumented Workers"
Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Contact Author)
Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

"How Important Are Legal Status Adjustments for Labor Market Advances? Recent Evidence from Spanish Immigrants"
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, San Diego State University (Contact Author)
Miguel A. Malo, Universidad de Salamanca
Fernando Muñoz-Bullón, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Discussants:

Kusum Mundra, Rutgers University
Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University
Marie T. Mora, The University of Texas-Pan American

 

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Sunday
2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 23H
Development II

Session Chairs:

Katharine L. Shester, Vanderbilt University

Papers:

"The Effects of Foreign Direct Investment on the Economic Growth of Central and Eastern European Countries"
Charles Vehorn, Radford University (Contact Author)
Arthur Vasarevic, Radford University

"Poverty, Income Inequality and Economic Growth in U.S. Counties: A Spatial Analysis"
Ramaprasad Rajaram, The University of Georgia (Contact Author)

"Slum Clearance and Urban Renewal in the United States, 1949-1974"
William Collins, Vanderbilt University
Katharine L. Shester, Vanderbilt University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Wim P.M. Vijverberg, City University of New York
Daren A. Conrad, Bowie State University
Ramaprasad Rajaram, The University of Georgia

 

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Sunday
4:15 - 5:45 p.m.
SEA*
Session 01I*
The Public Choice Legacy of Gordon Tullock II

Organizers:

Charles K. Rowley, The Locke Institute

Moderators:

Charles K. Rowley, The Locke Institute

Panelists:

Charles K. Rowley, The Locke Institute "The Selected Papers of Gordon Tullock: An Editorial Overview"

Daniel Houser, George Mason University "Experimental Public Choice"

Roger D. Congleton, George Mason University "The Calculus of Consent and Constitutional Political Economy"

Gordon Tullock, George Mason University "A Response to the Seven Papers on My Contributions"

 

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Sunday
4:15 - 5:45 p.m.
SEA*
Session 03I*
Macroeconomic Theory: Sticky Prices, Shocks, Moral Hazard, and the Taylor Curve

Organizers:

Tinni Sen, Virginia Military Institute

Session Chairs:

Tinni Sen, Virginia Military Institute

Papers:

"Anticipated Future Changes Under State-Dependent Pricing: A Simple Special Case"
Tinni Sen, Virginia Military Institute (Contact Author)
John R. Conlon, University of Mississippi

"Identifying Sources of Macroeconomic Fluctuations in the UK"
James Peery Cover, The University of Alabama (Contact Author)
Sushanta K. Mallick, Queen Mary, University of London

"Institutional Change in Credit Markets: Do Good Rules Drive Good Banks Out?"
Atin Basuchoudhary, Virginia Military Institute (Contact Author)
Samuel K. Allen, Virginia Military Institute
Troy Siemers, Virginia Military Institute

"The Questionable Existence of the Taylor Curve"
Eric Olson, The University of Alabama (Contact Author)
Walter Enders, The University of Alabama
Mark Wohar, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Discussants:

James Peery Cover, The University of Alabama
Eric Olson, The University of Alabama
Tinni Sen, Virginia Military Institute
Atin Basuchoudhary, Virginia Military Institute

 

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Sunday
4:15 - 5:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 08I
International Studies

Session Chairs:

Berrak Buyukkarabacak, University of Richmond

Papers:

"Capital Flows, Housing Prices, and Monetary Policy"
Berrak Buyukkarabacak, University of Richmond (Contact Author)
Olena Mykhaylova, University of Richmond

"A Real-Time Historical Database for the OECD"
Adriana Z. Fernandez, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Evan F. Koenig, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, The University of Memphis (Contact Author)

"Global Deflation: An Observation Through Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) Estimation"
Bamadev Paudel, Wayne State University (Contact Author)

"How Do Exporters in a Middle-Income Country Choose their Markets?"
Simone Silva, Murray State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, The University of Memphis
Enrique Martinez-Garcia, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Bamadev Paudel, Wayne State University
Simone Silva, Murray State University

 

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Sunday
4:15 - 5:45 p.m.
SEA*
Session 09I*
Macroeconomics and Energy

Organizers:

Peter Hartley, Rice University

Session Chairs:

Peter Hartley, Rice University

Papers:

"Electricity Sector Demand for Natural Gas in the United States"
Peter Hartley, Rice University (Contact Author)

"Modeling Electricity Price and Natural Gas Price by Mean Reversion Jump Diffusion Models"
Jianghua Li, Rice University (Contact Author)

"Market Power and Efficiency: A Dynamic Approach"
Levent Kutlu, Rice University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jerome Dugan, Rice University
David Splinter, Rice University

 

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Sunday
4:15 - 5:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 10I
Workplace Exits

Session Chairs:

Stephan Lindner, University of Michigan

Papers:

"A New Approach to Triggering Extended Unemployment Insurance: Identifying Poor Labor Market Conditions with Markov Switching Models"
Jeremy Schwartz, The George Washington University (Contact Author)

"Job Loss and the Decision to Apply for Social Security Disability Insurance: Do Transitory Income Shocks Matter?"
Stephan Lindner, University of Michigan (Contact Author)

"The Family Medical and Leave Act and Women’s Return to Work at Part-Time Status"
Whitney Schott, University of Pennsylvania (Contact Author)

"Charitable Giving and Volunteering in Retirement"
Matthew Kim, University of St. Thomas (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jeremy Schwartz, The George Washington University
Whitney Schott, University of Pennsylvania
Denise Whalen, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Matthew Kim, University of St. Thomas

 

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Sunday
4:15 - 5:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 11I
Environmental Economics II

Session Chairs:

Lirong Liu, Sam Houston State University

Papers:

"Avoiding Arsenic in Rural Bangladesh: An Averting Behavior Analysis"
Sonia Aziz, Moravian College (Contact Author)
Kevin Boyle, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Thomas D. Crocker, University of Wyoming

"Firm Compliance with Multiple Environmental Regulations"
Lirong Liu, Sam Houston State University (Contact Author)

"International Business Cycles and the Control of Greenhouse Gas Emissions"
Nathan S. Balke, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)
Stephen P.A. Brown, Resources for the Future

"Altruism, Efficiency, and Health in the Family"
Mark Dickie, University of Central Florida (Contact Author)
Matthew J. Salois, University of Reading

Discussants:

Nathan S. Balke, Southern Methodist University
Yusuke Kuwayama, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Merlin Mack Hanauer, Georgia State University
A.J. Allen Bostian, The University of New South Wales

 

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Sunday
4:15 - 5:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 12I
Group Decision Making

Session Chairs:

Alistair J. Wilson, New York University

Papers:

"Caustic Communication and Group Decision Making"
Alistair J. Wilson, New York University (Contact Author)

"Collective Action and Power Inequality"
Jaesoo Kim, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (Contact Author)

"Vote Production Function"
Kyle Kretschman, The University of Texas at Austin (Contact Author)
Nick Mastronardi, United States Air Force Academy

"Voting and Abstaining in the U.S. Senate: Mr. Downs Goes to Washington"
Christopher Boudreaux, Nicholls State University/Florida State University
R. Morris Coats, Nicholls State University (Contact Author)
Shane Sanders, Nicholls State University

Discussants:

Kyle Kretschman, The University of Texas at Austin
William R. Hauk, Jr., University of South Carolina
Jaesoo Kim, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
R. Morris Coats, Nicholls State University

 

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Sunday
4:15 - 5:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 14I
Economics of Health and Healthcare

Organizers:

Danny R. Hughes, American College of Radiology

Session Chairs:

Danny R. Hughes, American College of Radiology

Papers:

"Access and Satisfaction with Health Care in Canada and the United States"
Stephan F. Gohmann, University of Louisville (Contact Author)

"Family Structure, Parent Social Capital and Early Childhood Health"
Yunwei Gai, Babson College
Li Feng, Texas State University-San Marcos (Contact Author)

"The Relationship of Financial Self-Interest in Imaging to Economic and Medical Outcomes"
Danny R. Hughes, American College of Radiology (Contact Author)
Mythreyi Bhargavan, American College of Radiology
Jonathan Sunshine, American College of Radiology

"Computational Agent Based Simulation with an Application to Healthcare"
Adam K. Korobow, LMI Research Institute (Contact Author)
Chris Johnson, LMI Research Institute

Discussants:

David Beckworth, Texas State University
Stephan F. Gohmann, University of Louisville
James Swofford, University of South Alabama
David T. Mitchell, University of South Alabama

 

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Sunday
4:15 - 5:45 p.m.
SEA*
Session 15I*
Education Incentives, School Choice, and Tiebout Sorting

Organizers:

Lawrence W. Kenny, University of Florida

Session Chairs:

Lawrence W. Kenny, University of Florida

Papers:

"Does It Pay to Get an A? The Effect of Accountability Rankings on School District Resource Allocations"
Steven Craig, University of Houston (Contact Author)
Scott Imberman, University of Houston
Adam Perdue, University of Houston

"Value Maximizing Incentive Systems for School Teachers and the Effects of Rewards for Test Scores Versus Institutional Reform"
John Garen, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

"Escaping Redistribution Through Municipal Incorporation"
Lawrence W. Kenny, University of Florida (Contact Author)
Adam Reinke, University of Florida

Discussants:

Lori L. Taylor, Texas A&M University
Mary Beth Walker, Georgia State University

 

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Sunday
4:15 - 5:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 17I
Market Relationships

Session Chairs:

Klaus G. Becker, Texas Tech University

Papers:

"Monopoly and Oligopoly Supply of a Good with Dynamic Network Externalities"
Robert Driskill, Vanderbilt University (Contact Author)

"Price Matching in a Sequential Search Duopoly"
Aleksandr Yankelevich, Washingston University in St. Louis (Contact Author)

"Pricing of Scholarly Journals: A Game-Theoretical Framework"
Lina Zhou, Augustana College (Contact Author)
William F. Shughart, II, The University of Mississippi

"A Game Theoretic and Empirical Analysis of Price and Non-Price Competition: The Case of the Turkish Automobile Industry"
Klaus G. Becker, Texas Tech University (Contact Author)
Oguz Ozsahin, American Express
Eleanor Von Ende, Texas Tech University

Discussants:

David E. Davis, South Dakota State University
Lina Zhou, Augustana College
Aleksandr Yankelevich, Washingston University in St. Louis
Scott T. Macdonell, The University of Texas at Austin

 

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Sunday
4:15 - 5:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 18I
Topics in Financial Economics

Organizers:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Session Chairs:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Papers:

"Can Commitment Lead to Insurance?"
Xuan Tam, University of Virginia (Contact Author)

"House Prices, Mortgage Lending, and the Aggregate Demand"
Omer Bayar, The Univeristy of Tennessee (Contact Author)

"Combining Mean Reversion and Momentum Trading Strategies in Foreign Exchange Markets"
Alina F. Serban, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"Optimal Hedging Under Copula Models with High Frequency Data"
Moohwan Kim, University of Missouri-Columbia (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Giandomenico Sarolli, Washington and Lee University
Min Joung Park, Sungkyunkwan University
Rehim Kilic, Georgia Institute of Technology
Shannon Mudd, Ursinus College

 

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Sunday
4:15 - 5:45 p.m.
SEA*
Session 19I*
Topics in Development and Institutional Economics

Organizers:

Nabamita Dutta, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

Session Chairs:

Sanjukta Roy, West Virginia University

Papers:

"Terrorism and Informal Institutions"
Nabamita Dutta, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse (Contact Author)
Sanjukta Roy, West Virginia University

"The PTA Factor: Role of Preferential Trade Agreement in the Trade-Institution Relation"
Nabamita Dutta, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
Deepraj Mukherjee, The University of Memphis (Contact Author)
Sanjukta Roy, West Virginia University

"Spatial Dependency of Health and Education Expenditures Across National Governments"
Susane Leguizamon, West Virginia University (Contact Author)
J. Sebastian Leguizamon, West Virginia University

"Does Environmental Pollution Replicate the Transfer Problem? The Role of Trade"
John Dogbey, Ohio University (Contact Author)

"A Difference-in-Difference-in-Difference Analysis of the Effect of State Anti-discrimination Laws on the Labor Market Outcomes of Gays and Lesbians"
David Christafore, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Sanjukta Roy, West Virginia University
Justin M. Ross, Indiana University
Joshua C. Hall, Beloit College
Sudeshna Pal, Georgia College & State University
David Christafore, West Virginia University

 

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Sunday
4:15 - 5:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 20I
Natural Hazards

Organizers:

Daniel Sutter, The University of Texas-Pan American

Session Chairs:

Pallab Mozumder, Florida International University

Papers:

"Understanding Household Preferences for Hurricane Risk Mitigation Information: Evidence from Survey Responses "
Pallab Mozumder, Florida International University (Contact Author)

"Hurricanes and Moving Water, A Deadly Combination: An Analysis of Coastal and Inland Hurricane Fatalities"
Jeffrey Czajkowski, Austin College (Contact Author)
Kevin M. Simmons, Austin College
Daniel Sutter, The University of Texas-Pan American

"Natural Disasters and Fiscal Decentralization"
Monica P. Escaleras, Florida Atlantic University (Contact Author)
Charles A. Register, Florida Atlantic University

Discussants:

Daniel Sutter, The University of Texas-Pan American
John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University

 

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Sunday
4:15 - 5:45 p.m.
SEA*
Session 21I*
Law and Economics 2

Organizers:

Amy Farmer, University of Arkansas
Paul Pecorino, The University of Alabama

Session Chairs:

Amy Farmer, University of Arkansas

Papers:

"Marginal Deterrence, Self-Policing, and Regulatory Enforcement"
Scott Gilpatric, The University of Tennessee (Contact Author)

"Managerial Teams, Whistle-Blowing, and Fraud"
Stephen J Cotten, University of Houston - Clear Lake
Rudy Santore, The University of Tennessee (Contact Author)

"Optimal Compensation for Regulatory Takings"
Paul Pecorino, The University of Alabama (Contact Author)

"Pols, Pimps and Pros: Regulation in the Market for Prostitutes"
Amy Farmer, University of Arkansas (Contact Author)
Andrew Horowitz, University of Arkansas

Discussants:

Alexander Volokh, Emory Law School
Paul Pecorino, The University of Alabama
Chifeng Dai, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Martin Tackie, Concordia College

 

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Sunday
4:15 - 5:45 p.m.
SEA*
Session 22I*
Experiments on Organizational Incentives

Organizers:

Douglas D. Davis, Virginia Commonwealth University

Session Chairs:

Artie Zillante, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Papers:

"Hold-up with a Vengeance"
Martin Dufwenberg, The University of Arizona (Contact Author)
Alec Smith, The University of Arizona
Matt Van Essen, University of Arizona

"I Don’t Know How Much Longer I Can Hold Out"
Sean Collins, Florida State University (Contact Author)
R. Mark Isaac, Florida State University

"Entry into Winner-Take-All and Proportional-Prize Contests: An Experimental Study"
Timothy N. Cason, Purdue University (Contact Author)
William A. Masters, Purdue University
Roman M. Sheremeta, Chapman University

"Examining Alternative Mechanisms to Eminent Domain for Land Aggregation"
Dustin Read, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Contact Author)
Peter M. Schwarz, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Artie Zillante, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Discussants:

Michael Price, The University of Tennessee
Shakun Datta Mago, University of Richmond
Beth A. Freeborn, The College of William & Mary
Jason P. Hulbert, The College of William & Mary

 

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Sunday
4:15 - 5:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 23I
Topics in Industrial Organization

Organizers:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Session Chairs:

Thomas E. Cooper, Georgetown College

Papers:

"Modeling Quality and Price Competition Among Retail Formats"
Ming-Feng Hsieh, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Contact Author)

"Bundling and A La Carte Pricing in a Two-Sided Model"
Minghua Chen, Drexel University (Contact Author)

"Mergers Facilitating Mergers: A Simulation Analysis of Merging Airline Codeshare Partners"
Dave Brown, Kansas State University (Contact Author)

"Environmental Regulation and Industry Dynamics"
Aditi Sengupta, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Neha Khanna, Binghamton University
David Barrus, University of Kentucky
Vivek Pai, University of California, Irvine
Cesar Alfredo Cancho, Texas A&M University

 

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Monday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 01J*
Symposium: "The Invisible Hook"

Organizers:

William Arthur Carden, Rhodes College

Moderators:

William Arthur Carden, Rhodes College

Panelists:

William Arthur Carden, Rhodes College

Charles M. North, Baylor University

Per Bylund, University of Missouri

Virgil Henry Storr, George Mason University

 

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Monday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 03J
Education, Outcomes and Occupational Choice

Session Chairs:

Tommy Henry, Mississippi State University

Papers:

"Class Size, Class Composition, and the Distribution of Student Attainment"
Ryan C. Bosworth, North Carolina State University (Contact Author)

"The Linkage Between Education and Occupational Choice"
Yu Xue, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)

"Self-Employment and Place of Birth: An Examination of Chinese in the United States"
John Lunn, Hope College (Contact Author)
Todd Steen, Hope College

"How Business Cycles Affect the Careers of Young Workers: The Role of Occupational Assignments "
Hani Mansour, University of Colorado Denver (Contact Author)
Kevin Welding, University of California, Santa Barbara

"The Effects of High School Performing Arts Participation on Educational and Occupational Attainment"
Tommy Henry, Mississippi State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Christopher C. Klein, Middle Tennessee State University
Ryan C. Bosworth, North Carolina State University
Elaine Liu, University of Houston
Yu Xue, The University of Texas at Dallas
Hani Mansour, University of Colorado Denver

 

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Monday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 08J
Decisions and Social Outcomes

Session Chairs:

Jaesoo Kim, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Papers:

"Is There Crowd Wisdom in the Judgment of Experts? Evidence from College Football Rankings"
Justin M. Ross, Indiana University (Contact Author)

"Designing Contests with Heterogeneous Agents"
Jaesoo Kim, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (Contact Author)
Jongwoo Park, Michigan State University

"How Does Envy Affect Production Effort and Utility?"
Michael Jetter, The University of Memphis (Contact Author)

"A Computational Implementation of Case-Based Decision Theory"
Andreas Pape, Binghamton University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Michael Jetter, The University of Memphis
Andreas Pape, Binghamton University
Jennifer Steele, Washington State University
Jaesoo Kim, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

 

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Monday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 09J
Macroeconomic Effects of Trade Policy

Session Chairs:

Meryem Tekin, The University of Texas at Austin

Papers:

"Assessing the Role of Unobservables in Analyzing the Effects of Trade Policies"
Jayjit Roy, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)

"Government Size, Openness, and Output Growth: Industrial and Developing Economies Under Globalization"
Andre Varella Mollick, The University of Texas-Pan American
Rene Cabral, Tecnológico de Monterrey (Contact Author)

"Financial Globalization and Self-Employment"
Meryem Tekin, The University of Texas at Austin (Contact Author)

"Are Born Globals from Export-oriented Industries?"
Charles Braymen, Kansas State University (Contact Author)

"Macroeconomic Interdependence and Integration in Africa"
Assande Des' Adom, Eastern Illinois University (Contact Author)
Subhash C. Sharma, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Akm Mahbub Morshed, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Discussants:

Rene Cabral, Tecnológico de Monterrey
Charles Braymen, Kansas State University
Assande Des' Adom, Eastern Illinois University
Nick Mastronardi, United States Air Force Academy
Meryem Tekin, The University of Texas at Austin

 

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Monday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 10J
State and Local Taxation

Session Chairs:

R. Morris Coats, Nicholls State University

Papers:

"The Efficiency of Impact Fee Financing for Commercial Infrastructure Requirements"
Adam Jones, The University of Georgia (Contact Author)
Arthur Snow, The University of Georgia

"An Analysis of West Virginia's Two Tax Amnesties: 1986 and 2004"
Hari S. Luitel, University of Richmond (Contact Author)

"Estimating State and Federal Cigarette Tax Elasticities"
R. Morris Coats, Nicholls State University (Contact Author)
Bhavneet Walia, Nicholls State University

"The Demand for Vice: A Complete Demand System Study of Smoking, Drinking and Gambling in Texas"
Michael Trousdale, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Lei Zhang, The University of Texas at Dallas
Adam Jones, The University of Georgia
Hari S. Luitel, University of Richmond
Michael Trousdale, Texas A&M University

 

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Monday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 11J
Birth and Childhood Health

Session Chairs:

Jay Walker, The University of Memphis

Papers:

"Determinants of Birth Outcomes in Texas by Race"
Kruti Dholakia, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)

"Is Child Work Injurious to Health?"
Aditi Roy, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)

"(Un)planned Parenthood and HIV/AIDS"
Jay Walker, The University of Memphis (Contact Author)
Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis
Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, The University of Memphis

"Social Network and Weight Misperception Among Adolescents"
Mir M. Ali, The University of Toledo (Contact Author)
Aliaksandr Amialchuk, The University of Toledo
Francesco Renna, The University of Akron

"Maternal Smoking and Birth Outcomes: Evidences from a Regression Discontinuity Design"
Ji Yan, Washington University in St. Louis (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Danny R. Hughes, American College of Radiology
Kruti Dholakia, The University of Texas at Dallas
Aditi Roy, Southern Methodist University
Ji Yan, Washington University in St. Louis
Lauren R. Heller, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

 

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Monday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 12J
Open Economy Macroeconomics

Session Chairs:

Enrique Martinez-Garcia, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Papers:

"Patterns of Bilateral Remittance Flows: Does Institutional Quality and Individual Happiness Play a Role?"
Faruk Balli, Massey University (Contact Author)
Cahit Guven, Deakin University
Rukmani Gounder, Massey University
Hatice Ozer-Balli, Massey University

"Investment and Trade Patterns in a Sticky-Price, Open-Economy Model"
Enrique Martinez-Garcia, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Contact Author)
Jens Sondergaard, Georgetown University

"Responses to Remittances: The Effect of Outside Income Sources on Jamaican Households’ Behavior"
Andrew Stephenson, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Andrew Stephenson, Georgia State University
Richard Dunn, Texas A&M University

 

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Monday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 13J
Topics in the Economics of Fertility

Organizers:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Session Chairs:

Michael D. S. Morris, Oklahoma State University

Papers:

"Mortality and Development"
Belgi Turan, University of Houston (Contact Author)

"A Comprehensive Analysis of Mandatory Waiting Periods for Abortions"
Brandeanna Dawn Allen, Middle Tennessee State University (Contact Author)

"Rainfall, Fertility, and Early Childhood Health in West Africa"
Yeon Soo Kim, University of Maryland at College Park (Contact Author)

"Fertility and Mortality: Can Altruism Explain Cross-Country Demographic Patterns?"
Isaac Petit-Frere, University of Miami (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Xi Tian, Department of Economics and Legal Studies
Attila Cseh, Valdosta State University
Valdemar Smith, University of Aarhus
Feng Qian, University at Buffalo

 

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Monday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 14J
Household Production and Investment

Session Chairs:

Manuel Chavez, The University of Texas at Austin

Papers:

"Women Breadwinners and the Labor Supply of Their Husbands"
Christy Spivey, The University of Texas at Arlington (Contact Author)

"Child-Custody Reform and Marriage-Specific Investment in Children"
Alan Seals, Oklahoma City University (Contact Author)
John M. Nunley, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

"Beyond Labor Market Assimilation: Household Production, Human Capital Investment, and Leisure Time Allocations of Mexican Immigrants to the US"
Manuel Chavez, The University of Texas at Austin
Andres J. Vargas, Texas Tech University (Contact Author)

"Put in the Powder, Close the Lid and Relax? The Effects of Household Production Technologies on Labor Supply in China"
Joanne W. Hsu, University of Michigan (Contact Author)

"Self-Employment and Family Time Use: Parent’s Decisions on Children’s Development"
Manuel Chavez, The University of Texas at Austin (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Christy Spivey, The University of Texas at Arlington
Andres J. Vargas, Texas Tech University
Joanne W. Hsu, University of Michigan
Benjamin Hansen, IMPAQ International, LLC
Alan Seals, Oklahoma City University

 

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Monday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 15J
How Students Think, Forget, and Perform in Economics

Organizers:

Tisha Lin Nakao Emerson, Baylor University

Session Chairs:

Tisha Lin Nakao Emerson, Baylor University

Papers:

"How Students Forget"
Donald Wargo, Temple University (Contact Author)

"Academic Performance and Effort in the Business Classroom"
Sandra Trejos, Clarion University of Pennsylvania (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jeffrey Czajkowski, Austin College
Eva Marikova Leeds, Moravian College

 

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Monday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 16J
Medical Spending, Health Insurance and Health Outcomes

Session Chairs:

Yunwei Gai, Babson College

Papers:

"Impact of Health Insurance on the Screening and Treatment Options for Prostate Cancer"
Yunwei Gai, Babson College (Contact Author)
Lynn MacDonald, St. Cloud State University

"How HMO Penetration Affects Care to the Uninsured in Florida Hospitals"
Lara Gardner, Southeastern Louisiana University (Contact Author)
Sang H. Lee, Southeastern Louisiana University

"The Relationship Between Medical Expenditure and Health Outcome"
Meiying Han, Stony Brook University (Contact Author)
John A. Rizzo, Stony Brook University

"The Effect of Electronic Health Records on Hospital Productivity"
Gary Ferrier, University of Arkansas (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Meiying Han, Stony Brook University
Padmaja Ayyagari, Yale University
Lara Gardner, Southeastern Louisiana University
Gary Ferrier, University of Arkansas

 

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Monday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 17J
Immigration, Language and Labor Markets

Session Chairs:

Kusum Mundra, Rutgers University

Papers:

"The Impact of Immigrant Networks on Mobility of Refugees Within the United States"
Selcuk Eren, Bard College (Contact Author)
Paul Hagstrom, Hamilton College

"Immigrant-Based Networks and the U.S. Bilateral Trade: Role of Immigrant Occupation and Income"
Kusum Mundra, Rutgers University (Contact Author)

"Reassessing the Effect of Language Skills on Earnings"
Chunbei Wang, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Le Wang, University of New Hampshire (Contact Author)

"Participation in Special Language Programs (Bilingual and ESL) and Academic Performance of LEP and Non-LEP Hispanic Students "
Noelia R. Paez, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)
Dennis W. Jansen, Texas A&M University
Timothy J. Gronberg, Texas A&M University

Discussants:

Selcuk Eren, Bard College
Noelia R. Paez, Texas A&M University
Miao Chi, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Debjani Kanjilal, The University of Memphis

 

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Monday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 18J
Issues in Immigration

Organizers:

Brian E. Chezum, St. Lawrence University

Session Chairs:

Cynthia A. Bansak, St. Lawrence University

Papers:

"Immigration and Remittances in Nepal"
Animesh Giri, St. Lawrence University
Cynthia A. Bansak, St. Lawrence University
Brian E. Chezum, St. Lawrence University (Contact Author)

"International Remittances and Migrant Portfolio Interests"
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, San Diego State University (Contact Author)
Susan Pozo, Western Michigan University

"Ethnic Intermarriage Among Immigrants: Human Capital and Assortative Mating"
Barry R. Chiswick, University of Illinois at Chicago (Contact Author)
Christina Houseworth, Litigation Analytics, Inc.

Discussants:

Pia M. Orrenius, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

 

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Monday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 19J*
The Best of Econ Journal Watch

Organizers:

Daniel B. Klein, George Mason University

Session Chairs:

Lawrence H. White, George Mason University

Papers:

"Goldin and Katz and Educational Policy Failings in Historical Perspective"
Arnold Kling, EconLog
John Merrifield, The University of Texas at San Antonio (Contact Author)

"What Do We Really Know About the New Deal? A Second Look at Eggertsson’s Defense"
Steven G. Horwitz, St. Lawrence University (Contact Author)

"Occupational Licensing: Scant Treatment in Labor Texts"
Frank Stephenson, Berry College (Contact Author)
Erin Wendt, Berry College

"Do Economists Believe American Democracy Is Working? Results of a Survey of American Economic Association Members"
William L. Davis, The University of Tennessee at Martin (Contact Author)
Bob Figgins, The University of Tennessee at Martin

Discussants:

John Merrifield, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Steven G. Horwitz, St. Lawrence University
Frank Stephenson, Berry College
Lawrence H. White, George Mason University

 

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Monday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 21J*
Contemporary Issues on Africa’s Development

Organizers:

Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Brookings Institution

Session Chairs:

Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Brookings Institution

Papers:

"African Institutions and Economic Development"
John Mukum Mbaku, Weber State University (Contact Author)

"Clientelism and Economic Voting in an Emerging Democracy: The Case of Malawi"
Boniface Dulani, Michigan State University (Contact Author)
Masayoshi Takahashi, Michigan State University

"Tribalism as Minimax-Regret Strategy: Evidence of Voting in Africa"
Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Brookings Institution (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Brookings Institution
John Mukum Mbaku, Weber State University
Boniface Dulani, Michigan State University

 

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Monday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 22J
Housing

Session Chairs:

Christopher Douglas, University of Michigan-Flint

Papers:

"House Value Depreciation and the Household’s Adjustment of Consumption and Asset Allocation"
Abdul Munasib, Oklahoma State University (Contact Author)
Xing Chen, Oklahoma State University

"Identifying Demand Curves with Data from a Single Real Estate Market"
Luis Gonzalez, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)
Brandon C. Koford, Valdosta State University
Kenneth P. Sanford, University of Kentucky

"The Effect of Coal Mines on Residential Property Values"
Arzu Sen, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Arzu Sen, West Virginia University
Luis Gonzalez, University of Kentucky
Sermin Gungor, Emory University

 

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Monday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 23J
Topics in Applied Microeconomics

Organizers:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Session Chairs:

Gregory M. Randolph, Southern New Hampshire University

Papers:

"Criminal Deportees and Violent Crime: Evidence from Data on Homicide Rate"
Garfield O. Blake, Binghamton University (Contact Author)

"Man Versus Machine: An Investigation of Speeding Ticket Disparities Based on Gender and Race"
Sarah Marx Quintanar, Louisiana State University (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Science and Engineering Immigration on Wages of U.S. Natives"
Serena H. Huang, University of Kansas (Contact Author)

"Globalization, Migration and the U.S. Labor Market for Physicians: The Impact of Immigration on Local Wages"
Finnie B. Cook, University of South Forida (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Xuan Tam, University of Virginia
Wan-Ju Iris Franz, Houston Baptist University
Ioana Sofia Pacurar, The University of Memphis
Ramaprasad Rajaram, The University of Georgia

 

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Monday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 01K*
Slavery and Violence in Economic History

Organizers:

William Arthur Carden, Rhodes College

Session Chairs:

William Arthur Carden, Rhodes College

Papers:

"Violence and Social Change: The Memphis Riot of 1866"
William Arthur Carden, Rhodes College (Contact Author)
Christopher J. Coyne, West Virginia University

"The Effect of Slavery on Family Formation"
Melinda Miller, United States Naval Academy (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Linda K. Carter, Baylor University

 

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Monday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 03K
Law and Economics II

Session Chairs:

Alexander Fink, George Mason University

Papers:

"Prostitution 2.0: The Impact of the Internet of United States Commercial Sex Markets"
Scott Cunningham, Baylor University (Contact Author)
Todd Kendall, Compass Lexecon

"Juries in Classical Athens: Group Size and the Condorcet Jury Theorem"
Bryan McCannon, Wake Forest University (Contact Author)

"Under What Conditions May a Social Contract Arise?"
Alexander Fink, George Mason University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Bryan McCannon, Wake Forest University
George R.G. Clarke, Texas A&M International University
Michael Jetter, The University of Memphis

 

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Monday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 05K*
Experiments on Risk and Time Preferences

Organizers:

James C. Cox, Georgia State University

Session Chairs:

James C. Cox, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Laboratory Analysis of Mechanisms for Subjective Probability Elicitation"
Daniel Houser, George Mason University (Contact Author)
Li Hao, George Mason University

"Estimating Aversion to Uncertainty"
Glenn W. Harrison, University of Central Florida (Contact Author)
Steffen Andersen, Copenhagen Business School
John Fountain, University of Canterbury
Elisabet Rutström, University of Central Florida

"Time and Risk Preferences of Kids"
Ragan Petrie, George Mason University (Contact Author)
Marco Castillo, Georgia Institute of Technology
Paul J. Ferraro, Georgia State University
Jeffrey L. Jordan, The University of Georgia

"Risk Preference Instability Across Institutions: A Closer Look"
C. Monica Capra, Emory University (Contact Author)
Astrid Hopfensitz, Université de Toulouse 1
Christiane Schwieren, University of Heidelberg

Discussants:

James C. Cox, Georgia State University
R. Mark Isaac, Florida State University
Vjollca Sadiraj, Georgia State University
Tim Salmon, Florida State University

 

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Monday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 06K
Overlapping Jurisdictions, Price Discrimination, and Convenient Care Clinics

Organizers:

Michael Tasto, Southern New Hampshire University

Session Chairs:

Michael Tasto, Southern New Hampshire University

Papers:

"Overlapping Jurisdictions and U.S. Municipalities: The Generalize Axiom of Revealed Preference"
Robert Salvino, Coastal Carolina University (Contact Author)

"Price Discrimination and Consumer Transaction Costs"
Gregory M. Randolph, Southern New Hampshire University (Contact Author)

"An Examination of Convenient Care Clinics"
Michael Tasto, Southern New Hampshire University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Gregory M. Randolph, Southern New Hampshire University
Robert Salvino, Coastal Carolina University
Michael Tasto, Southern New Hampshire University

 

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Monday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 08K
Games in Many Settings

Session Chairs:

Nick Mastronardi, United States Air Force Academy

Papers:

"Colonel Blotto Strategies"
Nick Mastronardi, United States Air Force Academy (Contact Author)
Scott T. Macdonell, The University of Texas at Austin

"Monotone Comparative Statics for Games with Strategic Substitutes"
Tarun Sabarwal, The University of Kansas (Contact Author)
Sunanda Roy, Drake University

"Equilibrium Behavior in a Model of Multilateral Negotiations"
Charles Thomas, Clemson University (Contact Author)

"An Endogenous Model of Professors and Students"
Tin-Chun Lin, Indiana University Northwest (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Tarun Sabarwal, The University of Kansas
Charles Thomas, Clemson University
Tin-Chun Lin, Indiana University Northwest
Scott T. Macdonell, The University of Texas at Austin

 

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Monday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 09K
Medicaid, Enrollment and Outcomes

Session Chairs:

Timothy Page, Florida International University

Papers:

"Nursing Home Quality: Theory and Evidence "
Feng Qian, University at Buffalo (Contact Author)

"Dual-Eligible Medicaid Spending: Are We on the Flat of the Curve?"
Melissa Boyle, College of the Holy Cross (Contact Author)
Joanna N. Lahey, Texas A&M University

"Do Social Networks Help to Explain Geographical Variation in Medicaid Enrollment?"
Timothy Page, Florida International University (Contact Author)

"Medicaid Long-Term Care Expansions and Enrollment by the Elderly"
Sabina Ohri, Kaiser Permanente, Center for Health Research, Hawaii (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Melissa Boyle, College of the Holy Cross
Sabina Ohri, Kaiser Permanente, Center for Health Research, Hawaii
Feng Qian, University at Buffalo
Attila Cseh, Valdosta State University

 

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Monday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 10K
Physical and Mental Health

Session Chairs:

Ahlam Fakhar, Al Akhawayn University

Papers:

"Alcohol and Liver Cirrhosis Mortality: New Evidence from a Panel Data Analysis for Sixteen European Countries"
Jan Bentzen, University of Aarhus (Contact Author)
Valdemar Smith, University of Aarhus

"What Will the Neighbors Think? Welfare Stigma Due to Public Disapproval"
Colleen Manchester, University of Minnesota (Contact Author)
Kevin J. Mumford, Purdue University

"Health Status and the Distribution of Risk Within the Household: The Case of Morocco"
Ahlam Fakhar, Al Akhawayn University (Contact Author)

"Sorting and Statistical Discrimination in Schools"
Anil Nathan, College of the Holy Cross (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Anil Nathan, College of the Holy Cross
Colleen Manchester, University of Minnesota
Rocio Garcia-Diaz, Tecnológico de Monterrey
Jay Walker, The University of Memphis

 

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Monday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 11K
Regional Economic Activity

Session Chairs:

Wei Kang, Middle Tennessee State University

Papers:

"Impact of Globalization on Micro-Determinants of Agglomeration: The Case of U.S. Manufacturing Industries"
Abdullah Khan, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Hazardous Wastes on House Value"
Ermanno Affuso, Auburn University (Contact Author)
Cristophe de Parisot, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
Sa Chau Ho, Center for Human Resource Research at The Ohio State University
Diane Hite, Auburn University

"Multi-Factor Productivity Growth Across US States: A Dual Accounting Approach"
Areendam Chanda, Louisiana State University
Bibhudutta Panda, Louisiana State University (Contact Author)

"Asymmetric Effects of Oil Price Changes on Income"
Wei Kang, Middle Tennessee State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Bibhudutta Panda, Louisiana State University
Ermanno Affuso, Auburn University
Abdullah Khan, Georgia State University
Wei Kang, Middle Tennessee State University

 

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Monday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 13K
Technology

Session Chairs:

Kristie Briggs, Creighton University

Papers:

"Imitation, Innovation and Threshold Effects: A Game Theoretic Approach"
Stefan Ruediger, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (Contact Author)
Hamid Mohtadi, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

"International Technology Diffusion: Explaining the Spillover Gains to Developing Countries"
Abdoulaye Seck, Suffolk University (Contact Author)

"The Rate of Technological Progress, Effective Human Capital and the Dynamics of Income Inequality: An Empirical Analysis"
Joshua Dennis Hall, Drexel University (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Regional Innovation on Born-Global Entrepreneurs"
Kristie Briggs, Creighton University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Joshua Dennis Hall, Drexel University
Stefan Ruediger, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Tamas Forgacs, California State University, Fresno
Abdoulaye Seck, Suffolk University

 

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Monday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 14K
Trade Policy Formation

Session Chairs:

Xuepeng Paul Liu, Kennesaw State University

Papers:

"Electoral Regime and Trade Policy"
William R. Hauk, Jr., University of South Carolina (Contact Author)

"Inequality and Trade Barrier from Median-Voter Approach"
Jongmook Choe, The University of Texas at Austin (Contact Author)

"Trade Protection and Electoral Systems: A Product-Level Investigation"
Carolyn Evans, Santa Clara University (Contact Author)
Adina Ardelean, Santa Clara University

"Testing Conflicting Political Economy Theories: Full-fledged Versus Partial-Scope Regional Trade Agreements"
Xuepeng Paul Liu, Kennesaw State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

R. Morris Coats, Nicholls State University
Kyle Kretschman, The University of Texas at Austin
Lourenco Paz, Syracuse University
Jongmook Choe, The University of Texas at Austin

 

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Monday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 15K
Topics in Undergraduate Economics Education

Organizers:

Tisha Lin Nakao Emerson, Baylor University

Session Chairs:

Tisha Lin Nakao Emerson, Baylor University

Papers:

"Teaching the Disinterested: Communicating Economics to Non-Majors"
Philip Szmedra, Georgia Southwestern State University (Contact Author)

"Determinants of Faculty Assessment Methods in Undergraduate Economics Courses"
George Schaur, The University of Tennessee (Contact Author)
William E. Becker, Indiana University
Michael Watts, Purdue University

"If You Build It... Fostering Undergraduate Research with Peer Research Conferences"
Melanie E. Fox Kean, Austin College (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Monica E. Hartmann, University of St. Thomas
Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University
KimMarie McGoldrick, University of Richmond

 

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Monday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 16K
New Frontiers in Bill Evans Economics

Organizers:

Scott Imberman, University of Houston

Session Chairs:

Scott Imberman, University of Houston

Papers:

"Higher Education Spending and University Knowledge Production: Evidence from Endowment Value Shocks"
Alex Whalley, University of California, Merced (Contact Author)
Justin Hicks, University of California, Merced

"The Role of Social Networks in Determining Immigrant Wealth and its Composition"
Sarah Bohn, Public Policy Institute of California (Contact Author)
Sarah Pearlman, Vassar College

"Dressed for Success? The Effect of School Uniforms on Student Achievement and Behavior"
Scott Imberman, University of Houston (Contact Author)
Elisabetta Gentile, University of Houston

"Relative Age and Diagnosis and Treatment of ADHD"
William N. Evans, University of Notre Dame
Melinda Sandler Morrill, North Carolina State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Scott Imberman, University of Houston
Alex Whalley, University of California, Merced
Melinda Sandler Morrill, North Carolina State University
Sarah Pearlman, Vassar College

 

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Monday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 17K
Nominal Income Targeting, the Productivity Norm, and Monetary Stability

Organizers:

Joshua Hendrickson, Wayne State University

Session Chairs:

Joshua Hendrickson, Wayne State University

Papers:

"Monetary Policy Under Greenspan"
George A. Selgin, The University of Georgia (Contact Author)
William D. Lastrapes, The University of Georgia

"Could Nominal Income Targeting Have Prevented the Current Recession?"
Scott Sumner, Bentley College (Contact Author)

"In Search of Monetary Stability: A Comparison of the Taylor Rule and the Productivity Norm"
Joshua Hendrickson, Wayne State University (Contact Author)

"Nominal Income Targeting and Asset Prices"
David Beckworth, Texas State University (Contact Author)
Diego Vacaflores, Texas State University

 

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Monday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 18K
Topics in the Health Economics

Organizers:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Session Chairs:

Mir M. Ali, The University of Toledo

Papers:

"Disability and Disability Compensation: Does a Veteran Bias Exist?"
David N. van der Goes, Lehigh University (Contact Author)

"Disability, Transitions, and Wages"
Denise Whalen, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Contact Author)

"Opportunity Costs Surrounding Exercise and Dietary Behaviors: The Effect of Commuting on Health-Related Activities"
Thomas J. Christian, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Youth Smoking in Lower-Income Countries: The Influence of Cigarette Prices in the Context of Anti-Smoking Sentiment and Cigarette Advertising"
Deliana Kostova, Emory University (Contact Author)

"The Distributional Impacts of Access to Safe Water and Sanitation on Child Nutrition in India: A Quantile Regressions Approach"
Divya Balasubramaniam, The University of Georgia (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis
David Macpherson, Trinity University
Kenneth P. Sanford, University of Kentucky
John Robst, University of South Florida
Lara Gardner, Southeastern Louisiana University

 

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Monday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 19K
Topics in Experimental Economics

Organizers:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Session Chairs:

Eric R. Dodge, Hanover College

Papers:

"Emergent Specialization, Exchange, and Property Rights in Experiments and Agent-Based Models"
Erik O. Kimbrough, Chapman University (Contact Author)

"Strategic Ignorance: Is It a Self Discipling Device?"
Tara Larson, University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)
Rachel Croson, The University of Texas at Dallas
Catherine C. Eckel, The University of Texas at Dallas

"Seniority Advantage in Pork Barrel Politics"
Cortney S. Rodet, Florida State University (Contact Author)

"Impact Evaluation of Islamic Microfinance Using Laboratory Experiments"
Mohamed S. El-Komi, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)

"Risk Perception, Risk Preference, and the Coefficient of Relatively Risk Aversion"
Alfredo A. Romero, Virginia Tech (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Teresa D. Harrison, Drexel University
Bhavneet Walia, Nicholls State University
Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, The University of Memphis
Lei Zhang, The University of Texas at Dallas
Jason Delaney, Georgia State University

 

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Monday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 21K
Student Performance

Session Chairs:

Steven Carl Trost, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Papers:

"A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Face to Face, Online and Hybrid Formats in a Principles of Macroeconomics Course"
Tammy Parker, University of Louisiana at Monroe (Contact Author)
Paul S. Nelson, University of Louisiana at Monroe

"Estimating the Effects of Dormitory Living on Student Performance"
Pedro de Araujo, Colorado College (Contact Author)
James Murray, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

"Working for Wages and Student Achievement in Economics Principles Courses"
Arun Srinivasan, Indiana University Southeast (Contact Author)
Dagney Faulk, Ball State University
Jon Bingham, Indiana University Southeast

"Assessing the Effect of Online Homework on Exam Performance: A Large Sample Size Experiment"
Steven Carl Trost, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Contact Author)
Djavad Salehi-Esfahani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Discussants:

Tammy Parker, University of Louisiana at Monroe
Deniz Baglan, University of California, Riverside
Arun Srinivasan, Indiana University Southeast
David Zirkle, Randolph College

 

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Monday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 22K
Public Economics Topics

Organizers:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Session Chairs:

Hari S. Luitel, University of Richmond

Papers:

"Income Inequality in Latin America: The Effects of Governmental Transfers and Taxation"
Mark McCoon, University of Southern Mississippi (Contact Author)

"Charitable Giving Through Gift Exchange"
Tamara Lynn Trafton, Vanderbilt University (Contact Author)

"The Signaling Game of Charitable Donations"
Emina Cardamone, Temple University (Contact Author)

"Revenue and Tax Responses to Tax Competition"
Kusum Singh, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Tarron Khemraj, New College of Florida
Xiaofen Chen, Truman State University
Michael Trousdale, Texas A&M University
Lynn MacDonald, St. Cloud State University

 

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Monday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 23K*
Topics in Microeconometrics

Organizers:

Shiferaw Gurmu, Georgia State University

Session Chairs:

Getchew A. Dagne, University of South Florida

Papers:

"TANF Duration: Evidence from Repeated Spell Data"
Shiferaw Gurmu, Georgia State University
William J. Smith, University of West Georgia (Contact Author)

"Estimating the Effects of Length of Exposure to a Training Program: The Case of Job Corps"
Carlos A. Flores, University of Miami
Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, University of Florida (Contact Author)
Arturo Gonzalez, Ernest and Young
Todd Neumann, University of California, Merced

"Bayesian Analysis of Zero-Inflated Ordered Probit Models, with an Application"
Shiferaw Gurmu, Georgia State University (Contact Author)
Getchew A. Dagne, University of South Florida

Discussants:

Shiferaw Gurmu, Georgia State University
William J. Smith, University of West Georgia
Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, University of Florida

 

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