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[105] LEARNING COMMUNITIES AND ECONOMICS: THE WAGNER APPROACH
TO THE PRINCIPLES COURSE (JEL Code A)
Session Organizer and Chair: Mary Rose Leacy, Wagner College
(mleacy@wagner.edu)
Modern Medical Dilemmas: A Framework for Teaching Macroeconomics
and Political Philosophy
John Danisi, Wagner College (jdanisi@wagner.edu) and Mary Rose Leacy,
Wagner College (mleacy@wagner.edu)
Teaching Economics in a ‘Learning Community’: The Achievement
of Educational Aims
Andrew Mearman, Wagner College (amearman@wagner.edu)
Intensive Writing: Opening the Door to Critical Thought in Economics
Jayne Dean, Wagner College (jdean@wagner.edu)
Discussion among participants.
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[106] MACROECONOMICS (JEL Code E)
Session Chair: Stanley Bober, Duquesne University (bober@duq.edu)
Macroeconomic Externalities: New Keynesian Theory and Policy
David C. Colander, Middlebury College and Princeton University; Kenneth
J. Koford, University of Delaware (kofordk@be.udel.edu); Jeffrey B. Miller,
University of Delaware
Speculation and Price Formation with Heterogeneous Agents
Leanne J. Ussher, New School University (317366@newschool.edu)
Is the U.S. Current Account Deficit Too Large?
Harjit K. Arora, Le Moyne College (arora@lemoyne.edu) and Greg Lepak,
Le Moyne College
Discussants:
Harjit K. Arora, Le Moyne College (arora@lemoyne.edu)
Robert J. Martel, Harvard Business School (rmartel@hbs.edu)
Stanley Bober, Duquesne University (bober@duq.edu)
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[107] EURO CURRENCY MARKET (JEL Code F)
Session Chair: Cecilia Winters, Manhattanville College (wintersc@mville.edu)
Implementation of the Euro Currency: The Final Step?
John C. Soper, John Carroll University (jsoper@jcu.edu)
Price Convergence in a Currency Union: France and the WAEMU Countries
Djeto D. Assane, University of Nevada Las Vegas (assane@ccmail.nevada.edu)
and Bernard Malamud, University of Nevada Las Vegas (malamud@ccmail.nevada.edu)
Dynamics of Intra-EMS Interest Rate Linkages
Christopher F. Baum, Boston College and John Barkoulas, University
of Tennessee (jbarkoul@utk.edu)
Discussants:
Cecilia Winters, Manhattanville College (wintersc@mville.edu)
John C. Soper, John Carroll University (jsoper@jcu.edu)
Bernard Malamud, University of Nevada Las Vegas (malamud@ccmail.nevada.edu)
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[108] TAX REFORM AND THE GEORGIST MOVEMENT: A SYMPOSIUM
ON A HISTORICAL PUZZLE (JEL Code H)
Session Organizer and Chair: Laurence S. Moss, Babson College (LMOS@aol.com)
Why the Georgist Movement Has Not Succeeded: A Speculative Memorandum
on a Historical Puzzle
Warren J. Samuels, Michigan State University
Panelists:
Mark Sullivan, New York
Ted Gwartney, Connecticut Assessors Office
Chris Feder, Bard College
Lowell Harriss, Columbia University
Steven Cord, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Jerome Heavey, Lafayette College
Dan Sullivan, Pittsburgh
Michael Hudson, Institute for the Study of Long-term Economic Trends
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[109] FACTORS AFFECTING AFRICAN ECONOMIES (JEL Code O)
Session Chair: Venkareddy Chennareddy, U.S. General Accounting
Office (chennareddyv@gao.gov)
A Cointegration Analysis of the Long-Run Relationship between Money,
Prices and GDP in Sierra Leone
Kelfala M. Kallon, University of Northern Colorado (KMKallo@bentley.unco.edu)
Determinants of Private Savings in Morocco: A Cointegration Approach
Mina N. Baliamoune, University of North Florida (mbaliamo@unf.edu)
and Abdur R. Chowdhury, Marquette University
Factors that Influence the Expansion of the Microenterprise Sector:
Results from Three National Surveys in Zimbabwe
Lisa Daniels, Washington College (Ldaniels1@mail.washcoll.edu)
Discussants:
James P. Stodder, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Hartford, (stodder@rh.edu)
Venkareddy Chennareddy, U.S. General Accounting Office (chennareddyv@gao.gov)
Felix K. Rioja, Georgia State University (prcfkr@langate.gsu.edu)
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[111] TRANSITION ECONOMIES (JEL Code P)
Session Chair: Mark LeClair, Fairfield University (mleclair@mail.fairfield.edu)
Job Search Effectiveness in Transitional Russia
Natalia V. Smirnova, University of Connecticut (nvs95001@uconnvm.uconn.edu)
Building Credibility in a Transforming Economy
Neven T. Valev, Georgia State University (nvalev@gsu.edu)
[http://www.gsu.edu/~econtv]
Multiple Unofficial Economy Equilibria and Income Distribution Dynamics
in Transition Economies
J. Barkley Rosser, James Madison University (rosserjb@jmu.edu); Marina
V. Rosser, James Madison University; and Ehsan Ahmed, James Madison University
Discussants:
Mark LeClair, Fairfield University (mleclair@mail.fairfield.edu)
William H. Pyle, Middlebury College (wpyle@middlebury.edu)
Natalia V. Smirnova, University of Connecticut (nvs95001@uconnvm.uconn.edu)
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[112] VALUING ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS (JEL Code Q)
Session Chair: Phillip G. LeBel, Montclair State University (lebelp@mail.montclair.edu)
The Impact of Public Environmental Assessment on Stock Prices
Thomas R. Sadler, Manhattan College (thomas.sadler@manhattan.edu)
Organic and All Natural: Do Consumers Know the Difference?
Jeff Anstine, University of Wisconsin at Whitewater (anstinej@mail.uww.edu)
The Value of Ecolabels for Paper Products
Arun K. Srinivasan, University of Kentucky (aksrin0@pop.uky.edu)
Discussants:
Phillip G. LeBel, Montclair State University (lebelp@mail.montclair.edu)
Arun K. Srinivasan, University of Kentucky (aksrin0@pop.uky.edu)
Kristen Sheeran, St. Mary’s College of Maryland (sasheeran@smcm.edu)
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[113] THE BURDEN OF OCCUPATIONAL INJURY ON WORKING WOMEN
(JEL Codes I, J)
Session Organizer and Chair: Elyce Anne Biddle, National Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) (Egb6@cdc.gov)
The Changing Occupational Injury Experience of Women
Dan Hartley, NIOSH (Dsh3@cdc.gov)
The Economic Cost of Workplace Fatal Injury for Women
Elyce Biddle, NIOSH (Egb6@cdc.gov)
The Occupational Injury and Illness Experience of Women in Traditionally
Male Industries: Construction
Sharada Weir, NIOSH (sharada.weir@verizon.net)
The Occupational Injury and Illness Experience of Women in Traditionally
Male Industries: Mining
Tom Camm, NIOSH (Tdc9@cdc.gov)
Discussant:
Laura Blanciforti, NIOSH (Lob9@cdc.gov)
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[114] THE LEGACY OF JOAN ROBINSON (JEL Code B)
Session Organizers: Louis-Philippe Rochon, Kalamazoo College and
Claude Gnos, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon
Session Chair: Jared Ragusset, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Joan Robinson and Marx from a Sraffian Perspective
Gary Mongiovi, St-John’s University
The Last Days of Joan Robinson or Joan Robinson’s Disenchantment with
Economics
Alex Milmow, Charles Sturt University
Joan Robinson and the Theory of the Monetary Circuit
Claude Gnos, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon and Louis-Philippe
Rochon, Kalamazoo College
Joan Robinson and Income Distribution
Ingrid Rima, Temple University
Discussants:
Matias Vernengo, Kalamazoo College
Giuseppe Fontana, University of Leeds and C-FEPS UMKC (gf@lubs.leeds.ac.uk)
Ingrid Rima, Temple University
Claude Gnos, University of Burgundy, Dijon
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[115] EMPIRICAL STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
(JEL Code F)
Session Chair: Paul T. McGrath, Purdue University Calumet (pmcgrat@calumet.purdue.edu)
The Empirical Linkages between International Competition and the U.S.
Domestic Prices: As Determined by Exchange Rate Pass-Through
Rueih-Chir Huarng, American University (rh5681a@american.edu)
Are Tariffs Inflationary? An Empirical Examination
Subarna K. Samanta, The College of New Jersey (ssamanta@tcnj.edu) and
Jamal A. Rashed, Xavier University
Evaluation of Econometric Studies on the Determinants of Foreign Direct
Investment
Merih Uctum, Brooklyn College and Graduate School, CUNY and Haitao
Liang, Graduate School, CUNY (hliang@gc.cuny.edu)
Discussants:
Munir Hassan, Southwestern College (mhassan@sckans.edu)
Paul M. Comolli, University of Kansas (pcomolli@ku.edu)
Jennifer Foo, Stetson University (jfoo@stetson.edu)
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[116] ECONOMIC POLICY AND GROWTH IN SOUTH AMERICA
(JEL Code O)
Session Chair: Yilma Gebremariam, Southern Connecticut State
University (gebremariam@scsu.ctstateu.edu)
Major Tendencies on Brazilian External Debt, 1906-2000: Short-Term
Credits and the Shifting Character of the State
Luiz M. Niemeyer, Catholic University of Sao Paulo (lniemeyer@uol.com.br)
Macroeconomic Policy Reforms and Cut Flower Exports from Ecuador
Larry B. Sawers, American University (lsawers@american.edu)
The Effect of Financial Development on the Creditworthiness of the Government:
Evidence from a Cross-Country Analysis
Kalamogo Coulibaly, Plattsburgh State University (coulibk@plattsburgh.edu)
Discussants:
Kalamogo Coulibaly, Plattsburgh State University (coulibk@plattsburgh.edu)
Derrick K. Gondwe, Gettysburg College (dgondwe@gettysburg.edu)
Alan Bartley, Transylvania University (abartley@transy.edu)
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[117] ISSUES IN POLITICAL ECONOMY - UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH
Session Organizers: Tina Das, Elon University; Steve DeLoach,
Elon University; Steve Greenlaw, Mary Washington College
Session Chair: Lee Hawley, Elon University
The Expansionary Effects of Keynesian and Supply-side Tax Cuts: A Macroeconomic
Mystery
Brendan Bayer, Mary Washington College
Understanding Latin American Inflation: Implications of the Rational
Expectations Hypothesis
Matt Hughart, Mary Washington College
Gender Inequality and the Role of Collectivization and Political Integration
Kathryn Fitzgerald, Elon University
NAFTA: An Overview of Economic Effects
Erin Welch, Florida Gulf Coast University
Discussants:
Eli Dourado, Furman University
M.Todd Carol, Furman University
Amanda Brown, Mary Washington College
Erin Cunningham, Elon University
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[119] DOMESTIC FINANCIAL ISSUES
Session Organizer and Chair: Theologos Homer Bonitsis, New Jersey
Institute of Technology (bonitsis@adm.njit.edu)
Externalities
Elias Grivoyannis, Yeshiva University; Krishna M. Kasibhatla, Bennett
College (kkasibhat@aol.com); John Malindretos, Yeshiva University; and
Anwar Khan, North Carolina A&T State University
An Examination of Promotion and Tenure at Schools of Business
Augustine Arize, Texas A&M University-Commerce; Krishna M. Kasibhatla,
Bennett College (kkasibhat@aol.com); John Malindretos, Yeshiva University;
and Paul R. Kutasovic, New York Institute of Technology (prkutasovic@aol.com)
General Equilibrium Analysis for the U.S. Economy
Elias Grivoyannis, Yeshiva University; Ioannis N. Kallianiotis, University
of Scranton; John Malindretos, Yeshiva University; and Luis E. Rivera-Solis,
Dowling College
Methods for Stock Evaluation
Diamando Afxentiou, New York Institute of Technology; Krishna M. Kasibhatla,
Bennett College (kkasibhat@aol.com); John Malindretos, Yeshiva University;
and Anthony Pappas, St. John's University
Discussants:
Demetri Tsanacas, Ferrum College
Diamando Afxentiou, New York Institute of Technology
Krishna M. Kasibhatla, Bennett College
Theologos Homer Bonitsis, New Jersey Institute of Technology
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