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Sessions 180 - 199, Sunday February 25, 11 am

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[180] GLOBALIZATION: STRUCTURE AND EXPECTATIONS
Session Organizer and Chair: Suren Kaushik, Pace University (skaushik@pace.edu)

IMF's Contribution to Economic Globalization
Bernard Newman, Pace University

The Effect of the Telecom Sector on a Country's Trade Position
Devaki Chandra, AT&T (dchandra@att.com)

Faculty Salary Determination at a Research I University
Iris A. Geisler, Dun and Bradstreet (GeislerI@DNB.com) and Ronald L. Oaxaca, University of Arizona

International Aspects of Privacy and the Internet
Roy Girasa, Pace University

Discussants:
Dini Chandra, AT&T (dchandra@att.com)
Suren Kaushik, Pace University (skaushik@pace.edu)
Bernard Newman, Pace University
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[181] GENDER, RISK, AND FINANCIAL DECISION-MAKING
Session Organizer and Chair: Ulla Grapard, Colgate University (ugraphard@mail.colgate.edu)

Gender and Household Financial Decision-Making
Alexandra Bernasek, Colorado State University (Alexandra.Bernasek@colostate.edu)

A Measure of Legal Independence: The 1870 Married Women's Property Act
Mary Beth Combs, Fordham University (mcombs@fordham.edu)

TANF Reauthorization: Issues for Femisist Economists
Janice Peterson, Institute for Women's Policy Research (peterson@iwpr.org)

Discussants:
Drue Barker, Hollins College (dbarker@hollins.edu)
Ronald Bodkin, University of Ottawa (rgbodkin@uottawa.ca)
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[182] THE DIJON SCHOOL OF ENDOGENOUS MONEY II: POST-KEYNESIAN AND CIRCUIT THEORIES
Session Organizers: Louis-Philippe Rochon, Kalamazoo College (lprochon@kzoo.edu) and Claude Gnos, University of Burgundy, Dijon (claude.gnos@u-bourgogne.fr)
Session Chair: Louis-Philippe Rochon, Kalamazoo College (lprochon@kzoo.edu)

Money and Production: The Problems of Integration
Jean-Luc Bailly, University of Burgundy, Dijon

Investment and Involuntary Unemployment
Xavier Bradley, University of Burgundy, Dijon (xavier.bradley@u-bourgogne.fr)

Post-Keynesian Monetary Controversies from the Perspective of Keynes' Treatise on Money
Corinne Pastoret, University of Burgundy, Dijon (corinne.pastoret@u-bourgogne.fr)

Discussants:
Marc Lavoie, University of Ottawa (mlavoie@uottawa.ca)
Basil Moore, Wesleyan College (bmoore@wesleyan.edu)
Per Gunnar Berglund, New School University (bergp867@newschool.edu)
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[183] STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
Session Organizer and Chair: Nelson H. Barbosa-Filho, Center for Economic Policy Analysis, New School University (barbon01@newschool.edu)

International Integration in the Presence of Segmented Labor Markets.
Josh Bivens, New School University (278287@newschool.edu)

External Debt Sustainability: Evidence from Brazil
Frederico G. Jayme Jr., New School University (jaymef01@newschool.edu)

The Balance-of-Payments Constraint on Small Open Economies: From Gap Models to Financial Fragility
Nelson H. Barbosa-Filho, Center for Economic Policy Analysis, New School University (barbon01@newschool.edu)

Discussants:
Alfredo Saad-Filho, University of London (alfredo@soas.ac.uk)
John McCombie, Downing College (jslm1@cam.ac.uk)
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[184] PROBLEMS IN TIME SERIES ESTIMATION
Session Chair: Guldem Gokcek, New York University (GGOKCEK@courts.state.ny.us)

Developing a Non-Linear Serial Correlation Model
Joseph Cheng, Ithaca College (cheng@ithaca.edu)

Demonstration of a New Interative Computational Algorithm for Solving Large-Scale General Equilibrium Models
Donald A. Hanson, Argonne National Laboratory (dhanson@anl.gov)

The Cross-Euler Equation Approach to Intertemporal Substitution in Import Demand
Shinichi Nishiyama, Ohio State University (nishiyama.2@osu.edu)

Discussants:
Hany S. Guirguis, State University of New York at Farmingdale (h.guirguis@worldnet.att.net)
F. Pan Shu, SUNY College at Potsdam (shufp@potsdam.edu)
Guldem Gokcek, New York University (GGOKCEK@courts.state.ny.us)
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[185] THE EFFECTS OF MACROECONOMIC CHANGES ON DIFFERENT INDUSTRIAL SECTORS
Session Chair: David A. Dilts, Indiana-Purdue University-Fort Wayne

Industrial Sector Mode-Locking and Business Cycle Formation
David D. Selover, Old Dominion University (dselover@odu.edu) and Roderick V. Jensen, Wesleyan University

The Response of the U.S. Manufacturing Sector to Nominal Shocks: A Test of the Lucas Hypothesis Using Two-Digit Industry-Level Data for 1977-97
Mohammad Ashraf, University of North Carolina Pembroke (ashraf@sassette.uncp.edu) and Khan A. Mohabbat, Northern Illinois University

Discussants:
Sandra Hanson McPherson, Towson University (smcpherson@towson.edu)
Edward N. Gamber, Lafayette College (gambere@lafayette.edu)
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[186] TEACHING ECONOMICS
Session Chair: Mark D. White, College of Staten Island/CUNY (profmdwhite@hotmail.com)

Are High School Teachers Capable of Teaching College Level Economics?
Edward M. Scahill, University of Scranton (ems353@scranton.edu)

Exposure to a Microeconomics Course and Student Attitudes toward Free Trade
Lee J. Van Scyoc, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh (vansyoc@uwosh.edu) and Denise Robson, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

On the Undergraduate Teaching of "Sensible" Economic Theory
Martin S. Carter, Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY (scott380@theglobe.com)

Discussants:
Mary Rose Leacy, Wagner College (mleacy@wagner.edu)
Edward M. Scahill, University of Scranton (ems353@scranton.edu)
Lee J. Van Scyoc, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh (vansyoc@uwosh.edu)
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[187] INTERNATIONAL BANKING
Session Chair: George A. Prendergast, St. Joseph's University (gprender@sju.edu)

Transparency and the Volume and Maturity Composition of International Lending by U.S. Banks
Neven T. Valev, Georgia State University (nvalev@gsu.edu)

Interest Free Islamic Banking: Significance and Practices
Gerard A. Cahill and Muzaffer A. Shaikh, Florida Institute of Technology (gcahill@fit.edu)

On the Relationship between Financial Market Development and Credit Ratings:
Evidence from a Cross Country Analysis
Kalamogo Coulibaly, American University (kc2482a@american.edu)

Discussants:
George P. Gonpu, Ramapo College of New Jersey (ggonpu@ramapo.edu)
George A. Prendergast, St. Joseph's University (gprender@sju.edu)
Selin Sayek, Bentley College (ssayek@bentley.edu)
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[188] GLOBALIZATION AND TRADE ORGANIZATIONS
Session Chair: Siamack Shojai, Marist College (siamac.shojai@marist.edu)

Fighting the Tide: Globalization and the Rise of Alternative Trade Organizations
Mark S. LeClair, Fairfield University (mleclair@fair1.fairfield.edu)

Has NAFTA Distorted Trade Patterns?
Animesh Ghoshal, DePaul University (aghoshal@wppost.depaul.edu)

OPEC's Obituary, a Mid-life Crisis, or Resurgence: Does OPEC Move Crude Oil Prices?
Siamack Shojai, Marist College (siamac.shojai@marist.edu) and Della L. Sue, Marist College (Della.Sue@Marist.edu)

Discussants:
Siamack Shojai, Marist College (siamac.shojai@marist.edu)
Mark S. LeClair, Fairfield University (mleclair@fair1.fairfield.edu)
Marjorie H. Schnader, Schnader & Chesler Associates (yes2@nyu.edu)
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[189] OPTIONS AND INVESTMENT UNDER UNCERTAINTY
Session Chair: Bridget Lyons, Sacred Heart University (lyonsb@sacredheart.edu)

The Cross Section of Stock and Option Volume
Scott Mixon, UBS Warburg (scott.mixon@ubsw.com)

Money as Real Options in a Cash-in-Advance Economy
Stacie Beck and David R. Stockman, University of Delaware (stockman@udel.edu)

Investment and Finance in a Dynamic Model of the Firm under Uncertainty
James B. Herendeen, University of Texas - El Paso (jherende@utep.edu) and J. Frank O'Connor, Eastern Kentucky University

Discussants:
Bridget Lyons, Sacred Heart University (lyonsb@sacredheart.edu)
James B. Herendeen, University of Texas - El Paso (jherende@utep.edu)
David N. Reps, Pace University (dreps@pace.edu)
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[190] IMMIGRATION, TRADE, AND INCOME INEQUALITY
Session Chair: Munir Hassan, Southwestern College (mhassan@sckans.edu)

Income Distribution and the Quality of U.S. Exports
Kellie L. Maske, Appalachian State University (maskekl@appstate.edu)

Inter-Industry Wage Differentials in the U.S.: The Search for the Role of International Trade and the Determinants of Industry-Switching Activity
Iwao Tanaka, The City University of New York (itanaka@gc.cuny.edu)

The Wage Effects of Immigration: An Examination of Wage Differentials Among Native Males
Martin Gritsch, William Paterson University (gritschm@wpunj.edu)

Discussants:
Michael Mamo, Western Michigan University (mikesmamo@yahoo.com)
Wei-Chiao Huang, Western Michigan University (huang@wmich.edu)
Munir Hassan, Southwestern College (mhassan@sckans.edu)
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[191] DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC POLICIES
Session Chair: Sylvain H. Boko, Wake Forest University (bokosh@wfu.edu)

Economic Freedom, Political Freedom, and Economic Growth in Africa: An Institutional Approach
Sylvain H. Boko, Wake Forest University (bokosh@wfu.edu)

Cheap Food Policies and Rural Disarticulation
Kenneth A. Reinert, George Mason University (kreinert@gmu.edu)

Income Inequality, Taxation, and Growth
Maria C. Kula, Roger Williams University (mck@alpha.rwu.edu) and Daniel L. Millimet, Southern Methodist University

Discussants:
Lewis S. Davis, University of New Hampshire (lsdavis@cisunix.unh.edu)
Maya Vijayaraghavan, Clemson University (mvijaya@clemson.edu)
Adalmir A. Marquetti, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul (aam@portoweb.com.br)
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[192] INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP ON VALUE THEORY
Session 9: Round Table
Session Organizers: Alan Freeman, University of Greenwich, U.K., (a.freeman@greenwich.ac.uk) and Andrew Kliman, Pace University (Andrew_Kliman@msn.com)

Round Table
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[193] ISSUES IN CONSUMER CREDIT
Session Organizer and Chair: Debbie A. Lindsey, Howard University (dlindsey@howard.edu)

Is Experience the Best Teacher? The Relationship between Financial Knowledge, Financial Behavior, and Financial Outcomes
Donald Bradley, Abdi Hirad, Vanessa Perry (vanessa_perry@freddiemac.com), and Peter Zorn, Freddie Mac

Credit Outcomes for African-Americans: The Role of Family Background and Other Factors
Charles L. Betsey, Howard University (cbetsey@howard.edu)

Credit and Knowledge: The African-American Experience
Sheila D. Ards, Benedict College; Samuel L. Myers, Jr., University of Minnesota (smyers@hhh.umn.edu); Inhyuck Ha, University of Minnesota; and Pepe Mazas, Cornell University

Hispanic Credit Behavior by Country of Origin
Debbie A. Lindsey, Howard University (dlindsey@howard.edu) and Ruthie Reynolds, Tennessee State University

Discussants:
Ruthie Reynolds, Tennessee State University
Sheila D. Ards, Benedict College
Ademola Aiyegoro, Howard University
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[194] TOPICS IN SOCIAL SECURITY
Session Organizer: Charles O'Donnell, Iona College
Session Chair: Frank McGrath, Iona College

President Bush's Plan on Social Security
Charles O'Donnell, Irene Hammerbacher and Joseph Ford, Iona College

Social Security and the Federal Budget in 2001
Charles O'Donnell, Frank McGrath, and Robert Strittmatter, Iona College

Discussants:
TBA
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