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[1] INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY IN THE ECONOMICS CURRICULUM: PANEL
SESSION I (JEL Code A)
Session Organizer and Chair: Richard J. Torz, St. Joseph’s College
(rtorz@sjcny.edu)
Panelists:
Richard Anderson, New Jersey City University (randerson@njcu.edu)
Jim Barbour, Elon University (barbour@elon.edu)
Guldem Gokcek, New York University (ggokcek@courts.state.ny.us)
Discussion will take place among session panelists and the session audience.
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[2] ECONOMICS AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY: HOMO ECONOMICUS, DUTIES, AND RIGHTS
(JEL Code B)
Session Organizer: Mark D. White, College of Staten Island/City University
of New York (profmdwhite@hotmail.com)
Session Chair: Elias L. Khalil, Director, Behavioral Research Council, American Institute for Economic Research (elk@aier.org)
Reconciling Altruistic, Moralistic, and Ethical Behavior with the Rational
Economic Agent and Competitive Markets
Morris Altman, University of Saskatchewan/Duke University (altman@sask.usask.ca)
The Limits of Homo Economicus: The Conflict of Values and Principles
Gerald F. Gaus, Department of Philosophy and Murphy Institute of Political
Economy, Tulane University (ggaus@tulane.edu)
Subjective Intentional Agency
Keiran Sharpe, Queens College, Oxford University (keiran.sharpe@queens.ox.ac.uk)
Can Homo Economicus Follow the Categorical Imperative?
Mark D. White, College of Staten Island/City University of New York
(profmdwhite@hotmail.com)
Discussants:
Elias L. Khalil, Director, Behavioral Research Council, American Institute
for Economic Research (elk@aier.org)
Daniel Finn, Saint John's University (dfinn@csbsju.edu)
Mark D. White, College of Staten Island/City University of New York
(profmdwhite@hotmail.com)
Rosalind Seneca, Drew University (rseneca@drew.edu)
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[3] WAR AND RECESSION (JEL Code E)
Session Organizer and Chair: Mathew Forstater, Center for Full Employment
and Price Stability, University of Missouri - Kansas City (forstaterm@umkc.edu)
Roundtable Participants:
Gerard Dumenil, University of Paris IX (gerard.dumenil@u-paris10.fr)
Thomas Ferguson, University of Massachusetts - Boston (thomas.ferguson@umb.edu)
James K. Galbraith, University of Texas - Austin (galbraith@mail.utexas.edu)
L. Randall Wray, University of Missouri - Kansas City (wrayr@umkc.edu)
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[4] CASE STUDIES IN GLOBALIZATION (JEL Code O)
Session Organizer: Nelson H. Barbosa-Filho, Center for Economic Policy
Analysis, New School University (barbosan@newschool.edu)
Session Chair: Diego Sanchez-Ancochea, New School for Social Research
(SancD736@newschool.edu)
Structural Transformation in Small Developing Countries: The Case
of the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica
Diego Sanchez-Ancochea, New School for Social Research (SancD736@newschool.edu)
Restructuring in an Import-Competing Industry: The Chilean Cosmetics
Industry in the 1990s
Janine Berg, Center for Economic Policy Analysis, New School University
(BergJ01@newschool.edu)
Globalization and Trade Liberalization: Impacts on the Labor Market
in Brazil
Ana Flavia Machado, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil (afmachad@cedeplar.ufmg.br)
and Frederico Jayme Jr., Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil (gonzaga@cedeplar.ufmg.br)
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[5] STUDIES IN MACROECONOMICS (JEL Code E)
Session Chair: Mohammed Mohsin, University of Tennessee (mmohsin@utk.edu)
Estimation of a Joint Model for the Term Structure of Interest Rates
and the Macroeconomy
Hans Dewachter, Catholic University of Leuven and Erasmus University
Rotterdam; Marco Lyrio, Catholic University of Leuven (marco.lyrio@econ.kuleuven.ac.be);
and Konstantijn Maes, Catholic University of Leuven [http://www.econ.kuleuven.ac.be/ew/academic/intecon/lyrio/]
On the Implications of Different Cash-In-Advance Constraints with Endogenous
Labor
Arman Mansoorian, York University and Mohammed Mohsin, University of
Tennessee (mmohsin@utk.edu)
The Great Depression and the ‘Long Run’ – A Kinked Long-Run Phillips
Curve?
Harrison C. Hartman, Ursinus College (hhartman@ursinus.edu)
Efficiency Wages, Insiders and Outsiders, and the Great Depression
Ranjit S. Dighe, SUNY Oswego (dighe@oswego.edu)
Discussants:
Mohammed Mohsin, University of Tennessee (mmohsin@utk.edu)
Jonathan P. McCarthy, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (jonathan.mccarthy@ny.frb.org)
Ranjit S. Dighe, SUNY Oswego (dighe@oswego.edu)
Harrison C. Hartman, Ursinus College (hhartman@ursinus.edu)
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[6] TAXING ISSUES (JEL Code H)
Session Chair: Donald F. Vitaliano, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
(vitald@rpi.edu)
The Death of State Death Taxes – How Quick and How Painless?
Karen Smith Conway, University of New Hampshire (ksconway@cisunix.unh.edu)
and Jonathan C. Rork, Vassar College
The Effect of Uncertainty and Tax Rates on Contributory Crowding Out
Cynthia Benzing, West Chester University (cbenzing@wcupa.edu) and Thomas
Andrews, West Chester University
Spatial Economic Analysis of the Effects of E-Commerce on State and
Local Taxes
Jorge L. Laboy-Bruno, University of Connecticut (laboy_bruno@hotmail.com)
Discussants:
Jorge L. Laboy-Bruno, University of Connecticut (laboy_bruno@hotmail.com)
Donald F. Vitaliano, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (vitald@rpi.edu)
Mehmet S. Tosun, West Virginia University (metosun@mail.wvu.edu)
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[7] ECONOMICS OF EARNINGS (JEL Code J)
Session Chair: Anthony J. Barkume, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
(barkume_a@bls.gov)
Unmeasured Ability and the Urban Wage Premium: Why Do Cities Pay
More?
Jeffrey J. Yankow, Furman University (jeff.yankow@furman.edu) [www.furman.edu/~jyankow]
Secondary Education and Labor Market Outcomes for Young Adults in the
1990s
Amelie Constant, University of Pennsylvania Population Studies Center
(aconstan@pop.upenn.edu) and Spyros Konstantopoulos, University of Chicago
[www.pop.upenn.edu/~aconstan/]
Do the Math: High School Mathematics Classes and the Lifetime
Earnings of Men
Deena Ackerman, CNA Corporation (ackermad@cna.org) [www.uvm.edu/~dackerma/home.htm]
Discussants:
Wayne Edwards, Penn State University (wae1@psu.edu)
James A. Swanson, Central Missouri State University (swanson@cmsul.cmsu.edu)
Anthony J. Barkume, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (barkume_a@bls.gov)
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[8] THE WELLBEING OF CHILDREN (JEL Code I)
Session Chair: Munir Hassan, Southwestern College (mhassan@sckans.edu)
Estimating the Impact of Large Cigarette Tax Hikes: The Case of
Maternal Smoking and Infant Birth Weight
Diana S. Lien, The CNA Corporation (liend@cna.org) and William N. Evans,
University of Maryland
“Like Father, Like Son” – How Family Environment Affects the Wellbeing
of Children
Minghua Li, University of New Hampshire (mli@cisunix.unh.edu)
Changes in the Reasons for Entry: What is the Impact on Foster
Care Dependence?
Kelly Noonan, Rider University (knoonan@rider.edu)
Discussants:
John Dunham, American Economics Group (jdunham@americaneconomics.com)
Tracyann L. Henry, SUNY Stony Brook (tlhenry@ic.sunysb.edu)
Frank W. Musgrave, Ithaca College (musgrave@ithaca.edu)
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[9] TOPICS IN APPLIED MICROECONOMIC ANALYSIS - Part 1
(JEL Code D)
Session Organizers: James H. Cassing and Jerome C. Wells, University
of Pittsburgh
Session Chair: Jerome C. Wells, University of Pittsburgh
College Activity and Performance on Standardized Tests
Frederick Tannery and David Culp, Slippery Rock State University
Stakeholders vs. Shareholders, Corporate Control, and Public Policy
Kevin Sontheimer, University of Pittsburgh
Discussants:
Jerome C. Wells, University of Pittsburgh
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[10] STUDIES IN ECONOMIC HISTORY (JEL Code N)
Session Chair: James N. Marshall, Muhlenberg College (marshall@muhlenberg.edu)
Push and Pull Migration in Mid-Nineteenth Century Europe
Simone A. Wegge, College of Staten Island, CUNY (wegge@postbox.csi.cuny.edu)
Convict Transportation to the American Colonies: Economic Interest
Groups and Penal Practices
Benjamin Balak, Washington & Lee University (balakb@wlu.edu) and
Jonathan M. Lave, Georgetown University Law Center
[http://home.wlu.edu/~balakb/]
Control of Fertility in Early Modern New England: The Use of Herbs
and Potions
Judith W. Mills, Southern Connecticut State University (mills@southernct.edu)
Discussants:
Judith W. Mills, Southern Connecticut State University (mills@southernct.edu)
Simone A. Wegge, College of Staten Island, CUNY (wegge@postbox.csi.cuny.edu)
Benjamin Balak, Washington & Lee University (balakb@wlu.edu)
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[11] INEQUALITY: CAUSES AND EFFECTS (JEL Code O)
Session Chair: Oumar Bouare, Human Sciences Research Council
(obouare@hsrc.ac.za)
Inequality and Savings: A New Perspective
Kathryn E. Parr, University of Connecticut (kathryn.parr@uconn.edu)
Determinants of Income Inequality of Upper and Lower Income Shares:
Evidence from Cross Country Data
William R. DiPietro, Daemen College (wdipietr@daemen.edu)
Discussants:
Oumar Bouare, Human Sciences Research Council (obouare@hsrc.ac.za)
Kathryn E. Parr, University of Connecticut (kathryn.parr@uconn.edu)
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[12] STUDIES OF FINANCIAL MARKETS AND INSTRUMENTS I (JEL Code G)
Session Chair: David N. Reps, Pace University (dreps@pace.edu)
Relative Performance of International Mutual Funds
Alka Bramhandkar, Ithaca College (abramhandkar@ithaca.edu)
Properties of a Perfectly Efficient Financial Market
David N. Reps, Pace University (dreps@pace.edu)
Commodity Futures Contracts: Furnishing an Elastic Currency in
the Nineteenth Century
Joseph M. Santos, South Dakota State University (joseph_santos@sdstate.edu)
Discussants:
David N. Reps, Pace University (dreps@pace.edu)
Joseph M. Santos, South Dakota State University (joseph_santos@sdstate.edu)
Alka Bramhandkar, Ithaca College (abramhandkar@ithaca.edu)
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[13] FINANCIAL GLOBALIZATION I
Session Organizer and Chair: Philip Arestis, South Bank University
London
Are Fixed Exchange Rates the Problem and Flexible Rates the Cure?
Paul Davidson, University of Tennessee (pdavidson@utk.edu)
Financial Policies and the Average Productivity of Capital: Evidence
from Developed and Developing Economies
Philip Arestis, South Bank University London; Panicos Demetriades,
Leicester University; and Bassam Fattouh, SOAS, University of London (p.arestis@sbu.ac.uk)
International Capital Mobility, Current Accounts and the Home Bias Puzzle
Georgios Chortareas, Bank of England (georgios.chortareas@bankofengland.co.uk)
and Rebecca Driver, Bank of England
Discussant:
Augusto Graziani, University of La Sapienza (auggra@tin.it)
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[14] DEFINING AND MEASURING VALUE
Session 1 of The Mini-Conference of the International Working Group
on Value Theory
Session Organizer and Chair: Alan Freeman, University of Greenwich,
UK
(a.freeman@greenwich.ac.uk)
Estimating Gross Domestic Product Using a Surplus Value Approach
Victor Kasper, Buffalo State College, USA (kasperv@buffalostate.edu)
Modelling Profit-Rate Distributions Using L-Moments
Julian Wells, The Open University, UK
On the Identity of Value and Labour: A Defence of Intrinsic Value
Phil Dunn, Independent Economist, Britain (pscumnud@dircon.co.uk)
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