Organizers:

Steven Payson, Department of Interior

Papers:

"Measuring the Economic Impact of Intellectual Property Reliant Industries"
Brittany M. Bond, U.S. Department of Commerce (Contact Author)
Jocelyn C. Burston, U.S. Department of Commerce
David S. Langdon, U.S. Department of Commerce

"Non-Market Failures and Health Care Costs: Implications for Medicare Cost Savings in a Premium Support System"
Jackson Williams, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (Contact Author)

"Further Model-Based Estimates of U.S. Total Manufacturing Production Capital and Technology, 1949-2005"
Peter A. Zadrozny, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Contact Author)
Baoline Chen, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

"Industry-Level Implications of a Carbon Tax"
Tracy Foertsch, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Craig Johnson, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Ralph Rector, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Alexander Yuskavage, U.S. Department of the Treasury (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Richard Spivack, National Institute for Standards and Technology
Warren J. Prunella, Econometrica, Inc.
Michael Giandrea, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Peter A. Zadrozny, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Organizers:

Steven Payson, Department of Interior

Session Chairs:

Alexandra Tabova, Federal Reserve Board

Papers:

"Foreign Materials Inputs and U.S. Productivity Growth"
Leo Sveikauskas, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Contact Author)
Michael Giandrea, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

"Foreign Direct Investment Relationship and Plant Exit: Evidence from the United States"
Marilyn Ibarra-Caton, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (Contact Author)

"Economic Benefits Associated with the Visa Waiver Program"
Xiaochu Hu, George Mason University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Marilyn Ibarra-Caton, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Daniel Riera-Crichton, Bates College
Warren J. Prunella, Econometrica, Inc.

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Organizers:

Steven Payson, Department of Interior

Session Chairs:

Vinod Sathyakeerthy Changarath, University of Cincinnati

Papers:

"So You Want to Price Your Road: The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Federal Toll Road Policies"
Karen E. White, Federal Highway Administration (Contact Author)

"The Political Economy of TARP: A Public Opinion Approach"
Michael E. S. Hoffman, U.S. Government Accountability Office (Contact Author)

"Does Economic Analysis Matter? Or Why Do Independent Regulatory Commissions Need More Than One Commissioner?"
Warren J. Prunella, Econometrica, Inc. (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Craig Johnson, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Jason Nicholas Juffras, Government of the District of Columbia
Baris Yoruk, The State University of New York at Albany
Michael E. S. Hoffman, U.S. Government Accountability Office

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