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[40] THE OUTLOOK FOR INFLATION AND INTEREST RATES (JEL Code E)

Session Organizer and Chair: Thomas W. Synnott, Cooper Union ( w1wnr@aol.com)

Shifting Phillips Curves--a Computer Simulation

Thomas W. Synnott, Cooper Union ( w1wnr@aol.com)

The Outlook for Inflation in 2008

Robert T. McGee, U.S. Trust-Bank of America ( robert_mcgee@ustrust.com)

Inflation Threat and Inflation Targeting

Francis H. Schott, former Chief Economist of the Equitable Life Insurance Co. ( fhsandbws@aol.com)

Analyzing Past and Current Inflation Episodes

Leonard J. Santow, Managing Director of Griggs and Santow ( griggs@nyct.net)

Inflation and the Middle Class

Mark Santow, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth ( griggs@nyct.net)

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[41] AGENT-BASED ECONOMICS: SPATIAL AND HETEROGENEOUS INTERACTION MODELS

First of Five Sessions Sponsored by the NYC Computational Economics & Complexity Workshop

Session Organizer: Troy Tassier, Fordham University (tassier@fordham.edu)

Session Chair: Jason Barr, Rutgers University Newark

Stratification, Growth, and Path Dependence in Two-Sided Markets

James Boudreau, University of Connecticut (james.boudreau@uconn.edu)

Path Dependency and the Zipf’s Law in a Spatial Agent-Based Model

Yuri Mansury , KDI School of Public Policy and Management (ysm@kdischool.ac.kr) and László Gulyás , AITIA International Inc., Budapest, Hungary

Simulation of Land Uses through Utilitaristic Agents Embedding Environmental Quality Perception

Alexandre Muzy, Università di Corsica (a.muzy@univ-corse.fr); Dominique Prunetti,LISA Università di Corsica – Pasquale Paoli Corti;and Eric Innocenti, CNRS LISA Università di Corsica – Pasquale Paoli Corti

Integrating Agent-Based Modeling and Life Cycle Analyses to Enhance Environmental Policy-Making

Christopher S. Ruebeck , Lafayette College (ruebeckc@lafayette.edu); Sharon A. Jones, Lafayette College; and Jeff Pfaffmann, Lafayette College

Discussion among participants.

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[42] POST-KEYNESIAN MONETARY POLICY II (JEL Code E)

Session Organizer and Chair: Louis-PhilippeRochon, Laurentian University (Lprochon@Laurentian.ca)

On the Backward Bending Phillips Curve

Tom Palley, Economics for Democratic and Open Societies (mail@thomaspalley.com)

Corporate Social Responsibility: the French Experience

Claude Gnos, University of Burgundy, ( claude.gnos@u-bourgogne.fr) and Nicole Barthe, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis ( barthe.nicole@yahoo.fr)

The Four Phases of Endogenous Money in Post-Keynesian Economics

Louis-Philippe Rochon , Laurentian University ( Lprochon@Laurentian.ca )

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[43] THE PRIVATIZATION OF WAR AND CONFLICT (JEL Code D)

Session Sponsored by Economists for Peace and Security

Session Organizer and Chair: Thea Harvey, Economists for Peace and Security

(theaharvey@epsusa.org)

The Privatization of the Iraq War
Anita Dancs, National Priorities Project (anita@nationalpriorities.org)

Trading in Arms: For Security, Friendship or Profit (or all three)

Frida Berrigan, Arms and Security Initiative (berrigan@newamerica.net)

For-Profit Firms Performing State Functions: The Case of Conflict Countries in Africa
K. Maeve Powlick, Skidmore College (mpowlick@skidmore.edu)

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[44] FORDHAM UNIVERSITY GRADUATE STUDENTS SESSION I

(JEL Code F)

Session Organizer: Meghan Hennessy, Fordham University ( mehennessy@fordham.edu)

FDI and Regional Integration

Lorah Madete, Fordham University ( madete@fordham.edu)

On the Duration and Consequences of Large Current Account Deficits

Kristine Kintanar, Fordham University ( kintanar@fordham.edu)

The Effectiveness of Central Bank Sterilized Intervention: Evidence from China 1999 – 2006

Liu Liu, Fordham University ( liliu@fordham.edu)

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[45] CRISES IN FINANCIAL AND LABOR MARKETS (JEL Codes F, J)

Second of Three Sessions Sponsored by the Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE)

Session Organizer: Scott Carter, The University of Tulsa (scott-carter@utulsa.edu)

Session Chair: MarieDuggan, Keene State University (mduggan@keene.edu)

The Floating Dollar Standard: Financialization and the Role of Credit Money in International Settlements

RamaaVasudevan , Colorado State University (ramaa.vasudevan@colostate.edu)

Unemployment Insurance and Labor Market Characteristics: An Analysis Over Time

Anil Duman, Central European University (dumana@ceu.hu)

“Sustainable” Speculative Bubbles and Crisis Endogeniety

Iren Levina, University of Masschusetts, Amherst (ilevina@econs.umass.edu)

Discussants:

MarieDuggan, Keene State University (mduggan@keene.edu)

Scott Carter , The University of Tulsa (scott-carter@utulsa.edu)

Hasan Comert , University of Massachusetts, Amherst (hcomert@gmail.com)

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[46] THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS (JEL Code B)

Second of Three Sessions Sponsored by the Society for the Development of Austrian
Economics (SDAE)

Session Organizer: Doug MacKenzie, SUNY Plattsburgh (dmackenz_2000@yahoo.com )

Session Chair: Richard Gottschall, SUNY Plattsburgh

Austrian Economics Behind the Iron Curtian: the Rebirth of an Intellectual Tradition

Anthony John Evans, ESCP-EAP European School of Management

Menger, Wieser and Boehm-Bawerk on Value Theory

Sam Bostaph , UT Dallas

The Challenge of Akrasia for the Theory of Rational Choice

Gene Callahan , The London School of Economics

Discussants:

Doug MacKenzie , SUNY Plattsburgh (dmackenz_2000@yahoo.com )

Gene Callahan , The London School of Economics

TBA

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[47] MARKET STRUCTURE, FIRM STATEGY, AND MARKET PERFORMANCE STUDIES OF IMPERFECT MARKETS AND INFORMATION (JEL Code L)

Session Chair: Nanyun Zhang, Towson University (nzhang@towson.edu)

Partial Privatization in a Mixed Oligopoly: Comparing Cournot and Stackelberg Models

Najiba Benabess, Norwich University (nbenabes@norwich, edu)

Contract Design for Quality Control in Supply Chain Management

Nanyun Zhang, Towson University (nzhang@towson.edu)

Discussants:

Robert Rosenman, Washington State University (yamaka@wsu.edu)

Ellen Sewell, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (esewell@uncc.edu)

Nanyun Zhang, Towson University (nzhang@towson.edu)

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[48] ENVIRONMENTAL MODELS (JEL Code Q)

Session Chair: J. Georg Cerf, The College of New Jersey (gcerf@tcnj.edu)

The Coexistence of “Process” and “End-of-Pipe” Environmental R&Ds

Valerica Vlad, Penn State, The Behrend College (vuv2@psu.edu)

Storms, Climate Change and the U.S. Economy

Joelle Saad-Lessler, Long Island University (Jsaadles@liu.edu) and GeorgeTselioudes, Columbia University

Discussants:

Ekaterina D. Gnedenko, University of Connecticut (Ekaterina.gnedenko@uconn.edu)

Yongsheng Wang, Washington and Jefferson College (ywang@washjeff.edu)

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[49] ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (JEL Code O)

Session Chair: Kevin H. McIntyre, McDaniel College (mcintyre@mcdaniel.edu)

Reflections on the Economic Impact of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Latin American and Muslim Countries

Juan J. DelaCruz, FIT - State University of New York (Juan_Delacruz@fitnyc.edu)

Petroleum Exports and Economic Growth: Does Black Gold Make You Richer?

Aliya Sassi, University of New Hampshire (aliya.sassi@unh.edu)

Estimates and Determinants of Firm Efficiency in Eastern Europe: Evidence from Romanian Microdata

Kevin H. McIntyre, McDaniel College (mcintyre@mcdaniel.edu) and Christopher A. Martin, McDaniel College

Structural Adjustment, Economic Development and Vulnerability: Evidence From Two Nigerian Communities

John M. Polimeni, Albany College of Pharmacy (polimenij@acp.edu); Raluca Iorgulescu Polimeni, Siena College (rpolimeni@siena.edu); and Steve Onyeiwu, Allegheny College (sonyeiwu@alleghany.edu)

Discussion among participants.

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[50] MACRO IMPACTS OF TRADE (JEL Code F)

Session Chair: Yilma Gebremariam, Southern Connecticut State University (gebremariay1@southernct.edu)

Workers’ Remittances and Relative Prices

Hiranya K. Nath, Sam Houston State University and Carlos Vargas-Silva, Sam Houston State University (cxv004@shsu.edu)

Trade-Induced Unemployment: How Much Do We Care? And Why?

Yoto V. Yotov, Drexel University (yotov@drexel.edu)

The Nexus Between Trade Liberalization and Poverty: Evidence from Survey Data

Adugna Lemi, University of Massachusetts Boston (adugna.lemi@umb.edu)

Changing Nature of North-South Linkages: Stylized Facts and Explanations

Cigdem Akin, The George Washington University (cigdem@gwu.edu) and Ayhan Kose, International Monetary Fund

Discussion among participants.

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[51] IMPACTS ON WAGES AND EARNINGS (JEL Code J)

Session Chair: Jim Barbour, Elon University (barbour@elon.edu)

The Married Men’s Earnings Premium and Discrimination: Does Anti-Gay Bias Play a Role?

Amy B. Schmidt, Saint Anselm College (aschmidt@anselm.edu)

The Role of Religiosity in Labor Market Achievement

Adreck McDonald, Ithaca College and Darius Conger, Ithaca College (dconger@ithaca.edu)

Crafters And Competition: The Impact of Amateurs on Professional’s Livelihoods

Jim Barbour, Elon University (barbour@elon.edu) and Thomas Tiemann, Elon University

Altruism and Hedonism: Do Differences in Caring Cause a Nursing Wage Gap?

Kelly E. Brooks-Staub, American University (kstaub1@son.jhmi.edu)

Discussion among participants.

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[52] TOPICS IN MICROECONOMICS (JEL Code D)

Session Chair: Phillip G. LeBel, Montclair State University (lebelp@mail.montclair.edu)

Why Do Demand Curves Slope Downward? Distinguishing Purchase from Use

Mehrene Larudee, DePaul University International Studies Program (mlarudee@depaul.edu)

Choice of Diet Adherence in the Presence of Boredom

Saharat Pongsree, Wesley College (pongsrsa@weslet.edu)

The Impact of Open Access Requirements on the Structure of the Wireless Telephony Industry

Carol C. McDonough, University of Massachusetts Lowell (carol_mcdonough@uml.edu)

Discussion among participants.

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[53] TESTS FOR NONLINEARITIES: MONEY AND PPP (JEL Codes C and F)

Session Chair: Juan Carlos Cuestas, Nottingham Trent University (juan.cuestas@ntu.ac.uk)

Testing for Price Convergence among Mercosur Countries

Juan Carlos Cuestas, Nottingham Trent University (juan.cuestas@ntu.ac.uk) and Javier Ordóñez, Jaume I University

Testing for International Monetary Chaos

John Barkoulas, Georgia Southern University (jbarkoul@georgiasouthern.edu) and Arav Ouandlous, Savannah State University

Homogeneous Information, Foreign Exchange Intervention, and Exchange Rate Reversion: A Coordination Channel Perspective and Nonlinear Analysis

Xiaofei Yu, Suffolk University (Yu10710@suffolk.edu)

Discussion among participants.

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[54] ISSUES IN POLITICAL ECONOMY—UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH

Third of Ten Sessions; Session III: Labor and Wages

Session Organizers: Steve Greenlaw, University of Mary Washington and SteveDeLoach, Elon University

Session Chair: Margaret Graybeal, University of Mary Washington

Does Race Influence the Salaries of NFL Players?

Josh Mahoney, The University of Northern Iowa

The Income Effects of Language Ability and Education within the Latino-American Labor Market

Geoffrey C. Wescott, Austin College

Marxian Look into the Socio-economic Development of Imperial China, and its Legitimacy: Specifically Looking at the Qin, and Tang Dynasties

Jason Sabol, Keene State College

Discussants:

Erika Lamanna, Elon University

Erin Beddingfield, University of Mary Washington

Samuel S. Giffin, Furman University

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[55] EVALUATING THE BENEFITS OF PUBLIC POLICIES (JEL Code H)

Session Organizer: Ronald J. Shadbegian, UMass Dartmouth (rshadbegian@umassd.edu)

Session Chair: Robert T. Jones, UMass Dartmouth (rjones@umassd.edu)

Did Proposition 2 ½ Affect the Efficiency of the Public Schools in Massachusetts?

Ronald J. Shadbegian, UMass Dartmouth (rshadbegian@umassd.edu) and Maggie Cole, Clark University

Agglomeration Economies or Enterprise Zone Program: Explaining the Birth, Death and Net Birth of Establishments in Colorado

Devon Lynch, UMass Dartmouth (dlynch@umassd.edu) and Jeffrey Zax, University of Colorado-Boulder

Blindspot: The Congestion Costs of Light Duty Trucks

Sarah Cosgrove, UMass Dartmouth (sarah.cosgrove@umassd.edu)

Discussants:

TBA

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[56] USBIG Session 3: The Politics of Basic Income (JEL Codes H, I)

Session Organizer: USBIG Network

Session Moderator: Richard Caputo, Yeshiva University (Caputo@ymail.yu.edu)

The Rise and Fall of a Basic Income Guarantee Bill in the U.S. Congress

Al Sheahen , Author (alsheahen@prodigy.net)

Peaceful, Positive Revolution: The 2008 Campaign

Steve Shafarman, Citizen Policies Institute (steve@citizenpolicies.org)

What is the Case and Feasibility for a Comprehensive Social Welfare System in South Africa?

Richard Wamai, University of Helsinki, (rgwamai@yahoo.com)

The Guaranteed Adequate Income Debate in Canada: Challenges and Opportunities

James Mulvale, University of Regina, (jim.mulvale@uregina.ca)