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Session Organizer and Chair: Louis-PhilippeRochon, Laurentian University (Lprochon@Laurentian.ca)
Panelists:
H. Sonmez Atesoglu, Clarkson University ( atesoglu@clarkson.edu)
Robert Blecker, American University (blecker@american.edu)
Robert Dimand, Brock University ( dimand@brocku.ca)
Steven Fazzari, Washington University in St. Louis (fazz@wustl.edu)
Edward Nell, New School for Social Research (ejnell@aol.com)
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[181] FINANCIAL FLOWS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (JEL Code O)
Session Organizers: Matías Vernengo, University of Utah ( vernengo@economics.utah.edu) and Esteban Pérez Caldentey, ECLAC ( esteban.perez@cepal.org)
Session Chair: Matías Vernengo, University of Utah (vernengo@economics.utah.edu)
Is Official Development Aid (ODA) an Obstacle to Economic Development? The State of the Debate and the Empirical Evidence
Esteban Pérez Caldentey , ECLAC ( esteban.perez@cepal.org)
Financial Flows and Pass-Through Effects in Latin America
Matías Vernengo , University of Utah ( vernengo@economics.utah.edu)
Production Finance and Competitiveness: Imperatives for the Caribbean
Michael Hendrickson , ECLAC ( michael.hendrickson@cepal.org)
Financial Instability, Monetary Policy and External Shocks: Doing Business in Uncertain Emerging Markets
Luis Brunstein , Rowan University ( brunstein@rowan.edu ) and Guillermo Cardoza, Instituto de Empresa Business School ( guillermo.cardoza@ie.edu)
The New Financial Instruments: An Assessment of their Potential Contribution to Development Finance
Esteban Pérez Caldentey, ECLAC ( esteban.perez@cepal.org)
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[182] PRODUCTION AND ORGANIZATIONS (JEL Code D)
Session Chair: Brian W. Sloboda , U.S. Postal Service (brian.w.sloboda@usps.gov)
Vertical Integration and Cost Efficiency in Multi-stage Hog Production: An Investigation by Estimation of Cost Frontier
Mahbubul Kabir, Lyon College (mkabir@lyon.edu) and Azzeddine M. Azzam, Center for Agricultural and Food Industrial
Performance Measurement of Police Services in the U.S. from 1993-2004
Brian W. Sloboda, U.S. Postal Service (brian.w.sloboda@usps.gov) and George Ackerman, Arkansas State University
LNG: The Past and the Prospects for the Future
Christina Karabetsou, University of Piraeus (chkara@unipi.gr)
Discussion among participants.
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[183] STUDIES OF HOUSEHOLD BEHAVIOR (JEL Codes D, Z)
Session Chair: Michael D. Robinson, Mount Holyoke College ( mirobins@mtholyoke.edu)
How do Married Couples Share Income Risk through Labor Supply? Evidence from Collective Model
Sisi Zhang, Boston College (zhangse@bc.edu)
Does it Matter who is Literate? Cross Country Evidence on Literacy and Child Health
Melanie Fox-Kean, Austin College (mfox-kean@austincollege.edu)
Religiosity and Charitable Giving: Does Being “Born Again” Matter?
James Hartley, Mount Holyoke College and Michael D. Robinson, Mount Holyoke College (mirobins@mtholyoke.edu)
Discussants:
Bradley K. Wilson , University of Saint Thomas (bkwilson@stthomas.edu)
Sisi Zhang, Boston College (zhangse@bc.edu)
Derek K. Yonai, Campbell University (yonaid@campbell.edu)
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[184] PUBLIC FINANCE TOPICS (JEL Code H)
Session Chair: Mark P. Gius, Quinnipiac University (mark.gius@quinnipiac.edu)
Equilibrium Models and Public Sector Capital Budget Allocation: A Case Study in Urban Budgeting
Stephen H. Andersen, Operations Research Unit, Office of Management and Budget, New York City; Hernandez Manuel, Operations Research Unit, Office of Management and Budget, New York City; and Liu Liu, Operations Research Unit, Office of Management and Budget, New York City (LiuL@omb.nyc.gov)
Direct Distribution of Rents in Native American Tribes
Martin E. Sandbu, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School (sandbu@wharton.upenn.edu)
The Effect of Campaign Contributors on Congressional Elections
Mark P. Gius, Quinnipiac University (mark.gius@quinnipiac.edu)
Discussants:
Suchandra Basu , Rhode Island College (sbasu@ric.edu)
Richard L. Carson, Carleton University (rcarson@ccs.carleton.ca)
J. Rody Borg, Jacksonville University (rborg@ju.edu)
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[185] MONETARY POLICY (JEL Codes E5 & E6)
Session Chair: Patryk Antonik, CUNY Graduate Center (pantonik@gc.cuny.edu)
Measuring the Channels of Monetary Policy Transmission: A Factor-Augmented Vector Autoregressive (FAVAR) Approach
Dawit L. Senbet, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (dsenbet@bloomu.edu)
Has the Fed Behaved Differently from Inflation Targeters?
Jim Lee, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi (jim.lee@tamucc.edu)
Coherence of Policies: Inflation Targeting under Fiscal Policy Rules
Farhan Hameed, Lahore University of Management Sciences (farhan.hameed@gmail.com)
Do Credit Shocks Matter for Output and Inflation?
Ellis B. Heath, West Virginia University (ebheath@mail.wvu.edu)
Discussion among participants.
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[186] INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION (JEL Code L)
Session Co-Chairs: Susan C. Christoffersen, Philadelphia University ( ChristoffersenS@philau.edu) and Jui-Chi Huang, Penn State Berks ( jxh74@psu.edu)
How to Detect Anticompetitive Horizontal Mergers
Kai Hueschelrath, Centre for European Economic Research ( hueschelrath@zew.de )
Cross Elasticity of Supply: As Big a Secret in Canada as it is in the U.S.
Anthony J. Greco, University of Louisiana-Lafayette (ajg1979@louisiana.edu)
Trade-Adjusted Concentration Ratio in Manufacturing
Fatma Abdel-Raouf, Goldey-Beacom College ( raouff@gbc.edu)
Discussants:
Anthony J. Greco, University of Louisiana-Lafayette (ajg1979@louisiana.edu)
Kai Hueschelrath, Centre for European Economic Research ( hueschelrath@zew.de )
Jui-Chi Huang, Penn State Berks ( jxh74@psu.edu)
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[187] MACROECONOMIC ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
(JEL Code Q)
Session Chair: Soma Ghosh, Bridgewater State College (sghosh@bridgew.edu)
A Macro-Environmental Synthesis: Grafting Textbook Macroeconomics onto an Ecological Rootstock
Karl H. Seeley, Hartwick College (seeleyk@hartwick.edu)
Global Warming and Inflation
Julian Silk, University of Maryland (jsilk@infionline.net)
Discussants:
Julian Silk, University of Maryland (jsilk@infionline.net)
Karl Seeley, Hartwick College (seeleyk@hartwick.edu)
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[188] AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS (JEL Code Q)
Session Chair: Annasaheb Pawar, K.M.J. College (annasaheb_pawar2007@yahoo.com)
Technology Adoption Among U.K. Cereal Farmers: Evidence Using Parametric and Nonparametric Count Data Models
Abhijit Sharma, Bradford University, UK (A.Sharma12@brad.ac.uk); Marco Bertaglia, European Commission, Brussels; Alastair Bailey, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK; and Iain Fraser, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.
Impact of Irrigation on Agriculture Development in India
Annasaheb Pawar, K.M.J. College (annasaheb_pawar2007@yahoo.com); V.B Bhise,Marathwada University; Babasaheb Ambedkar, Marathwada University; S.S. Ambhore, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College
The Drama of Farm and Forest in the New York City Watershed Collaboration
Joan Hoffman, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the CUNY Doctoral Program (xhoffman@bestweb.net)
Discussion among participants.
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[189] INSTITUTIONS AND GROWTH INEQUALITY (JEL Code O)
Session Chair: Edinaldo Tebaldi, Bryant University (etebaldi@bryant.edu)
Poverty, Geography, and Institutional Path Dependence
Edinaldo Tebaldi, Bryant University (etebaldi@bryant.edu) and Ramesh Mohan, Bryant University
Regional Growth Disparities: The Case of Vietnam
Van Pham, Salem State College (vpham@salemstate.edu)
Institutions and the Rural-Urban Group in Developing Countries
Bornali Bhandari, Fitchburg State College (bbhandari@fsc.edu) and L. Christina Steiger, University of Oregon
Discussants:
Nicole Bissessar, Clark University (nbissessar@clarku.edu)
Bornali Bhandari, Fitchburg State College (bbhandara@fsc.edu)
Edinaldo Tebaldi, Bryant University (etebaldi@bryant.edu)
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[190] REGIONAL COOPERATION AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS (JEL Code F)
Session Chair: Kismore G. Kulkarni, Metropolitan State College of Denver (kulkarnk@mscd.edu)
Trade within Africa: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Intra-African Trade
Kismore G. Kulkarni, Metropolitan State College of Denver (kulkarnk@mscd.edu)
The Political Economy Determinants of Multilateral Trade Liberalization in the European Union
Baybars Karacaovali, Fordham University (karacaovali@fordham.edu) and Nuno Limao, University of Maryland
The Political Economy of Evolving Coalitions among Developing Countries
Omar Dahi, Hampshire College (odahi@hampshire.edu)
Discussants:
Baybars Karacaovali, Fordham University (karacaovali@fordham.edu)
Kismore G. Kulkarni, Metropolitan State College of Denver (kulkarnk@mscd.edu)
Galina An, Kenyon College ( ang@kenyon.edu)
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[191] GENDER AND LABOR MARKETS (JEL Code J)
Session Chair: Scott Fuess Jr. , University of Nebraska (sfuess1@unl.edu)
Black and White Women’s Employment Rates: Disaggregated Decomposition in Probit and Linear Probability Models
Thanos Mergoupis, University of Bath (A.Mergoupis@bath.ac.uk)
Using the Gender Concentration Quotient to Analyze Occupational Segregation: Are “Blue States Different than “Red” States?
Scott Fuess Jr. , University of Nebraska (sfuess1@unl.edu); Ann Mari May, University of Nebraska; and Roger F. Riefler, University of Nebraska(sfuess1@unl.edu)
Discussants:
Scott Fuess Jr. , University of Nebraska (sfuess1@unl.edu)
Thanos Mergoupis, University of Bath (A.Mergoupis@bath.ac.uk)
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[192] CLASSICAL ECONOMICS AND FINANCIAL REFORM
(JEL Codes B and G)
Session Sponsored by the Henry George School of Social Science, New York
Session Organizer and Chair: Cay Hehner, Henry George School of Social Science (hengeoschool@worldnet.att.net)
Hume’s Quantity Theory of Money and its Implications for the Present
Cay Hehner, Henry George School of Social Science (hengeoschool@worldnet.att.net)
The Factors of Production Under Attack: Notes on Word Bank Representation
Paul R. Kahane, Henry George School of Social Science
The “Greening” of the Dollar: Some Ideas on Monetary Reform
Steve Zarlenga, American Monetary Institute
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[193] JAMES TOBIN’S 1978 “NOT [YET] A VIABLE OPTION” VIEW OF A SINGLE GLOBAL CURRENCY—WHAT HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN?
(JEL Code F)
Second of Two Sessions Sponsored by the Single Global Currency Association (SGCA)
Session Organizer and Chair: Morrison Bonpasse, Single Global Currency Association (Morrison@singleglobalcurrency.org)
Panelist:
A.G. (Tassos) Malliaris, Loyola University Chicago (tmallia@luc.edu)
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[194] ISSUES IN POLITICAL ECONOMY—UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH
Tenth of Ten Sessions; Session X: Financial Markets and Banking
Session Organizers: Steve Greenlaw, University of Mary Washington and SteveDeLoach, Elon University
Session Chair: Erin Beddingfield, University of Mary Washington
Hedge Funds: Alternative Investments to Provide Portfolio Diversification and Promote Market Efficiency
Ryan R. Beaudry, Manhattanville College
The January Effect: Small Capitalization Indices and Mutual Funds
Thomas Frick, Elon University and Jeremy Kitts, Elon University
Korean Financial Crisis in 1997: The Ethics of U.S. Actions
Christian Frentzen, Keene State College
Discussants:
Ahsan M. Siddiqui, The College of Wooster
Nancy Dexter, Smith College
Amber Gill, Wilkes University
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[195] USBIG Session 11: Featured Speakers (JEL Codes H, I)
Session Organizer: USBIG Network
Session Moderator: Ingrid Van Niekerk, Economic Policy Research Institute, Cape Town, South Africa (ivanniekerk@epri.org.za)
11:00-11:10, Basic Income Studies
Jurgen De Wispelaere, Trinity College Dublin, (jurgen.dewispelaere@tcd.ie)
11:10-11:50, [TBD]
Senator Eduardo Suplicy, Brazilian Federal Senate (eduardo.suplicy@senador.gov.br)
11:50-12:30, Do Worldwide Trends Enhance or Undermine the Feasibility of a Basic Income?
Phillippe Van Parijs, Université Catholique du Louvain & Harvard University (vanparijs@etes.ucl.ac.be)