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[80] PANEL SESSION ON RECENT ISSUES AND CONCERNS REGARDING ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION (EMU) WITHIN THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU)
Session Organizer and Chair: Richard Torz, St. Joseph’s College- New York
Discussants:
John Kallianiotis, University of Scranton, ( jnk353@Scranton.edu)
Luis Eduardo Rivera-Solis, Dowling College, ( riveral@dowling.edu)
Richard Torz, St. Joseph’s College- New York, ( rtorz@sjcny.edu)
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[81] POST KEYNESIAN MACROECONOMICS (JEL Code E)
Session Organizer: Steven Pressman, Monmouth University
Session Chair: Ingrid Rima, Temple University
Marxism: Its Philosophy, Message and Contemporary Relevance
Stanley Bober, Duquesne University
Corporate Entrepreneurship: Role over Schumpeter
Larry Moss, Babson College
Aggregate Demand, Employment and Equilibrium with Marginal Productivity
Edward Nell, New School University
Aggregate Demand and Supply
John Smithin, York University
Discussants:
Mat Forstater, University of Missouri, Kansas City
Richard Holt, Southern Oregon University
Gary Mongiovi, St. John's University
Steven Pressman, Monmouth University
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[82] LEARNING OUTCOMES AND CURRICULA (JEL Code A)
Session Chair: Margaret A. Ray, University of Mary Washington (mray@umw.edu)
Does a Course in Economics Teach Students to Think like Economists?
Margaret A. Ray, University of Mary Washington (mray@umw.edu)
Student Involvement in Course Design
Mary L. White, Albright College (mwhite@alb.edu)
Fluid Intelligence, Induction, and Management Education
Larry L. Lawson, Missouri Western State University (Lawson@missouriwestern.edu)
Discussants:
Mary L. White, Albright College (mwhite@alb.edu)
Margaret A. Ray, University of Mary Washington (mray@umw.edu)
Ronald L. Straight, Howard University (rstraight@howard.edu)
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[83] GRADUATE STUDENT APPROACHES TO ECONOMETRICS AND PUBLIC POLICY (JEL Code C)
Session Organizer and Chair: Paul D. Jacobs, American University and Consultant, Kaiser Family Foundation
Race & Insurance Quality: The Financial Generosity of Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits for Minorities
Paul D. Jacobs, American University (jacobspauld@yahoo.com)
Evaluation of the Decentralized Targeting of a Social Assistance Program: Evidence from Albania
Talip Kilic, American University and Part-Time Consultant, World Bank (talip.kilic@american.edu)
Gender Biases in Children’s Education and Health Expenditures in Rural Albania
Juna Miluka, American University (jm8161@american.edu)
Discussants:
Talip Kilic, American University (talip.kilic@american.edu)
Juna Miluka, American University (jm8161@american.edu)
Paul D. Jacobs, American University (jacobspauld@yahoo.com)
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[84] ISLAMIC ECONOMICS AND U.S. ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH MUSLIM COUNTRIES (JEL Code F)
Session Organizer and Chair: Baban Hasnat, SUNY Brockport ( bhasnat@brockport.edu)
Islamic Financial Institutions and Instruments: Neither Islamic nor
Innovative
M. Raquibuz Zaman, Ithaca College (zaman@ithaca.edu)
Exploitation, Profit and the Riba-Interest Reductionism
Mohammad Omar Farooq, Upper Iowa University (farooqm@uiu.edu)
United States Economic Relations with Muslim Countries
Baban Hasnat, SUNY Brockport, Brockport (bhasnat@brockport.edu)
Discussants:
Mohammad Omar Farooq, Upper Iowa University (farooqm@uiu.edu)
Baban Hasnat, SUNY Brockport (bhasnat@brockport.edu)
M. Raquibuz Zaman, Ithaca College (zaman@ithaca.edu)
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[85] THE ECONOMICS OF HOSPITAL BEHAVIOR (JEL Code I)
Session Organizer and Chair: Ryan Mutter, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (rmutter@ahrq.gov)
Costly Hospital Readmissions: The Effects of Multiple Chronic Conditions
H. Joanna Jiang, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (joanna.jiang@ahrq.hhs.gov); Bernard Friedman, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; and Anne Elixhauser, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Hospital and Physician Learning-by-Doing: Bariatric Surgery for the Obese.
William Encinosa, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (wencinos@ahrq.bgov) and Claudia Steiner, M.D., M.P.H., Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
The Efficiency Impact of Medicare’s Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
Ryan Mutter, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (rmutter@ahrq.gov) and Michael Rosko, Widener University
Discussants:
William Encinosa, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Ryan Mutter, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (rmutter@ahrq.gov)
H. Joanna Jiang, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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[86] THE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM APPROACH TO OPEN MACROECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL PASS-THROUGH
Fourth of Four Sessions Sponsored by SABE
Session Organizer and Chair: Marco Novarese , Universita Amedeo Avogadro, Italy
Can Devaluation in LDCs Be Contractionary? The Role of Liability Dollarization and Imperfect Competition in Banking
Alina Luca , Assistant Professor of Economics, Bennett S. LeBow College of Business, Drexel University and Maria Olivero, Assistant Professor of Economics, Bennett S. LeBow College of Business, Drexel University.
International Real Business Cycles: Are Countercyclical Margins in Banking the Missing Transmission Mechanism?
Maria Olivero , Assistant Professor of Economics, Bennett S. LeBow College of Business, Drexel University .
Balance Sheet Channel Versus Bank Lending Channel: A theoretical Assessment of the Identification Strategies
Roger Aliaga Diaz , Instructor of Economics, Bennett S. LeBow College of Business, Drexel University
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[87] FINANCIAL DECISIONS BY YOUNG ADULTS (JEL Codes D, E)
Session Chair: George A. Prendergast, St. Joseph’s University (gprender@sju.edu)
Behavioral Consistency of Credit Card Usage
Dandan Huang (dandan_brook@hotmail.com)
An Analysis of Credit Card Use Among U.S. High School Students
Robert H. Scott III, Monmouth University (rscott@monmouth.edu)
The Impact of Early-Life Debt on the Homeownership Rates of Young Households
Jennifer Shand, The Ohio State University (Shand.2@osu.edu)
Examining Expenditure Patterns of Young Adults in a Historical Context: Two Recent Generations Compared
Geoffrey Paulin, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (paulin.geoffrey@bls.gov)
Discussion among participants.
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[88] HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE (JEL Code I)
Session Chair: Orgul Demet Ozturk , University of South Carolina (odozturk@moore.sc.edu)
Neighborhood Characteristics and Adolescent Mental Health
Michele J. Siegel, IHHCPAR, Rutgers University (msiegel@ifh.rutgers.edu)and Laurie J. Bauman, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (bauman@aecom.yu.edu)
Underage Drinking and Illicit Drug Use, Educational Attainment, and Earnings
Freddy Siahaan, Shippensburg University (fsiahaan@ship.edu); Noelle-Angelique M.Molinari, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and David E. Kalist, Shippensburg University
Welfare and Work Participation of Single Mothers and Children’s Cognitive Development
Orgul Demet Ozturk , University of South Carolina (odozturk@moore.sc.edu) and Hay Chyi, WISE, Xiomen University and University of Wisconsin-Madison
Poverty in New York City 1970-2000: Is Demography Destiny?
Mark K. Levitan, Community Service Society and Susan S. Wieler, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (susan.wieler@ny.frb.org)
Discussion among participants.
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[89] PERSPECTIVES FROM SOCIAL ECONOMICS (JEL Code ?)
Session Sponsored by the Association for Social Economics (ASE)
Session Organizer and Chair: Ellen Mutari, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey (ellen.mutari@stockton.edu)
Investors of the World, Unite! Economic Change through Socially Responsible Investing
Martha Starr, American University (mstarr@american.edu)
Kantian Autonomy: Reconciling Individualism with Social Sustainability
Mark D. White , College of Staten Island/CUNY ( profmdwhite@hotmail.com)
A Social Economics Perspective on Job Quality
Ellen Mutari, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey (ellen.mutari@stockton.edu) and Deborah M. Figart, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey (deb.figart@stockton.edu)
Discussion among presenters and audience.
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[90] ROUNDTABLE ON GLOBAL IMBALANCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT(JEL Code O)
First of Two Sessions
Session Organizers: Matías Vernengo, University of Utah (vernengo@economics.utah.edu) and Esteban Pérez Caldentey, ECLAC (eperez@eclacpos.org)
Session Chair: Matías Vernengo, University of Utah (vernengo@economics.utah.edu)
Panelists:
Jane D’Arista, Financial Markets Center (jane.darista@snet.net)
Jan Kregel , UN DESA (jankregel@yahoo.com)
José Antonio Ocampo , UN DESA ( jaocampo@un.org )
Esteban Pérez Caldentey , ECLAC (eperez@eclacpos.org)
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Columbia University (jes322@columbia.edu)
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[91] GENDER AND THE LABOR MARKET (JEL Code J)
Session Chair: Brian William Sloboda, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (brian.sloboda@dot.gov)
Gender, Employment, and State Taxes in the U.S.
Elissa Braunstein, Colorado State University (elissabraunstein@colostate.edu); CarenGrown, The Levy Institute; and DianeElson, The Levy Institute
Gender Development, Institutions, and Level of Development
Sharmistha Self, Missouri State University ( sself@missourstate.edu) and Richard Grabowski, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Analysis of the Earnings of Skilled Foreign-Born Females: Do Skilled Immigrant Women Experience a Double Earnings Penalty?
Mary J. Lopez, Occidental College (mlopez@oxy.edu)
Discussants:
Sharmistha Self, Missouri State University ( sself@missourstate.edu)
Amy B. Schmidt, Saint Anselm College (aschmidt@anselm.edu)
Brian William Sloboda, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (brian.sloboda@dot.gov)
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[92] POLICY IN SMALL OPEN ECONOMIES (JEL Code E)
Session Chair: William L. Casey, Babson College (w casey@babson.edu)
Policies to Reduce Instability
Luis F. Brunstein, Rowan University (lfbrunstein@yahoo.com)
The Effect of Monetary Policy on Output in Thailand: Application of the Svensson-Ball Model
Yu Hsing, Southeastern Louisiana University (yhsing@selu.edu)
Monetary Policy and Economic Growth in a Small-Open Economy
Jose Cordero, Mount Holyoke College (jcordero@mtholyoke.edu)
Discussants:
Ayse Y. Evrensel, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (aevrens@siue.edu)
Jose Cordero, Mount Holyoke College (jcordero@mtholyoke.edu)
Vladimir Sokolov, High School of Economics (vsokolov@hse.ru)
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[93] STUDIES OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS (JEL Code G)
Session Chair: Fan Wang, Stony Brook University (fwang2001@gmail.com)
The Evolving Global Exchanges
Charles Dale , U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (dalec@sec.gov) and Tony Le Manh Tri, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Increasing Activity in Developing Country Derivatives Markets: Speculation or Hedging?
Uluc Aysun, University of Connecticut (uluc.aysan@uconn.edu) and Melanie Guldi, Mount Holyoke College
Stock Returns and Fiscal Policy: New International Evidence
Unro Lee, University of the Pacific (ulee@pacific.edu)
Business Investment and Stock Returns in Canada
Bansi Sawhney, University of Baltimore (bsawhney@ubalt.edu); William DiPietro, Daemen College; and Emmanuel Anoruo, Coppin State University
Discussion among participants.
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[94] TOPICS IN FORENSIC ECONOMICS I
First of Four Sessions Sponsored by NAFE
Session Organizers: Lawrence Spizman, SUNY/Oswego (spizman@oswego.edu) and
Marc A. Weinstein, Team Economics, LLC (mweinstein@teameconomics.com)
Session Chair: Frank Tinari, Tinari Economics (ftinari@tinarieconomics.com)
Alternative Measures and Focuses for Economic Damages Calculations
Jonathan S. Shefftz, J. Shefftz Consulting (jss@jshefftzconsulting.com)
To Use or Not to Use the US Chamber of Commerce Employee Benefits Study?
Lawrence Spizman, SUNY/Oswego (spizman@oswego.edu)
The Odds Ratio in Qualitative Limited Dependent Variable Econometric Models
Elias Grivoyannis, Yeshiva University (Eliasgriv@yahoo.com)
Discussants:
Rick R. Gaskins, Gaskins Associates, PC (RRGaskins@aol.com)
Sheldon Wishnick, Actuarial Litigation Service (actlit@cox.net)
Steven Shapiro, University of New Haven (sshapiro@newhaven.edu)
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[95] IPE SESSION
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[96] ECONOMICS FOR A CHANGING CLIMATE (JEL Code Q)
Session Organizer and Chair: Frank Ackerman, Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University ( Frank.Ackerman@tufts.edu)
Near-Term Benefits from Global Warming: Deep Insight or Dangerous Illusion?
Frank Ackerman, Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University
Rethinking Equity and Efficiency in Climate Change
Kristen A. Sheeran, St. Mary’s College of Maryland ( kasheeran@smcm.edu)
The Political Economy of a Clean Energy Future: Civil Rights or Progressive Era Models?
Eban Goodstein, Lewis and Clark College ( eban@lclark.edu)
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USBIG Session 4: Family, Care Work, and Gender(JEL Codes H, I)
Session Organizer: USBIG Network
Session Moderator: Al Sheahen, Author (alsheahen@prodigy.net)
Poverty Reduction and Welfare Provision for Single Parents in Aotearoa / New Zealand and the United States
Christine Todd , University of Auckland (christine.todd@paradise.net.nz)
What to Do About Care Work: Compensate or Facilitate?
Michael Lewis, State University of New York at Stony Brook (mlewis@notes.cc.sunysb.edu)
A BIG Response to Wollstonecraft’s Dilemma
Laura Bambrick , Oxford University (laura.bambrick@st-hildas.oxford.ac.uk)
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