2009 Sessions for the Chinese Economic Association in North America

Session 16A* Development Economics
Session 16B* Macroeconomics and Growth
Session 16C* Financial and Real Estates

 
Saturday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA*/CEANA
Session 16A*
Development Economics

Organizers:

Gene Hsin Chang, University of Toledo

Session Chairs:

Gene Hsin Chang, University of Toledo

Papers:

"Mortality Risks, Public Health Spending, and Child Labor"
Jayanta Sarkar, Louisiana Tech University (Contact Author)

"Economic Impacts of a ‘Green’ Energy Transition in China"
Sara Hsu, The University of Texas at Austin (Contact Author)

"Persistence of Income Inequality: Does Differential Child Mortality Matter?"
Dipanwita D. Sarkar, The University of Louisiana at Monroe (Contact Author)

"Does the VAT Tax Reform Really Benefit the Chinese Economy? A CGE Simulation Analysis"
Gene Hsin Chang, University of Toledo

Discussants:

Gene Hsin Chang, University of Toledo
Sara Hsu, The University of Texas at Austin

 

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Saturday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA*/CEANA
Session 16B*
Macroeconomics and Growth

Organizers:

Ken Hung, Texas A&M International University

Session Chairs:

Ken Hung, Texas A&M International University

Papers:

"A Model of the Macroeconomic Effects of Privatization on Employment in Developing and Transition Economies -- With an Application to China"
Gene Hsin Chang, University of Toledo (Contact Author)
Josef C. Brada, Arizona State University

"Oh Baby, Obama: Stimulate Me!"
Marilyn K. Spencer, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (Contact Author)

"Sources of Inflation in the Chinese Economy"
Yuexing Lan, Auburn University at Montgomery (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jayanta Sarkar, Louisiana Tech University
Sara Hsu, The University of Texas at Austin
Marilyn K. Spencer, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

 

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Saturday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
SEA*/CEANA
Session 16C*
Financial and Real Estates

Organizers:

Melody Lo, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Session Chairs:

Jinlan Ni, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Papers:

"Kinked Efficient Frontier Curves: A Note on the Portfolio Selection Model with Risk Free Borrowing"
Chin W. Yang, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Ken Hung, Texas A&M International University (Contact Author)

"Selective Asymmetric Capital Financing Behavior"
Donald Da-Hsiang Lien, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Melody Lo, The University of Texas at San Antonio (Contact Author)
Jinlan Ni, University of Nebraska at Omaha

"The Forecasting and Regional Factor Analysis of the U.S. Housing Prices"
Wei-Choun Yu, Winona State University (Contact Author)
Michael Wenz, Winona State University

Discussants:

Ken Hung, Texas A&M International University
Yuexing Lan, Auburn University at Montgomery
Jinlan Ni, University of Nebraska at Omaha

 

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