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[61] WELFARE PROGRAMS AND THEIR EFFECT
CSWEP session 3
Session Organizer and Chair: Barbara M. Fraumeni, Bureau of Economic Analysis
(Barbara.Fraumeni@bea.doc.gov)

Effects of Welfare Reform on SSI Caseloads
Lucie Schmidt, University of Michigan (lgs@umich.edu) and Purvi Sevak, University of Michigan

Tribal TANF: Success or Failure
Elizabeth Zahrt Geib, Lewis and Clark College (zahrt@lclark.edu) and Candace Maynard, Lewis and Clark College

Welfare Benefits, Employment, and Jobless Spells
Emily Lin, University of Connecticut (emilylin@sp.uconn.edu)

Discussants:
Pamela Loprest, Urban Institute (ploprest@ui.urban.org)
Colleen Rathgeb, Department of Health and Human Services
Kathleen Short, Bureau of the Census (kshort@census.gov)
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[62]   BULGARIA TEN YEARS AFTER THE FALL OF THE WALL
Session Organizer and Chair: Jeffrey B. Miller, University of Delaware    (millerj@be.udel.edu)

Bulgarian Agriculture
Burton Abrams, University of Delaware (abramsb@be.udel.edu) and Plamen Yossifov, World Bank (pyossifov@imf.org)

Expectations Formation and Inflation Persistence
John A. Carlson , Purdue University (carlson@mgmt.purdue.edu) and Neven T. Valev, Georgia State University (PRCNTV@langate.gsu.edu)

Credibility and the Bulgarian Currency Board
Mohsen Saad, University of Delaware (msaad@UDel.Edu) and Jeffrey B. Miller, University of Delaware (millerj@be.udel.edu)

Discussants:
Manijeh Sabi, The Sage Colleges (sabim@Sage.EDU)
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[63] WHITHER THE WORKING GROUP? NON-MAJORS EDUCATION NEEDS A VOICE (Second of Two Sessions) PART II: A Ten Year Perspective
Sponsored by the Non-Majors Education Working Group
Session Organizer: Arthur Gibb, US Naval Academy
Session Chair: George Georgiou, Towson State

Teaching Effectiveness; Business Major Programs
John B. Buck, Jacksonville University

Outreach; Financial Resources for Research
Heather O'Neill, Ursinus College

A Research Agenda
Rick Fenner, Utica College

Discussant:
Arthur Gibb, US Naval Academy
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[64] THE ROLE OF FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES IN DEVELOPING ECONOMIES (Part II of II)
Session Organizer and Chair: Okechukwu D. Anyamele, Jackson State University & World Institute for Social Justice (oanyame@ccaix.jsums.edu)

Nonbank Financial Intermediation in Developing Economies
Jean-Claude Assad, Jackson State University (jassad@ccaix.jsums.edu)

The Effectiveness of Money Market Funds in Financial Intermediation Process
Geungu Yu, Jackson State University (geunguyu@ccaix.jsums.edu)

Factors that Influence Growth of Rural Banking in Democratic Environment
Obinna O. Ubani-Ebere, World Institute for Social Justice (obiu@aol.com)

Financing Sustainable Development: The Role of Debt for Nature Swaps
Dal. O. Didia, Jackson State University (ddidia@ccaix.jsums.edu)

The Role of Financial Markets in the Allocation Process in Developing countries
Okechukwu D. Anyamele, Jackson State University & World Institute for Social Justice

Micro-Enterprise Finance and the Role of Gender in Economic Development
Julius A. Alade, University of Maryland Eastern Shore (ajalade@mail.umes.edu) and
Dinesh Sharma, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Discussants:
Obinna O. Ubani-Ebere, World Institute for Social Justice
Okechukwu D. Anyamele, Jackson State University & World Institute for Social Justice
Julius A. Alade, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Jean-Claude Assad, Jackson State University
Geungu Yu, Jackson State University
Dal. O. Didia, Jackson State University
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[65] INFORMATION ECONOMY
Session Organizer: Romesh Diwan, RPI (diwanr@rpi.edu)
Session Chair: Mohyee Ayoub, King Abdul Aziz Univ or Romesh Diwan, RPI

Productivity in U.S. Information Industry
Stephan Kudyba, Cognos

India's Software Industry
Chandana Chakraborty, Montclair State University

Asset Bubbles and Informational Symmetry: Evidence from Japan
Phillip LeBel, Montclair State University (Lebelp@mail.montclair.edu)

Information Technology and Economic Growth
Romesh Diwan, RPI (diwanr@rpi.edu) and Orachat Leingpeboon, RPI

Discussants:
TBA
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[66] TOPICS IN THE ECONOMICS OF ART AND CULTURE
Session Organizer and Chair: Robert Goldfarb, George Washington University

Corporate, Individual, Foundation and Governmental Support for the Arts: Trends, Differences and Implications
Mark LeClair, Fairfield University (mleclair@fair1.fairfield.edu)

John Ruskin, Poet, Slays the Negro Science of Economics
David Levy, George Mason University (dlevy@vms1.gmu.edu)

Controversial Public Sculpture
Robert Goldfarb and Joseph Cordes, George Washington University
(gldfrb@gwu.edu and cordes@gwu.edu)

Discussants:
Joseph Cordes, George Washington University (cordes@gwu.edu)
David George, LaSalle University (george@lasalle.edu)
Thomas C. Leonard, Princeton University (tleonard@princeton.edu)
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[67] TOPICS IN MACROECONOMICS
Session Chair: Stephen M. Miller, University of Connecticut (smiller@uconnvm.uconn.edu)

Velocity Effects of Anticipated and Unanticipated Money Growth and Its Variability: Evidence from Morocco
Mina Baliamoune, Al Akhawayn University (m.baliamoune@ alakhawayn.ma)

Inflation Targeting versus Nominal Income Targeting
Helmut Frisch, University of Technology Vienna (hfrisch1@pop.tuwien.ac.at) and Sylvia Staudinger, University of Technology Vienna

A Putty-Clay Macroeconomic Model for the U.S. Economy
Trichur K. Ganesh, Southampton College LIU (tganesh@southampton.liunet.edu) and Charles W. Bischoff, Binghamton University (c.bischo@binghamton.edu)

The Coordination of Debt Management and Monetary Policy: Signaling, Stabilization, and Welfare
Harrison C. Hartman, Penn State University (harrisonh@psu.edu)

Discussants:
George A. Prendergast, St. Joseph's University (gprender@sju.edu)
Bradley K. Wilson, University of Alabama at Birmingham (bkw@aub.edu)
J. Van Fenstermaker, Towson University (jfenstermaker@towson.edu)
Ed Gamber, Lafayette College (gambere@lafayette.edu)
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[68] CULTURE, BEHAVIOR, AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
Session Chair: Stanley Bober, Duquesne University (bober@duq3.cc.duq.edu)

Culture and Privatization in Latin America
Javier D. Stanziola, Florida Gulf Coast University (jstanzio@fgcu.edu)

Growth and Technology: An Approach of the Economics of Culture
Victor Lux Tonn, Salve Regina University

Do You Trust Me? An Economic Inquiry into the Nature of Trust
Harvey S. James, University of Hartford (hjames@mail.hartford.edu)

Discussion among participants.
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[69] LOCATION DECISIONS AND REGIONAL CONCENTRATION
Session Chair: Shimshon Kinory, New Jersey City University

Changes in the Regional Concentration and Specialization of U.S. Economic Activity from 1969-1997: A County-Level Analysis
David B. Yerger, Lycoming College (yerger@lycoming.edu) and Amanda Kohler, Lycoming College

Tax Neutrality and Location and Output of the Firm Under Uncertainty
Chiou-nan Yeh, Alabama State University

Efficient Location Around Central Markets
Fernando Barreiro-Pereira, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (fbarreiro@cee.uned.es)

Discussants:
Nathan T. Musick, Congressional Budget Office (nathanm@cbo.gov)
Shimshon Kinory, New Jersey City University
David B. Yerger, Lycoming College (yerger@lycoming.edu)
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[70] PUBLIC SECTOR DECISIONMAKING
Session Chair: Marianne Johnson, Suffolk University (mjohnson@acad.suffolk.edu)

A Heterodox Approach to Public Goods
Enrique E. Delamonica, New York University (edelamonica@unicef.org)

Public Choice Problems among Altruists and Moral Idealists
Karl Widerquist, The Levy Institute (widerquist@levy.org)

A Model of Contract Enforcement in Early Transition
Kenneth J. Koford, University of Delaware (KofordK@be.udel.edu)

Discussants:
David Gleicher, Adelphi University (gleicher@adlibv.adelphi.edu)
Kenneth J. Koford, University of Delaware (KofordK@be.udel.edu)
Marianne Johnson, Suffolk University (mjohnson@acad.suffolk.edu)
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[71] HEALTH CARE ECONOMICS
Session Chair: Robert H. Jantzen, Iona College (rjantzen@iona.edu)

Information Asymmetries and the Changing Pattern of Disease: Implications for the Health Services Market
Richard B. Smith, University of Connecticut (RBS94001@uconnvm.uconn.edu)

Managed Care Contracting: Quality or Cost?
Robert H. Jantzen, Iona College (rjantzen@iona.edu) and Patricia R. Loubeau, Iona College

Discussants:
Kathleen N. Gillespie, Saint Louis University School of Public Health (gilleskn@slu.edu)
Glenn G. Graham, SUNY - Oswego (graham@oswego.edu)
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[72] STUDIES IN POLITICAL ECONOMY
Session Chair: Anthony J. Barkume, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (barkume_a@bls.gov)

The Effects of Mass Layoffs on Wages and Hours
Kevin R. Foster, City College CUNY (foster@crow.admin.ccny.cuny.edu)

Political Promises vs. Economic Realities
Peggy M. Dalton, Frostburg State University (pdalton@frostburg.edu)

"The Other;" Perceptions Within the Economic Continuum
Michael P. Maguire (vagabond@frognet.net)

Discussants:
Andrew C. Pienkos, Juniata College (pienkos@juniata.edu)
Michael P. Maguire (vagabond@frognet.net)
John Tomer, Manhattan College (jtomer@juno.com)
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[73] LABOR MARKET STUDIES
Session Chair: Elizabeth Granitz, Southampton College of LIU (LGranitz@southampton.liunet.edu)

The Impact of Public and Private Unions on State Economic Performance
Louis J. Pantuosco, Winthrop University (pantuoscol@mail.winthrop.edu)

Influences on Child Poverty Rates in Local Areas
Alexander Strand, U.S. Census Bureau (alexander.strand@ccmail.census.gov) and
Robin Fisher, U.S. Census

International Medical Graduates and the Stringency of the Entrance Examination
Debojyoti Sarkar, Integral Research Inc. (dsarkar@ibm.net)

Discussants:
Herve Queneau, Xavier University (queneau@xavier.xu.edu)
Richard J. Boden, University of Toledo (rboden@utnet.utoledo.edu)
Mark Gius, Quinnipiac College (gius@quinnipiac.edu)
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[74] COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
Session Chair: Bozena Leven, The College of New Jersey (bozena.leven@worldnet.att.net)

Keynesian Comparative Economics: The Iconoclastic Revisionism of Lynn Turgeon
Richard Holt, Southern Oregon University (rholt@sou.edu)

Post-Communist Society in Transition: What Can Be Learned from Hayek?
Stefka M. Koeva, Gettysburg College (skoeva@gettysburg.edu)

Discussants:
Esen Z. Gurtunca, University of Indianapolis (egurtunca@uindy.edu)
Bozena Leven, The College of New Jersey (bozena.leven@worldnet.att.net)
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[75] ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
Session Chair: Landy C. Johnson, Clark University (ljohnson@clarku.edu)

Welfare Accounting and the Environment: Reassessing Brazilian Economic Growth, 1965-1993
Mariano Torras, Adelphi University (torrasm@panther.adelphi.edu)

An Environmental Kuznets Curve Study of Threatened Species
Michael A. McPherson, University of North Texas (McPherson@econ.unt.edu) and Michael L. Nieswiadomy, University of North Texas (mike@econ.unt.edu)

Discussants:
Landy C. Johnson, Clark University (ljohnson@clarku.edu)
Paul Comolli, University of Kansas (pcomolli@bschool.wpo.ukans.edu)
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< > <Saturday, March 25, 11:00am (11:00:00)>
[76] CLASSICS AND MODERNS: MARX, RICARDO AND THE SURPLUS APPROACH SCHOOL
Session 6 of the mini-conference sponsored by the International Working Group on Value Theory
Session Organizer: Alan Freeman, University of Greenwich, UK (a.freeman@greenwich.ac.uk)

La variable independiente en la teoría clásica de los precios
Edith Klimovsky, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Brasil (ekb@hp9000a1.uam.mx)

Sraffa,Value, and Time
Ajit Sinha, LBS National Academy of Administration, India

Surplus School and Marx: On Garegnani's Marx Reading
Paresh Chattopadhyay, Universite de Quebec a Montreal, (r25030@nobel.si.uqam.ca)
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