Sunday 9am

Sessions 160 - 179, Sunday, February 25, 9 am

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[160] OMICRON DELTA EPSILON SESSION
Session Organizer: Michael Szenberg, Pace University (MSzenberg@fsmail.pace.edu)
Session Chair: TBA

Brick and Mortar Survival in the 21st Century-Innovate, Innovate
Lawrence M. Bellman, Yeshiva University

Counterfeit Goods: Impacts and Management Responses
Alan Zimmerman, College of Staten Island, CUNY

Measuring Economic Benefits and Distresses of Mergers and Acquisitions in the Telecommunications Industry
John Gavin, Verizon

A Comparative Inquiry into the U.S.-China Trade Imbalance in Juxtaposition with Japan
James W. Gabberty, Computer Horizons Corporation

Discussants:
Surendra Kaushik, Pace University
Menahem Rosenberg, Pace University
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[162] THE DIJON SCHOOL OF ENDOGENOUS MONEY I: 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)

The Endogenous View of Money: The Contribution of the Circuit Theory
Claude Gnos, University of Burgundy, Dijon (claude.gnos@u-bourgogne.fr)

Post-Keynesian Controversies on Endogenous Money: A Circuitist Interpretation
Pierre Piegay, University of Burgundy, Dijon (pierre.piegay@u-bourgogne.fr)

Post-Keynesian and Circuitist theories of money : From Divergences to Complementary
Virginie Monvoisin, University of Burgundy, Dijon (jfp.vm@freesbee.fr)

Endogenous Money, Assets Prices Inflation and Monetary Policy
Eryc Tymoigne, University of Paris

Discussants:
Louis-Philippe Rochon, Kalamazoo College (lprochon@kzoo.edu)
Edward J. Nell, New School University (ejnell@aol.com)
Tom Palley, AFL-CIO (Tpalley@aflcio.org)
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[163] STUDIES IN COMPLEX ECONOMIC DYNAMICS
Session Organizer: Nelson H. Barbosa-Filho, Center for Economic Policy Analysis, New School University (barbon01@newschool.edu)
Session Chair: Duncan Foley, New School University

A Statistical Equilibrium Model of Wealth Distribution
Mishael Milakovic, Center for Economic Policy Analysis, New School University (milkm01@newschool.edu)

Information Theory, Trading, and the Pricing of Risky Financial Assets
Christopher Rude, New York University and New School University (chris@walrus.com)

Capital Flows and Balance-of-Payments Crises
Nelson H. Barbosa-Filho, Center for Economic Policy Analysis, New School University (barbon01@newschool.edu)

Discussants:
TBA
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[164] ADJUSTMENT POLICIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TRANSITION ECONOMIES: CASE STUDY OF EGYPT, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND RUSSIA
Session Organizer: Natalia Filippova, Center for Economic Policy Analysis, New School University (filipn01@newschool.edu)
Session Chair: Matias Vernengo, Center for Economic Policy Analysis, New School University

Export Led Growth in Egypt: a critique of conventional wisdom
Khalid F. Abu-Ismail, New School University (kabu@stsi.net)

Globalization, Liberalization and the State in the Dominican Republic, 1980-1999
Diego Sanchez-Ancochea, Center for Economic Policy Analysis, New School University (sancd736@newschool.edu)

Political Economy of Public Sector in Egypt
Ahmed Moustafa, New School University (mousa779@newschool.edu)

Exchange Rate and Structural Adjustments in Russia, 1992-1999
Natalia Filippova, Center for Economic Policy Analysis, New School University (filipn01@newschool.edu)

Discussants:
TBA
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[165] LITERATURE AND THE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT
Session Chair: Stanley Bober, Duquesne University (Bober@duq.edu)

The Fable of the Allegory: The Wizard of Oz in Economics
Bradley A. Hansen, Mary Washington College (bhansen@mwc.edu)

"Let Me Tell You About the Rich": The Veblen Connection between F. Scott Fitzgerald and John Dos Passos
Thomas D. Birch, University of New Hampshire at Manchester (tbirch@cisunix.unh.edu)

The Phillips Curve: Trade-off or Stagflation in Reverse?
Kishore G. Kulkarni, Metropolitan State College of Denver and Meenakshi Rishi, Ohio Northern University (m-rishi@onu.edu)

Discussants:
Fabienne Oguer, Universite de Franche-Comte (fabienne.oguer@univ-fcomte.fr)
Bradley A. Hansen, Mary Washington College (bhansen@mwc.edu)
Thomas D. Birch, University of New Hampshire at Manchester (tbirch@cisunix.unh.edu)
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[166] TRADE POLICY
Session Chair: Animesh Ghoshal, DePaul University (aghoshal@wppost.depaul.edu)

Determinants of Support for Trade Bills in the Congress: An Empirical Examination
Baban Hasnat, SUNY Brockport (bhasnat@brockport.edu) and Charles Calahan, III, SUNY Brockport

Campaign Contributions and Trade Policy: Simple Tests of Stolper-Samuelson
Eugene C. Beaulieu, University of Calgary (beaulieu@ucalgary.ca) and Chris Magee, Bard College

Trade Protection: Commercial Policy vs. Exchange Rate Policy
Ravi A. Yatawara, University of Delaware (yatawara@udel.edu) and Raquel Ajona, Deutschebank

Noneconomic Considerations in Shaping Trade Policy
G. Reza Ghorashi, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey (Ghorashi@stockton.edu)

Discussants:
Animesh Ghoshal, DePaul University (aghoshal@wppost.depaul.edu)
G. Reza Ghorashi, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey (Ghorashi@stockton.edu)
Kenneth A. Reinert, George Mason University (kreinert@gmu.edu)
Lynda Vargha, Skidmore College (lvargha@skidmore.edu)
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[167] CURRENCY SYSTEMS AND MARKET INTEGRATION
Session Chair: Yilma Gebremariam, Southern Connecticut State University (gebremariam@scsud.ctstateu.edu)

The Progress of the Euro: Macroeconomic Consequences of the Single Currency
John C. Soper, John Carroll University (jsoper@jcu.edu)

De Facto Dollarization in Latin America
James W. Dean, Western Washington University and Simon Fraser University (James.Dean@wwu.edu)

Globalization and European Markets Integration: Spain Case Study
Fernando Barreiro-Pereira, UNED University, Madrid (fbarreiro@cee.uned.es)

Discussants:
Joseph Cheng, Ithaca College (cheng@ithaca.edu)
George P. Gonpu, Ramapo College of New Jersey (ggonpu@ramapo.edu)
Yilma Gebremariam, Southern Connecticut State University (gebremariam@scsud.ctstateu.edu)
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[168] LAW AND ECONOMICS
Session Chair: Donald Vandegrift, The College of New Jersey (vandedon@tcnj.edu)

The Influence of Political and Economic Jurisdictional Characteristics on the Decision to Allow Recovery for Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress without Present Physical Injury
James E. Bathgate, University of Connecticut (jeb96003@uconnvm.uconn.edu)

Migrant Agricultural Workers and the Law: The Case of Jamaican Workers in Vermont's Apple Orchards
Paul R. Hancock (hancockp@greenmtn.edu) and Ruth Parlin (parlinr@greenmtn.edu), Green Mountain College

Discussants:
Donald Vandegrift, The College of New Jersey (vandedon@tcnj.edu)
Mark D. White, College of Staten Island/CUNY (profmdwhite@hotmail.com)
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[169] FOSTER CARE
Session Chair: Annie Georges, National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University (ag969@columbia.edu)

Terminating the Parental Rights to Foster Care Children: A Cross-State Comparison
Kelly Noonan, Rider University (knoonan@rider.edu) and Kathleen Burke, SUNY Cortland

Measurement Error in the Reported Reasons for Entry into the Foster Care System
Debra S. Dwyer, SUNY Stony Brook and Kelly Noonan, Rider University (knoonan@rider.edu)

Discussants:
Diane M. Dewar, University at Albany, SUNY (ddewar@albany.edu)
Annie Georges, National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University (ag969@columbia.edu)
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[170] LESSONS FROM THE PAST: MONEY, TRADE, AND WAGES
Session Chair: Ronald G. Bodkin, University of Ottawa (rgbodkin@uottawa.ca)

Deciphering the Mystery of Medieval Debasement
Kristin K. Kucsma, Seton Hall University (kkucsma@aol.com)

Boom-or Bust Commodities, Monetary Instability and Industrialization in Pre-World War II Malaya
W. G. Huff, University of Glasgow (w.g.huff@socsci.gla.ac.uk)

Did Wages Become Stickier during the Interwar Period?
Ranjit S. Dighe and Elizabeth Dunne Schmitt, SUNY - Oswego (dighe@oswego.edu)

Discussants:
Ronald G. Bodkin, University of Ottawa (rgbodkin@uottawa.ca)
Kristin K. Kucsma, Seton Hall University (kkucsma@aol.com)
W. G. Huff, University of Glasgow (w.g.huff@socsci.gla.ac.uk)
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[171] RHONDA M. WILLIAMS: CELEBRATING HER LIFE AND WORK
Session Organizer and Chair: Mathew Forstater, University of Missouri-Kansas City (ForstaterM@umkc.edu)

Beyond A Wedge in the Door: Women's Training for the Skilled Trades
Gunseli Berik, University of Utah

On the Economic Irrelevance of Culture
William A. Darity, Jr., University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Rhonda Williams: Race, Wealth, and Community in the 21st Century
Gary Dymski, University of California Riverside and Jessica Nembhard, Preamble Institute

Updating the Spriggs-Williams Logit Measure of Occupational Segregation: A Look
at the 1990s
Valerie Rawlston, National Urban League, and William Spriggs, National Urban
League

Discussants:
M. V. Lee Badgett, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Heather Boushey, Economic Policy Institute
Anwar Shaikh, New School for Social Research
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[172] ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS: CASE STUDIES
Session Chair: Nancy E. Brooks, University of Vermont (nbrooks@zoo.uvm.edu)

Measurement of Producer and Input-Specific Technical Efficiency: A Case Study of Saskatchewan Grain Farmers
Varghese A. Manaloor, Augustana University College (manaloorv@augustana.ab.ca), Kien Tran and Tulay Yildirim, University of Saskatchewan

The Economic and Environmental Impacts of Automatic Toll Collection on the Garden State Parkway
Jonathan R. Peters, CUNY Staten Island (jpeters@postbox.csi.cuny.edu) and Jonathan K. Kramer, Kutztown University

The Impact of Economic and Political Variables on Curbside Recycling Programs in the United States
Jeff D. Anstine, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (anstinej@mail.uww.edu)

Discussants:
Nancy E. Brooks, University of Vermont (nbrooks@zoo.uvm.edu)
Thomas R. Sadler, Pace University (tsadler@pace.edu)
Melanie A. Blackwell, Xavier University (blackwell@xu.edu)
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[173] EMPIRICAL STUDIES OF INCOME INEQUALITY
Session Chair: Kenneth D. Peterson, Furman University (ken.peterson@furman.edu)

International Differences in Wage-Shares: Theory and Empirical Evidence
Martin S. Carter, Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY (scott380@theglobe.com)

Wealth: Asset Accumulation Differences by Race - SCF Data
Ronald L. Straight, Howard University (rstraight@howard.edu)

The Instability of Unskilled Earnings: 1969-93
Michael Mamo, Western Michigan University (mikesmamo@yahoo.com)

Discussion among participants.
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[174] INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP ON VALUE THEORY
Session 8: Value, Value-Form and Profit
Session Organizers: Alan Freeman, University of Greenwich, U.K., (a.freeman@greenwich.ac.uk) and Andrew Kliman, Pace University (Andrew_Kliman@msn.com)
Session Chair: Dong-Min Rieu, Chungnam National University (rieudm@cnu.ac.kr)

Let's Get Metaphysical: The Value-form and Input-Output Modeling
Phil Dunn, Independent Economist, Britain (pscumnud@dircon.co.uk)

Rate of Profit and Surplus in the Classical Theory of Prices
Edith Klimovsky, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico (ekb@hp9000a1.uam.mx)

The Rate of Profit as a Random Variable
Julian Wells, The Open University, UK (p.j.wells@open.ac.uk)

Discussant:
Vladimir Micheletti, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brasil (vlamiche@ofm.com.br)

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[175] PERSPECTIVES ON MARKET AND NON-MARKET ACTIVITIES IN DEVELOPMENT
IAFFE Session 1
Session Organizer and Chair: Ulla Grapard, Colgate University (ugrapard@mail.colgate.edu)

The Portrayal of Women and Minorities in Principles of Economics Textbooks
Denise Robson, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (robson@uwosh.edu)

Measuring a Bride's Worth across Six Decades in a Turkish Village
Kimberly Hart, Indiana University (kilhart@indiana.edu)

Exhausting Time: Tradeoffs between Time Spent in Market Production and Home Production for Women in Urban Indonesia
Julie H. Gallaway, Southwest Missouri State University (jhg724f@smsu.edu)

Discussants:
Peter Bell, SUNY Purchase (Peter.bell@purchase.edu)
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Human Development Report, UNDP (Sakiko.fukuda-parr@undp.org)
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