2012 Sessions for Lauren R. Heller

 
Friday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 02B
Economic Development in Transition Economies

Session Chairs:

Olga Nicoara, George Mason University

Papers:

"Measuring Cross-Country Convergence in Income Inequality"
Shatakshee Dhongde, Georgia Institute of Technology (Contact Author)
Dustin Chambers, Salisbury University

"Development and Income Inequality: A New Specification of the Kuznets Hypothesis"
Katherine Christina Theyson, Sewanee: The University of the South
Lauren R. Heller, Berry College (Contact Author)

"What Factors Have Contributed to the Significant Differences in Economic Outcomes for Former Soviet States?"
Lisa Verdon, College of Wooster (Contact Author)
Ana Godonoga, College of Wooster

"Does Government Ideology Affect Environmental Pollutions?"
Aziz Berdiev, Bryant University (Contact Author)
Chun-Ping Chang, Shih Chien University
Chien-Chiang Lee, National Sun Yat-sen University

Discussants:

Lauren R. Heller, Berry College
Shatakshee Dhongde, Georgia Institute of Technology
Lisa Verdon, College of Wooster
Aziz Berdiev, Bryant University

 

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Saturday
4:00 - 5:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 06I
Drugs and Addiction

Session Chairs:

Lauren R. Heller, Berry College

Papers:

"Exercise and Addictive Behavior: Does Exercise Reduce Smoking and Drug Use Among Adolescents?"
Mir M. Ali, Food and Drug Administration (Contact Author)
Aliaksandr Amialchuk, The University of Toledo
Lauren R. Heller, Berry College

"Addictive Commodity Consumption Patterns: An Agent Based Simulation Approach"
Nathan KI. Forczyk, Auburn University Montgomery (Contact Author)

"The Swedish Experience and the Incentives Created by Harm Reduction"
Jennifer Maki, North Carolina State University (Contact Author)

"An Evaluation of State Methamphetamine Precursor Controls"
Keith Finlay, Tulane University (Contact Author)
Scott Cunningham, Baylor University

Discussants:

W. David Bradford, The University of Georgia
Roberta Herzberg, Utah State University
R. Morris Coats, Nicholls State University
Whitney T. Douglas-Buser, Berry College

 

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Sunday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 05K
Health Economics II

Session Chairs:

Annette Tomal, Wheaton College

Papers:

"Effect of HIV Testing on Own and Peer Behavior"
Mykhailo Sitiuk, University of Houston (Contact Author)

"Does Incentive Pay Alter Physician Effort? An Analysis of the Time and Care that Physicians Provide to Patients"
Carolyn Wolff, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Contact Author)

"Sex, Drugs, and Cancer: The Association Between Oral Tobacco Use, HPV, and Cancers of the Head and Neck"
Jennifer Maki, North Carolina State University (Contact Author)

"Increasing Organ Donation via Changes in the Default Choice or Allocation Rule"
Danyang Li, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Medicare Part D and Physician Drug Prescribing"
Tianyan Hu, Lehigh University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Suhui Li, George Washington University
Lauren R. Heller, Berry College
John Robst, University of South Florida
Melanie Cozad, Furman University
Kyle Ross, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

 

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