PRELIMINARY PROGRAM OF THE ALLIED SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATIONS
JANUARY 6-9, 2011, DENVER, CO
NOTE: Everyone must register for the meeting, including speakers.
Please review your session(s) and let us know if you see anything that is
amiss. Before making additions, please do a search to make sure you are
not adding someone who is already scheduled at the same time.
We realize that there are some conflicts with participants. This was
unavoidable due to overbooking by some of the participants. In such cases,
a co-author will have to present the paper. Changes and corrections
should be sent to aeainfo@vanderbilt.edu.
Location
of Sessions for 2011 in Denver, Colorado
Jan 06, 2011 6:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 1-4
Association for Social Economics
Ethics, Democracy and the Economy
(P1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Zohreh Emami
(Alverno College)
Gar Alperovitz
(University of Maryland)
The Paradoxical Emergence of a Democratic Economy
William Black
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Humanity, Integrity and Ethics: Essentials for Economics and the Economy
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 2
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
The Economics of the Organic Food System
(I1)
Presiding:
Kyle Stiegert
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
"Organic" and "Locally Grown" Labels: Complement or Competitor?
Carolyn Dimitri
(USDA, Economic Research Service)
Catherine Greene
(USDA, Economic Research Service)
Store Format Choice in Organic Food Consumption
Ming-Feng Hsieh
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Kyle Stiegert
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Comparison of Resource Use and Profitability for Conventional and Organic Production Systems
Karen Klonsky
(University of California-Davis)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Gold
American Economic Association
Conflict: Beginnings, Ends, and Aftermaths
(O1)
Presiding:
Eva Vivalt
(University of California-Berkeley)
Interethnic Inequality and Participation in the Rwandan Genocide
Willa Friedman
(University of California-Berkeley)
Peacekeeping: What Is It Good For?
Eva Vivalt
(University of California-Berkeley)
Poverty Traps and Conflict: The Consequences of Forced Displacement in Northern Uganda
Nathan Fiala
(World Bank)
Warfare and Social Preferences in Children: Experimental Evidence from the Republic of Georgia
Michal Bauer
(Charles University, Prague and CERGE-EI)
Alessandra Cassar
(University of San Francisco)
Julie Chytilova
(Charles University)
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Discussants:
Patricia Justino
(University of Sussex)
Ioana Petrescu
(American Enterprise Institute)
Gianmarco Leon
(University of California-Berkeley)
Pauline Grosjean
(University of San Francisco)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Terrace
American Economic Association
Education in Developing Countries: Results from Randomized Control Trials in China
(O1)
Presiding:
Paul Glewwe
(University of Minnesota)
The Impact of Eyeglasses on the Academic Performance of Primary School Students: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Rural China
Paul Glewwe
(University of Minnesota)
Albert Park
(Oxford University)
Meng Zhao
(University of Minnesota)
[Download Preview] Nutrition and Educational Performance in Rural China's Elementary Schools:
Results of a Randomized Control Trial in Shaanxi Province
Renfu Luo
(Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy)
Yaojiang Shi
(Northwest University of Xi’an)
Linxiu Zhang
(Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy)
Scott Rozelle
(Stanford University)
[Download Preview] Information, College Decisions and Financial Aid: Evidence from a Cluster-Randomized Control Trial in China
Prashant Loyalka
(CIEFR, Peking University)
Yingquan Song
(CIEFR, Peking University)
Jianguo Wei
(CIEFR, Peking University)
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Discussants:
Esther Duflo
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Karthik Muralidharan
(University of California-San Diego)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Century
American Economic Association
Effects of Institutions on Wages
(J5)
Presiding:
Stephen Shore
(Johns Hopkins University)
Productivity, Restructuring, and the Gains from Takeovers
Xiaoyang Li
(University of Michigan)
[Download Preview] Right-to-Work Laws and the State-Level Economic Outcomes: Evidence Using Synthetic Control Method
Ozkan Eren
(University of Nevada-Las Vegas)
Serkan Ozbeklik
(Claremont McKenna College)
[Download Preview] Union Wage Setting and the Distribution of Employees' Earnings: Evidence from Certification Elections
Brigham Russell Frandsen
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
[Download Preview] Is Doing the Chores Bad for Your Earnings? The Housework Wage Penalty for Full-time Workers
Silke Anger
(DIW Berlin, Humboldt University Berlin)
Anita Kottwitz
(DIW Berlin, Max Planck Research School LIFE)
[Download Preview] Looking Beyond the Bridge: The Effect of Temporary Agency Employment on Labor Market Outcomes
Elke J. Jahn
(ASB, Aarhus University, IAB and IZA)
Michael Rosholm
(ASB, Aarhus University and IZA)
[Download Preview] Fraternities and Labor Market Outcomes
Sergey V. Popov
(University of Illinois)
Dan Bernhardt
(University of Illinois)
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Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Spruce
American Economic Association
Evaluating Empirical Tools for Horizontal Merger Analysis
(L4)
Presiding:
Daniel Hosken
(U.S. Federal Trade Commission)
Details Matter: Measurement of Merger Price Effects
Daniel S. Hosken
(U.S. Federal Trade Commission)
Louis Silvia
(U.S. Federal Trade Commission)
Christopher Taylor
(U.S. Federal Trade Commission)
More Evidence on the Performance of Merger Simulations
Matthew Weinberg
(Bryn Mawr)
[Download Preview] In Search of the Truth: Challenges in Merger Simulation Analysis
Christopher R. Knittel
(University of California-Davis)
Konstantinos Metaxoglou
(Bates White LLC)
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Discussants:
Michael A Salinger
(Boston University)
Michael R Baye
(Indiana University)
Han Hong
(Stanford University)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Director's Row E
American Economic Association
Evidence on Asset Price Bubbles
(E3)
Presiding:
Jonas Fisher
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Mortgage Choices and Housing Speculation
Gadi Barlevy
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Jonas Fisher
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
[Download Preview] Produce or Speculate? Asset Bubbles, Occupational Choice and Efficiency
Pierre Cahuc
(Ecole Polytechnique)
Edouard Challe
(Ecole Polytechnique)
[Download Preview] Fuzzy Capital Requirements Risk Shifting and the Risk Taking Channel of Monetary Policy
Simon Dubecq
(Banque de France)
Benoit Mojon
(Banque de France)
Xavier Ragot
(Banque de France)
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Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Silver
American Economic Association
Frontiers of Matching Theory
(C7)
Presiding:
Muriel Niederle
(Stanford University)
Matching with Couples: Stability and Incentives in Large Markets
Fuhito Kojima
(Stanford University)
Parag Pathak
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Alvin E. Roth
(Harvard University)
[Download Preview] School Choice in San Francisco: Top Trading Cycles and Diversity
Atila Abdulkadiroglu
(Duke University)
Clayton R. Featherstone
(Stanford University)
Muriel Niederle
(Stanford University)
Parag Pathak
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Alvin E. Roth
(Harvard University)
Identification in Matching Games
Jeremy Fox
(University of Chicago)
Stability and Competitive Equilibrium in Trading Networks
John William Hatfield
(Stanford University)
Scott Duke Kominers
(Harvard University)
Alexandru Nichifor
(Maastricht University)
Michael Ostrovsky
(Stanford University)
Alexander Westkamp
(University of Bonn)
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Discussants:
Itai Ashlagi
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
John William Hatfield
(Stanford Graduate School of Business)
Federico Echenique
(Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology)
Utku Unver
(Department of Economics, Boston College)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Columbine
American Economic Association
Health Insurance and Public Policy
(I1)
Presiding:
Amitabh Chandra
(Harvard University)
Adverse Selection and Switching Costs in Health Insurance Markets: When Nudging Hurts
Benjamin Handel
(University of California-Berkeley)
[Download Preview] Individually Mandated Health Insurance and the Labor Market: Evidence from the Massachusetts Reform
Jonathan T Kolstad
(University of Pennsylvania)
Amanda E Kowalski
(Yale University)
[Download Preview] Estimating the Tradeoff Between Risk Protection and Moral Hazard with a Nonlinear Budget Set Model of Health Insurance
Amanda E Kowalski
(Yale University)
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Discussants:
Robert Town
(University of Minnesota)
Amitabh Chandra
(Harvard University)
Claudio Lucarelli
(Cornell University)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Vail
American Economic Association
Intergenerational Transmission of Socioeconomic Outcomes
(J6)
Presiding:
Sandra Black
(University of Texas-Austin)
British, American, and British-American Social Mobility: Intergenerational Occupational Change Among Migrants and Non-Migrants in the 19th Century
Joseph P Ferrie
(Northwestern University)
Jason Long
(Colby College)
[Download Preview] O Sister, Where Art Thou? The Role of Son Preference and Sex Choice: Evidence from ImmigrantsO Sister, Where Art Thou? The Role of Son Preference and Sex Choice: Evidence from Immigrants
Douglas Almond
(Cornell University)
Lena Edlund
(Columbia University)
Kevin Milligan
(University of British Columbia)
[Download Preview] Who’s on the Bus? The Role of Schools as a Vehicle to Intergenerational Mobility
Rucker Johnson
(University of California-Berkeley)
Black-White Differences in Intergenerational Economic Mobility in the US
Bhashkar Mazumder
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
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Discussants:
Sandra Black
(University of Texas-Austin)
Marianne Page
(University of California-Davis)
Bhashkar Mazumder
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Nathan Grawe
(Carleton College)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Director's Row H
American Economic Association
K-12 Economic and Financial Literacy Education
(A2)
Presiding:
Richard MacDonald
(St. Cloud State University)
Teacher and Student Characteristics as Determinants of Success in High School Economics Classes
Jody Hoff
(Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
Jane Lopus
(California State University-East Bay)
Rob Valletta
(Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
[Download Preview] It Takes a Village: Determinants of the Efficacy of Financial Literacy Education for Elementary and Middle School Students
Weiwei Chen
(University of Memphis)
Julie Heath
(University of Memphis)
Economics Understanding of Albanian High School Students: Student and Teacher Effects and Specific Concept Knowledge
Dolore Bushati
(University of Kansas)
Barbara Phipps
(University of Kansas)
Lecture and Tutorial Attendance and Student Performance in the First Year Economics Course: A Quantile Regression Approach
Girijasankar Mallik
(University of Western Sydney, Australia)
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Discussants:
George Vredeveld
(University of Cincinnati)
John Swinton
(Georgia College & State University)
James O'Neill
(University of Delaware)
King Banaian
(St. Cloud State University)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Denver
American Economic Association
Labor Market, Labor Decisions, and Production Cycles
(E2)
Presiding:
Manuel Toledo
(Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
The Labor Market in the Great Recession
Aysegul Sahin
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Michael Elsby
(University of Michigan and NBER)
Bart Hobijn
(Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and Free University Amsterdam)
[Download Preview] Production Cycles of U.S. Manufacturing: Phase Shifts and Comovement
Yongsung Chang
(University of Rochester)
Sunoong Hwang
(Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade)
[Download Preview] The Heterogeneity and Dynamics of Individual Labor Supply over the Life-Cycle: Facts and Theory
Gueorgui Kambourov
(University of Toronto)
Andres Erosa
(Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies)
Luisa Fuster
(Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies)
The Cyclicality of the User Cost of Labor with Search and Matching
Marianna Kudlyak
(Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)
[Download Preview] Flexibility at the margin and labor market volatility in OECD countries
Manuel Toledo
(Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Roman Fossati
(Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
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Discussants:
Manuel Toledo
(Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Marianna Kudlyak
(Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)
Yongsung Chang
(University of Rochester)
Gueorgui Kambourov
(University of Toronto)
Aysegul Sahin
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 17
American Economic Association
Motor Vehicle Fuel
(Q5)
Presiding:
Jonathan Edward Hughes
(University of Colorado)
High Gas Prices as a Cause of the Financial Crisis: Theoretical and Empirical Evidence
JunJie Wu
(Oregon State University)
Steven E. Sexton
(University of California-Berkeley)
David Zilberman
(University of California-Berkeley)
The Land-Use Change Effect of Ethanol Plants in Iowa: 1997-2009
Ruiqing Miao
(Iowa State University)
[Download Preview] Consumer Choice Between Gasoline and Sugarcane Ethanol
Alberto Salvo
(Northwestern University)
Cristian Huse
(Stockholm School of Economics)
[Download Preview] An Economic Estimation of the Cost of Automotive Fuel Economy Improvement
Takahiko Kiso
(University of Maryland-College Park)
Conspicuous Conservation and the Prius Premium: Willingness to Pay for Environmental Bona Fides
Alison Sexton
(University of California-Berkeley)
Steven E. Sexton
(University of California-Berkeley)
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Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 16
American Economic Association
Moving Beyond Deregulation
(L5)
Presiding:
Nancy Rose
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Why Can't U.S. Airlines Make Money?
Severin Borenstein
(University of California-Berkeley)
[Download Preview] Comparing the Costs of Intermittent and Dispatchable Electricity Generation
Paul Joskow
(Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
[Download Preview] Financial Regulatory Reform: Challenges Ahead
Randall S. Kroszner
(University of Chicago)
Philip Strahan
(Boston College)
[Download Preview] Tradeoffs in the Design of Pricing Structures in Restructured Electricity Supply Industries
Frank Wolak
(Stanford University)
Discussants:
Catherine Wolfram
(University of California-Berkeley and NBER)
Nancy L. Rose
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Savoy
American Economic Association
Price Dynamics and Price Rigidity
(E3)
Presiding:
John Leahy
(New York University)
The Roles of Price Points and Menu Costs in Price Rigidity
Edward S. Knotek II
(Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City)
[Download Preview] Inventories, Markups and Real Rigidities in Menu Cost Models
Oleksiy Kryvtsov
(Bank of Canada)
Virgiliu Midrigan
(New York University and NBER)
[Download Preview] Shrinking Goods and Sticky Prices: Theory and Evidence
Daniel Levy
(Bar-Ilan University, Emory University, and RCEA)
Avichai Snir
(Bar-Ilan University and Humboldt University)
[Download Preview] State-Dependent Pricing in the Chain of Production
Kevin Huang
(Vanderbilt University)
Jonathan Willis
(Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City)
Discussants:
Avichai Snir
(Bar-Ilan University and Humboldt University)
Jonathan Willis
(Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City)
Edward S Knotek II
(Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City)
Oleksiy Kryvtsov
(Bank of Canada)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Director's Row I
American Economic Association
Prices and Inflation
(E3)
Presiding:
Gregory E. Givens
(Middle Tennessee State University)
Multiproduct Firms and Price-Setting: Theory and Evidence from U.S. Producer Prices
Raphael Sebastian Schoenle
(Brandeis University)
Saroj Bhattarai
(Princeton University)
[Download Preview] Price Stickiness, and the Hazard Rate for Price Changes: Evidence from Qualitative Survey Data
Harold A. Vasquez Ruiz
(Georgia State University)
[Download Preview] Seasonality in a Menu Cost Model
Aaron Popp
(The Ohio State University)
[Download Preview] Inflation and Welfare with Search and Price Dispersion
Liang Wang
(University of Pennsylvania)
[Download Preview] Differential Interpretation in the Survey of Professional Forecasters
Sebastiano Manzan
(Baruch College)
[Download Preview]
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 12
American Economic Association
Recessions and Retirement
(J2)
Presiding:
Scott Weisbenner
(University of Illinois)
Recessions, Retirement, and Social Security
Courtney Coile
(Wellesley College)
Phillip Levine
(Wellesley College)
[Download Preview] What Explains Changes in Retirement Plans during the Great Recession?
Gopi Shah Goda
(Stanford University)
John Shoven
(Stanford University)
Sita Slavov
(Occidental College)
[Download Preview] Time to Retire? The Effect of State Fiscal Policies on Retirement Decisions
Tami Gurley-Calvez
(West Virginia University)
Brian C. Hill
(Salisbury University)
[Download Preview] Crash and Wait? The Impact of the Great Recession on the Retirement Plans of Older Americans
Brooke Helppie
(University of Michigan)
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Discussants:
Colleen Flaherty Manchester
(University of Minnesota)
Scott Weisbenner
(University of Illinois)
Jon M. Bakija
(Williams College)
Purvi Sevak
(Hunter College)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 9
American Economic Association
Rethinking the Core
(A2)
Presiding:
Avinash Dixit
(Princeton University)
Some Suggestions from Gradaute Students for Changing the Core
Hays Golden
(University of Chicago)
[Download Preview] Adding A Bit More Creativity to the Graduate Economics Core
David Colander
(Middlebury College)
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Discussants:
John List
(University of Chicago)
Michael Woodford
(Columbia University)
James Heckman
(University of Chicago)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 11
American Economic Association
Subprime Lending - Causes and Consequences
(G2)
Presiding:
Karlyn Mitchell
(North Carolina State University)
Bank Corporate Loan Pricing Following the Subprime Crisis
Joao Santos
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
[Download Preview] Impact of Subprime Crisis on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Financing: The Case of Japan
Kenshi Taketa
(Aoyama Gakuin University)
The Impact of Banks' Technology Adoption on Mortgage Lending to Marginal Borrowers
Ishani Tewari
(Brown University)
Correlated Leverage and Its Ramifications
Fenghua Song
(Pennsylvania State University)
Anjan Thakor
(Washington University in St. Louis)
Anand Goel
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
[Download Preview] Credit Supply and the Price of Housing
Jean M Imbs
(Paris School of Economics)
Giovanni Favara
(International Monetary Fund)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 10
American Economic Association
The Benefit-Cost Analysis of Social Policy
(D6)
Presiding:
Richard Zerbe
(University of Washington)
General Equilibrium Benefit Analyses for Social Programs
V. Kerry Smith
(Arizona State University)
H. Allen Klaiber
(Pennsylvania State University)
[Download Preview] Behavioral Economics, Distribution, and Benefit-Cost Analysis
Lisa Robinson
(Consultant)
James K. Hammitt
(Harvard University)
John B. Loomis
(Colorado State University)
[Download Preview] Toward Standardization of Benefit-Cost Analyses of Early Childhood Interventions
Lynn A. Karoly
(RAND Corporation)
[Download Preview] The Benefit-Cost Analysis of Public Safety and Crime
Scott Farrow
(University of Maryland Baltimore County)
W. Kip Viscusi
(Vanderbilt University)
John R. Lott
(University of Maryland Foundation)
[Download Preview] The Benefit-Cost Analysis of Public Health Preparedness and Pandemic Mitigation
Josepth H. Cook
(University of Washington)
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Discussants:
Mark Cohen
(Resources for the Future)
Mary Kokoski
(University of Maryland Baltimore County)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Director's Row J
American Economic Association
Trade and Finance
(F1)
Presiding:
C. Fritz Foley
(Harvard Business School)
Exports and Financial Shocks
Mary Amiti
(Federal Reseve Bank of New York)
David Weinstein
(Columbia University)
[Download Preview] Poultry in Motion: A Study of International Trade Finance Practices
Pol Antras
(Harvard University)
C. Fritz Foley
(Harvard Business School)
Trade and Sudden Stop Crises
Gita Gopinath
(Harvard University)
Brent Neiman
(University of Chicago)
International Trade and Institutional Change
Andrei Levchenko
(University of Michigan)
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Discussants:
Arnaud Costinot
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Marc Auboin
(WTO)
Robert Johnson
(Dartmouth College)
Kalina Manova
(Stanford University)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Marriott, Colorado Salon E
American Finance Association
Anomalies - Individuals or Institutions
(G1)
Presiding:
Christopher Polk
(London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE))
Investor Clienteles and Habitat-Based Return Co-movements
Alok Kumar
(University of Texas-Austin)
Jeremy K. Page
(University of Texas-Austin)
Oliver G. Spalt
(University of Texas-Austin)
Style Migration and the Cross-Section of Average Stock Returns
Russ R. Wermers
(University of Maryland)
Institutional Investors' Investment Durations and Stock Return Anomalies: Momentum, Reversal, Accruals, Share Issuance and R&D Increases
Martijn Cremers
(Yale School of Management)
Ankur Pareek
(Rutgers University)
Discussants:
Tobias Moskowitz
(University of Chicago)
Jonathan Lewellen
(Dartmouth College)
Erik Stafford
(Harvard Business School)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Marriott, Colorado Salon F
American Finance Association
Board of Directors
(G3)
Presiding:
Anil Shivdasani
(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Director Overlap and Firm Financial Policies
Christa H.S. Bouwman
(Case Western Reserve University)
Yuhai Xuan
(Harvard Business School)
The Dark Side of Outside Directors: Do They Quit When They are Most Needed?
Rudiger Fahlenbrach
(Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne)
Angie Low
(Nanyang Technological University)
Rene M. Stulz
(Ohio State University)
Does Distance from Headquarters Matter? Information Acquisition and Monitoring by the Board of Directors
Zinat S. Alam
(Georgia State University)
Mark A. Chen
(Georgia State University)
Conrad S. Ciccotello
(Georgia State University)
Harley E. Ryan, Jr.
(Georgia State University)
Globalizing the Boardroom - The Effects of Foreign Directors on Corporate Governance and Firm Performance
Ronald W. Masulis
(Vanderbilt University)
Cong Wang
(Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Fei Xie
(George Mason University)
Discussants:
Matthias Kahl
(University of Colorado-Boulder)
David Yermack
(New York University)
Michael Weisbach
(Ohio State University)
Kai Ki
(University of British Columbia)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Marriott, Colorado Salons C & D
American Finance Association
Corporate Finance Theory
(G3)
Presiding:
Heitor Almeida
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Credit Default Swaps and the Empty Creditor Problem
Patrick Bolton
(Columbia University)
Martin Oehmke
(Columbia University)
The Size and Specialization of Direct Investment Portfolios
Yael V. Hochberg
(Northwestern University)
Mark M. Westerfield
(University of Southern California)
Private Placements, Regulatory Restrictions and Firm Value: Theory and Evidence from the Indian Market
V. Ravi Anshuman
(Indian Institute of Management (IM)-Bangalore)
Marti G. Subrahmanyam
(New York University)
Vijaya B. Marisetty
(Monash University)
Discussants:
Richmond Matthews
(Duke University)
Ola Bengtsson
(Cornell University)
Radhakrishnan Gopalan
(Washington University-St. Louis)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Marriott, Colorado Salons G & H
American Finance Association
Financial Institutions and Risk Taking
(G2)
Presiding:
Jie Gan
(Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST))
Bank Risk-Taking, Securitization, Supervision, and Low Interest Rates: Evidence from Lending Standards
Jose-Luis Peydro
(European Central Bank)
Angela Maddaloni
(European Central Bank)
The Impact of Public Guarantees on Bank Risk Taking: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Reint Gropp
(European Business School-Wiesbaden, Germany)
Christian Grundl
(European Business School-Wiesbaden, Germany)
Andre Guttler
(European Business School-Wiesbaden, Germany)
How Much Did Banks Pay to Become Too-Big-To-Fail and to Become Systemically Important?
Julapa A Jaqtiani
(Federal Reserve Banks)
Elijah Brewer III
(DePaul University)
Credit Rating and Competition
Nlson Camanho
(London School of Economics and Political Science)
Pragyan Deb
(London School of Economics and Political Science)
Zijun Liu
(London School of Economics and Political Science)
Discussants:
Oguzhan Ozbas
(University of Southern California-Marshall School of Business)
Sreedhar Bharath
(University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)
James Barth
(Auburn University)
Paolo Fulghieri
(University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Marriott, Colorado Salons I & J
American Finance Association
International Financial Markets 1
(G1)
Presiding:
George Karolyi
(Cornell University)
Multimarket Trading and Integration
Michael Halling
(University of Utah)
Pamela C. Moulton
(Fordham University)
Marios A. Panayides
(University of Pittsburgh)
Yield Curve Predictors of Foreign Exchange Returns
Andrew Ang
(Columbia University)
Joseph S. Chen
(University of California-Davis)
Internationally Correlated Jumps
Kuntara Pukthuanthong
(San Diego State University)
Richard W. Roll
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Countercyclical Currency Risk Premia
Hanno N. Lustig
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Nikolai L. Roussanov
(University of Pennsylvania)
Adrien Verdelhan
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Discussants:
Paolo Pasquariello
(University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)
Nelson Mark
(University of Notre Dame)
Eric Ghysels
(University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Christopher Telmer
(Carnegie Mellon University)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Marriott, Colorado Salons A & B
American Finance Association
Portfolio Choice: Theory and Evidence
(G1)
Presiding:
Francisco Gomes
(London Busines School)
Correlations
Paul Ehling
(Norwegian School of Management)
Christian Heyerdahl-LArsen
(Institute for Financial Research)
The Market for Financial Advice: An Audit Study
Sendhi Mullainathan
(Harvard University)
Markus Noeth
(University of Hamburg)
Antoinette Schoar
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
How Do Retirees Value Life Annuities? Evidence from Public Employees (AFA Submission)
John Chalmers
(University of Oregon)
Jonathan Reuter
(Boston College)
Stock Return Serial Dependence and Out-of-Sample Portfolio Performance
Victor DeMiguel
(London Busines School)
Francisco J Nogales
(Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Raman Uppal
(London Business School)
Discussants:
Amir Yaron
(University of Pennsylvania)
Steffen Meyer
(Goethe University Frankfurt)
Jeffrey Brown
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Francisco Barillas
(Emory University)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Marriott, Denver Suite I & II
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
City Size and Land Development
(R2)
Presiding:
William Wheaton
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Sprawl and Blight
Jan K. Brueckner,
(University of California-Irvine)
Robert W. Helsley
(University of California-Berkeley)
Redefining the City: An Empirical Analysis of Land Assembly
Leah Brooks
(University of Toronto)
Byron Lutz
(Federal Reserve Board)
Optimal Phasing and Inventory Decisions for Large Scale Land Development Projects
Steven H. Ott
(University of North Carolina-Charlotte)
W.Keener Hughen
(University of North Carolina-Charlotte)
Dustin C Read
(University of North Carolina-Charlotte)
Optimal City Size and the Private-Social Wedge
David Albouy
(University of Michigan)
Nathan Seegert
(University of Michigan)
Discussants:
William Wheaton
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Lynn Fisher
(University of North Carolina)
Walter Torous
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Matt Turner
(University of Toronto)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Marriott, Denver Suite V & VI
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
Income Inequality and the Financial Crisis?
(E3) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Timothy Riddiough
(University of Wisconsin)
Raghuram G. Rajan
(University of Chicago)
Daron Acemoglu
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Edward Glaeser
(Harvard University)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Marriott, Denver Suite IV
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
REITs: Dividend Policy
(G3)
Presiding:
Erasmo Giambona
(University of Amsterdam)
Do Stock Prices Move too Much to be Justified by Changes in Dividends? Evidence from Real Estate Investment Trusts
Tobias Muhlhofer
(Indiana University)
Andrey Ukhov
(Cornell University)
The Effects of Shifting Dividend Regimes: An International Examination of the REIT Effect
Dirk Brounen
(Erasmus University)
Ronald Mahieu
(Tilburgh University)
Elective Stock Dividends and REITs: Evidence from the Financial Crisis
Erik Devos
(University of Texas-El Paso)
Andrew Spieler
(Hofstra University)
Desmond Tsang
(McGill University)
Discussants:
Xudong An
(San Diego State University)
Brad Case
(NAREIT)
Milena Petrova
(Syracuse University)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall F
Association for Comparative Economic Studies
Decentralization, Local Governance and Public Goods Provision in Developing Countries
(H7)
Presiding:
Xiaobo Zhang
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
Decentralized Provision of Human Capital Transfer: Theory and Evidence
Futoshi Yamauchi
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
Political Capture of Decentralization: Vote-Buying through Grants-Financed Local Jurisdictions
Stuti Khemani
(World Bank)
Elected Versus Appointed Grassroots Leaders: Evidence from Rural China
Ren Mu
(Texas A&M University)
Xiaobo Zhang
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
Do External Grants to District Governments Discourage Own-Revenue Generation? A Look at Local Public Finance Dynamics in Ghana
Tewodaj Mogues
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
Samuel Benin
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
Godsway Cudjoe
(Care Quality Commission)
Discussants:
Scott McNiven
(University of California-Davis)
Xiaobo Zhang
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
Christian Henning
(University of Kiel)
Ian Coxhead
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall C
Association for Evolutionary Economics
The Policy Relevance of Institutional Economics: Papers in Honor of Paul Dale Bush
(B5)
Presiding:
Mary Wrenn
(Weber State University)
Democracy and Progressive Institutional Change in Africa: Rethinking IMF and World Bank Policy
Berhanu Nega
(Bucknell University)
Geoffrey Schneider
(Bucknell University)
Institutional-Evolutionary Policy and Governance: Core Principles and Practices
Phillip Anthony O'Hara
(Curtin Business School)
Ceremonial Encapsulation as Institutional Degeneration: What Might "Institutional Policy" Offer?
Wolfram Elsner
(University of Bremen)
Agrarian Transformation in Tajikistan: Possibilities for Female Farmers
Fatma Gül Ünal
(Bard College at Simon’s Rock, and Levy Institute of Economics)
Claiming Paul David’s Path Dependence as Institutionalist Theory
John Hall
(Portland State University)
Iciar Dominguez Lacasa
(Halle Institute for Economic Research)
Jutta Guenther
(Halle Institute for Economic Research)
Discussants:
John T. Harvey
(Texas Christian University)
Pascal Petit
(CEPN and CNRS)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 6
Association of Environmental & Resource Economists
The Costs and Benefits of Pollution Control
(Q5)
Presiding:
Richard Carson
(University of California, San Diego)
Evaluating "Cash for Clunkers": Program Effect on Vehicle Sales and Cost-Effectiveness of Pollution Control
Shanjun Li
(Resources for the Future)
Joshua Linn
(Resources for the Future)
Elisheba Spiller
(Duke University)
Christopher Timmins
(Duke University)
Low Emission Zones, Air Pollution and Vehicle Adoption
Hendrik Wolff
(University of Washington)
Lisa Perry
(University of Washington)
Getting Cars Off the Road: The Cost-Effectiveness of an Episodic Pollution Control Program
Maureen Cropper
(University of Maryland and Resources for the Future)
Yi Jiang
(Asian Development Bank)
Anna Alberini
(University of Maryland)
Patrick Baur
(National Academy of Sciences)
The Impact of Environmental Conditions on Worker Productivity
Matthew Neidell
(Columbia University)
Joshua Graff Zivin
(University of California, San Diego)
Accounting for Amenities: Evidence from 10 Million Consumers on Expenditures for Nonmarket Goods and Services that Influence the Quality of Life
David Bieri
(University of Michigan)
Nicolai Kuminoff
(Arizona State University)
Jaren Pople
(Brigham Young University)
Discussants:
Soren Andersen
(Michigan State University)
Shanjun Li
(Resources for the Future)
Richard Carson
(University of California, San Diego)
Fabian Lange
(Yale University)
Ken Baerenklau
(University of California-Riverside)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 8
Econometric Society
Choice Theory
(D0)
Presiding:
Igor Kopylov
(University of California-Irvine)
Modeling the Change of Paradigm: Non-Bayesian Reactions to Unexpected News
Pietro Ortoleva
(California Institute of Technology)
Intertemporal Substitution and Recursive Smooth Ambiguity Preference
Takashi Hayashi
(University of Texas)
Jianjun Miao
(Boston University)
A Subjective Model of Temporal Preferences
Todd Sarver
(Northwestern University)
Haluk Ergin
(Washington University)
Dynamic Preference for Flexibility
R. Vijay Krishna
(University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Philipp Sadowski
(Duke University)
Discussants:
Paolo Ghirardato
(Universita di Torino)
Haluk Ergin
(Washington University)
Igor Kopylov
(University of California-Irvine)
Todd Sarver
(Northwestern University)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 2
Econometric Society
Crisis and Capital Structure Interventions
(G1)
Presiding:
()
Optimal Interventions in Markets with Adverse Selection
Thomas Philippon
(New York University)
Vasiliki Skreta
(New York University)
True Taxpayer Burden of Bank Restructuring
Kenichi Ueda
(International Monetary Fund)
Augustin Landier
(University of Toulouse)
Walking Wounded or Living Dead? Making Banks Foreclose Bad Loans
Max Bruche
(CEMFI)
Gerard Llobet
(CEMFI)
Discussants:
Brett S. Green
(Northwestern University)
Thomas Philippon
(New York University)
David Ross
(Columbia University)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 1
Econometric Society
Demand for Liquidity
(E4)
Presiding:
Arvind Krishnamurthy
(Northwestern University)
Aggregate Demand for Treasury Debt
Arvind Krishnamurthy
(Northwestern University)
Annette Jorgensen
(Northwestern University)
Opacity and the Optimality of Debt for Liquidity Provision
Tri Dang
(Yale University)
Gary Gorton
(Yale University)
Bengt Holmstrom
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Flight to Quality, Flight to Liquidity, and the Pricing of Risk
Dimitri Vayanos
(London School of Economics)
Financing Shortfalls and the Value of Aggregate Liquidity
Andrea Eisfeldt
(Northwestern University)
Adriano Rampini
(Duke University)
Discussants:
Amir Sufi
(University of Chicago)
Douglas W. Diamond
(University of Chicago)
Lasse Heje Pedersen
(New York University)
Viral V Acharya
(New York University)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 6
Econometric Society
Original Themes in Economic Theory
(C6)
Presiding:
()
Recurrent Infection and Externalities in Prevention
Flavio Toxvaerd
(University of Cambridge)
Deliberation
Leeat Yariv
(Caltech)
Alessandro Lizzeri
(New York University)
Information about Sellers' Past Behavior in the Market for Lemons
Kyungmin Kim
(Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and University of Iowa)
Torture
Jeffrey Ely
(Northwestern University)
Sandeep Baliga
(Northwestern University)
Discussants:
Marzena Rostek
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
John Morgan
(University of California-Berkeley)
Jin Li
()
David Miller
(University of California-San Diego)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 7
Econometric Society
Political Economy
(P1)
Presiding:
()
The Condorcet Paradox Revisited
P. Jean-Jacques Herings
(Maastricht University)
Harold Houba
(Free University Amsterdam)
Political Turnover, Taxes, and the Shadow Economy
Ceyhun Elgin
(University of Minnesota)
On the Properties of Runoff Elections when Voters are Strategic
Laurent Bouton
(Boston University)
Choosing Choices: Agenda Selection with Uncertain Issues
Raphael Godefroy
(Paris School of Economics, France)
Eduardo Perez-Richet
(Ecole Polytechnique, France)
Discussants:
Andrea Matozzi
(CalTech)
David Ahn
(University of California-Berkeley)
Souav Bhattacharya
(University of Pittsburgh)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Westin Tabor, Curtis
Labor & Employment Relations Association
Law and Economics of Labor and Employment Relations
(J5)
Presiding:
Cynthia Estlund
(New York University)
Costs of Noncompliance and the NLRA: An Analysis and Comparison with Other Public Policy Remedies
Morris Kleiner
(University of Minnesota)
David Weil
(Boston University)
The Institutional Paradigm of Labor and Employment Law
Bruce Kaufman
(Georgia State University)
The Forum for Adjudication of Employment Disputes
Samuel Estreicher
(New York University)
Zev Eigen
(Northwestern University)
Unions, Dynamism, and Economic Performance
Barry Hirsch
(Georgia State University)
Discussants:
Henry Farber
(Princton University)
John Budd
(University of Minnesota)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Westin Tabor, Continental A
Labor & Employment Relations Association
Misclassified & Unreported Workers in the U.S. Construction Industry - State Level Studies
(J4)
Presiding:
Françoise Carré
(University of Massachusetts-Boston)
Misclassified Construction Workers in Tennessee
Randall Adams
(Tennessee Technological University)
William Canak
(Middle Tennessee State University)
Economic & Social Costs of Misclassified Workers in Michigan
Richard Block
(Michigan State University)
Dale Belman
(Michigan State University)
Economic & Social Costs of Misclassified Workers in Illinois
Michael P. Kelsay
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
James Sturgeon
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Kelly Pinkham
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Employee Misclassification in New York: Economic and Fiscal Implications
James Parrott
(Fiscal Policy Institute)
Discussants:
Matthew Capece
(United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Westin Tabor, Lawrence A
Labor & Employment Relations Association
Recovery from the Crisis: Comparing Labor Market Policies in Europe and the United States
(J8)
Presiding:
Stephen Woodbury
(Michigan State University)
Labor-Market Policies to Tackle the Crisis and Sustain the Economic Growth in E.U.: Models and Solutions
Michele Tiraboschi
(University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)
Effectiveness of the Anti-crisis Labor Market Measures in the E.U.
Silvia Spattini
(University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)
Short-Time Compensation as a Tool for Mitigating Job Loss
Susan N. Houseman
(W.E. UpJohn Institute for Employment Research)
Katharine G. Abraham
(University of Maryland)
Discussants:
Susan R. Helper
(Case Western Reserve University)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Granite A
National Economic Association/African Finance & Economics Association
Africa Development Issues
(O1)
Presiding:
Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong
(University of South Florida)
Crop Price Indemnified Loan: A Pilot Experiment in Rural Ghana
Edward Kutsoati
(Tuft University)
Governance Financial Development, and Successful States in Africa
John Karikari
(U.S Government Accountability Office)
Growing Unequally: The Case of Development Planning in Kenya
Mwangi wa Githinji
(University of Massachusetts)
Smallholder Agriculture in East Africa: Trends, Constraints and Opportunities
Adeleke Salami
(African Development Bank)
Abdul B. Kamara
(African Development Bank)
Zuzana Brixiova
(African Development Bank)
Why Does Foreign Direct Investment Go Where it Goes? New Evidence from African Countries
John Anyanwu
(African Development Bank)
Education, Income Stability and Poverty Reduction in Africa
Kwabena Gyimah Brempong
(University of South Florida)
Discussants:
Gregory Price
(Morehouse College)
Willene Johnson
(Komaza Inc.)
Leonce Ndikumana
(African Development Bank)
Fekru Debebe
(Educational Testing Service)
Edward Ghartey
(University of West Indies)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Granite C
Society of Government Economists
Measuring Intangibles as Capital in Federal Economic Statistics
(O3)
Presiding:
James Adams
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and NBER)
The Return to R&D
Missaka Warusawitharana
(Federal Reserve Board of Governors)
Depreciation of Business R&D Capital
Wendy Li
(Bureau of Economic Analysis)
Does Modern Research Overestimate Intangible Capital Growth? A Case Study of Artistic Originals
Rachel Soloveichik
(Bureau of Economic Analysis)
R&D and Other Intangible Assets in an Input-Output Framework: Experimental Estimates with U.S. Data
Carol A Robbins
(Bureau of Economic Analysis)
Mary L Streitwieser
(Bureau of Economic Analysis)
William A Jolliff
(Bureau of Economic Analysis)
Discussants:
Bronwyn Hall
(University of California-Berkeley, University of Maastricht, and NBER)
James Adams
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and NBER)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Agate A
Union for Radical Political Economists
Global Real and Financial Imbalances
(J3)
Presiding:
Pedro Perez
(Central Bank of Ecuador)
Wage, Mark-up, and Productivity Competition in International Trade from a Kaleckian Perspective
Tracy Mott
(University of Denver)
Employment Prospects in Developing Countries: A Global Model of Recovery and Rebalancing
Rudiger von Arnim
(University of Utah)
Global Imbalances and International Currencies
Gennaro Zezza
(Universita di Cassino-Italy)
Eleonora Sanfilippo
(Universita di Cassino-Italy)
Demand Regimes in Open, But Integrated Economies
Armon Rezai
(Vienna University of Economics and Business)
Discussants:
Daniele Tavani
(Colorado State University-Fort Collins)
Matias Vernengo
(University of Utah)
Massimiliano LaMarca
(International Labour Organization)
Rudiger von Arnim
(University of Utah)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Agate B
Union for Radical Political Economists
Heterodox Analyses of the Current Crisis
(E3)
Presiding:
Michele Naples
(College of New Jersey)
Demand Factors, the Rate of Profit, and the Current Economic Crisis in the U.S.
David Kotz
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Growth and Instability in Keynesian and Neoliberal Policy Regimes
Raford Body
(San Diego State University)
Marxist Crisis Theory, Business Cycles and Crisis of 2007-2009
Erdogan Bakir
(Bucknell University)
Housework and Carework During Hard Times: U.S. Recession of 2007-2008
Gunseli Berik
(University of Utah)
Ebru Kongar
(Dickinson College)
Discussants:
Erik Olsen
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Michele Naples
(College of New Jersey)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 2
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
Insights into Obesity from a Behavioral Economics Perspective
(I1)
Presiding:
Lisa Mancino
(USDA, Economic Research Service)
Economic Stressors and the Demand for "Fattening" Foods
Trenton G. Smith
(Washington State University)
Impacts of Economic and Psychological Factors on Adult Obesity and Food Program Participation: Evidence from the NLSY Panel
Ying Huang
(Iowa State University)
Wallace Huffman
(Iowa State University)
From Default to Choice: Adding Healthy Options to Kids' Menus
Jill McCluskey
(Washington State University)
Discussants:
Craig Gundersen
(University of Illinois)
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach
(University of Chicago)
David Just
(Cornell University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 17
American Economic Association
Banks, Credit Constraints and International Business Cycles
(F3)
Presiding:
Michael Devereux
(University of British Columbia, CEPR and NBER)
Leverage Constraints and the International Transmission of Shocks
Michael Devereux
(University of British Columbia, CEPR and NBER)
Alan Sutherland
(University of St. Andrews and CEPR)
James Yetman
(Bank for International Settlements and University of Hong Kong)
International Credit Constraints, Trade and Financial Markets Linkages and the Output Correlation Puzzle
Matthias Paustian
(Bank of England)
Jens Sondergaard
(Bank of England)
Banks and International Business Cycles
Robert Kollmann
(European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles and CEPR)
Werner Roeger
(European Commission)
Financial Frictions, Financial Integration and the International Propagation of Shocks
Luca Dedola
(European Central Bank)
Giovanni Lombardo
(European Central Bank)
Discussants:
Sylvain Leduc
(Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
Ivan Jaccard
(European Central Bank)
Viktoria Hnatkovska
(University of British Columbia)
Gernot Mueller
(University of Bonn)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Director's Row E
American Economic Association
Causal Effects of Vietnam-Era Military Service on Health and Welfare
(I1)
Presiding:
Charlie Brown
(University of Michigan)
Long-term Consequences of Vietnam-Era Conscription: New Estimates Using Social Security Data
Joshua Angrist
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Stacey Chen
(Royal Holloway University of London)
Jae Song
(Social Security Administration)
[Download Preview] PTSD Among Vietnam Veterans
David Autor
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Mark Duggan
(University of Maryland)
Long-Run Mortality Effects of Vietnam-Era Army Service: Evidence from Australia's Conscription Lotteries
Peter Siminski
(University of Wollongong)
Simon Ville
(University of Wollongong)
[Download Preview] The War at Home: Effects of Vietnam-Era Military Service on Post-War Household and Family Formation and Stability
Dalton Conley
(New York University)
Jennifer Heerwig
(New York University)
Discussants:
Daniel Eisenberg
(University of Michigan)
Joseph Doyle
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Abigail Wozniak
(University of Notre Dame)
Chris Rohlfs
(Syracuse University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Gold
American Economic Association
Design and Incentive Effects of Certification and Disclosure Programs
(L5)
Presiding:
Silke Forbes
(University of California-San Diego)
Inspection Design and Inspector Performance
Philip Leslie
(Stanford University and NBER)
David Becker
(University of Alabama-Birmingham)
Ginger Jin
(University of Maryland and NBER)
Do Firms Game Quality Ratings? Evidence from Mandatory Disclosure of Airline On-Time Performance
Silke Januszewski Forbes
(University of California-San Diego)
Mara Lederman
(University of Toronto)
Trevor Tombe
(University of Toronto)
[Download Preview] LEED Adopters: Public Procurement and Private Certification
Timothy Simcoe
(Boston University and NBER)
Mike Toffel
(Harvard Business School)
[Download Preview] Label Confusion: The Groucho Effect of Uncertain Standards
John W Maxwell
(Indiana University)
Rick Harbaugh
(Indiana University)
Beatrice Roussillon
(University of Manchester)
[Download Preview]
Discussants:
Mara Lederman
(University of Toronto)
Severin Borenstein
(University of California-Berkeley)
Silke Januszewski Forbes
(University of California-Berkeley)
Ken Corts
(University of Toronto)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Terrace
American Economic Association
Economic Underpinnings of Recycling and Waste Disposal Policies
(Q5)
Presiding:
Charles Kolstad
(University of California-Santa Barbara)
The Effect of Bottle Laws on Income: New Empirical Results
Bevin Ashenmiller
(Occidental College)
[Download Preview] Promoting Recycling: Private Values, Social Norms, and Economic Incentives
W. Kip Viscusi
(Vanderbilt University)
Joel Huber
(Duke University)
Jason Bell
(Duke University)
[Download Preview] Global Reuse and Optimal Waste Policy
Thomas Kinnaman
(Bucknell University)
Hide-Fumi Yokoo
(National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan)
[Download Preview]
Discussants:
Don Fullerton
(University of Illinois)
Robert Innes
(University of California-Merced)
Ted Gayer
(Brookings Institution)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 14
American Economic Association
Economics as a Moral Science
(A2)
Presiding:
B. Douglas Bernheim
(Stanford University)
The Restoration of Welfare Economics
Anthony Atkinson
(Nuffield College, United Kingdom)
[Download Preview] Markets and Morality
Jagdish Bhagwati
(Columbia University)
Economics: Religious Origins, Moral Implications
Benjamin Friedman
(Harvard University)
[Download Preview] Economists as Worldly Philosophers
Robert Shiller
(Yale University and Cowles Foundation)
[Download Preview]
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Columbine
American Economic Association
Economics of Immigration
(J2)
Presiding:
Mathis Wagner
(Collegio Carlo Alberto)
The Analytics of the Wage Effect of Immigration
George J. Borjas
(Harvard University)
Immigration, Family Responsibilities and the Labor Supply of Skilled Native Women
Lídia Farré
(IAE - CSIC)
Libertad González
(Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Francesc Ortega
(Queens College CUNY)
[Download Preview] Immigration and Product Diversity
Francesca Mazzolari
(University of California-Irvine)
David Neumark
(University of California-Irvine)
[Download Preview] The Heterogeneous Labor Market Effects of Immigration
Mathis Wagner
(Collegio Carlo Alberto)
[Download Preview]
Discussants:
Albrecht Glitz
(Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Kevin Lang
(Boston University)
Jessica Pan
(National University of Singapore)
Stephen Trejo
(University of Texas-Austin)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Silver
American Economic Association
Financial Markets and State and Local Government Borrowing
(H7)
Presiding:
James Poterba
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER)
Build America Bonds: A New Approach to Municipal Finance
Alan Krueger
(Princeton University and U.S. Treasury Department)
John Bellows
(U.S. Treasury Department)
Fiscal Imbalances and Borrowing Costs: Evidence from State Investment Losses
Joshua Rauh
(Northwestern University)
Robert Novy-Marx
(University of Chicago)
Portfolio Substitution and the Revenue Cost of Exempting State and Local Government Interest Payments from the Federal Income Tax
James M. Poterba
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER)
Arturo Ramirez Verdugo
(Protego)
[Download Preview] Elected vs. Appointed Policymakers: Evidence from City Treasurers
Alexander Whalley
(University of California-Merced)
[Download Preview]
Discussants:
Kim Rueben
(Urban Institute)
John Chalmers
(University of Oregon)
Andrew Biggs
(American Enterprise Institute)
David Joulfaian
(U.S. Treasury Department)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Century
American Economic Association
Five Unrelated but Interesting Papers
(??)
Presiding:
Allen Sanderson
(University of Chicago)
Driving Under the (Cellular) Influence
Saurabh Bhargava
(University of Chicago)
Vikram Singh Pathania
(Cornerstone Research)
[Download Preview] Do Public Subsidies Sell Green Cars? Evidence from the U.S. Cash for Clunkers Program
Edward Huang
(Harvard University)
[Download Preview] A History of Violence: The "Culture of Honor" as a Determinant of Homicide in the U.S. South
Pauline Anne Grosjean
(University of San Francisco)
Pauline A. Grosjean
(University of San Francisco)
[Download Preview] The Lion's Share: An Experimental Analysis of Polygamy in Northern Nigeria
Alistair Munro
(National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan)
Arjan Verschoor
(University of East Anglia)
Marcela Tarazona-Gomez
(University of East Anglia)
Cecile Jackson
(University of East Anglia)
Bereket Kebede
(University of East Anglia)
[Download Preview] White Men Can't Jump, But Would You Bet on It?
Deniz Igan
(International Monetary Fund)
Marcelo Pinheiro
(George Mason University)
John Smith
(Rutgers University-Camden)
[Download Preview]
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Vail
American Economic Association
Household Behavior and Child Outcomes
(D1)
Presiding:
Mark Rosenzweig
(Yale University)
Maternal Education, Home Environments and the Development of Children and
Adolescents
Pedro Carneiro
(University College London)
Costas Meghir
(University College London)
Matthias Parey
(University of Essex)
[Download Preview] Early Health Shocks, Parental Responses, and Child Outcomes
Gabriella Conti
(University of Chicago)
James Heckman
(University of Chicago)
Junjian Yi
(Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Junsen Zhang
(Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Household Choices and Child Development
Daniela Del Boca
(University of Torino)
Christopher Flinn
(New York University)
Matthew Wiswall
(New York University)
[Download Preview]
Discussants:
Wilbert van der Klaauw
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Robert Sauer
(University of Bristol)
John Ham
(University of Maryland)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Spruce
American Economic Association
International and Regional Economic Integration
(F1)
Presiding:
Stephen Redding
(London School of Economics)
Trade, Growth, and Employment Dynamics of French Firms
Jonathan Eaton
(Pennsylvania State University)
Samuel Kortum
(University of Chicago)
Francis Kramarz
(CREST-INSEE)
A Trapped Factor Model of Innovation
Nick Bloom
(Stanford University)
Paul Romer
(Stanford University)
John Van Reenen
(London School of Economics)
[Download Preview] On the Limits of Innovation Policy
Andrew Atkeson
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Ariel Burstein
(University of California-Los Angeles)
The Economics of Density: Evidence from the Berlin Wall
Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt
(London School of Economics)
Stephen J. Redding
(London School of Economics)
Daniel M. Sturm
(London School of Economics)
Nikolaus Wolf
(University of Warwick)
[Download Preview]
Discussants:
Oleg Itskhoki
(Princeton University)
C. Fritz Foley
(Harvard Business School)
Arnaud Costinot
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Don Davis
(Columbia University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 16
American Economic Association
International Transmission of Business Cycles
(E5)
Presiding:
Patrick Van Horn
(University of Michigan-Dearborn)
Crisis? What Crisis? Currency vs. Banking in the Financial Crisis of 1931
Albrecht Ritschl
(London School of Economics)
Samad Sarferaz
(KOF Swiss Economic Institute)
[Download Preview] International Transmission of the German Financial Crisis of 1931: Evidence from the Central Money Market of New York City
Gary Richardson
(University of California-Irvine)
Patrick Van Horn
(University of Michigan-Dearborn)
International Business Cycle Transmission in the Interwar Period
Christopher M. Meissner
(University of California-Davis)
Gabriel Mathy
(University of California-Davis)
[Download Preview] A New History of Banking Panics in the United States, 1825-1929: Construction and Implications
Andrew Jalil
(University of California-Berkeley)
[Download Preview] Business Cycle Synchronization since 1880
George Chouliarakis
(University of Manchester)
Michael Artis
(University of Manchester)
P.K.G. Harischandra
(University of Manchester)
[Download Preview]
Discussants:
Michael Bordo
(Rutgers University)
Peter Temin
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
George Chouliarakis
(University of Manchester)
Gary Richardson
(University of California-Irvine)
Warren Weber
(Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Director's Row H
American Economic Association
Neighborhood Effects
(R2)
Presiding:
Amy Schwartz
(New York University)
Hazardous Waste Cleanup, Neighborhood Gentrification, and Environmental Justice: Evidence from Restricted Access Census Block Data
Shanti Gamper-Rabindran
(University of Pittsburgh)
Chris Timmins
(Duke University)
[Download Preview] The Impact of Financial Development on Homeownership and Housing Quality: Evidence from Turkey
Tansel Yilmazer
(University of Missouri-Columbia)
Fikret Adaman,
(Bogazici University)
Mehmet Kaytaz
(Isik University)
Is the ‘Shop Around the Corner’ a Luxury or a Nuisance? The relationship between income and neighborhood retail patterns
Jed Kolko
(Public Policy Institute of California)
Rachel Meltzer
(The New School)
Jenny Schuetz
(University of Southern California)
[Download Preview] Homebuilders, Affiliated Financing Arms and the Mortgage Crisis
Sumit Agarwal
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Gene Amromin
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Anna Paulson
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Sriram Villupuram
(Colorado State University)
Claudine Gartenberg
(Harvard Business School)
Discussants:
Andrew Haughwout
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Peter Zorn
(Freddie Mac)
Claudia Sitgrave
(New York University)
Jonah Rockoff
(Columbia University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Director's Row J
American Economic Association
Noncognitive Factors in Gender Labor Markets Outcomes
(J3)
Presiding:
Wayne Grove
(Le Moyne College)
The Gender Pay Gap Beyond Human Capital: Heterogeneity in Noncognitive Skills and in Labor Market Tastes
Wayne A. Grove
(Le Moyne College)
Andrew Hussey
(University of Memphis)
Michael Jetter
(University of Memphis)
[Download Preview] Explaining Gender Differences in Occupational Choice: Do Women Place Relatively Less Weight on Wages and More Weight on Social Status Than Men?
Kristin J. Kleinjans
(California State University-Fullerton)
Noncognitive Skills, Occupational Attainment, and Relative Wages
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark
(University of Melbourne)
Michelle Tan
(Australian National University)
[Download Preview] The Role of Psychological Traits for the Gender Gap in Employment and Wages: Evidence from Germany
Nils Braakmann
(Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Germany)
[Download Preview]
Discussants:
Stephan L. Thomsen
(University of Magdeburg, Germany)
Lex Borghans
(Maastricht University)
Anne E. Winkler
(University of Missouri-St. Louis)
Nicole M. Fortin
(University of British Columbia)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 12
American Economic Association
Optimal Fiscal Policy
(H2)
Presiding:
Alexander Gelber
(University of Pennsylvania and NBER)
Taxation of Family Firms
Wojciech Kopczuk
(Columbia University)
Joel Slemrod
(University of Michigan)
Optimal Taxation When Children's Abilities Depend on Parents' Resources
Alexander Gelber
(University of Pennsylvania)
Matthew Weinzierl
(Harvard Business School)
Health Insurance Policy when People may make Mistakes
Sendhil Mullainathan
(Harvard University)
Joshua Schwartzstein
(Dartmouth College)
Katherine Baicker
(Harvard School of Public Health)
Adjustment Costs, Firm Responses, and Labor Supply Elasticities: Evidence from Danish Tax Records
Raj Chetty
(Harvard University)
John Friedman
(Harvard Kennedy School)
[Download Preview]
Discussants:
Matthew Weinzierl
(Harvard Business School)
Damon Jones
(University of Chicago)
John Friedman
(Harvard University)
Alexander Gelber
(University of Pennsylvania)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Majestic Ballroom
American Economic Association
Sovereign Credit Risk
(E6)
Presiding:
Viral Acharya
(New York University)
Internal Debt Crises and Sovereign Defaults
Cristina Arellano
(University of Minnesota)
Narayana Kocherlakota
(University of Minnesota and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
A Pyrrhic Victory? - Bank Bailouts and Sovereign Credit Risk
Viral Acharya
(New York University)
Itamar Drechsler
(New York University)
Philipp Schnabl
(New York University)
[Download Preview] Sovereign Risk Premia
Adrien Verdelhan
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Nicola Borri
(LUISS Guido Carli)
Discussants:
Olivier Jeanne
(Johns Hopkins University)
Luigi Zingales
(University of Chicago)
Juan Carlos Hatchondo
(Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 10
American Economic Association
Using Field Experiments in Environmental and Resource Economics
(Q5)
Presiding:
John List
(University of Chicago)
Does Market Experience Eliminate Market Anomalies? The Case of Exogenous Market Experience
John A. List
(University of Chicago)
Using Non-Pecuniary Strategies to Promote Water Conservation: Evidence from a Large-Scale Natural Field Experiment
Paul J. Ferraro
(Georgia State University)
Michael K. Price
(University of Tennessee)
Can Tailored Communications Motivate Environmental Volunteers? A Natural Field Experiment
Omar Al-Ubaydli
(George Mason University)
Min Sok Lee
(The Kenneth and Anne Griffin Foundation)
[Download Preview] Using Artefactual Field Experiments to Learn about the Incentives for Sustainable Forest Use in Developing Economies
Erwin Bulte
(Wageningen University and Tilburg University)
Andreas Kontoleon
(Cambridge University)
Ty Turley
(University of Chicago)
Maarten Voors
(Wageningen University)
[Download Preview]
Discussants:
Hunt Allcott
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology and New York University)
Margaret McConnell
(Harvard University)
Jeffrey Carpenter
(Middlebury College)
Lint Barrage
(Yale University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 15
American Economic Association
What's Wrong (and Right) with Economics? Implications of the Financial Crisis
(A1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
John Quiggin
(University of Queensland, Australia)
Brad DeLong
(University of California-Berkeley)
Lessons for Keynesians
Tyler Cowen
(George Mason University)
Lessons for Libertarians
Scott Sumner
(Bentley University)
A defense of the Efficent Markets Hypothesis
James K. Galbraith
(University of Texas-Austin)
Mainstream economics after the crisis
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Director's Row I
American Economic Association
Youth Health Conditions
(I1)
Presiding:
Charles Courtemanche
(University of North Carolina-Greensboro)
Do Physical Education Requirements Influence Childhood Obesity and Student Achievement?
John Cawley
(Cornell University)
David Frisvold
(Emory University)
Chad Meyerhoefer
(Lehigh University)
Obesity and Academic Achievement
Tami Gurley-Calvez
(West Virginia University)
Amy Higginbotham
(West Virginia University)
Does Smoking Make One Dumber? Evidence from Teenagers in Rural China
Meng Konishi
(University of Minnesota)
Paul Glewwe
(University of Minnesota)
Yoshifumi Konishi
(Williams College)
[Download Preview] From Angela's Ashes to the Celtic Tiger: Early Life Conditions and Adult Health in Ireland
Liam Delaney
(University College Dublin)
Mark McGovern
(University College Dublin)
James P. Smith
(Rand Corporation)
[Download Preview] The Effect of Deregionalization on Health Outcomes: Evidence from Neonatal Intensive Care
Seth Freedman
(University of Maryland)
[Download Preview]
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Mattie Silks
American Finance Association/Association of Financial Economists
AFA/AFE Panel - Innovation and Finance
(G3)
Presiding:
Kose John
(New York University)
Incentives to Innovate and the Decision to Go Public or Private
Daniel Ferreira
(London School of Economics and Political Science)
Gustavo Manso
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Andre C. Silva
(New University of Lisbon)
Risk-Sharing or Risk-Taking? Financial Innovation, Margin Requirements and Incentives
Bruno Biais
(Centre for Economic Policy Research)
Florian Heider
(European Central Bank)
Marie Hoerova
(European Central Bank)
The Consequences of Entrepreneurial Finance: A Regression Discontinuity Analysis
William R. Kerr
(Harvard University)
Josh Lerner
(Harvard Business School)
Antoinette Schoar
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Discussants:
Dalida Kadyrzhanova
(University of Maryland)
Bruce Carlin
(Duke University)
Manju Puri
(Duke University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Colorado Salons A & B
American Finance Association
Behavioral Finance: Corporate
(G3)
Presiding:
Geoffrey Tate
(University of California, Los Angeles)
Who Writes the News? Corporate Press Releases During Merger Negotiations
Kenneth R. Ahern
(University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)
Denis Sosyura
(University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)
Corporate Finance Policies and Social Networks
Cesare Fracassi
(University of Texas-Austin)
Do Republican Managers Adopt Conservative Corporate Policies?
Irena Hutton
(CUNY Baruch College)
Danling Jiang
(Florida State University)
Alok Kumar
(University of Texas-Austin)
Discussants:
Paul Tetlock
(Columbia University)
Lauren Cohen
(Harvard Business School)
Carola Frydman
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Colorado Salons C & D
American Finance Association
Capital Structure
(G3)
Presiding:
Murillo Campello
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Challenging Structural Models in Corporate Finance
Ivo Welch
(Brown University)
A Theory of Debt Maturity: The Long and Short of Debt Overhang
Douglas W. Diamond
(University of Chicago)
Zhiguo He
(University of Chicago)
Equity-Debtholder Conflicts and Capital Structure
Per Stromberg
(University of Chicago)
Bo Becker
(Harvard Business School)
Discussants:
Christopher Hennessy
(London Business School)
Charles Kahn
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Mark Leary
(Duke University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Colorado Salons G & H
American Finance Association
Conglomerates and Alliances: New Perspectives
(G3)
Presiding:
Amit Seru
(University of Chicago)
Corporate Diversification and the Cost of Capital
Rebecca N. Hann
(University of Maryland)
Maria Ogneva
(Stanford University)
Oguzhan Ozbas
(University of Southern California)
Corporate Governance and Internal Capital Markets
Zacharias Sautner
(University of Amsterdam)
Belen Villalonga
(Harvard Business School)
Alliances and Corporate Governance
Andriy Bodnaruk
(University of Notre Dame)
Massimo Massa
(INSEAD)
Andrei Simonov
(Michigan State University)
Mergers and Acquisitions Accounting can Explain the Diversification Discount
Claudia Custodio
(London School of Economics and Political Science)
Discussants:
Ilan Guedj
(University of Texas-Austin)
Daniel Paravisini
(Columbia University)
David Robinson
(Duke University)
Gordon Phillips
(University of Maryland)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Colorado Salons I & J
American Finance Association
Determinants of Derivatives' Returns
(G1)
Presiding:
Neil Pearson
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Leverage Effect, Volatility Feedback, and Self-Exciting Market Disruptions: Disentangling the Multi-Dimensional Variations in S&P 500 Index Options
Peter P. Carr
(New York University)
Liuren Wu
(CUNY Baruch College)
The Effects of Investor Sentiment on Speculative Trading and Prices of Stock and Index Options
Michael L. Lemmon
(University of Utah)
Sophie X. Ni
(Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Understanding the Skew in Index Option Prices
Roman Kozhan
(University of Warwick)
Anthony Neuberger
(University of Warwick)
Paul Georg Schneider
(University of Warwick)
Index Investing and the Financialization of Commodities
Ke Tang
(Renmin University of China)
Wei Xiong
(Princeton University)
Discussants:
George Panayotov
(Georgetown University)
Bing Han
(University of Texas-Austin)
Fousseni Chabi-Yo
(Ohio State University)
Erkko Etula
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Colorado Salon E
American Finance Association
Panel on the Financial Crisis
(G1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Rene Stulz
(Ohio State University)
John Cochrane
(University of Chicago)
Simon Johnson
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Raghuram Rajan
(University of Chicago)
Myron Scholes
(CME Group)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Colorado Salon F
American Finance Association
The Next Generation of Rare Events Models in Asset Pricing
(G1)
Presiding:
Hanno Lustig
(University of California, Los Angeles)
Rare Disasters and Risk Sharing with Heterogeneous Beliefs
Hui Chen
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Scott Joslin
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Ngoc-Khanh Tran
(University of Cambridge)
Disaster Risk and Business Cycles
Francois Gourio
(Boston University)
Can Time-Varying Risk of Rare Disasters Explain Aggregate Stock Market Volatility?
Jessica A. Wachter
(University of Pennsylvania)
Learning and Rare Disasters in the Lucas Orchard
Andrea Buraschi
(Imperial College London)
Fabio Trojani
(Swiss Finance Institute)
Paolo Porchia
(University of St. Gallen)
Discussants:
Ian Martin
(Stanford University)
Lars Lochstoer
(Columbia University)
Mikhail Chernov
(London Business School)
Pietro Veronesi
(University of Chicago)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Denver Suite I & II
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
Appraisal and Depreciation
(R3)
Presiding:
Austin Jaffe
(Pennsylvania State University)
Heterogeneous Information and Appraisal Bias
Peng Cheng
(Florida Atlantic University)
Zhenguo Lin
(Mississippi State University)
Yingchun Liu
(Texas Tech University)
Estimation on Commercial Real Estate Depreciation Rate--An Average Life Approach
Mingjun Huang
(Property & Portfolio Research, Inc.)
Ruijue Peng
(Property & Portfolio Research, Inc.)
Information Producers and Valuation: Evidence from Real Estate Markets
David H. Downs
(Virginia Commonwealth University)
Nuray Güner
(Middle East Technical University)
Renovating America: When and Why Institutional Investors Renovate and Expand Commercial Real Estate
Liang Peng
(University of Colorado-Boulder)
Thomas Thibodeau
(University of Colorado-Boulder)
Discussants:
Richard Buttimer
(University of North Carolina)
Shaun Bond
(University of Cincinnati)
Elaine Worzala
(Clemson University)
Yuen Leng Chow
(National University of Singapore)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Denver Suite IV
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
Issues of Race and Real Estate
(J1)
Presiding:
Karen Pence
(Federal Reserve Board of Governors)
Racial Segregation and Discrimination: Evidence from the Rental Housing Market
Paul E. Carrillo
(George Washington University)
Dirk W. Early
(Southwestern University)
Edgar O. Olsen
(University of Virginia)
The Impact of School Racial Compositions on Neighborhood Racial Compositions: Evidence from School Redistricting
Jeffrey M. Weinstein
(Syracuse University)
A Household-Level Decomposition of the Black-White Homeownership Gap Distribution
Kiat Ying Seah
(National University of Singapore)
Eric C. Fesslemeyer
(National Univeristy of Singapore)
Kien T. Le
(Qatar University)
Do Landlords Discriminate in the Rental Housing Market? Evidence from an Internet Field Experiment in U.S. Cities
Andrew R. Hanson
(Georgia State University)
Zackary Hawley
(Georgia State University)
Discussants:
Alvin Murphy
(Washington University-St. Louis)
Hui Shan
(Federal Reserve Board of Governors)
Brian Bucks
(Federal Reserve Board of Governors)
Liang Choon Chang
(World Bank)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Denver Suite V & VI
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
REITs: Corporate Finance
(G3)
Presiding:
Piet Eichholtz
(Maastricht University)
Agency Theory and Debt Structure of REITs
Ying Li
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
REIT Resiliency and Corporate Governance
James D Shilling
(DePaul University)
Richard Chung
(The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Scott Fung
(California State University-East Bay)
Tammie X. Simmons-Mosley
(California State University-East Bay)
Collateral and Debt Capacity in the Optimal Capital Structure
Erasmo Giambona
(University of Amsterdam)
Antonio Mello
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Timothy R. Riddiough
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Investment Opportunities and Share Repurchases
Crocker Liu
(Cornell University)
Walter I. Boudry
(New York University)
Jarl G. Kallberg
(Thunderbird School of Management)
Discussants:
Erasmo Giambona
(University of Amsterdam)
Dirk Brounen
(Erasmus University)
Piet Eichholtz
(Maastricht University)
Thies Lindenthal
(Maastricht University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall F
Association for Comparative Economic Studies
Inflation Targeting: Recent Developments
(E5)
Presiding:
Ali Kutan
(Southern Illinois University Edwardsville)
Inflation Targeting and Real Exchange Rates in Emerging Markets
Joshua Aizenman
(University of California-Santa Cruz)
Michael Hutchison
(University of California, Santa Cruz)
Ilan Noy
(University of Hawaii-Manoa)
Inflation Targeting and the Current Crisis: An Evaluation and Lessons for the Future
Luis Felipe Céspedes
(The Central Bank of Chile)
Claudio Soto
(The Central Bank of Chile)
Central Bank Communication Under Inflation Targeting in Turkey
Selva Demiralp
(Koç University)
Hakan Kara
(The Central Bank of Turkey)
Pınar Özlü
(The Central Bank of Turkey)
Inflation Targeting from the Perspective of Behavioral Economics
Josef Brada
(Arizona State University)
Jan Kubíček
(The Czech National Bank)
Ali Kutan
(Southern Illinois University Edwardsville)
Vladimir Tomsik
(The Czech National Bank)
Discussants:
William T. Gavin
(The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
Lucjan Orlowski
(Sacred Heart University)
Pierre Siklos
(Wilfrid Laurier University)
Hakan Yilmazkuday
(Temple University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall C
Association for Evolutionary Economics
Economic Development and Institutional Change
(O1)
Presiding:
John Hall
(Portland State University)
The Political Economy of Institutional Change and Economic Development in Latin American Economies
Carlos Aguiar de Medeiros
(Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
Improving the Understanding of the Development Trajectory of the Argentine Economy: An Ayresian Perspective
Henning Schwardt
(University of Bremen)
After the Washington Consensus: The Post Keynesian Alternative
John Marangos
(University of Crete)
Changing Role of the IMF? Evidence from the Current Global Crisis
Armağan Gezici
(Keene State College)
Discussants:
John Hall
(Portland State University)
Kellin Chandler Stanfield
(DePauw University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall B
Association for Social Economics
Knowledge and Wealth: Private or Community Property
(P1)
Presiding:
Jane Clary
(College of Charleston)
Economics, Democracy, and the Distribution of Ownership
Robert Ashford
(Syracuse University)
Knowledge is a Gift, Not a Property
William Dugger
(University of Tulsa)
An American Institutionalist and Critical Realist Perspective on Income and Wealth Distribution
Douglas Meador
(University of St. Francis)
Economic Rhetoric, Ideology and Institutions
Rojhat B. Avsar
(University of Utah)
Discussants:
Gar Alperovitz
(University of Maryland)
David George
(La Salle University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Savoy
Association for the Study of Cuban Economy
The Cuban Economy
(P2)
Presiding:
Roger Betancourt
(University of Maryland)
Cuba's Failed Attempts at Democracy: The Colony, the Republic and the Revolution
Roger R. Betancourt
(University of Maryland)
The Health of the Revolution: Explaining the Cuban Health Care Paradox
John Devereux
(Queens College, CUNY)
Cuban Household Consumption: A Re-estimate
Luis Locay
(University of Miami)
Discussants:
Carmen M. Reinhart
(University of Maryland)
Luis Locay
(University of Miami)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Colorado
Association of Christian Economists
Health Care: Intervention Principles
(I1)
Presiding:
David Mustard
(University of Georgia)
The Effects of Tax Treatment on Employer-Provided Health Insurance
Lance Wescher
(Covenant College)
Institutional Supports and “Good” Health Insurance
James W. Henderson
(Baylor University)
Non-linear Engel Curves and the Optimal Junk Food Tax
Harry Tsang
(University of North Dakota)
Firouz Gahvari
(University of Illinois)
Information Revelation, Incentive Symmetry, the Intervention Principle, and Health Care
Earl Grinols
(Baylor University)
Peri Da Silva
(University of North Dakota and Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano)
Discussants:
Daniel Hungerman
(University of Notre Dame)
Rey Hernandez
(Metropolitan State College of Denver)
Ken Leonard
(University of Maryland)
David B. Mustard
(University of Georgia)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 6
Association of Environmental & Resource Economists/American Economic Association
Non-market Valuation Twenty Years after the Exxon Valdez: The Current State of the Art for Informing Benefit Cost Analysis
(Q5) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Catherine Kling
(Iowa State University)
Kevin Boyle
(Virginia Tech)
Richard Carson
(University of California-San Diego)
Kerry Smith
(Arizona State University)
John List
(University of Chicago)
Joseph Herriges
(Iowa State University)
Ted McConnell
(University of Maryland)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Agate C
Association of Indian Economics & Financial Studies
Economic Policy, Productivity and Growth
(O4)
Presiding:
Kusum Ketkar
(AIEFS, Executive Director)
Asymmetric Information, Entreprenurial Activity and the Scope of Fiscal Policy in an Open Regional Economy
Amit Batabyal
(Rochester Institute of Technology)
Peter Nijkamp
(Free University)
Sectoral Macroeconomic Policies and Povery Reduction in Rural India
Sushanta Mallick
(Queen Mary University of London)
Economic Reform and the Evolution of Productivity in Indian Manufacturing Firms
Kunal Sen
(University of Manchester)
Rajesh Raj Natarajan
(Center for Multidisciplinary Development Research, India)
Vinish Kathuria
(IIT, India)
Efficiency in the Individual Insurance Business: A Company Level Analysis of Data
Kankana Mukherjee
(Babson College)
Subash Ray
(University of Connecticut)
Soild Waste, Health and Productivity: Evidence from Chennai Slums
Shailendra Gajanan
(University of Pittsburgh)
Discussants:
Madanmohan Ghosh
(Department of Finance, Canada)
Usha Nair-Richert
(Georgia Institute of Technology)
Meenakshi Rishi
(Seattle University)
Rajeev Sooreea
(Pennsylvania State University)
Banani Nandi
(AT&T Shannon Laboratories)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 3
Chinese Economists Society
The Role of Private Enterprise in China's Economic Development
(O2)
Presiding:
Belton Fleisher
(Ohio State University)
Drivers of Entrepreneurship in China:
Animal Spirit, Clustering and Financial Development
Shang-jin Wei
(Columbia University)
Xiaobo Zhang
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
Entrepreneurship, Liquidity Constraint and Network Finance for SMEs Growth in the Private Sector
Yanmin Qian
(Zhejiang University)
Mark Jacobs
(Cornell University)
Qi Sun
(University of Southern California)
The Effects of Inward FDI on Domestic Innovation and Productivity:
Evidence from a Panel of Chinese Firms
William McGuire
(Ohio State University)
Entrepreneurship and Growth: Evidence from China
Hongbin Li
(Tsingua University)
Zheyu Yang
(University of Hong Kong)
Xiangguo Yao
(Zhejiang University)
Junsen Zhang
(University of Hong Kong)
Discussants:
Matt Lewis
(Ohio State University)
Xiaobo Zhang
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
Seonghoon Kim
(Ohio State University)
Kent Zhang
(Arizona State University and Xiamen University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall G
Cliometrics Society
Topics on Slavery
(N3)
Presiding:
TBA TBA
(TBA)
Slave Productivity in Cotton Production by Gender, Age, Season, and Scale
Alan L. Olmstead
(University of California-Davis)
Paul W. Rhode
(University of Michigan)
Sequential Sales as a Test of Adverse Selection in the Market for Slaves
Jonathan B. Pritchett
(Tulane University)
The Impact of the Transatlantic Slave Trade on Political and Economic Institutions in Africa
Warren C. Whatley
(University of Michigan)
Rob Gillezeau
(University of Michigan)
Discussants:
TBA TBA
(TBA)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 8
Econometric Society
Development I: Household Choices
(O1)
Presiding:
Robert Townsend
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Time Inconsistency, Expectations and Technology Adoption: The Case of Insecticide Treated Nets
Aprajit Mahajan
(Stanford University)
Alessandro Tarozzi
(Duke University)
The School Reentry Decision of Poor Girls. Structural Estimation and Policy Analysis using PROGRESA Database.
Maria Valdes
(Universidad de Santiago de Chile)
Food Price Stabilisation for Risk-Averse Consumers
Christophe Gouel
(INRA)
The Impact of Universal Healthcare in Thailand: Supply and Demand Effects
Jonathan Gruber
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Nathaniel Hendren
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Robert Townsend
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Discussants:
Nathaniel Hendren
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Christophe Gouel
(INRA)
Maria Nieves Valdes
(Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Aprajit Mahajan
(Stanford University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 7
Econometric Society
Econometric Theory for Decision-making
(C1)
Presiding:
Christopher Sims
(Princeton University)
Risk of Bayesian Inference in Misspecified Models, and the Sandwich Covariance Matrix
Ulrich K. Mueller
(Princeton University)
Evaluating the Strength of Identification in DSGE Models: An a priori Approach
Nikolay Iskrev
(Bank of Portugal)
Hanling Non-Invertibility: Theory and Applications
Bill Dupor
(The Ohio State University)
Jing Han
(The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Generalized Method of Moments with Tail Trimming
Jonathan B. Hill
(University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Eric Renault
(University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Discussants:
Keisuke Hirano
(University of Arizona)
Juan F. Rubio-Ramirez
(Duke University)
Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde
(University of Pennsylvania)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 1
Econometric Society
Financial Frictions and Asset Pricing
(G0)
Presiding:
Lasse Pedersen
(New York University)
Supply Shocks in Liquid Markets
Dong Lou
(London School of Economics)
Hongjun Yan
(Yale School of Management)
Jinfan Zhang
(Yale School of Management)
Betting Against Beta
Andrea Frazzini
(AQR Capital Management)
Lasse H. Pedersen
(New York University, CEPR, and NBER)
Liquidity and Asset Prices: A Unified Framework
Dimitri Vayanos
(London School of Economics)
Jiang Wang
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Discussants:
Robin Greenwood
(Harvard Business School)
Joshua Coval
(Harvard Business School)
Arvind Krishnamurthy
(Northwestern University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 6
Econometric Society
Microeconomic Theory
(D0)
Presiding:
Markus Brunnermeier
(Princeton University)
Invited Lecture: Network Economics
Matt Jackson
(Stanford University)
Invited Lecture: Microeconomics
Wolfgang Pesendorfer
(Princeton University)
Discussants:
Mihai Manea
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 2
Econometric Society
Slow-Moving Capital
(G1)
Presiding:
Nicolae Garleanu
(University of California-Berkeley)
A Theory of Slow-Moving Capital and Contagion
Viral Acharya
(New York University)
Hyun Shin
(Princeton University)
Tanju Yorulmazer
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Predatory Trading and Credit Freeze
Jennifer La
(University of Chicago)
Market Freeze and Recovery
Jonathan Chiu
(Bank of Canada)
Thorsten V. Koeppl
(Queen's University)
Information Percolation in Segmented Markets
Darrell Duffie
(Stanford University and NBER)
Semyon Malamud
(EPF Lausanne and SFI)
Gustavo Manso
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Discussants:
Dimitri Vayanos
(London School of Economics)
Vish Viswanathan
(Duke University)
Pierre-Olivier Weill
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Marzena Joanna Rostek
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Denver
Econometric Society
Theoretical Models of Financial Crises
(E4)
Presiding:
George Pennacchi
(University of Illinois)
A Model of Moral-Hazard Credit Cycles
Roger B. Myerson
(University of Chicago)
Fire Sales in a Model of Complexity
Ricardo Caballero
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Alp Simsek
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Valuation and the Volatility of Investment
Micheal Fishman
(Northwestern University)
Jonathan A. Parker
(Northwestern University)
Discussants:
Peter DeMarzo
(Stanford University)
Gary B. Gorton
(Yale University)
George Pennacchi
(University of Illinois)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 7
Health Economics Research Organization
Contributed Papers in Consumer Hospital Choice, Health Expenditures in China, and Hospital Outpatient Payment Effects
(I1)
Presiding:
J. Michael Fitzmaurice
(Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
Where Would You Go for Your Next Hospitalization? The Roles of Perceptions, Inertia, and Satisfaction
Kyoungrae Jung
(Pennsylvania State University)
Roger Feldman
(University of Minnesota)
Dennis Scanlon
(Pennsylvania State University)
The Impact of Cost Structure on Health Care Expenditures: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in China
Maoyong Fan
(Ball State University)
Zhen Lei
(Pennsylvania State University)
Guoen Liu
(Peking University)
Prospective Payment and Medicare Hospital Outpatient Care Utilization and Quality
Daifeng He
(College of William and Mary)
Jennifer M. Mellor
(College of William and Mary)
Discussants:
Lauren Hersch Nicholas
(University of Michigan)
Li Gan
(Texas A&M University)
Sam Zuvekas
(Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 9
Industrial Organization Society
Markets, Regulation, and Firm Behavior
(L1)
Presiding:
Francine Lafontaine
(University of Michigan)
Price Negotiation in Differentiated Product Markets: The Case of Insured Mortgages in Canada
Robert Clark
(Université de Montréal)
The Effect of Lowering Entry Barriers by Deregulation: A Case Study of the Soju Industry in Korea
Seung-Hyun Hong
(University of Illinois)
Information, Default Risk and Liquidity Demand in Canada during the Financial Crisis
Jason Allen
(Bank of Canada)
Ali Hortacsu
(University of Chicago)
Jakub Kastl
(Stanford University)
Reliability, Appliance Choice, and Electricity Demand
Shaun McRae
(University of Michigan)
Discussants:
Daniel Ackerberg
(University of Michigan)
Jeremy Fox
(University of Michigan)
John Asker
(New York University)
Justine Hastings
(Brown University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 5
International Association for Energy Economics/American Economic Association
Environment, Climate Change, and Economic Growth
(Q5) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Andre Plourde
(University of Alberta)
Pantelis Capros
(National Technical University of Athens)
Costs and Economic Growth Implications of European GHG Emissions Reductions
Philippe Aghion
(Harvard University)
Inducing Green Technology
Jean Tirole
(Toulouse School of Economics)
Economic Implications of Alternative Post-Copenhagen Climate Policy Architecture
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Nat Hill
International Banking Economics & Finance Association
Lessons Learned from Empirical Studies of the Financial Crisis
(G1)
Presiding:
James Wilcox
(University of California, Berkeley)
The Safety-Net Benefits of DFU Banks During the Crisis: Evidence from the US and Europe
Santiago Carbo-Valverde
(University of Grenada, Spain and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Edward J. Kane
(Boston College)
Francisco Rodriguez-Fernandez
(University of Grenada, Spain)
The Determinants of the CDS-Bond Basis During the Financial Crisis of 2007-2009
Jennie Bai
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Pierre Collin-Dufresne
(Columbia University)
What Can EMU Countries’ Sovereign Bond Spreads Tell Us About Market Perceptions of Default Probabilities During the Recent Financial Crisis?
Niko Doetz
(Deutsche Bundesbank)
Christoph Fischer
(Deutsche Bundesbank)
Deflation Risk and Protection in TIPs: An Analysis of the Financial Crisis
Jens H.E. Christensen
(Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
Jose Lopez
(Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
Glenn D. Rudebusch
(Federal Reserve Board)
Discussants:
James A. Wilcox
(University of California-Berkeley)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Westin Tabor, Continental A
Labor & Employment Relations Association
Documenting Critical Incidents: A Workshop for Management & Union Representatives
(J5) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Marlene Heyser
(Workplace Law Strategies)
Mark C. Travis
(Travis ADR Services, LLC)
Greg Murray (inv.)
(International Association of Machinists)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Westin Tabor, Curtis
Labor & Employment Relations Association
Gender and Professional Work
(J7)
Presiding:
Thomas Kochan
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Why Are There So Few Women in Finance? Evidence from the MBA Job Search Process on the Mechanisms of Gender Segregation
Matthew Bidwell
(University of Pennsylvania)
Roxana Barbulescu
(McGill University)
After Law School: The Comparative Careers of Young Lawyers from Berlin, Frankfurt, New York, and Washington, DC
Gabriele Plickert
(Harvard University)
Career Success for Flexible Work Program Users: Evidence from Personnel Records in a Large Law Firm
Forrest Briscoe
(Pennsylvania State University)
Kate Kellogg
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Discussants:
Peter Cappelli
(University of Pennsylvania)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Westin Tabor, Lawrence A
Labor & Employment Relations Association
ILO Core Conventions: Prospects for U.S. Ratification
(J5) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Janice Bellace
(University of Pennsylvania)
Jane Hodges
(International Labour Organization)
The ILO’s Declaration and Member State Response to the Ratification Campaign
Edward Potter
(The Coca-Cola Company)
ILO Conventions and the U.S. Labor Law
Owen Herrnstadt
(International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers)
Workers' Rights and Core Conventions
Deborah Greenfield
(U.S. Department of Labor)
U.S. Ratification of Core Convention
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 3
Middle East Economic Association
Human Capital Topics in the Middle East
(J6)
Presiding:
Serdar Sayan
(TOBB University, Turkey)
Egyptian Women Don't Desire to Work or Simply Can't? A Duration Analysis
Rana Hendy
(University of Paris 1 Sorbonne)
The Marital Returns to Education: Evidence from a School Construction Program in the West Bank and Gaza
Hani Mansour
(University of Colorado-Denver and DIW Berlin)
Heather Royer
(University of Colorado-Denver and DIW Berlin)
Sami Miaari
(Bar-Ilan University and HiCN)
The Role of Institutions, Culture, and Wellbeing in Explaining Bilateral Remittance Flows: Evidence Both Cross-Country and Individual-Level Analysis from Turkey
Faruk Balli
(Massey University)
Cahit Guven
(Deakin University)
Hatice Ozer-Balli
(Massey University)
Rukmani Gounder
(Massey University)
Parametric Reforms, Social Security Reforms and Saving: Evidence from Turkey
Yigit Aydede
(Saint Mary’s University)
Against the Wind: Labor Force Participation of Women and Economic Instability in Iran
M. Majbouri
(Iran)
Discussants:
Mona Said
(American University in Cairo)
Guzin Erlat
(Middle East Technical University)
Daniel Egel
(University of California-Berkeley)
Mohamed Benbouziane
(University of Tlemcen, Algeria)
Hala Al Ramly
(American University in Cairo)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Pomeroy
National Association of Business Economists
Strengths and Weaknesses of Different Forecasting Models and Methods as Currently Practiced
(E3) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Duncan Meldrum
(IHS Global Insight)
David C Colander
(Middlebury College)
Michael T. Kiley
(Federal Reserve Board)
Daniel Bachman
(IHS Global Insight)
David E. Altig
(Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Granite A
National Economic Association
Advances in Public Policy Analysis and Race/Ethnicity
(J1)
Presiding:
Samuel Myers Jr.
(University of Minnesota)
The Effect of English Usage on the Health of U.S. Hispanics: Using National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
Boso Seo
(University of Manitoba)
Benjamin Senauer
(University of Minnesota)
Ethnic Disparities in Access to Credit and Remittances and Household Welfare: The Case of Vietnam
Lan Pham
(University of Minnesota)
Understanding the Economics of Mobile Homeowners Defaults: Does Race, Housing Type, or Census Tract Make a Difference?
Frederic Wandey
(University of Minnesota)
Why Indigenous Children Perform Worse Than Non-Indigenous Children in School: Evidence from the Quechua Population in Peru
Irma Arteaga
(University of Minnesota)
Rodrigo Lovaton
(University of Minnesota)
Testing for Discrimination in Public Procurement and Contracting: Comparing Alternative Methods of Specification and Estimation
Samuel Myers Jr.
(University of Minnesota)
Inhyuck "Steve" Ha
(Western Carolina University)
Rodrigo Lovaton
(University of Minnesota)
Does Affirmative Action in Police Departments Increase Crime?
Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong
(University of South Florida)
Juliet Elu
(Morehouse College)
Discussants:
Rucker Johnson
(University of California-Berkeley)
Inhyuck "Steve" Ha
(Western Carolina University)
Jan Christopher
(Delaware State University)
Linda Loubert
(Morgan State University)
William Darity
(Duke University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Granite B
Peace Science Society International
Terrorism and International Conflict
(F5)
Presiding:
Solomon Polachek
(SUNY-Binghamton)
Continuing Conflict and International Prices of Commodities: Theory and Empirics
Raul Caruso
(Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan)
Trade and Insecure Resources: Implications for Welfare and Comparative Advantage
Michelle R. Garfinkel
(University of California-Irvine)
Stergios Skaperdas
(University of California-Irvine)
Constantinos Syropoulos
(Drexel University)
Financial Means of Terrorist Organizations and Organized Crime: What Do We (Not) Know?
Friedrich Schneider
(Johannes Kepler University of Linz)
Domestic Versus Transnational Terrorism: Data, Decomposition, and Dynamics
Walter Enders
(University of Alabama)
Todd Sandler
(University of Texas-Dallas)
Khusrav Gaibulloev
(Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research)
Economic Intelligence and Conflict
Steven Coissard
(IDRAC)
Carlos Seiglie
(Rutgers University)
Discussants:
Walter Isard
(Cornell University)
Jeff Dumas
(University of Texas-Dallas)
Michael Intriligator
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 1
Society for Computational Economics
Computational Macro and Monetary Economics
(E3)
Presiding:
Robert Tetlow
(International Monetary Fund)
Customer Search and Price-Setting Behavior
Andrew T. Levin
(Federal Reserve Board)
Tack Yun
(Federal Reserve Board)
A Defense of the FOMC
Martin Ellison
(University of Oxford)
Thomas J. Sargent
(New York University)
The Great Escape? A Quantitative Evaluation of the Fed's Non-standard Policies
Marco del Negro
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Gauti Eggertsson
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Andrea Ferraro
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Nobuhiro Kiyotaki
(Princeton University)
Discussants:
Sanjay Chugh
(University of Maryland)
Kenneth Kasa
(Simon Fraser University)
Sharon Kozicki
(Bank of Canada)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall D & E
Society for Policy Modeling/American Economic Association
The Dollar, the Euro, the Yuan and the International Monetary System
(F3)
Presiding:
Dominick Salvatore
(Fordham University)
The Role of Currency Realignments in Eliminating the US and China Current Account Imbalanaces
Martin Feldstein
(Harvard University)
[Download Preview] Beggar-Thy-Neighbor Interest Rate Policies
Ronald McKinnon
(Stanford University)
[Download Preview] Exchange Rate Adjustments in the Global Recession and Recovery
Michael Mussa
(Peterson Institute for International Economics)
The Political Economy of Surges in Capital Inflows
Kenneth Rogoff
(Harvard University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall A
Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics
Self-Control, Self-Confidence, and Self-Deception
(D3)
Presiding:
Gary Charness
(University of California-Santa Barbara)
Self-confidence, Social Signaling, and Bayesian Updating
Aldo Rustichini
(University of Minnesota)
Gary Charness
(University of California-Santa Barbara)
Jeroen van de Ven,
(University of Amsterdam)
Field and Online Experiments on Procrastination and Willpower
Gary Charness
(University of California-Santa Barbara)
Nicholas Burger
(Rand Corporation)
John Lynham
(University of Hawaii-Mānoa)
Managerial Beliefs and Corporate Financial Policies
Ulrike Malmendier
(University of California, Berkeley)
Geoffrey Geoff Tate
(University of California, Los Angeles)
Jonathon Yan
(National Bureau of Economic Research)
Temptation and Commitment in the Laboratory
Dan Houser
(George Mason University)
Daniel Schunk
(University of Zurich)
Joachim Winter
(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
Erte Xiao
(Carnegie Mellon University)
Discussants:
Uri Gneezy
(University of California-San Diego)
Zack Grossman
(University of California-Berkeley)
Stefano dellaVigna
(University of California-Berkeley)
Stephan Meier
(Columbia University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Granite C
Society of Government Economists
Housing and the Financial Crisis
(G2)
Presiding:
Seth Giertz
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Testing the Double-Trigger Hypothesis Using Loan-Level Annual Financial Statement Data from an FHA-Insured Multifamily Program
Albert J Lee
(Summit Consulting)
Yvon H Pho
(Deloitte and Touche, LLP)
Colin A Cushman
(Department of Housing and Urban Development)
Housing Bubbles and Their Impact on the U.S. Economy
James R Follain
(James R. Follain, LLC)
Seth H Giertz
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Land Loans and Failed U.S. Banks
Andrew J Felton
(Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
Joe Nichols
(Federal Reserve Board)
Responses to the Financial Crisis, Treasury Debt, and the Impact on Short-Term Money Markets
Warren B Hrung
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Jason Seligman
(Ohio State University)
Discussants:
Peter Elmer
(Deloitte and Touche, LLP)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Capitol
Transportation & Public Utilities Group
Competition, Fares and Quality of Service in the Airline Industry
(L9)
Presiding:
James Peoples
(University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Airline Competition and Domestic U.S. Airfares: A Comprehensive Reappraisal
Jan K. Brueckner
(University of California-Irvine)
Darin Lee
(LECG, LLC)
Ethan Singer
(LECG, LLC)
Air Travel Delays: Can Airport Privatization Help?
Jia Yan
(Washington State University)
Clifford Winston
(Brookings Institution)
Airport Prices in a Two-Sided Framework: An Empirical Analysis
Marc Ivaldi
(Toulouse School of Economics)
Senay Sokukku
(Toulouse School of Economics)
Tuba Toru
(Toulouse School of Economics)
Airport Runways' Impact on Competition: Does It Depend on the Source of Funding that Financed Construction?
Monica Hartmann
(University of St. Thomas)
Discussants:
B. Starr McMullen
(Oregon State University)
Wesley Wilson
(University of Oregon)
Wim Vijverberg
(CUNY Graduate Center)
John Howard Brown
(Georgia Southern University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Agate A
Union for Radical Political Economists/International Association for Feminist Economics
Gender, Labor and the Global Economy
(J7)
Presiding:
Yana van der Meulen Rogers
(Rutgers University)
Gender Implications of the Decline in Migration within the U.S.
Ramya M. Vijaya
(Richard Stockton College of New Jersey)
Gender, Market Power, and Precarious Work in Global Exporats: Putting the Pressure of Price and Time on the Backs of Women Workers
Shaianne T. Osterreich
(Ithaca College)
Gendered Wages and Deepending Unequal Exchange: Roots and Flower of the Global Integration of Nursing Labor Markets
Salimah Valiani
(University of Toronto)
Workforce in Despair: Trends in Employment and Gender Equality after the "Great Recession"
Emcet Tas
(American University)
Caren Grown
(American University)
Discussants:
Yana van der Meulen Rogers
(Rutgers University)
James Heintz
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Agate B
Union for Radical Political Economists
Heterodox Climate Economics
(Q5)
Presiding:
Robin Hahnel
(Portland State University)
Short-Lived Climate Forcers: Toward a Multi-Pollutant Source Reduction Co-Benefit Strategy
Paul Bartlett
(St. Peters College)
Overcoming the Failure to Develop Effective Global Climate Change Policy
Ian McGregor
(University of Technology-Australia)
Climate Policy Post-Kyoto: What Now?
Kristen Sheeran
(Economics for Equity and the Environment, Ecotrust)
Climate Policy After the Train Wreck in Copenhagen
Robin Hahnel
(Portland State University)
Discussants:
Richard Weisskopf
(University of Miami)
Frederick Jennings
(Center for Ecological Economics and Ethical Education)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 2
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
Climate Change Policy Design
(Q5)
Presiding:
Wallace Tyner
(Purdue University)
Does the Indexing of Government Transfers Make Carbon Pricing Progressive?
Don Fullerton
(University of Illinois)
Gilbert Metcalf
(Tufts University)
Garth Heutel
(University of North Carolina-Greensboro)
Border Carbon Adjustments, Leakage and Welfare
Niven Winchester
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
A Cost Containment-Permanence Tradeoff in the Utilization of Agricultural Soil Carbon Offsets?
Benjamin M. Gramig
(Purdue University)
Discussants:
Wallace E. Tyner
(Purdue University)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Sheraton, Governor's Square 12
American Economic Association
European Economic Association Lecture
(O3)
Presiding:
Stefano DellaVigna
(University of California-Berkeley)
Intellectual Property Rights Policy, Competition and Innovation
Daron Acemoglu
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Ufuk Akcigit
(University of Pennsylvania)
[Download Preview]
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Sheraton, Grand Ballroom
American Economic Association/American Finance Association
Joint Luncheon
Presiding:
Orley Ashenfelter
(Princeton University)
John Taylor
(Stanford University)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Marriott, Denver Suite IV
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
REITs: Investment
(G1)
Presiding:
Jim Clayton
(Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers)
A Comparative Anatomy of REITs and Residential Real Estate Indexes: Returns, Risks and Distributional Characteristics
John Cotter
(University College-Dublin)
Richard Roll
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Short Selling REITs and Hedging Real Estate Risk
Carles Vergara-Alert
(IESE Business School)
Pedro Saffi
(IESE Business School)
Did Leveraged ETFs Increase Intraday REIT Volatility During the Crisis?
Shaun A. Bond
(University of Cincinnati)
Brian Hatch
(University of Cincinnati)
The Relationship between Tenant Quality and REIT Risk & Performance
Peng Liu
(Cornell University)
Crocker Liu
(Cornell University)
Discussants:
Richard Buttimer
(University of North Carolina-Charlotte)
Cristian Tiu
(University of Buffalo)
Vaneesha Boney
(University of Denver)
Jim Clayton
(Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall B
Association for Social Economics
Social Economics of the Financial Crisis
(E6)
Presiding:
Stephanie Kelton
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Critique of Financialization and the US Unemployment Gender Gap
Philip Arestis
(University of Cambridge and University of Basque)
Guiseppe Fontana
(University of Leeds)
Aurelie Charles
(University of Leeds)
How to Manufacture and Mismanage a Crisis: Fitness Landscapes, Risk Incubation, and Financial Crisis of 2008
Denis Fischbacher-Smith
(University of Glasgow)
Robert McMaster
(University of Glasgow)
Credit: From Accelerator to Primary Means of Purchase
Kristen E. Broady
(Benedict College)
Global Subprime Crisis within the Circuit of Social Capital
Philip O'Hara
(Curtin University, Australia)
Discussants:
William Black
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Robert Prasch
(Middlebury College)
Stephanie Seguino
(University of Vermont)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Agate C
Association of Indian Economics & Financial Studies
International Trade and Finance
(F4)
Presiding:
Suhas Ketkar
(Vanderbilt University)
Trade Liberalization, Firm Heterogeneity and Duration of Trade: Production in India
Usha Nair-Richert
(Georgia Institute of Technology)
Tibor Besedes
(Georgia Institute of Technology)
Exchange Rate Volatility and Foreign Direct Investment in India
Kamal Upadhaya
(University of New Haven)
Rabindra Bhandari
(Westminister College)
The Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment: A Sensitivity Analysis Using Panel Data
Arun Sarkar
(University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Access to Finance: Determinants of the Uptake of "Mansi" in South Africa
Thankom G. Arun
(University of Central Lancashire)
Phillip Kostov
(University of Central Lancashire)
Samuel Annim
(University of Manchester)
US Foreign Indebtedness, Monetary Policy and Economic Growth
Atrayee Ghosh Roy
(Minnesota State University-Manakato)
Discussants:
Renu Kallianpur
(AXA Advisors)
Chandana Chakraborty
(Montclair State University)
Sweta Saxena
(International Monetary Fund)
Kishore Kulkarni
(Metropolitan State College of Denver)
Zahara Siddique
(IZA)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 3
Chinese Economists Society
Recent Research Findings on the Chinese Economy
(D1)
Presiding:
Yongmaio Hong
(Cornell University and Xiamen University)
Is Production or Consumption to Blame for Pollution in China? Evidence from Visibility, 1982-2006
Zhigang Li
(Hong Kong University)
Frank Song
(Hong Kong University)
Shangjin Wei
(Columbia University)
Combatting the Global Financial Crisis with Agressive Expansionary Monetary Policy: Same Medicine, Different Outcomes in China, UK and USA
Wing Thye Woo
(University of California-Davis)
Wei Zhang
(Cambridge University)
Using Choice Experiment Methods to Study Chinese Consumers' Trust on Food Safety Attributes
H. Holly Wang
(Purdue University)
David L. Ortega
(Purdue University)
Laping Wu
(China Agricultural University)
Junfei Bai
(Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy)
Nicole Olynk
(Purdue University)
How Does Education Affect the Earnings Distribution in Urban China?
Le Wang
(University of New Hampshire)
Discussants:
Chen Xi
(Cornell University)
Bruce L. Reynolds
(University of Virginia and IIEP)
Dennis Tao Yang
(Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Belton Fleisher
(Ohio State University)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall G
Cliometrics Society
Capital: Human and Otherwise
(N7)
Presiding:
TBA TBA
(TBA)
What Can We Learn from the Carousel of Progress?
Alexander Field
(Santa Clara University)
Naval Engineers and the Origins of Technology-Skill Complementarity
Darrell J Glaser
(U.S. Naval Academy)
Ahmed Rahman
(U.S. Naval Academy)
A Dam Problem: TVA's Fight Against Malaria 1926-1951
Carl Kitchens
(University of Arizona)
A Model of Human Capital Accumulation in Economic History: Gender Gap, Family Behavior and Economic Growth
Claude Diebolt
(BETA/CNRS)
Faustine Perrin
(BETA/CNRS)
Discussants:
TBA TBA
(TBA)
TBA TBA
(TBA)
TBA TBA
(TBA)
TBA TBA
(TBA)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 1
History of Economics Society
The Histories of Scientific Observation in Economics
(B2)
Presiding:
Harro Maas
(University of Amsterdam)
Undercover, Field, and Participant Observers in US Labor Economics 1900-1930
Malcolm Rutherford
(University of Victoria)
Observational Error from Gauss to Morgenstern
Marcel Boumans
(University of Amsterdam)
Looking for Observations for late 20th Century Macroeconomics
Pedro Duarte
(University of Sao Paulo)
Kevin D. Hoover
(Duke University)
Observing Experiments: What Do Economists See?
Andrej Svorencik
(University of Amsterdam)
Discussants:
Kevin D. Hoover
(Duke University)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Sheraton, Governor's Square 9
Industrial Organization Society
Empirical IO
(L1)
Presiding:
Lawrence White
(New York University)
Commuting Ties and Geographic Market Definition
Robert M. Adams
(Federal Reserve Board)
Elizabeth K. Kiser
(Federal Reserve Board)
Mark D. Manuszak
(Federal Reserve Board)
Hospital Responses to Endogenous Entry and Competition by Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Nitin Dua
(Florida State University)
Gary M. Fournier
(Florida State University)
Patterns of Establishment Entry and State-Level Antitrust Enforcement
Robert M. Feinberg
(American University)
Thomas A. Husted
(American University)
An Empirical Study of Pricing Strategies in an Online Market with High-Frequency Price Information
Sara Fisher Ellison
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Christopher M. Snyder
(Dartmouth College)
Discussants:
Evren Damar
(Bank of Canada)
Martin Gaynor
(Carnegie Mellon University)
Lawrence J. White
(New York University)
Mo Xiao
(University of Arizona)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 5
International Association for Energy Economics
Topics in Energy Modeling
(Q4)
Presiding:
Carol Dahl
(Colorado School of Mines)
Innovation, Renewable Energy, and Macroeconomic Growth
Ted Temzelides
(Rice University)
Peter Hartley
(Rice University)
Kenneth Medlock III
(Rice University)
Xinya Zhang
(Rice University)
A Slippery Relationship: Cross-Country Evidence on the Changing Impact of Oil Prices on GDP
Prakash Loungani
(International Monetary Fund)
Marianna Riggi
(Bank of Italy)
ISO Net Surplus Collection and Allocation in Restructured North American Wholesale Power Markets
Leigh Tesfatsion
(Iowa State University)
Hongyan Li
(ABB Inc.)
Operational and Investment Response to Energy Prices in the OECD Manufacturing: Evidence from the Vintage Capital Model
Jevgenijs Steinbuks
(Purdue University)
Karsten Neuhoff
(German Institute of Economic Research, DIW Berlin)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Marriott, Mattie Silks
International Banking Economics & Finance Association/American Economic Association
Macro-prudential Supervision of Systemically-Important Financial Institutions
(G1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Diana Hancock
(Federal Reserve Board)
George Pennachi
(University of Illinois)
Wayne Passmore
(Federal Reserve Board)
Viral Acharya
(New York University)
Randall S. Kroszner
(University of Chicago)
Markus K. Brunnermeier
(Princeton University)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall A
International Network for Economic Method
Rethinking the Normative and the Positive in Choice Theory
(B4)
Presiding:
John Davis
(University of Amsterdam and Marquette University)
Normative Rational Choice: Past, Present, and Future
D. Wade Hands
(University of Puget Sound)
The Origin of the Normative-Descriptive/Positive-Normative Distinction in Expected Utility Theory
Floris Heukelom
(Nijmegen School of Management & Economics)
Inconsistency Pays
Nathan Berg
(University of Texas-Dallas)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Sheraton, Plaza Court 3
Middle East Economic Association
War and Religion in the Middle East: Past and Present
(Z1)
Presiding:
Sohrab Behdad
(Denison University)
Are Islamic Investment Certificates Special ? Evidence on the Post Announcement Performance of Sukuk Issues
Christophe Godlewski
(University of Strasbourg, France)
Rima Turk-Ariss
(Lebanese American University)
Laurent Weill
(University of Strasbourg, France)
Modernization and Inter-religion Human Capital Differences in 19th Century Egypt
Mohamed Saleh
(University of Southern California)
Sultans, the Shari'a and Seven Empty Ears: Economic Catastrophes, Church and State
Eric Chaney
(Harvard University)
Estimating United States War Damages In Iraq (2003-2010)
Nake M Kamrany
(University of Southern California)
M. Sieffert
(University of Southern California)
M. Taft
(University of Southern California)
Tribal Diversity, Political Patronage and the Yemeni Decentralization Experiment
Daniel Egel
(University of California-Berkeley)
Discussants:
Bassam Abu Al-foul
(American University of Sharjah)
Hadi Esfahani
(University of Illinios)
Sohrab Bahdad
(Denison University)
Fatma Dogruel
(Marmara University, Turkey)
Abdallah AlHassan
(International Monetary Fund)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Granite A
National Economic Association
Labor Market Information Channels, Matching, and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Unemployment and Employment
(J7)
Presiding:
William Spriggs
(U.S Department of Labor)
Factors Contributing to the Persistence of Minority Unemployment Disparities: Weighing Human Capital versus Institutional Effects.”
Ronald Bird
(U.S Department of Labor)
Regina Powers
(U..S. Department of Labor)
Labor Market Information and Unemployment Disparities: Analysis of American Community Survey
William Rodgers
(Rutgers University)
Unemployment and Job Information: Analysis of NLSY79 Data
Marie Mora
(University of Texas-Pan American)
Alberto Davila
(University of Texas-Pan American)
Taylor Rule Shocks and Demographic Unemployment Rate Differentials
ROger Williams
(Morehouse College)
Contractionary Monetary Policy and the Dynamics of U.S. Race and Gender Stratification
Stephanie Seguino
(University of Vermont)
James Heintz
(University of Massachusetts)
Earnings Capacity of the Long-Term Unemployed: A Wage-Comparison Approach across Industry
Jan E. Christopher
(Delaware State University)
Discussants:
William Spriggs
(Howard University)
Cecilia Conrad
(Pomona College)
Gregory Price
(Morehouse College)
Rucker Johnson
(University of California-Berkeley)
Robin Cox
(Spelman College)
Linwood Tauheed
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall D & E
Society for Policy Modeling
Will the Euro Survive?
(F3)
Presiding:
Lucjan Orlowski
(Sacred Heart University)
Euroland: Will the Periphery Poison the Core?
James W. Dean
(College of William and Mary and Simon Fraser University)
The Global Financial Imbalances and the Stabilizing Role of the Euro
A. G. Malliaris
(Loyola University Chicago)
Optimum Currency Area Precepts and the Euro Survival
Lucjan Orlowski
(Sacred Heart University)
The Euro: A Crisis Waiting to Happen
Dominick Salvatore
(Fordham University)
Discussants:
Fred Campano
(Fordham University)
Pellegrino Manfra
(City University of New York)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Granite C
Society of Government Economists
Economic Analysis of Illegal and Legal Immigration
(F2)
Presiding:
Bryan Roberts
(Department of Homeland Security)
An Analysis of Migrant Smuggling Costs along the Southwest Border
Gordon Hanson
(University of California-San Diego)
Bryan W. Roberts
(Department of Homeland Security)
Derekh Cornwell
(Department of Homeland Security)
Scott Borger
()
Self-Selection and Liquidity Constraints in Different Migration Cost Regimes
Scott Borger
()
Effects of the 1992 Chinese Student Protection Act
Pia Orrenius
(Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)
Madeline Zavodny
(Agnes Scott College)
Emily Kerr
(Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)
The Labor Market Value to Legal Status
Todd A Sorensen
(University of California-Riverside)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Agate A
Union for Radical Political Economists/International Association for Feminist Economics
Roundtable on Gender and Race: Employment, Crime, Health, Occupational Segregation and Education
(J7) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Alexandra Bernasek
(Colorado State University)
Heather Boushey
(Center for American Progress)
Robynn Cox
(Spelman College)
Tiffany Green
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Darrick Hamilton
(The New School)
Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe
(Bennett College)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 2
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
Agricultural Extension, Transactions Costs and Supply Response
(Q1)
Presiding:
Simeon Ehui
(World Bank)
Dynamic Agricultural Supply Response under Economic Transformation
Bingxin Yu
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
Fengwei Liu
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
Liangzhi You
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
Networks and Transaction Costs
Christian Henning
(University of Kiel)
Géraldine Henningsen
(Danmarks Statistik)
Arne Henningsen
(University of Copenhagen)
Returns to Spending on Agricultural Extension
Samuel Benin
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
Ephraim Nkonya
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
Geresom Okecho
(NAADS Secretariat, Uganda)
Joseé Randriamamonjy
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
Edward Kato
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
Geofrey Lubadde
(National Agricultural Research Organization, Uganda)
Miriam Kyotalimye
(Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa, Uganda)
Discussants:
Xiaobo Zhang
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Columbine
American Economic Association
Beyond GDP, Beyond Sarkozy? Towards A National Success Indicator
(H8)
Presiding:
Carol Graham
(Brookings Institution)
Economic Policy Implications of the Sarkozy Report
Richard A. Easterlin
(University of Southern California)
[Download Preview] Supplementing Per-Capita GDP as Measure of Well-Being
Robert H. Frank
(Cornell University)
[Download Preview] Environmentally Responsible Happy Nation Index: A Proposed National Success Indicator After the Sarkozy Report
Yew-Kwang Ng
(Monash University)
[Download Preview] Happiness Measures as a Guide to Development Policy? Promise and Potential Pitfalls
Carol Graham
(Brookings Institution)
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Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Denver
American Economic Association
Determinants and Consequences of Human Capital Investment
(J2)
Presiding:
Jens Ludwig
(University of Chicago)
The Perils of Pre-School? The Effect of Child Care on Academic Performance
Sandra E. Black
(University of Texas-Austin)
Paul J. Devereux
(University College Dublin)
Katrine Løken
(University of Bergen)
Kjell G. Salvanes
(Norwegian School of Economics)
FDA and ABCs: Unintended Consequences of Antidepressant Warnings on
Academic Achievement
Susan Busch
(Yale University)
Ezra Golberstein
(Harvard University)
Ellen Meara
(Harvard University)
Does Staying in School (and Not Working) Prevent Teen Smoking and Drinking?
Adriana Lleras-Muney
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Robert Jensen
(University of California-Los Angeles)
[Download Preview]
Discussants:
Jens Ludwig
(University of Chicago)
Nora Gordon
(Georgetown University)
Jacob Vigdor
(Duke University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Governor's Square 16
American Economic Association
Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Theory: A Discussion of the Role of the Entrepreneur in the Theory of the Firm
(L2) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Robert Strom
(Kauffman Foundation)
William J. Baumol
(New York University)
Simon C. Parker
(University of Western Ontario)
Daniel F. Spulber
(Northwestern University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Director's Row I
American Economic Association
Entry, Exit and Pricing
(L8)
Presiding:
Adam Rennhoff
(Middle Tennessee State University)
Will Universal Health Insurance Enhance Entrepreneurship Activity?
Yunwei Gai
(Babson College)
Maria Minniti
(Southern Methodist University)
Branding and Spatial Preemption: An Application to the Hospitality Industry
Nathan E. Wilson
(Federal Trade Commission)
[Download Preview] Spin-offs: Theory and Evidence from the Early U.S. Automobile Industry
Luis Cabral
(New York University)
Zhu Wang
(Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City)
[Download Preview] Making Friends with Your Neighbors? Agglomeration and Tacit Collusion in the Lodging Industry
Li Gan
(Texas A&M University)
Manuel Alejandro Hernandez
(International Food Policy Research Institute and Texas A&M University)
[Download Preview] Do Sellers' Brokers Raise or Reduce Home Prices? Evidence of Agency Costs from an Unusual Real Estate Market
B. Douglas Bernheim
(Stanford University)
Jonathan Meer
(Texas A&M University)
[Download Preview]
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Director's Row J
American Economic Association
Exchange Rate Modelling
(F3)
Presiding:
Philippe Bacchetta
(University of Lausanne)
On the Unstable Relationship between Exchange Rates and Macroeconomic Fundamentals
Philippe Bacchetta
(University of Lausanne)
Eric van Wincoop
(University of Virginia)
[Download Preview] Order Flow and the Monetary Model of Exchange Rates: Evidence from a Novel Data Set
Menzie Chinn
(University of Wisconsin)
[Download Preview] Phoenix Taylor Rule Exchange Rate Forecasting During the Financial Crisis
David Papell
(University of Houston)
Tanya Molodtsova
(Emory University)
[Download Preview] The Scapegoat Model of Exchange Rates: An Empirical Test
Marcel Fratzscher
(European Central Bank)
Lucio Sarno
(Cass Business School)
Discussants:
Ken Kasa
(Simon Fraser University)
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas
(University of California-Berkeley)
Jan Groen
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Nelson Mark
(University of Notre Dame)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Terrace
American Economic Association
Field Experiments on Financial Decisions Among the Poor
(D1)
Presiding:
Erica Field
(Harvard University)
Discounting and Defaulting: Evidence from Choice Experiments Matched to Administrative Credit Data
Stephan Meier
(Columbia University)
Charles Sprenger
(University of California-San Diego)
Competition as a Saving Incentive: A Field Experiment with the Homeless
Tomomi Tanaka
(Arizona State University)
Sera Linardi
(University of Pittsburgh)
Rajiv Sinha
(Arizona State University)
Does Africa Need a Rotten Kin Theorem? Experimental Evidence from Village Economies
Pamela Jakiela
(Washington University in St. Louis)
Owen Ozier
(University of California-Berkeley)
Check Cashing: Time Preferences, Income Variability and Rationality among the Unbanked
Susan Payne Carter
(Vanderbilt University)
Paige Marta Skiba
(Vanderbilt University)
Justin Sydnor
(Case Western Reserve University)
Discussants:
Ernesto Reuben
(Columbia University)
Paige Marta Skiba
(Vanderbilt University)
Margaret McConnell
(Harvard University)
Ebonya Washington
(Yale University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Director's Row H
American Economic Association
Growing New Ph.D. Economists
(A2)
Presiding:
Orley Ashenfelter
(Princeton University)
Completion Rates and Time-to-Degree in Economics Ph.D. Programs
Wendy A. Stock
(Montana State University)
John J. Siegfried
(Vanderbilt University)
T. Aldrich Finegan
(Vanderbilt University)
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Discussants:
David Colander
(Middlebury College)
Gregory Mankiw
(Harvard University)
James Poterba
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER)
Melissa McInerney
(College of William and Mary)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Director's Row E
American Economic Association
House, Homeownership, and Life Cycle Impacts
(R2)
Presiding:
Amy Cutts
(Freddie Mac)
Owner-Occupied Housing: Life-Cycle Implications for the Household Portfolio
Marjorie Flavin
(University California-San Diego)
Takashi Yamashita
(Nova Southeastern University)
[Download Preview] Housing Prices and Marital Stability
Purvi Sevak
(Hunter College)
Martin Farnham
(University of Victoria)
[Download Preview] Life Shocks and Homelessness
Marah A. Curtis
(Boston University)
Kelly Noonan
(Rider University)
Nancy Reichman
(Princeton University)
Hope Corman
(Rider University and NBER)
[Download Preview] Superstition in the Housing Market
Nicole M. Fortin
(University of British Columbia)
Andrew Hill
(University of British Columbia)
Jeff Huang
(University of British Columbia)
[Download Preview]
Discussants:
Marsha Courchane
(Charles River Associates)
Rajeev Darolia
(Charles River Associates)
Cynthia Holmes
(York University, Canada)
Andrea Heuson
(University of Miami)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Governor's Square 10
American Economic Association
Intellectual Property and Innovation
(L1)
Presiding:
Koleman Strumpf
(University of Kansas)
Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation: Evidence from the Human Genome
Heidi Williams
(Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
[Download Preview] Technology Morphing: Standard-Setting Organizations, Patent Pools, and New Technologies
Josh Lerner
(Harvard Business School)
Jean Tirole
(Toulouse School of Economics)
Racing for Priority: Patents and Publications in Knowledge Competitions
Scott Stern
(Northwestern University)
Joshua Gans
(Melbourne Business School and Harvard University)
The Effect of File Sharing on Movies
Koleman Strumpf
(University of Kansas)
Felix Oberholzer-Gee
(Harvard Business School)
Discussants:
Timothy Bresnahan
(Stanford University)
John Van Reenen
(London School of Economics)
Timothy Simcoe
(Boston University)
Julie Mortimer
(Harvard University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Spruce
American Economic Association
Labor Market Shocks
(E2)
Presiding:
Chris Stoddard
(Montana State University)
Business Cycles and Labor Market Flows with Sequential Screening
Federico Ravenna
(HEC Montreal and University of California-Santa Cruz)
Carl Walsh
(University of California-Santa Cruz)
[Download Preview] On the Persistence of Income Shocks over the Life Cycle: Evidence and Implications
Fatih Karahan
(University of Pennsylvania)
Serdar Ozkan
(University of Pennsylvania)
[Download Preview] From Wages to Welfare: Decomposing Gains and Losses from Rising Inequality
Jonathan Heathcote
(Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
Kjetil Storesletten
(Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
Giovanni L. Violante
(New York University)
[Download Preview] Asset Pricing with Concentrated Ownership of Capital
Kevin J. Lansing
(Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
[Download Preview] Risk Aversion and the Labor Margin in Dynamic Equilibrium Models
Eric T. Swanson
(Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
[Download Preview]
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Silver
American Economic Association
Law and Economics
(K0)
Presiding:
Henry Farber
(Princeton University)
Corrective Taxation versus Liability
Steven Shavell
(Harvard University)
[Download Preview] Optimal Proof Burdens, Deterrence, and the Chilling of Desirable Behavior
Louis Kaplow
(Harvard University)
[Download Preview] Explaining Trust in Public Institutions
Betsey Stevenson
(University of Pennsylvania)
Justin Wolfers
(University of Pennsylvania)
Predicting and Preventing Violent Death
Dana Chandler
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Steven Levitt
(University of Chicago)
John List
(University of Chicago)
Discussants:
Christopher Snyder
(Dartmouth College)
Philip Cook
(Duke University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Majestic Ballroom
American Economic Association
Lessons for Economics from the Great Recession
(E3) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Robert Hall
(Stanford University)
David Autor
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Robert Gordon
(Northwestern University)
Mark Gertler
(New York University)
Alan Krueger
(Princeton University and US Treasury)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Governor's Square 11
American Economic Association
New Empirics of Public Policy and Fertility in the U.S.
(J1)
Presiding:
Juan Pantano
(Washington University in St. Louis)
How Contraceptive and Abortion Policy Shaped the Second Demographic Transition
Martha J. Bailey
(University of Michigan)
Melanie E. Guldi
(Mount Holyhoke College)
Sayeh Nikpay
(University of Michigan)
Marriage and Emancipation in the Age of the Pill
Lena Edlund
(Columbia University)
Cecilia Machado
(Columbia University)
The Unwanted: Negative Outcomes Over the Life Cycle
Wanchuan Lin
(Peking University)
Juan Pantano
(Washington University in St. Louis)
[Download Preview] Do Pregnant Teens Respond to Improved Opportunities? An Evaluation of Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 to the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Melanie E. Guldi
(Mount Holyhoke College)
Discussants:
Melissa Kearney
(University of Maryland)
Robert Pollak
(Washington University in St. Louis)
Marianne Bitler
(University of California-Irvine)
V. Joseph Hotz
(Duke University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Savoy
American Economic Association
Savings Experiments in Developing Countries
(O1)
Presiding:
Dean Yang
(University of Michigan)
The ABCs of Financial Literacy -- Experimental Evidence on Attitudes, Behavior and Cognitive Biases
Shawn Cole
(Harvard Business School)
Jeremy Shapiro
(Harvard Business School)
Bilal Zia
(World Bank)
[Download Preview] Sources of Time Preference and Time-Inconsistency: Evidence from the Field
Xavier Gine
(World Bank)
Jessica Goldberg
(University of Michigan)
Dan Silverman
(University of Michigan)
Dean Yang
(University of Michigan)
Do Simple Savings Accounts Help the Poor to Save? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Nepal
Silvia Prina
(Case Western Reserve University)
Intra-personnel and Inter-personnel Barriers to Savings and Health Investments: Experimental Evidence from Kenya
Pascaline Dupas
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Jonathan Robinson
(University of California-Santa Cruz)
Discussants:
Kartini Shastry
(Wellesley College)
James Andreoni
(University of California-San Diego)
Santhosh Anagol
(University of Pennsylvania)
Nava Ashraf
(Harvard Business School)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Century
American Economic Association
Taxes
(H2)
Presiding:
Robert Bohm
(University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
The Comparison of Ad Valorem and Specific Taxes under Incomplete Information
Christos Kotsogiannis
(University of Exeter)
Konstantinos Serfes
(Drexel University)
[Download Preview] Do Wages Rise When Corporate Tax Rates Fall? Evidence from the German Business Tax Reform 2000
Nils aus dem Moore
(Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI), Berlin Office)
Tanja Kasten
(Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI), Berlin Office)
Christoph M. Schmidt
(Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI), IZA, CEPR)
[Download Preview] Job Creation Tax Credits and Job Growth: Whether, When, and Where?
Daniel John Wilson
(Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
Robert S. Chirinko
(University of Illinois at Chicago)
[Download Preview] The Welfare Cost of Capital Income Taxes Under Uncertainty
Marika Santoro
(Congressional Budget Office)
Chao Wei
(George Washington University)
[Download Preview] Taxes, Prisons, and CFOs: The Effects of Increased Punishment on Corporate Tax Compliance in Ecuador
Gabriela Aparicio
(George Washington University)
Paul Carrillo
(George Washington University)
Shahe Emran
(George Washington University)
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Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Vail
American Economic Association
Teaching Undergraduate Economics
(A1)
Presiding:
Kenneth Elzinga
(University of Virginia)
Factors Influencing Student Performance in Economics: Class and Instructor Characteristics
Wayne A. Grove
(Le Moyne College)
Stephen Wu
(Hamilton College)
[Download Preview] Web 2.0 and Economic Education
Tim Haab
(Ohio State University)
Aaron Schiff
(Covec)
John C. Whitehead
(Appalachian State University)
The Principles of Economics Textbook
Jane S. Lopus
(California State University East Bay)
Lynn Paringer
(California State University East Bay)
[Download Preview] Assessing Student Learning with Rubrics
KimMarie McGoldrick
(University of Richmond)
Brian Peterson
(Central College)
Discussants:
Kenneth G. Elzinga
(University of Virginia)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Governor's Square 12
American Economic Association
The Economics of Civil War, Violence and Conflict
(F5)
Presiding:
Ioana Petrescu
(American Enterprise Institute)
Bases, Bullets and Ballots: The Effect of U.S. Military Aid on Political Conflict in Colombia
Oeindrila Dube
(New York University)
Suresh Naidu
(Harvard Academy)
[Download Preview] Peace and War with Endogenous State Capacity
Michael McBride
(University of California-Irvine)
Gary Milante
(World Bank)
Stergios Skaperdas
(University of California-Irvine)
Civil Conflict and Human Capital Accumulation: The Long-Term Effects of Political Violence in Peru
Gianmarco Leon
(University of California-Berkeley)
[Download Preview] Rethinking Economic Sanction Success: Sanctions as Deterrents
Ioana M. Petrescu
(American Enterprise Institute)
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Discussants:
Eli Berman
(University of California-San Diego)
Eva Vivalt
(University of California-Berkeley)
Richard Akresh
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Radha Iyengar
(London School of Economics)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Governor's Square 17
American Economic Association
The Economics of the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Program
(I1)
Presiding:
Jonathan Gruber
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Heterogeneity in Choice Inconsistencies Among the Elderly: Evidence from Prescription Drug Plan Choice
Jonathan Gruber
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Jason Abaluck
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
[Download Preview] Part D Formulary and Benefit Design as a Risk-Steering Mechanism?
Dana Goldman
(University of Southern California)
William Vogt
(University of Georgia)
Geoffrey Joyce
(University of Southern California)
Imperfect Consumer Choice and Pricing in Medicare Part D
Mark Duggan
(University of Maryland)
Fiona Scott Morton
(Yale)
Are Drugs Substitutes or Complements for Intensive (and Expensive) Medical Treatment? Evidence from Geographic Variation in Medicare Medical and Drug Spending
Yuting Zhang
(University of Pittsburgh)
Katherine Baicker
(Harvard University)
Joseph P. Newhouse
(Harvard University)
Discussants:
David Laibson
(Harvard University)
Claudio Lucarelli
(Cornell University)
Wesley Yin
(Boston University)
Marty Gaynor
(Carnegie Mellon University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Governor's Square 15
American Economic Association
The Future of Monetary Policy
(E5) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Benoit Mojon
(Banque de France)
Charles Evans
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Jean-Pierre Landau
(Banque de France)
Kiyohiko Nishimura
(Bank of Japan)
Frank Smets
(European Central Bank)
Michael Woodford
(Columbia University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Gold
American Economic Association
Theoretical and Empirical Advances in Agglomeration Economics
(R1)
Presiding:
Edward Glaeser
(Harvard University)
Urban Accounting and Welfare
Klaus Desmet
(Universidad Carlos III)
Esteban Rossi-Hansberg
(Princeton University)
[Download Preview] Productive Cities: Sorting, Selection and Agglomeration
Kristian Behrens
(Universite du Quebec a Montreal)
Gilles Duranton
(University of Toronto)
Frederic Robert-Nicoud
(Universite de Geneve)
[Download Preview] Urbanization and Structural Transformation
Guy Michaels
(London School of Economics)
Ferdinand Rauch
(University of Vienna)
Stephen J. Redding
(London School of Economics)
[Download Preview] Portage: Path Dependence and Increasing Returns in U.S. History
Hoyt Bleakley
(University of Chicago)
Jeffrey Lin
(Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
[Download Preview] Agglomerative Forces and Cluster Shapes
William R. Kerr
(Harvard University)
Scott D. Kominers
(Harvard University)
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Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Marriott, Colorado Salons G & H
American Finance Association
Borrowing and Lending
(G2)
Presiding:
Adair Morse
(University of Chicago)
Why are Institutional Loans More Expensive than Bank Loans? Evidence from the Syndicated Loan Market
Debarshi Nandy
(York University)
Pei Shao
(York University)
Hedge Fund Activism and Bank Loan Contracting
Jin Xu
(Purdue University)
Yinghua Li
(Purdue University)
Cyclicality of Credit Supply: Firm Level Evidence
Victoria Ivashina
(Harvard Business School)
Bo Becker
(Harvard Business School)
The Ties that Bind: Bank Relationships and Small Business Lending
Lori Santikian
(Harvard University)
Discussants:
Michael Roberts
(University of Pennsylvania)
Joseph Gerakos
(University of Chicago)
Amiyatosh Purnanandam
(University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)
Ashwini Agrawal
(New York University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Marriott, Colorado Salons I & J
American Finance Association
Determinants of M&A Activity
(G3)
Presiding:
Berk Sensoy
(Ohio State University)
The Importance of Industry Links in Merger Waves
Kenneth R. Ahern
(University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)
Jarrad Harford
(University of Washington)
Stock Option Grants to Target CEOs during Private Merger Negotiations
Eliezer M. Fich
(Drexel University)
Jie Cai
(Drexel University)
Anh L. Tran
(Drexel University)
Valuation Risk, Control and the Public Financing of Entrepreneurial Firms
Hadiye Aslan
(Cornell University)
Praveen Kumar
(University of Houston)
Discussants:
Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
(Harvard Business School)
Yaniv Grinstein
(Cornell University)
Jay Ritter
(University of Florida)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Marriott, Colorado Salon E
American Finance Association
Lecture: The Transformation of Finance
(G1)
Presiding:
Raghuram Rajan
(University of Chicago, Booth School of Business)
The Transformation of Finance
Andrei Shleifer
(Harvard University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Marriott, Colorado Salon F
American Finance Association
Liquidity, Trading, and Frictions - Empirical
(G1)
Presiding:
Ioanid Rosu
(University of Chicago)
Market Liquidity and Flow-Driven Risk
Prachi Deuskar
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Tim C. Johnson
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Evaporating Liquidity
Stefan Nagel
(Stanford Graduate School of Business)
Is Information Risk Priced? Evidence from the Price Discovery of Large Trades
Xiaolin Qian
(University of Macau)
Chuan-Yang Hwang
(Nanyang Technological University)
Discussants:
Jennifer Huang
(University of Texas-Austin)
Konstantin Milbradt
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Soeren Hvidkjaer
(Copenhagen Business School)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Marriott, Colorado Salons A & B
American Finance Association
The Financial Crisis: Empirical Evidence
(G1)
Presiding:
Amir Sufi
(University of Chicago)
Financial Guarantors and the 2007-2009 Credit Crisis
Siddarth Bhaskar Shenai
(Harvard Business School)
Randolph B. Cohen
(Harvard Business School)
Daniel B. Bergstresser
(Harvard Business School)
Stressed, Not Frozen: The Federal Funds Market in the Financial Crisis
Gara M. Afonso
(Federal Reserve Banks)
Anna Kovner
(Federal Reserve Banks)
Antoinette Schoar
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Measuring Systemic Risk
Viral V. Acharya
(New York University)
Lasse Heje Pedersen
(New York University)
Thomas Philippon
(New York University)
Matthew P. Richardson
(New York University)
Measuring Systemic Risk in the Finance and Insurance Sectors
Monica Billio
(University of Venice)
Mila Getmansky
(Eugene M. Isenberg School of Management)
Andreq W. Lo
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Loriana Pelizzon
(University of Venice)
Discussants:
Sudheer Chava
(Texas A&M University)
Victoria Ivashina
(Harvard Business School)
Markus Brunnermeier
(Princeton University)
Philip Strahan
(Boston College)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Marriott, Colorado Salons C & D
American Finance Association
Trading by Mutual Funds
(G1)
Presiding:
David Musto
(University of Pennsylvania)
The Performance of Corporate-Bond Mutual Funds: Evidence Based on Security-Level Holdings
Gjergji Cici
(College of William and Mary)
Scott Gibson
(College of William and Mary)
Excess Cash and Mutual Fund Performance
Mikhail Simutin
(University of British Columbia)
Stock Media Coverage, Mutual Fund Trading and Performance
Lily H. Fang
(INSEAD)
Joel Peress
(INSEAD)
Lu Zheng
(University of California-Irvine)
Discussants:
Sugata Ray
(University of Florida)
Vincent Glode
(University of Pennsylvania)
Sophie Shive
(University of Notre Dame)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Marriott, Denver Suite I & II
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
Law and Government
(K2)
Presiding:
Lynn Fisher
(University of North Carolina)
Does National Flood Insurance Program Participation Induce Excessive Development in High-Risk Areas? Evidence from Florida Counties
Mark J. Browne
(University of Wisconsin)
Carolyn A. Dehring
(University of Georgia)
David L. Eckles
(University of Georgia)
William D. Lastrappes
(University of Georgia)
The Economic Impacts of Eminent Domain
Daniel Chen
(University of Chicago)
Susan Yeh
(Harvard University)
Accounting for Structural Changes of the Housing Market
Yongqiang Chu
(University of South Carolina)
Homeowners Associations and the Local Land Use Regime: Substitutes or Complements?
Rachel Meltzer
(The New School)
Ron Cheung
(Florida State University)
Discussants:
William Wheaton
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Geoffrey Turnbull
(Georgia State University)
Morris Davis
(University of Wisconsin)
William C. Strange
(University of Toronto)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Marriott, Denver Suite V & VI
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
Mortgage, Pricing, Access to Credit, and Outcomes
(E6)
Presiding:
Peter Zorn
(Freddie Mac)
Local Scale Economies, Mortgage Loan Sales, and Access to Credit: 1994-2008
Stuart A. Gabriel
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Stuart S. Rosenthal
(Syracuse University)
Monetary Policy Surprises and Mortgage Rate Pass-Through
Tracy Xu
(University of Denver)
Yufeng Han
(University of Colorado-Denver)
Jian Yang
(University of Colorado-Denver)
The Price of Subprime Mortgages at Mortgage Brokers and Lenders
Gregory Elliehausen
(George Washington University)
Min Hwang
(George Washington University)
The Post-Foreclosure Experience of US Households in the Current Housing Market Downturn
Raven Molloy
(Federal Reserve Board of Governors)
Hui Shan
(Federal Reserve Board of Governors)
Discussants:
Neil Bhutta
(Federal Reserve Board)
Len Kiefer
(Freddie Mac)
Charles Capone
(U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development)
Tracy Turner
(Kansas State University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Agate C
American Society of Hispanic Economists
Topics in Labor Economics
(J6)
Presiding:
Francisco Rivera-Batiz
(Columbia University)
The Complexity of Immigrant Generations for U.S. Hispanics and Asians
Brian Duncan
(University of Colorado-Denver)
Stephen J. Trejo
(University of Texas-Austin)
What Are the Effects of State Level Legislation Against the Hiring of Undocumented Immigrants?
Magnus Loftstrom
(Public Policy Institute of California)
Sarah Bohn
(Public Policy Institute of California)
Steven Raphael
(University of California-Berkeley)
Employment Options for Low-Skilled Workers in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area: Workforce Training Issues and Challenges
Luis M Pinet-Peralta
(Optimal Solutions Group, LLC)
Panel Data Analysis of Hierarchical Segregation
Dina Shatnawi
(University of Arizona)
Michael R Ransom
(Brigham Young University)
Ronald L Oaxaca
(University of Arizona)
Discussants:
Mark Hugo Lopez
(Pew Hispanic Center)
Marie T. Mora
(University of Texas-Pan American)
Francisca Antman
(University of Colorado-Boulder)
Francisco Rivera-Batiz
(Columbia University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall D & E
Association for Comparative Economic Studies/American Economic Association
Disentangling the Effects of History, Culture, and Institutions
(O1)
Presiding:
Gérard Roland
(University of California-Berkeley)
The Historical Origins of Cultural Differences in Gender Roles: Women and the Plough
Nathan Nunn
(Harvard University)
Civic Capital as the Missing Link
Luigi Zingales
(University of Chicago)
Disentangling the Effects of Legal and Political Development on Economic Growth - An Example From Entrepreneurship in Ancient Rome
Ulrike Malmendier
(University of California-Berkeley)
The Coevolution of Culture and Institutions in Seventeenth Century England
Peter Murrell
(University of Maryland)
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Discussants:
Gérard Roland
(University of California-Berkeley)
Daniel Berkowitz
(University of Pittsburgh)
Rodrigo Soares
(PUC-Rio)
Judith Hellerstein
(University of Maryland)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall C
Association for Evolutionary Economics
Explaining and Taming Financial Crises and Business Cycles
(E6)
Presiding:
Stephanie Kelton
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Minsky and the Evolution of the U.S. Financial System: The Impacts of Fiscal and Monetary Policy
Felipe C. Rezende
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Deficit Hysteria Redux? Why We Should Stop Worrying about U.S. Government Deficits
Yeva Nersisyan
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
L. Randall Wray
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
The Future of Fiscal Policy: The Case for Targeted Demand Management
Pavlina Tcherneva
(Franklin and Marshall College)
U.S. Business Cycles from 1973-2010: A Post Keynesian/Institutionalist Explanation
John T. Harvey
(Texas Christian University)
Too Important to Fail: A Reconsideration of the Lender of Last Resort Function
Dave Zalewski
(Providence College)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall B
Association for Social Economics
Social Economic Policy
(H3)
Presiding:
Deb Figart
(Richard Stockton College)
The Welfare State and the Practice of Capitalism: The Recent American and British Experiences in the Last Two Decades
Rafat Fazeli
(University of Redlands)
Reza Fazeli
(New School for Social Research)
Escalating Social Deprivation from Liberalized Energy Markets: Proposals to Reverse the Trend
Lynne Chester
(University of Sydney)
What Causes Obesity? And Why Has It Grown So Much?
John F. Tomer
(Manhattan College)
The Internet and Democracy
Ann E. Davis
(Marist College)
Returns Society: Economics, Environment and Social Costs
Christine Farias
(Fairleigh Dickinson Univeristy)
Gerard Farias
(Fairleigh Dickinson University)
Discussants:
Ellen Mutari
(Richard Stockton College)
Deb Figart
(Richard Stockton College)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Colorado
Association of Christian Economists
What Do Economists and Theologians Have to Say to Each Other?
Present Situation and Future Prospects
(A1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Paul Oslington
(Australian Catholic University)
Andrew Yuengert
(Pepperdine University)
Michael Pollitt
(University of Cambridge)
Paul Oslington
(Australian Catholic University)
Craig Blomberg
(Denver Seminary)
Daniel Hungerman
(University of Notre Dame)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 6
Association of Environmental & Resource Economists
Consumer Demand and Conservation
(Q3)
Presiding:
Severin Borenstein
(University of California, Berkeley)
Are Price Signals Important in Residential Energy Consumption? Evidence from Northern Ireland
Will Gans
(University of Maryland)
Anna Alberini
(University of Maryland and Queen's University-Belfast)
Environmental Feedback and Consumer Demand for Green Technology: Adoption of Rain Barrels from Stormwater Control
Amy Ando
(University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Luiz Freitas
(University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Industrial Economics)
Do Consumers Recognize the Value of Fuel Economy? Evidence from Used Car Prices and Gasoline Price Fluctuations
James Sallee
(University of Chicago)
Sarah E. West
(Macalester College)
Wei Fan
(RVI)
Beliefs and Consumer Choice of Energy-Using Durables
Hunt Allcott
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Abatement or Averting: The Effects of Ozone Alerts on Driving and Outdoor Recreation Behavior in Atlanta
Douglas Noonan
(Georgia Institute of Technology)
Discussants:
Severin Borenstein
(University of California-Berkeley)
Sheila Olmstead
(Resources for the Future)
Mark Jacobsen
(University of California-San Diego)
Ian Parry
(Resources for the Future)
Richard Ready
(Pennsylvania State University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall G
Chinese Economic Association in North America/American Economic Association
Industrial Organization
(L2)
Presiding:
Serena Ng
(Columbia University)
Why Do Life Insurance Policyholders Lapse? The Roles of Income, Health and Bequest Motive Shocks
Hanming Fang
(University of Pennsylvania)
Edward Kung
(Duke University)
[Download Preview] An Estimable Demand System for a Large Auction Platform Market
Greg Lewis
(Harvard University)
Matt Backus
(University of Michigan)
[Download Preview] The Use of FLF contracts in the Video Rental Industry
Kate Ho
(Columbia University)
Justin Ho
(Harvard University)
Julie Mortimer
(Harvard University)
[Download Preview] Selling in Department Stores: An Analysis of Manufacturer-Retailers Contracts
Tat Chan
(Washington University-St. Louis)
Discussants:
Matt Shum
(California Institute of Technology)
Han Hong
(Stanford University)
Panle Jia
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Andrew Ching
(University of Toronto)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Plaza Court 8
Econometric Society
Development II: Industrial Organization
(O1)
Presiding:
Benjamin Moll
(Princeton University)
The Blessing of Natural Resources: Evidence from a Peruvian Gold Mine
Fernando M. Aragon
(London School of Economics)
Juan Rud
(Royal Holloway, University of London)
Formal and Informal Firm Dynamics
Gabriel Ulyssea
(University of Chicago)
Inequality and Growth with both Exogenous and Endogenous Incomplete Markets
Benjamin Moll
(Princeton University)
Robert M. Townsend
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Victor Zhorin
(University of Chicago)
Does Management Matter? Evidence from India
Nicholas Bloom
(Stanford University)
Benn Eifert
(University of California-Berkeley)
Aprajit Mahajan
(Stanford University)
David McKenzie
(World Bank)
John Roberts
(Stanford University)
Discussants:
Gabriel Ulyssea
(University of Chicago)
Donald John Roberts
(Stanford University)
Fernando Martin Aragon
(London School of Economics)
Benjamin Moll
(Princeton University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Plaza Court 7
Econometric Society
Dynamic Games
(C7)
Presiding:
()
Dynamic Relational Contracts with Credit Constraints
Jonathan P. Thomas
(University of Edinburgh)
Tim Worrall
(University of Manchester)
A Theory of Disagreement in Repeated Games with Renegotiation
David Miller
(University of California-San Diego)
Joel Watson
(University of California-San Diego)
Reversibility in Dynamic Coordination Problems
Eugen Kovac
(University of Bonn)
Jakub Steiner
(Northwestern University)
Strategic Experimentation with Private Payoffs
Paul Heidhues
(ESMIT Berlin)
Sven Rady
(LMU Munich)
Philipp Strack
(University of Bonn)
Discussants:
Mikhail Golosov
(Yale University)
Sylvain Chassang
(Princeton University)
Patrick Bolton
(Columbia University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Plaza Court 6
Econometric Society
Economic Theory Methods
(C6)
Presiding:
()
Robust Predictions in Games with Incomplete Information
Dirk Bergemann
(Yale University)
Stephen Morris
(Princeton University)
Existence of Optimal Contracts in the Moral Hazard Problem
Ohad Kadan
(Washington University in St. Louis)
Philip J. Reny
(University of Chicago)
Jeroen M. Swinkels
(Northwestern University)
The Determinacy of Infinite Games with Eventual Perfect Monitoring
Eran Shmaya
(Northwestern University)
On the Revelation Principle and Dual Mechanisms in Competing Mechanism Games
Michael Peters
(University of British Columbia)
Discussants:
David McAdams
(Duke University)
Tim van Zandt
(INSEAD)
Alessandro Pavan
(Northwestern University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Plaza Court 2
Econometric Society
Internet Markets
(L8)
Presiding:
Susan Athey
(Harvard University)
Reserve Prices in Internet Advertising Auctions: A Field Experiment
Michael Ostrovsky
(Stanford University)
Michael Schwarz
(Yahoo! Labs)
Auctions and Posted Prices in Online Markets
Liran Einav
(Stanford University)
Theresa Kuchler
(Stanford University)
Jonathan Levin
(Stanford University)
Peaches, Lemons and Cookies: The Impact of Information Structure on Revenue in Common Value Auctions
Ittai Abraham
(Microsoft Research)
Susan Athey
(Harvard University)
Moshe Babaioff
(Microsoft Research)
Michael Grubb
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Discussants:
Rakesh Vohra
(Northwestern University)
Eric Budish
(University of Chicago)
Preston McAfee
(Research
Yahoo!)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Governor's Square 9
Econometric Society
The Role of Money and Banks
(E5)
Presiding:
()
Self-fulfilling Traps with Money as a Medium of Exchange
Christophe Chamley
(Boston University and PSE)
Banking: A Mechanism Design Approach
Fabrizio Mattesini
(Rome Tor Vergata)
Cyril Monnet
(Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Randall Wright
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Monetary Policy before Central Banking: The Quality of Money and the Debasement Puzzle
Vincent Bignon
(Graduate Institute, Geneva)
Regis Breton
(Banque de France and CNRS-LEO)
Identifying the Macroeconomic Effects of Bank Lending Supply Shocks
William F. Bassett
(Federal Reserve Board)
Mary Chosak
(Federal Reserve Board)
John C. Driscoll
(Federal Reserve Board)
Egon Zakrajsek
(Federal Reserve Board)
Discussants:
Ruilin Zhou
(Pennsylvania State University)
David Andolfatto
(Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
Warren Weber
(Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
Daniel Paravisini
(Columbia University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Plaza Court 3
Econometric Society
Understanding Financial Markets and Institutions
(G2)
Presiding:
Lasse Pedersen
(New York University)
Liquidity Shocks and Order Book Dynamics
Bruno Biais
(Toulouse School of Economics)
Johan Homber
(HEC Paris)
Pierre-Olivier Weill
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Multi-Market Delegated Asset Management
Zhiguo He
(University of Chicago)
Wei Xiong
(Princeton University)
Rating Agencies in the Face of Regulation - Rating Inflation and Regulatory Arbitrage
Christian C. Opp
(University of Pennsylvania)
Marcus M. Opp
(University of California-Berkeley)
Milton Harris
(University of Chicago)
Discussants:
Joel Hasbrouck
(New York University)
Jules H. van Binsbergen
(Stanford University)
Joel Shapiro
(Oxford University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall F
Economic Science Association
Groups in Economic Decision Making
(C9)
Presiding:
Jingjing Zhang
(University of Zurich)
Communication, Coordination, and Group Decision Making in the Laboratory Coordinated Resistance Game
Tim Cason
(Purdue University)
Vai-Lam Mui
(Monash University)
Gender Differences in Cooperation with Group Membership
Gary Charness
(University of California-Santa Barbara)
Aldo Rustichini
(University of Minnesota)
Role Selection and Team Performance
David Cooper
(Florida State University)
Matthias Sutter
(University of Innsbruck)
Communication and Efficiency in Competitive Coordination Games
Tim Cason
(Purdue University)
Roman Sheremeta
(Chapman University)
Jingjing Zhang
(University of Zurich)
Discussants:
Marie Rigdon
(University of Michigan)
Marco Castillo
(George Mason University)
Guillaume Frechette
(New York University)
Sherry Li
(University of Texas-Dallas)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Plaza Court 1
Economists for Peace & Security
Pressures on the Paradigm
(0) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
James Galbraith
(University of Texas-Austin)
Marshall Auerback
(RAB Capital PLC)
Robert Johnson
(Institute for New Economic Thinking)
William K. Black
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Randall Wray
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 7
Health Economics Research Organization
Research in Medicaid/Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
(I1)
Presiding:
Anthony Losasso
(University of Illinois-Chicago)
The Doctor Might See You Now: The Supply Side Effects of Public Health Insurance Expansions
Craig Garthwaite
(Northwestern University)
The Effect of Public Insurance Coverage and Provider Reimbursement on Access to Dental Care: Evidence from the State Children's Health Insurance Program Expansion
Thomas Buchmueller
(University of Michigan and NBER)
Lara Shore-Sheppard
(Williams College and NBER)
Incentivizing Healthy Behavior: Evidence from Personal Responsibility and Choice in West Virginia Medicaid
Tami Calvez,
(University of West Virginia)
Genevieve Kenney
(Urban Institute)
Kosali Simon
(Indiana University, Cornell University, and NBER)
Discussants:
Thomas DeLeire
(University of Wisconsin)
Matthew Neidell
(Columbia University)
John Cawley
(Cornell University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 1
History of Economics Society
Rational Expectations, Retrospect and Prospect: On the 50th Anniversary of
John Muth's "Rational Expectations and the Theory of Price Movements"
(B2) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Kevin Hoover
(Duke University)
Kevin D. Hoover
(Duke University)
Michael Lovell
(Wesleyan University)
Robert E. Lucas
(University of Chicago)
Dale Mortensen
(Northwestern University)
Robert J. Shiller
(Yale University)
Neil Wallace
(Pennsylvania State University)
Warren Young
(Bar-Ilan University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Capitol
International Association for Feminist Economics
Gender in Asia
(O1)
Presiding:
Linda Lucas
(University of South Florida)
An Analysis of Gender Relations in the Philippines
Sanjukta Chaudhuri
(University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire)
Economic Transition and the Motherhood Wage Penalty in Urban China: Investigation Using Panel Data
Nan Jia
(Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China)
Xiao-yuan Dong
(University of Winnipeg)
Gender and Conflict in Nepal: Testing for “Added Worker” Effects
Yana van der Meulen Rodgers
(Rutgers University)
Nidhiya Menon
(Brandeis University)
Food Security, Gender and Occupational Choice among Urban Low-Income Households
Maria Flora
(American University)
Ranjula Bali Swain
(Uppsala University, Sweden)
Discussants:
Nancy Folbre
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Joyce Jacobsen
(Wesleyan University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Marriott, Nat Hill
International Banking Economics & Finance Association
Understanding the Effects of Unorthodox Monetary Policies
(E5)
Presiding:
Pierre Siklos
(Wilfred Laurier University)
How Effective Were the Federal Reserve Emergency Liquidity Facilities?
Evidence from the Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility
Burcu Duygan-Bump
(Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)
Patrick Parkinson
(Federal Reserve Board)
Eric S. Rosengren
(Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)
Gustavo Suarez
(Federal Reserve Board)
Paul S. Willen
(Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)
Bank Reserves, Bank Lending, and the Interbank Market
Antoine Martin
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
James McAndrews
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
David Skeie
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
The Effects of Monetary Policy Commitment: Evidence from Time-varying Parameter VAR Analysis
Jouchi Nakajima
(Bank of Japan)
Shigenori Shiratsuka
(Bank of Japan)
Yuki Teranishi
(Bank of Japan)
Asset Prices and the Global Financial Crisis
A.G. Malliaris
(Loyola University Chicago)
Marc Hayford
(Loyola University Chicago)
Discussants:
Pierre L. Siklos
(Wilfred Laurier University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Marriott, Mattie Silks
International Economic & Finance Society
Lessons and Policy Implications from the Global Financial Crisis
(F3)
Presiding:
Joshua Aizenman
(University of California-Santa Cruz and NBER)
Lessons for Current Policy from the Financial Crises of the 1930s and the 2007-2008 Crisis
Michael D. Bordo
(Rutgers University and NBER)
Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Lessons from the Periphery
Sebastian Edwards
(University of California-Los Angeles and NBER)
Shadow Banking
Tobias Adrian
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Reflections on the Deleveraging Crisis of 2008-09, and a Cost-Benefit Analysis
Joshua Aizenman
(University of California-Santa Cruz and NBER)
Discussants:
Dale Henderson
(Federal Reserve Board and Georgetown University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 3
International Health Economics Association
Equity and Medical Utilization
(I1)
Presiding:
Audrey Laporte
(University of Toronto)
Public and Private Interactions: Dual Coverage for Medicines among Older People in Ontario
Sara Allin
(University of Toronto)
Is Pro-Poor Inequity in Inpatient Care the Result of Pro-rich Inequity in Primary Care?
Michel Grignon
(McMaster University)
Jerry Hurley
(McMaster University)
Li Wang
(McMaster University)
What's the Point of Class? Random Coefficients versus Latent Class Models
Frank Windmeijer
(University of Bristol, UK)
Audrey Laporte
(University of Toronto)
Stefie Schurer
(University of Melbourne)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall A
International Network for Economic Method
Intertemporal Discounting: Alternative Functional Forms and Methodology of Empirical Identification
(D8)
Presiding:
Harold Kincaid
(University of Alabama-Birmingham)
Recursive Self-Prediction Makes Two-Agent Models Unnecessary
George Ainslie
(University of Cape Town)
Discounting Behavior: A Reconsideration
Glenn Harrison
(Georgia State University)
Time Consistency: Stationarity and Time Invariance
Yoram Halevy
(University of British Columbia)
Disentangling Agent Identities and Consumption Bundles in Dynamic Choices
Don Ross
(University of Cape Town)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Marriott, Pomeroy
International Trade & Finance Association
Round Table on Regionalism
(F1)
Presiding:
Max Kreinin
(Michigan State University)
A Perspective on Regionalism
Michael Plummer
(OECD)
A Perspective on Regionalism
Robert Baldwin
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
A Perspective on Regionalism
Don Clark
(University of Tennessee)
A Perspective on Regionalism
Alan Deardorff
(University of Michigan)
A Perspective on Regionalism
Jorge Gonzalez
(Occidental College)
Discussants:
Sven Arndt
(Claremont McKenna College)
Max Kreinin
(Michigan State University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Westin Tabor, Curtis
Labor & Employment Relations Association
Community Unionism: A Cross-National Comparative Analysis
(J5)
Presiding:
Maite Tapia
(Cornell University)
Community Unionism Through Powerful Coalitions: Union Engagement in Australia and Beyond
Amanda Tattersall
(University of Sydney)
Communities and Unions: Barriers and Bridges to Co-operative Working
Jane Holgate
(London Metropolitan University)
Spheres of Union Engagement and the Understanding of Non-workplace Activity and Its Challenges
Miguel Martinez Lucio
(University of Manchester)
Community Unionism: Experiences from the U.S.
Janice Fine
(Rutgers University)
Discussants:
Lowell Turner
(Cornell University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Westin Tabor, Lawrence A
Labor & Employment Relations Association
Incorporating Finance into Employment Relations: Implications for Theory and Practice
(J3)
Presiding:
Charles Whalen
(Utica College and Cornell University)
Financial Markets and Labor Markets
Sanford J. Jacoby
(University of California-Los Angeles)
The Financing of Firms' Activities: Implications for Work and Employment Relations
Eileen Appelbaum
(Center for Economic and Policy Research)
Rosemary Batt
(Cornell University)
Capital Matters
Stephen Sleigh
(The Yucaipa Companies)
Financialization and Employment
Stephen Lerner
(Service Employees International Union)
Finance and Employment Relations: A View from the AFL-CIO
Daniel Pedrotty
(AFL-CIO)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Westin Tabor, Continental A
Labor & Employment Relations Association
Public Sector Labor Law in States without Statewide Collective Bargaining Laws: The Case of Colorado: Rocky Mountain LERA Chapter (Denver)
(J5) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Joe Goldhammer
(Buescher, Goldhammer, Kelman & Dodge, P.C.)
Gus Achey
(Mountain States Employers Council)
Management Perspective
Mark Schwane
(Colorado Workers for Innovation and New Solutions (WINS))
Labor Perspective
Christel Jorgensen
(CJ Mediation)
Neutral Perspective
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 5
Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association/American Economic Association
Micro Pricing Research in Emerging Markets
(E3)
Presiding:
Roberto Rigobon
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Argentina's Great Depression through the Lens of Product-Level Data
Nir Jaimovich
(Stanford University)
Ariel Burstein
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Andres Neumeuer
(UTDT)
Scraped Data and Sticky Prices
Alberto Cavallo
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
[Download Preview] A State-Dependent Model of Intermediate Goods Pricing
Brent Neiman
(University of Chicago)
The Distribution of the Size of Price Changes
Alberto Cavallo
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Roberto Rigobon
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Marriott, Spruce
National Association of Forensic Economics
Forensic Economics I
(K4)
Presiding:
Thomas Roney
(Thomas Roney, LLC)
Personal Consumption by Single Persons
Kurt V. Krueger
(John O. Ward & Associates)
Relative Earnings of Skilled and Unskilled Workers
Edward Foster
(University of Minnesota)
Household Services Revisited
William M. Pearson
(Spectrum Economics, Inc.)
Christopher Pflaum
(Spectrum Economics, Inc.)
Discussants:
David Schap
(College of the Holy Cross)
Gary Skoog
(De Paul University)
David D. Jones
(Economic Consulting Services, LLC)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Granite A
National Economic Association
Economics of Race, Health, and Energy: Implications for African American Economic Welfare
(I1)
Presiding:
Gregory Price
(Morehouse College)
Decomposition of Real Household Energy Expenditures for Black and White Households between the 2001 and 2005 Residential Energy Consumption Surveys (RECS)
David Poyer
(Morehouse College)
A Modified Predator-Prey and VAR Model of Energy Prices and Auto Expenditures
John Handy
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