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[60] TEACHING ECONOMICS: VIEWS OF EXPERIENCED FACULTY
(JEL Code A)
Session Organizer: Sven R. Larson, Roskilde University, Denmark (larson@ruc.dk)
Session Chair: Louis-Philippe Rochon, Kalamazoo College (lprochon@kzoo.edu)
Session speakers:
Stanley Bober, Duquesne University (bober@duq.edu)
Paul Davidson, University of Tennessee (pdavidso@utkux.utcc.utk.edu)
Sven-Olov Larsson, Mid-Sweden University, Sweden (sven-olov.larsson@mh.se)
Yngve Andersson, Uppsala University, Sweden
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[61] REGRESSION ANALYSIS (JEL Code C)
Session Chair: David T. Cadden, Quinnipiac University (david.cadden@quinnipiac.edu)
Mean-reverting, Random Oil Prices: Regression Models and Binomial
Approximations
Radford Schantz, U.S. Interior Department (radford.schantz@mms.gov)
Treating One Case of Omitted Variables as Shifting Beta
Joseph Cheng, Ithaca College (cheng@ithaca.edu)
The Gauss-Markov Theorem and Spurious Regressions
Masao Ogaki, Ohio State University and Chi-Young Choi, University of
New Hampshire (cy.choi@unh.edu)
[http://economics.sbs.ohio-state.edu/agaki/01-13.pdf]
Discussants:
Gregory L. Light, Providence College (glight@providence.edu)
Hany S. Guirguis, Manhattan College (h.guirguis@worldnet.att.net)
David T. Cadden, Quinnipiac University (david.cadden@quinnipiac.edu)
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[62] ISSUES IN DEVELOPMENT, GROWTH, AND DEBT (JEL Code O)
Session Organizer and Chair: Baban Hasnat, SUNY College at Brockport
(bhasnat@brockport.edu)
The Macroeconomic Effects of Government Debt on Capital Formation in
the United States: An Empirical Examination
Muhammad F. Islam, U.S. Department of the Treasury (islamm@oig.treas.gov)
Revisiting Export-Led Growth Hypothesis: A Co-integration Approach
Nazma Latif-Zaman, Providence College (nzaman@providence.edu)
Political Economy of Underdevelopment
Amin Sarkar, The J. Whitney Bunting School of Business, Georgia College
& State University (asarkar@gcsu.edu)
Core Labor Standards and Trade: An Empirical Examination
Baban Hasnat, SUNY College at Brockport (bhasnat@brockport.edu)
Discussants:
Nazma Latif-Zaman, Providence College (nzaman@providence.edu)
Muhammad F. Islam, U.S. Department of the Treasury (islamm@oig.treas.gov)
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[63] HEALTH AND CHILDCARE (JEL Codes D, I)
Session Chair: Kenneth J. Koford, University of Delaware (kofordk@be.udel.edu)
Increasing Child Care Facilities
Mrigen Bose, University of Scranton (mb353@scranton.edu)
Profit vs. Utility Maximization: Evidence from Nursing Homes
Donald F. Vitaliano, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (vitald@rpi.edu)
Discussants:
Kenneth J. Koford, University of Delaware (kofordk@be.udel.edu)
Frank Raymond, Bellarmine University (fraymond@bellarmine.edu)
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[64] EMPIRICAL MACROECONOMICS (JEL Code E)
Session Chair: Mina N. Baliamoune, University of North Florida
(mbaliamo@unf.edu)
A Structural VAR Analysis of the Natural Rate of Unemployment
Thomas B. King, Washington University (tom_king@swbell.net) and James
Morley, Washington University
U.S. Asset Returns of Fiscal Policy: New Empirical Investigation
Unro Lee, University of the Pacific (ulee@uop.edu)
Are Prices Stickier Post-1979?
Cathy G. Miners, Fairfield University (cminers@mail.fairfield.edu)
[http://faculty.fairfield.edu/cminers/eea.doc]
Discussants:
David D. Selover, Old Dominion University (dselover@odu.edu)
Alexei Orlov, Radford University (aorlov@radford.edu)
Mina N. Baliamoune, University of North Florida (mbaliamo@unf.edu)
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[65] LABOR SUPPLY WITHIN THE HOUSEHOLD (JEL Code J)
Session Chair: Wayne Edwards, Penn State University (wae1@psu.edu)
Labor Supply to Informal Work
John D. Larrivee, Mount St. Mary’s College (larrivee@msmary.edu)
Measuring the Effect of Husband’s Health on Wife’s Labor Market Behavior
Michele J. Siegel, Yale University (michele.siegel@yale.edu)
Do Wives Work to Support Ailing Husbands?
Brett J. O’Hara, U.S. Census Bureau (Brian.J.Ohara@census.gov)
Discussants:
Mark D. White, College of Staten Island/CUNY (profmdwhite@hotmail.com)
Brett J. O’Hara, U.S. Census Bureau (Brian.J.Ohara@census.gov)
Michele J. Siegel, Yale University (michele.siegel@yale.edu)
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[66] INVESTMENT, GROWTH, AND DISTRIBUTION IN MEXICO
(JEL Code O)
Session Organizer and Chair: David Fairris, University of California,
Riverside (dfairris@mail.ucr.edu)
Minimum Wages and the Wage Structure in Mexico
David Fairris, University of California, Riverside (dfairris@mail.ucr.edu);
Gurleen Popli, University of California, Riverside; and Eduardo Zepeda,
Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Azcapotzalco
Formal and Informal Start-up Capital and the Technical Efficiency of
Microenterprises in Mexico
Fausto Hernández-Trillo, Centro de Investigación y Docencia
Económicas (fausto.hernandez@cide.edu); José A. Pagán,
University of Texas-Pan American (jpagan@panam.edu); and Julia Paxton,
Ohio University (paxton@ohiou.edu)
Adoption of Information Technology in the Mexican Maquiladora Industry
José Gavidia, College of Charleston (gavidiaj@cofc.edu) and
Robert Hasbrouck, College of Charleston
(hasbrouckr@cofc.edu)
Discussants:
Cecilia Winters, Manhattanville College (wintersc@mville.edu)
Diana Alarcon
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[67] STUDIES OF ECONOMIC GROWTH (JEL Code O)
Session Chair: Munir Hassan, Southwestern College (mhassan@sckans.edu)
Financial Development and Growth: A Positive, Monotonic Relationship?
Felix K. Rioja, Georgia State University (prcfkr@langate.gsu.edu) and
Neven Valev, Georgia State University
Towards a Theory of the Consumption-Growth Relationship
Davide Gualerzi, University of Pisa (gualerzi@ec.unipi.it)
Foreign Investment and Economic Performance in Developing Countries:
A Catch 22 Problem
Said Atri, SUNY Oswego (atri@oswego.edu)
The Long-Run Relationship among the Net-to-Gross Investment Ratio, the
Index of Knowledge Stock, and the Real Per Capita GDP: A Time Series
Analysis of the United States Data
Fernando L. Lugo, DRI-WEFA (fernando.lugo@dri-wefa.com)
Discussants:
Fernando L. Lugo, DRI-WEFA (fernando.lugo@dri-wefa.com)
Said Atri, SUNY Oswego (atri@oswego.edu)
Munir Hassan, Southwestern College (mhassan@sckans.edu)
Maria DaCosta, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire (dacostmn@uwec.edu)
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[68] MEASURING ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES (JEL Code Q)
Session Chair: Jeff Anstine, University of Wisconsin at Whitewater
(anstinej@mail.uww.edu)
Cost-Benefit Analysis, Incommensurability and Substitutability
Jonathan Aldred, Cambridge University (jsa1001@cam.ac.uk)
Valuing a Reservoir Fishery Using a Disequilibrium/Two Stage Travel
Cost Model
John R. McKean, AEI Economic Consultants; Donn M. Johnson, Quinnipiac
University (donn.johnson@quinnipiac.edu); and R.G. Taylor, University of
Idaho
Discussants:
David George, LaSalle University (george@lasalle.edu)
Donn M. Johnson, Quinnipiac University (donn.johnson@quinnipiac.edu)
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[69] SECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION (JEL Code I, J)
Session Chair: Simone A. Wegge, College of Staten Island, CUNY
(wegge@postbox.csi.cuny.edu)
The Effects of Race, Sex and Expected Returns on the Choice of College
Major
Farley Ordovensky Staniec, University of the Pacific (jfarley@uop.edu)
Age-Premium Profiles of Graduate Degrees
Robert J. Jones, Skidmore College (rjones@skidmore.edu)
The Empirical Problems of Measurement of the Returns to Schooling
Brian W. Sloboda, U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (brian.sloboda@bts.gov)
Discussants:
Deena Ackerman, CNA Corporation (ackermad@cna.org)
Ora Freedman, Villa Julie College (f-freedm@mail.vjc.edu)
Paul L. Govekar, Ohio Northern University (p-govekar@onu.edu)
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[70] ISSUES IN KOREAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (JEL Code O)
Session Chair: Anusua Datta, Philadelphia University (dattaa@philau.edu)
Sensitivity Analysis on the Technological Progress of Korean Manufacturing
Insang Hwang, International Christian University (hwang@icu.ac.jp)
Nominal GNP Targeting or Inflation Targeting in the Small Open Economy
Joo-Hoon Kang, Kwandong University (jhkang@mail.kwandong.ac.kr); Ugyeong
Jeong, Kwandong University; and Seong Hyi Hong, Donghae University
Openness and Markups in Korean Manufacturing Industries
Joo-Hoon Kang, Kwandong University (jhkang@mail.kwandong.ac.kr);
Seoung Hwa Kim, Kwandong University; and Ugyeong Jeong, Kwandong University
Discussants:
Yvonne Chen, DePaul University (ychen10@wppost.depaul.edu)
Inchul Kim, Sung Kyan Kwan University (ickim@yurim.skku.ac.kr)
Casimir Dadak, Hollins University (kdadak@hollins.edu)
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[71] THE ONE-SEMESTER INTRO COURSE AND NON-MAJORS EDUCATION
Session I of the NON-MAJORS EDUCATION WORKING GROUP PROGRAM
Session Organizer: Arthur Gibb, Jr., U.S. Naval Academy (arthurgibb@hotmail.com)
Session Co-chairs: Mary Lesser, Iona College (mlesser@iona.edu) and
Gail Mitchell Hoyt, University of Kentucky (ghoyt@pop.uky.edu)
General Findings of the Working Group Regarding Non-majors Education
Arthur Gibb, Jr., U.S. Naval Academy (arthurgibb@hotmail.com)
A National Survey on Non-Majors Education
Rick Fenner, Utica College (rfenner@utica.ucsu.edu)
Starting with the Student: Different Levels and Different Learning Styles
John Buck, Jacksonville University (jbuck@junix.ju.edu)
How We Teach: The One-Semester Principles Course
Heather O'Neill, Ursinus College (honeill@acad.ursinus.edu)
Discussants:
Gail Mitchell Hoyt, University of Kentucky (ghoyt@pop.uky.edu)
George Georgiou, Towson University (georgiou@towson.edu)
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[72] ISSUES IN POLITICAL ECONOMY - UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH
Session Organizers: Tina Das, Elon University; Steve DeLoach,
Elon University; Steve Greenlaw, Mary Washington College
Session Chair: Helena Tenenholtz, Mary Washington College
An Econometric Analysis of the Determinants of Abortion
Lindsey Conley, Elon University
Prevalence of Diabetes in the United States: An Econometric Analysis
Erica Walker, Simmons College
Measuring the Value of School Quality through Hedonic Price Regressions
Katrina McClanahan, Furman University
The Probability of Divorce
Lee Hawley, Elon University
Discussants:
Brendan Bayer, Mary Washington College
Kathryn Fitzgerald, Elon University
Erin Welch, Florida Gulf Coast University
Matt Hughart, Mary Washington College
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[73] TOPICS IN FORENSIC ECONOMICS I
First of Three Sessions Sponsored by NAFE
Session Organizers: Frank D. Tinari, Seton Hall University (tinarifr@shu.edu)
and Allan S. McCausland, McCausland Economic Associates
Session Chair: Patrick Fitzgerald, Esq., Oklahoma City University
The Use of Forensic Economics in the Undergraduate Curriculum
Frank Slesnick, Bellarmine University (fslesnick@bellarmine.edu) and
Frank D. Tinari, Seton Hall University and Tinari Economics (tinarifr@shu.edu)
Alternative Methods for Pension Evaluations
Matthew C. McCabe, North Main Consulting (mccabenmc@traknet.com)
Comparative Analysis of Household Time Use Data in DVD
Rick Gaskins, Gaskins & Associates (RRGaskins@aol.com)
Discussants (in order of papers listed above)
Howard Keen, Temple University (hkeen@astro.temple.edu)
Sheldon Wishnick, Actuarial Litigation Service
Kurt Krueger, John O. Ward & Associates, comments to be read by
James P. Rodgers, Pennsylvania State University (jdr@psu.edu)
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[74] INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL ISSUES
Session Organizer and Chair: Theologos Homer Bonitsis, New Jersey
Institute of Technology
(bonitsis@adm.njit.edu)
The Wage-Price Relationship Revisited
Krishna M. Kasibhatla, Bennett College (kkasibhat@aol.com); John Malindretos,
Yeshiva University; Luis E. Rivera-Solis, Dowling College, and Anwar Khan,
North Carolina A&T State University
Economic Convergence
George K. Zestos, Christopher Newport University (gzestos@cnu.edu)
Foreign Exchange Efficiency
Ioannis N. Kallianiotis, University of Scranton; John Malindretos,
Yeshiva University; and Luis E. Rivera-Solis, Dowling College
Intervention in Foreign Exchange Markets
Krishna M. Kasibhatla, Bennett College (kkasibhat@aol.com); John Malindretos,
Yeshiva University; and Demetri Tsanacas, Ferrum College (dtsanacas@ferrum.edu)
Discussants:
Elias Grivoyannis, Yeshiva University
Theologos Homer Bonitsis, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Anthony Pappas, St. John's University
Paul R. Kutasovic, New York Institute of Technology
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