PRELIMINARY PROGRAM OF THE ALLIED SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATIONS
JANUARY 5-8, 2012, CHICAGO, IL
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Location
of Sessions for 2012 in Chicago, Illinois
Jan 05, 2012 5:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Crystal A
Econometric Society
Presidential Address
Presiding:
Jonathan Levin
(Stanford University)
Bengt Holmstrom
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
The Nature of Liquidity Provision: When Ignorance is Bliss
Jan 05, 2012 6:30 pm, Swissotel, Grand Ballroom
Association for Social Economics
Plenary Session: Finance and the Good Society
(G1)
Presiding:
Martha Starr
(American University)
Finance and the Good Society
Robert Shiller
(Yale University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Montreux 3
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
Assessment of Climate Change Impact Methods for Agriculture
(Q5)
Presiding:
Richard Just
(University of Maryland)
Incorporating Process Based Crop Simulators in Global Economic Analyses of
Climate Change
Gerald Nelson
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
Mark Rosegrant
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
Richard Robertson
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
Timothy Thomas
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
Assessing the Potential of Detailed Weather Data for Improvement of
Econometric Models of Climate Change
Michael Roberts
(North Carolina State University)
Wolfram Schlenker
(Columbia University)
Towards a More Transparent Approach of Climate Change Impact Assessment
for Agriculture
Ariel Ortiz-Bobea
(University of Maryland)
Richard E. Just
(University of Maryland)
Discussants:
Cynthia Rosenzweig
(National Aeronautics and Space Administration & Columbia University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Acapulco
American Economic Association
Conduct, Regulation, and Investment in Restructured Electricity Markets
(L5)
Presiding:
John Kwoka
(Northeastern University)
Dynamic Response to Environmental Regulation in the Electricity Industry
Joseph Cullen
(Harvard University)
[Download Preview] Estimating Market Power in Homogenous Product Markets Using A Composed Error Model: Application to the California Electricity Market
Luis Orea
(Oviedo University)
Jevgenijs Steinbuks
(Purdue University)
[Download Preview] Efficiency of Auctions for Financial Transmission Rights
Paul V. Preckel
(Purdue University)
Devendra Canchi
(Monitoring Analytics)
Douglas J. Gotham
(Purdue University)
Frederick T. Sparrow
(Purdue University)
[Download Preview] The Price Effects of Independent Transmission System Operators in the U.S. Electricity Market
Theodore J. Kury
(University of Florida)
[Download Preview] Investment in Transmission for Solar Power Plant Interconnection
Unni Pillai
(University at Albany – SUNY)
Pradeep Haldar
(University at Albany – SUNY)
Evsen Turkay
(Vassar College)
Discussants:
Alan H. Sanstad
(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Mar Reguant
(Stanford University)
Seabron Adamson
(Tulane Energy Institute and CRAI)
Kemal Sarica
(Purdue University)
Chiara Lo Prete
(Johns Hopkins University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus EF
American Economic Association
Consumer Choice, Public Policy and Nutrition
(L2)
Presiding:
Aviv Nevo
(Northwestern Univeristy)
Prices, Local Purchasing Environments and Nutrition: Evidence from Consumer Scanner Data
Matthew Harding
(Stanford University)
Michael Lovenheim
(Cornell University)
The Impact of Government Advertising on the Market for Fruit and Vegetables
Rachel Griffith
(IFS and University of Manchester)
Lars Nesheim
(CeMMAP, IFS and University College London)
Demand for Nutrition: A Cross Country Comparison of US, UK and France
Pierre Dubois
(Toulouse School of Economics)
Rachel Griffith
(IFS and University of Manchester)
Aviv Nevo
(Northwestern University)
Discussants:
Timothy Richards
(Arizona State University)
Sofia B. Villas-Boas
(University of California-Berkeley)
Arthur Lewbel
(Boston College)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus KL
American Economic Association
Economic Circumstances and Child Health
(Y9)
Presiding:
Seema Jayachandran
(Northwestern University)
The Weight of the Crisis: Evidence from Newborns in Argentina
Climent Quintana-Domeque
(Universitat d'Alicante)
Carlos Bozzoli
(BIW)
[Download Preview] Seasonal Effects of Water Quality on Infant and Child Health in India
Nidhiya Menon
(Brandeis University)
Elizabeth Brainerd
(Brandeis University)
[Download Preview] Armed Conflict and Birth Weight: Evidence from the al-Aqsa Intifada
Hani Mansour
(University of Colorado-Denver)
Daniel Rees
(University of Colorado-Denver)
[Download Preview] Armed Conflict, Household Victimization, and Child Health in Cote d'Ivoire
Camelia Minoiu
(International Monetary Fund)
Olga Shemyakina
(Georgia Institute of Technology))
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Discussants:
Shingyi Wang
(New York University)
Rema Hanna
(Harvard University)
Anne Case
(Princeton University)
Richard Akresh
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Wrigley
American Economic Association
Economic Growth
(O4)
Presiding:
Jenny Minier
(University of Kentucky)
Fiscal Policy, Growth and Income Distribution in UK
Keshab Bhattarai
(University of Hull)
[Download Preview] Leadership Contestability, Monopolistic Rents and Growth
Roberto Piazza
(International Monetary Fund)
[Download Preview] Financial Development and the Sources of Growth and Convergence
Diego Romero-Ávila
(Pablo de Olavide University, Spain)
Oleg Badunenko
(University of Cologne, Germany)
[Download Preview] Dynamic Scoring in a Romer-Style Economy
Dean Scrimgeour
(Colgate University)
[Download Preview] Defense Strategy Transition and Economic Growth under External Predation
TaoXiong Liu
(Tsinghua University)
AngGang Hu
(Tsinghua University)
Bihua Zhou
(Tsinghua University)
[Download Preview]
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus IJ
American Economic Association
Empirical Labor Economics
(J)
Presiding:
Petra Todd
(University of Pennsylvania)
School Segregation and the Identification of Tipping Points
Gregorio Caetano
(University of Rochester)
Vikram Maheshri
(University of Rochester)
[Download Preview] Brain Drain: A Scale of Signaling Gaps? Lessons from US-Israel Case
Eizman Galit
(Harvard University)
Philippe Aghion
(Harvard University)
Solving the Two-Body Problem: An Evaluation of University Partner Accommodation Policies
Tori Byington
(Washington State University)
Benjamin Cowan
(Washington State University)
Jill McCluskey
(Washington State University)
Jared Woolstenhulme
(Washington State University)
[Download Preview] The value of remarriage: welfare effects of divorce legalization
Clement Joubert
(University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Se Kyu Choi
(Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)
[Download Preview] Determinants of College Major Choices: Identification using an Information Experiment
Matthew Wiswall
(New York University)
Basit Zafar
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
[Download Preview]
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Water Tower
American Economic Association
Field Experiments on Savings in Developing Countries
(O1)
Presiding:
Silvia Prina
(Case Western Reserve University)
Agricultural Loans, Savings and the Returns to Capital among Women in Mali
Lori Beaman
(Northwestern University)
Dean Karlan
(Yale University)
Bram Thuysbaert
(Yale University)
Christopher Udry
(Yale University)
Challenges in Banking the Rural Poor: Evidence from Kenya's Western Province
Pascaline Dupas
(Stanford University)
Anthony Keats
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Jonathan Robinson
(University of California-Santa Cruz)
[Download Preview] Do Basic Savings Accounts Help the Poor to Save? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Nepal
Silvia Prina
(Case Western Reserve University)
[Download Preview] Commitments to Save: A Field Experiment in Malawi
Lasse Brune
(University of Michigan)
Xavier Giné
(World Bank)
Jessica Goldberg
(University of Maryland)
Dean Yang
(University of Michigan)
Discussants:
Shawn Cole
(Harvard University)
Cynthia Kinnan
(Northwestern University)
Jessica Goldberg
(Harvard University)
Simone Schaner
(Dartmouth College)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Grand Suite 5
American Economic Association
Fiscal Policies and Outcomes
(H)
Presiding:
Gurupdesh Pandher
(University of British Columbia)
Broadband Access and Its Impact on State Sales Tax Collections
Semoon Chang
(University of South Alabama)
Mohan Menon
(University of South Alabama)
[Download Preview] Accounting for Cross-Country Differences in Intergenerational Earnings Persistence: The Impact of Taxation and Public Education Expenditure
Hans Aasnes Holter
(University of Pennsylvania)
[Download Preview] Taxation,Transfer Income and Stock Market Participation
Bjarne Astrup Jensen
(Copenhagen Business School)
Marcel Marekwica
(Copenhagen Business School)
[Download Preview] When will the Social Security Trust Fund Run Out?: Simulation by Linearization about the Current State
Richard W. Evans
(Brigham Young University)
Jeremy Perdue
(Brigham Young University)
Kerk L. Phillips
(Brigham Young University)
[Download Preview] Cost-Benefit Analysis for Transport Policy Considerations: A European Trade-Off between Consumer Benefits, Welfare Effects and Administrative Burden
Wolfgang H. Schulz
(University of Cologne and Fresenius-University)
[Download Preview]
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Dusable
American Economic Association
Government Policies and Private Reactions
(H)
Presiding:
Sam Allgood
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Framing of Social Dilemmas: Disentangling the Importance of Beliefs, Cooperation Preferences, and Game Form Misperceptions
Toke Fosgaard
(University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Lars Gårn Hansen
(University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Erik Wengström
(University of Lund, Sweden)
OIncidence of Environmental Taxes Under Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System
Firouz Gahvari
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Harry Tsang
(University of North Dakota)
[Download Preview] Health Cost Risk, Incomplete Markets, or Bequest Motives - Revisiting the Annuity Puzzle
Kim Peijnenburg
(Tilburg University)
Theo Nijman
(Tilburg University)
Bas JM Werker
(Tilburg University)
[Download Preview] The Adequacy of Household Saving in Canada
Huju Liu
(Statistics Canada)
Yuri Ostrovsky
(Statistics Canada)
Jie Zhou
(Nanyang Technological University)
[Download Preview] Do Taxes Distort Corporations' Investment Choices? Evidence from Industry-Level Data
Li Liu
(University of Oxford)
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Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Buckingham
American Economic Association
Government Policy and Household Behavior
(K3)
Presiding:
Tal Gross
(Columbia University)
Liquidity Constraints and Consumer Bankruptcy: Evidence from Tax Rebates
Tal Gross
(Columbia University)
Matthew Notowidigdo
(University of Chicago)
Jialan Wang
(Washington University in St. Louis)
[Download Preview] Personal Bankruptcy Law, Wealth, and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from the Introduction of a "Fresh Start" Policy
Frank M. Fossen
(DIW Berlin)
[Download Preview] Heterogeneous Responses and Aggregate Impact of the 2001 Income Tax Rebates
Paolo Surico
(London Business School)
Kanishka Misra
(London Business School)
[Download Preview] Personal Bankruptcy Decisions Before and After Bankruptcy Reform
Melissa B. Jacoby
(University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Mark R. Lindblad
(University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Roberto G. Quercia
(University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Sarah F. Riley
(University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
[Download Preview]
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbian
American Economic Association
Health Insurance
(I1)
Presiding:
Danny Hughes
(University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center)
Health Insurance and “Unemployment Lock”: Evidence from China
Gordon Liu
(Peking University and University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Jun Xia
(University of Michigan)
Ake Blomqvist
(Central University of Finance and Economics, China)
[Download Preview] Public Health Insurance Expansion and Hospital Technology Adoption
Seth Freedman
(University of Michigan and Indiana University)
Haizhen Lin
(Indiana University)
Kosali Simon
(Indiana University and NBER)
The Decomposition of Moral Hazard in Health Insurance
John A Nyman
(University of Minnesota)
High-Earner Lemons? Adverse Selection in the German Market for Private Health Insurance
Martin Karlsson
(TU Darmstadt)
Nicolas Ziebarth
(DIW Berlin and Cornell University)
[Download Preview] Quantitative Analysis of Health Insurance Reform: Separating Community Rating from Income Redistribution
Svetlana Pashchenko
(University of Virginia)
Ponpoje Porapakkarm
(University of Macau)
[Download Preview]
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Gold Coast
American Economic Association
Incomplete Information in Macroeconomics and Finance
(E3)
Presiding:
Todd Walker
(Indiana University)
Information Acquisition vs. Precision in Portfolio Choice
Tarek Hassan
(University of Chicago)
Thomas M Mertens
(New York University)
Information Equilibria in Dynamic Economies with Dispersed Information
Giacomo Rondina
(University of California-San Diego)
Todd B Walker
(Indiana University)
[Download Preview] Optimal Monetary Policy with Informational Frictions
Jennifer La'O
(University of Chicago)
George-Marios Angeletos
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
[Download Preview]
Discussants:
Venky Venkateswaran
(Pennsylvania State University)
Thomas Mertens
(New York University)
Mirko Wiederholt
(Northwestern University)
Eric Young
(University of Virginia)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Atlanta
American Economic Association
Issues in Trade, Growth, and Macroeconomics
(F4)
Presiding:
Jing Zhang
(University of Michigan)
China Trade Response to Exchange Rate
Chang Hong
(Clark University)
Shang-Jin Wei
(Columbia University)
Caroline Freund
(World Bank)
[Download Preview] Knowledge Input-Output Linkages, Innovations and Trade Composition
Nan Li
(Ohio State University)
Jie April Cai
(University of New South Wales)
Host Country Financial Development and MNC Activity
Kalina Manova
(Stanford University)
Davin Chor
(Singapore Management University)
Fritz Foley
(Harvard Business School)
[Download Preview] Industrial Dynamics, International Trade and Economic Growth
Yong Wang
(Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
[Download Preview] The Efficiency of the Global Markets for Final Goods and Productive Capabilities
Georg H. Strasser
(Boston College)
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Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Toronto
American Economic Association
K-12 Economic and Financial Literacy Education
(A2)
Presiding:
William Bosshardt
(Florida Atlantic University)
Evaluating the International Economic summit: A Research Design for Measuring Student Engagement
Jody Hoff
(Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
Jane Lopus
(California State University-East Bay)
[Download Preview] The Keys to Financial Success Curriculum: Impact on Personal Finance Behaviors
Andrew T. Hill
(Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Bonnie Meszaros
(University of Delaware)
Erin Yetter
(University of Delaware)
[Download Preview] Evaluation of Cumulative Impacts of the Student Enterprise Program on Academic Achievement
Jennifer Pitzer
(University of Cincinnati)
[Download Preview] Disparities in Advanced Course-Taking: The Case of AP Economics
John Swinton
(Georgia College & State University)
Christopher Clark
(Georgia College & State University)
Benjamin Scafidi
(Georgia College & State University)
[Download Preview]
Discussants:
William Bosshardt
(Florida Atlantic University)
George Vredeveld
(University of Cincinnati)
James O'Neill
(University of Delaware)
Paul Grimes
(Pittsburg State University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 260
American Economic Association
Macroeconomic Dynamics
(E3)
Presiding:
Roberto Pancrazi
(Toulouse School of Economics)
Does Uncertainty Cause Business Cycle? Panel Estimation from Fifty Countries
Nicholas Bloom
(Stanford University)
Scott R. Baker
(Stanford University)
[Download Preview] Why Are Target Interest Rate Changes So Persistent?
Yuriy Gorodnichenko
(University of California-Berkeley)
Olivier Coibion
(College of William and Mary)
[Download Preview] TFP Persistence and Monetary Policy
Marija Vukotic
(Banque de France)
Roberto Pancrazi
(Toulouse School of Economics)
[Download Preview] Macro-Prudential Policy and the Conduct of Monetary Policy
Benoit Mojon
(Bank of France)
Discussants:
Jonathan Goldberg
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Francesco Bianchi
(Duke University)
Kevin Moran
(Laval University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus G
American Economic Association
Monetary-Fiscal Games
(E6)
Presiding:
Nora Traum
(North Carolina State University)
Monetary and Fiscal Policy Interactions With Various Degrees of Commitment
Jan Libich
(La Trobe University)
Andrew Hughes Hallett
(George Mason University, USA and St Andrews University, Scotland)
Petr Stehlik
(University of West Bohemia)
[Download Preview] Monetary Exit Strategy and Fiscal Spillovers
Jan Libich
(La Trobe University)
Dat Thanh Nguyen
(La Trobe University)
Petr Stehlík
(University of West Bohemia)
[Download Preview] “Core” and “Periphery” in a Monetary Union: A Macroeconomic Policy Game
Dmitri Blueschke
(Klagenfurt University)
Reinhard Neck
(Klagenfurt University)
[Download Preview] Tracking Monetary-Fiscal Interactions Across Time and Space
Michal Franta
(Czech National Bank)
Jan Libich
(La Trobe University)
Petr Stehlik
(University of West Bohemia)
[Download Preview] Macroeconomic Regimes
Lieven Baele
(Tilburg University)
Geert Bekaert
(Columbia University)
Seonghoon Cho
(Yonsei University)
Koen Inghelbrecht
(Ghent University)
Antonio Moreno
(University of Navarra)
[Download Preview]
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Soldier Field
American Economic Association
Policy Dynamics and Legislative Institutions
(D7)
Presiding:
Hülya Eraslan
(Johns Hopkins University)
Dynamic Collective Choice with Endogenous Status Quo
Wiola Dziuda
(Northwestern University)
Antoine Loeper
(Carlos III (Madrid, Spain))
[Download Preview] Dynamic Legislative Bargaining with Endogenous Proposers
Pohan Fong
(City University of Hong Kong)
Jianpeng Deng
(City University of Hong Kong)
[Download Preview] Procedural Choice in Majoritarian Organizations
Daniel Diermeier
(Northwestern University)
Razvan Vlaicu
(University of Maryland)
Discretionary vs. Mandatory Spending: The Status Quo Effect
Renee Bowen
(Stanford University)
Hülya K. K. Eraslan
(Johns Hopkins University)
Bargaining over an Endogenous Agenda
Vincent Anesi
(University of Nottingham)
Daniel J. Seidmann
(University of Nottingham)
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Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Regency B
American Economic Association
The Foundations of Decision Making: Recent Developments
(D8)
Presiding:
Tatiana Kornienko
(University of Edinburgh)
Uncertainty Equivalents: Testing the Limits of the Independence Axiom
James Andreoni
(University of California-San Diego)
Charles Sprenger
(Stanford University)
[Download Preview] On the Origin of Utility, Weighting, and Discounting Functions: How They Get Their Shapes and How to Change Their Shapes
Neil Stewart
(University of Warwick)
Stian Reimers
(City University London)
Adam J. L. Harris
(University College London)
[Download Preview] Probability Weighting as Evolutionary Second-Best
Florian Herold
(Northwestern University)
Nick Netzer
(University of Zurich)
[Download Preview] The Decision Theory of OCEAN
Fabio Maccheroni
(Università Bocconi)
Massimo Marinacci
(Università Bocconi)
Aldo Rustichini
(University of Minnesota)
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Discussants:
Colin Camerer
(California Institute of Technology)
Emir Kamenica
(University of Chicago)
Luis Rayo
(University of Utah)
Marciano Siniscalchi
(Northwestern University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Hong Kong
American Economic Association
The Positive and Negative Effects of Information
(D8)
Presiding:
Kevin Mumford
(Purdue University)
Personal Income Tax Salience: The Effect of a Child Care Tax Subsidy on Child Care Expenditure
Benjamin M. Miller
(University of California-San Diego)
Kevin J. Mumford
(Purdue University)
[Download Preview] The Digital Scarlet Letter: The Effect of Online Criminal Records on Crime
Dara Lee
(University of Missouri-Columbia)
[Download Preview] Are Two Report Cards Better than One? The Case of CABG Surgery and Patient Sorting
Yang Zhang
(University of California-Irvine)
[Download Preview] The Impact of Health Information Technology on Demand for Hospital Inpatient Services
Eric Barrette
(University of Minnesota)
Jeffrey McCullough
(University of Minnesota)
Robert Town
(University of Minnesota)
[Download Preview] Educational Streaming: Too Early to Disclose Information?
Yi Zhang
(Singapore Management University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus CD
American Economic Association
Understanding Business Cycles
(E3)
Presiding:
Stephanie Schmitt-Grohe
(Columbia University)
Debt Overhang in a Business Cycle Model
Filippo Occhino
(Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland)
Andrea Pescatori
(International Monetary Fund)
[Download Preview] Credit Default Swaps and Sovereign Debt with Moral Hazard and Debt Renegotiation
Laurence Ales
(Carnegie Mellon University)
Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau
(Carnegie Mellon University)
Batchimeg Sambalaibat
(Carnegie Mellon University)
[Download Preview] Precautionary Saving over the Business Cycle
Edouard Challe
(Ecole Polytechnique)
Xavier Ragot
(Banque de France and PSE)
[Download Preview] Wealth and Volatility
Jonathan Heathcote
(Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
Fabrizio Perri
(University of Minnesota)
[Download Preview] The Cyclicality of Productivity Dispersion
Matthias Kehrig
(Northwestern University)
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Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Zurich A
American Finance Association
Anomalies - Behavioral
(G1)
Presiding:
Kuo-Chiang Wei
(Hong Kong University)
The Short of It: Investor Sentiment and Anomalies
Robert F. Stambaugh
(University of Pennsylvania)
Jianfeng Yu
(University of Minnesota-Twin Cities)
Yu Yuan
(University of Pennsylvania)
Misvaluing Innovation
Lauren Cohen
(Harvard Business School)
Karl B. Diether
(Dartmouth College)
Christopher J. Malloy
(Harvard Business School)
Why Do Firms with High Idiosyncratic Volatility and High Trading Volume Volatility Have Low Returns?
Thomas J. George
(University of Houston)
Chuan-Yang Hwang
(Hong Kong University)
Discussants:
Michael Cooper
(University of Utah)
Michael Lemmon
(University of Utah)
Darwin Choi
(Hong Kong University of Science & Technology)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Zurich G
American Finance Association
Bankruptcy and Distress
(G3)
Presiding:
Edith Hotchkiss
(Boston College)
A Market-Based Study of the Costs of Default
Sergei A. Davydenko
(University of Toronto)
Ilya A. Strebulaev
(Stanford University)
Xiaofei Zhao
(University of Toronto)
Financial Distress in the Great Depression
John R. Graham
(Duke University)
Sonali Hazarika
(Baruch College, City University of New York)
Krishnamoorthy Narasimhan
(Pacific Investment Management Company)
Asset Specificity, Industry Driven Recovery Risk and Loan Pricing
Christopher M. James
(University of Florida)
Atay Kizilaslan
(University of Florida)
Business Cycles and the Bankruptcy Code: A Structural Approach
Redouane Elkamhi
(University of Iowa)
Min Jiang
(University of Iowa)
Discussants:
Brent Glover
(University of Pennsylvania)
Jonathan Cohn
(University of Texas-Austin)
Micah Officer
(Loyola Marymount University)
Arthur Korteweg
(Stanford University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Zurich C
American Finance Association
Corporate Finance Theory
(G3)
Presiding:
Andres Almazan
(University of Texas at Austin)
Seeking Alpha: Excess Risk Taking and Competition for Managerial Talent
Viral V. Acharya
(New York University)
Marco Pagano
(University of Naples Federico II)
Paolo F. Volpin
(London Business School)
Market Timing, Investment, and Risk Management
Patrick Bolton
(Columbia University)
Hui Chen
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Neng Wang
(Columbia University)
Are There Too Many Safe Securities? Securitization and the Incentives for Information Production
Samuel Gregory Hanson
(Harvard Business School)
Adi Sunderam
(Harvard Business School)
Discussants:
Adolfo De Motta
(McGill University)
Aydogan Alti
(University of Texas-Austin)
Denis Gromb
(INSEAD)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Zurich B
American Finance Association
Financial Crisis
(G1)
Presiding:
Markus Brunnermeier
(Princeton University)
Financial Intermediaries and the Cross-Section of Asset Returns
Tyler Muir
(Northwestern University)
Tobias Adrian
(Federal Reserve Banks)
Erkko Etula
(Harvard University)
Leverage Dynamics Over the Business Cycle
Michael Halling
(University of Utah)
Jin Yu
(University of New South Wales)
Josef Zechner
(Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration)
The Impact of Government Interventions on CDS and Equity Markets
Zoe Tsesmelidakis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Frederic Schweikhard
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Cross-Market and Cross-Firm Effects in Implied Default Probabilities and Recovery Values
Jennifer S. Conrad
(University of North Carolina)
Robert F. Dittmar
(University of Michigan)
Allaudeen Hameed
(National University of Singapore)
Discussants:
Kent Daniel
(Columbia University)
David Sraer
(Princeton University)
Jakub Jurek
(Princeton University)
Adam Zawadowski
(Boston University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Zurich E
American Finance Association
Fixed Income - Term Structure
(G1)
Presiding:
Kenneth Singleton
(Stanford University)
Discount Factors, Disagreement, and Bond Risk Premia
Andrea Buraschi
(Imperial College Business School)
Paul Whelan
(Imperial College Business School)
Unbiased Estimation of Dynamic Term Structure Models
Michael D. Bauer
(Federal Reserve Banks)
Glenn D. Rudebusch
(Federal Reserve Banks)
Jing Cynthia Wu
(University of Chicago)
Economic Risk Premia in the Fixed Income Markets: The Intra-Day Evidence
Pierluigi Balduzzi
(Boston College)
Fabio Moneta
(Queen's School of Business)
Term Structure of Credit Default Swap Spreads and Cross-Section of Stock Returns
Bing Han
(University of Texas-Austin)
Yi Zhou
(University of Oklahoma)
Discussants:
Maxim Ulrich
(Columbia University)
Scott Joslin
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Marcel Priebsch
(Stanford University)
Stefano Giglio
(University of Chicago)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Zurich F
American Finance Association
Hedge Funds
(G2)
Presiding:
Bing Liang
(University of Massachusetts)
Trust and Investment Management: The Effects of Manager Trustworthiness on Hedge Fund Investments
Ankur Pareek
(Rutgers University-Newark)
Roy Zuckerman
(Rutgers University)
Systematic Risk and the Cross-Section of Hedge Fund Returns
Turan G. Bali
(Georgetown University)
Stephen J. Brown
(New York University)
Mustafa O. Caglayan
(Ozyegin University)
Incentives and Endogenous Risk Taking: Implications for Reduced-Form Estimates of Risk-Adjusted Performance in Hedge Funds
Andrea Buraschi
(Imperial College Business School)
Robert Kosowski
(Imperial College Business School)
Worrawat Sritrakul
(Imperial College Business School)
Discussants:
Philippe Jorion
(University of California-Irvine)
Mila Germansky
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Ralph S. Koijen
(University of Chicago)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, St. Gallen 1
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
Agglomeration and Herding
(R1)
Presiding:
Alex Anas
(State University of New York-Buffalo)
Agglomeration of R&D Labs
Gerald A. Carlino
(Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Jake Carr
(Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Robert Hunt
(Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Tony Smith
(University of Pennsylvania)
Coagglomeration
Robert Helsley
(University of California-Berkeley)
William C. Strange
(University of Toronto)
Memetic Herding Behavior and the Decision to Strategically Default
Michael J. Seiler
(Old Dominion University)
Mark A. Lane
(Hawaii Pacific University)
David M. Harrison
(Texas Tech University)
The Effect of Neighborhood Agglomeration on Mortgage Selection
Ruben Hernandez-Murillo
(Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
Rajdeep Sengupta
(Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
Discussants:
Amdrew Haughwout
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Alex Anas
(State University of New York-Buffalo)
Jan Brueckner
(University of California-Irvine)
Donald Haurin
(Ohio State University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, St. Gallen 2
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
Housing Price Bubbles and Alternative Mortgage Credit
(G2)
Presiding:
Christopher Cunningham
(Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta)
A Look at US House Price Bubbles from 1980 -2010 and the Role of Local Market Conditions
James R. Follain
(Rockefeller Institute of Government)
Seth H. Giertz
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Subprime Mortgages, Mortgage Choice, and Hyperbolic Discounting
Andra C. Ghent
(Baruch College)
The Influence of Exotic Mortgages in the Housing Price Bubble
Brent C Smith
(Virgnia Commonwealth University)
Wayne R. Archer
(University of Florida)
The Role of Home Equity Lending in the Recent Mortgage Crisis
Wei Yu
(California State Polytechnic University)
Michael LaCour-Little
(California State University-Fullerton)
Libo Sun
(California Sate Polytechinic University-Pomona)
Discussants:
Brent Ambrose
(Pennsylvania State University)
John Cotter
(University College Dublin)
Tracy Turner
(Kansas State University)
Andrea Heuson
(University of Miami)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Grand Ballroom Salon III
Association for Comparative Economic Studies
Regional and Institutional Development in a Very Large Country - Case of Russia
(P5)
Presiding:
Zuzana Fungáčová
(Bank of Finland)
Sberbank as Depositary of Trust
Maria Semenova
(Higher School of Economics)
Koen Schoors
(Gent University)
Ksenia Yudaeva
(Sberbank)
Determinants of Output Volatility in Russian Regions
Markus Eller
(Oesterreichische National Bank)
Jarko Fidrmuc
(Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, CESifo Munich, and Comenius University Bratislava)
Zuzana Fungáčová
(BOFIT, Bank of Finland)
Does Nationalization Work? Evidence from Russian State Takeovers
Carsten Sprenger
(International College of Economics and Finance, Higher School of Economics)
Corruption in Russian Regions
Veronika Belousova
(Higher School of Economics)
Rajeev K. Goel
(Illinois State University)
Iikka Korhonen
(BOFIT, Bank of Finland)
Discussants:
Vladimir Sokolov
(Higher School of Economics, Moscow)
Koen Schoors
(Ghent University)
Rajeev K. Goel
(Illinois State University)
Paul Wachtel
(New York University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Montreux 1
Association for Evolutionary Economics
Financial Facets of the Great Recession
(G2)
Presiding:
Stephanie Kelton
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Treating Uncertainty as Risk: The Case of the Credit Default Swap
Christopher Brown
(Arkansas State University)
Cheng Hao
(Zhongnan University of Economics and Law)
Before the Fall: Mergers and Acquisitions at Washington Mutual
Eric Hake
(Catawba College)
Exchange Rate Behavior During the Great Recession
John T. Harvey
(Texas Christian University)
Mortgage Lending and Foreclosures in the Pettigrew Heights Neighborhood of Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Reynold F. Nesiba
(Augustana College)
Do We Want to Subsidize the Losers’ Mortgages? Stabilization Policy in an Age of Righteous Outrage
David A. Zalewski
(Providence College)
Discussants:
William K. Black
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, St. Gallen 3
Association for Social Economics
The Social Responsibility of Business: Only Profits, or Also Other Things?
(L1)
Presiding:
Jane Clary
(College of Charleston)
Social Responsibility and Kantian Ethics-and-Economics
Mark D. White
(College of Staten Island, CUNY)
Social Responsibility and Economic Complicity: Who is Culpable for Harmful Market Outcomes?
Albino Barrera
(Providence College)
Utilizing Rawls' Theory of Justice and Law of the Peoples to Oppose Friedman's Doctrine of the Social Responsibility of the Firm
Hamid Hosseini
(King's College)
Planning Horizons, Conscience and the Ethics of Externalities: Organizational Theory and the Emergence of Social Responsibility
Frederic B. Jennings, Jr.
(Center for Ecological Economic and Ethical Education)
How People Work Together: Precis of a New Introduction to Economics, with Implications for the Social Responsibility of Business
Roger A. McCain
(Drexel University)
Discussants:
John Davis
(Marquette University and University of Amsterdam)
Andrew Yuengert
(Pepperdine University)
Jonathan Wight
(University of Richmond)
Jack Reardon
(Hamline University)
Wolfram Elsner
(University of Bremen)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Vevey 1
Association of Environmental & Resource Economists
Fossil Fuel and Transportation
(Q4)
Presiding:
Stephen Holland
(University of North Carolina-Greensboro)
A National Low Carbon Fuel Standard: Tradable Credits System Design and Cost Savings
Jonathan Rubin
(University of Maine)
Paul Leiby
(Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Does the Quality of Public Transit Affect Commuters' Response to Gasoline Price Changes?
Christopher Timmins
(Duke University)
Allison Smith
(Duke University)
Elisheba Spiller
(Duke University)
Heather Stephens
(Ohio State University)
Rural Communities and Gasoline Prices: The Welfare Impacts of Location
Elisheba Spiller
(Duke University)
Heather Stephens
(Ohio State University)
Why Do Firms Hold Oil Stockpiles?
Charles Mason
(University of Wyoming)
Discussants:
Jonathan Hughes
(University of Colorado)
James Sallee
(University of Chicago)
Shanjun Lee
(Cornell University)
Stephen Holland
(University of North Carolina-Greensboro)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Addams
Econometric Society
Allocation Decisons in Uncertain Dynamic Environments
(C8)
Presiding:
Alessandro Bonatti
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Demand Uncertainty and Dynamic Allocation with Strategic Agents
Alex Gershkov
(Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Benny Moldovanu
(University of Bonn)
The Dynamics of Innovation
Umberto Garfagnini
(Northwestern University)
Bruno Strulovici
(Northwestern University)
Dynamic Pricing in the Presence of Social Learning
Xi Weng
(University of Pennsylvania)
Career Patterns and Career Concerns
Alessandro Bonatti
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Johannes Horner
(Yale University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Field
Econometric Society
Credit Supply During the Financial Crisis
(G0)
Presiding:
Amir Sufi
(University of Chicago)
Dissecting the Effect of Credit Supply on Trade: Evidence from Matched Credit-Export Data
Daniel Paravisini
(Columbia University)
Veronica Rappoport
(Columbia University)
Philipp Schnabl
(New York University)
Daniel Wolfenzon
(Columbia University)
Resource Allocation within Firms and Finanical Market Distortion: Evidence from Diversified Conglomerates
Gregor Matvos
(University of Chicago)
Amit Seru
(University of Chicago)
Lending Relationships and the Effect of Bank Distress: Evidence from the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis
Daniel Carvalho
(University of Southern California)
Miguel Almeida Ferreira
(NOVA School of Business and Economics)
Pedro Matos
(University of Southern California)
Discussants:
Manju Puri
(Duke University)
Toni Whited
(University of Rochester)
Philip Strahan
(Boston College)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Wright
Econometric Society
Macroeconomics of Labor Markets
(J6)
Presiding:
-- TBD
()
Selective Hiring and Optimal Labor Market Policy
Christian Merkl
(University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and Kiel Institute)
Thijs van Rens
(CREI and DEE
CREI and Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
The Union Threat
Mathieu Taschereau-Dumouchel
(Princeton University)
Employment Protection and Business Cycles in Emerging Economies
Ruy Lama
(International Monetary Fund)
Carlos Urrutia
(ITAM)
Unemployment Insurance and Home Production
Temel Taskin
(European University Institute)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Grand Suite 3
Econometric Society
Private Equity and Asset Management
(G1)
Presiding:
Steven Kaplan
(University of Chicago)
Valuing Private Equity
Morten Sorensen
(Columbia University)
Neng Wang
(Columbia Business School)
Jinqiang Yang
(Columbia University)
Is Bigger Better? Size and Performance in Pension Plan Management
I. J. Alexander Dyck
(University of Toronto)
Lukasz Pomorski
(University of Toronto)
Local Overweighting and Underperformance: Evidence from Limited Partner Private Equity Investments
Yael V Hochberg
(Northwestern University)
Joshua Rauh
(Northwestern University)
Large Investors' Influence in Private Equity Funds
Adair Morse
(University of Chicago)
Discussants:
Wayne Ferson
(University of Southern California)
Andrew Metrick
(Yale University)
Per Stromberg
(Stockholm School of Economics)
Alexander Ljungqvist
(New York University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Burnham
Econometric Society
Recent Developments in Belief Elicitation Experiments
(C9)
Presiding:
Daniel Houser
(George Mason University)
Subjective Beliefs Formation and Elicitation Rules : Experimental Evidence
Sebastien Massoni
(Universite Paris 1)
Giullaume Hollard
(Universite Paris 1)
Jean-Christophe Vergnaud
(Universite Paris 1)
Belief Elicitation in the Present of Naive Respondents: An Experimental Study
Li Hao
(George Mason University)
Daniel Edward Houser
(George Mason University)
The Binarized Scoring Rule of Belief Elicitation
Tanjim Hossain
(University of Toronto)
Ryo Okui
(Kyoto University)
Estimating Subjective Probabilities
Steffen Andersen
(Copenhagen Business School)
John Fountain
(University of Canterbury)
Glenn Harrison
(Georgia State University)
Elisabet Rutstrom
(Georgia State University)
Discussants:
Li Hao
(George Mason University)
Steffen Andersen
(Copenhagen Business School)
Daniel Edward Houser
(George Mason University)
Nicolas Lambert
(Stanford University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Ogden
Econometric Society
Reference Dependent Preferences
(D0)
Presiding:
-- TBD
()
Explaining Nonconvex Preferences with Aspirational and Status Quo Reference Dependence
Russell Golman
(Carnegie Mellon University)
George F. Loewenstein
(Carnegie Mellon University)
Desert and Inequity Aversion in Teams
David Gill
(University of Oxford)
Rebecca Stone
(New York University)
Revealed (P)Reference
Efe A. Ok
(New York University)
Pietro Ortoleva
(California Institute of Technology)
Gil Riella
(Universidade de Brasilia)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Vevey 2
Industrial Organization Society
New Developments in the Organization of Firms
(L2)
Presiding:
Michael Waldman
(Cornell University)
Scale, Scope, and Performance
Renata Kosova
(Cornell University)
Francine Lafontaine
(University of Michigan)
Bo Zhao
(University of Michigan)
Organization and Information: Firms' Governance Choices in Rational-Expectations
Equilibrium
Robert Gibbons
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Richard Holden
(University of Chicago)
Michael Powell
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Organize to Compete
Ricardo Alonso
(University of Southern California)
Wouter Dessein
(Columbia University)
Niko Matouschek
(Northwestern University)
A Dynamic Approach to Span of Control: Theory and Evidence
Valerie Smeets
(Aarhus University)
Frederic Warzynski
(Aarhus University)
Michael Waldman
(Cornell University)
Discussants:
Henry Schneider
(Cornell University)
Michael Waldman
(Cornell University)
Michael Raith
(University of Rochester)
Maria Guadalupe
(Columbia University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Stetson Suite FG
Korea-America Economic Association/American Economic Association
The Early Origin of Inequality
(I3)
Presiding:
James Heckman
(University of Chicago)
The Early Origins of Inequality: An Overview
James Heckman
(University of Chicago)
The Effects of Early Intervention on Human Development and Social Outcomes
Seong Moon
(University of Chicago)
The Developmental Origins of Health Inequality
Gabriella Conti
(University of Chicago)
A Virtues Theory of Poverty and Inequality
Steven Durlauf
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Palmer House Hilton, Salons 7-9
Labor & Employment Relations Association
New and Strategic Approaches to Worker Representation: Innovative Union Practices and Other Worker Organizations
(J1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Susan Schurman
(Rutgers University, School of Management & Labor Relations)
Thomas Balanoff
(SEIU Local 1)
Monica Bielski Boris
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Jose Oliva
(Restaurant Opportunities Centers United - Chicago)
Lisa Jordan
(United Steelworkers)
Paul F. Clark
(Pennsylvania State University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Palmer House Hilton, Salon 2
Labor & Employment Relations Association/International Association for Feminist Economics
Still Between Work and Home: Women in Today’s Labor Market
(J4)
Presiding:
M. V. Lee Badgett
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Thinking Past Disutility: Feminist Economics of Work and Labor
Deborah M. Figart
(Richard Stockton College of New Jersey)
Ellen Mutari
(Richard Stockton College of New Jersey)
Marilyn Power
(Sarah Lawrence College)
Stuck in Neutral: Occupational Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap in the US
Ariane Hegewisch
(Institute for Women's Policy Research)
Hannah Liepmann
(Humboldt University)
Gender, Work Schedule Flexibility, and Family Care
Elaine McCrate
(University of Vermont)
The New Working Poor? A look at low-wage and low-income men and women workers, 1979-2009
Randy Albelda
(University of Massachusetts-Boston)
Michael Carr
(University of Massachusetts-Boston)
Discussants:
Marianne Ferber
(University of Illinios)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Palmer House Hilton, Salon 12
Labor & Employment Relations Association
The Enforcement of Labor Rights in Developing Countries
(J1)
Presiding:
James Scoville
(University of Minnesota)
A Framework for the Role of Labor Rights in International Development and Foreign Policy
Jeff Wheeler
(U.S. Department of Labor)
Auditing Labor Rights in the Global Apparel Industry: A Comparative Case Study of Honduras and Vietnam
Mark Anner
(Pennsylvania State University)
The Role of Worker Organizations in Protecting and Enforcing Labor Rights in Developing Countries
Mohammad A. Ali
(Rutgers University)
Discussants:
Scott Nova
(Worker Rights Consortium)
Greg J. Bamber
(Monash University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Palmer House Hilton, Grand Park Parlor
National Economic Association
African Economic Growth and Development
(O3)
Presiding:
Andrew Muhammad
(Economic Research Service/U.S. Department Agriculture)
Accounting for Poverty in Africa: Illustration with Recent Survey Data in Nigeria
John Anyanwu
(African Development Bank, Tunisia)
Empirical Analysis of Agricultural Productivity Growth, Innovation And Technological Progress In Africa
Adeleke Salami
(African Development Bank, Tunisia)
Public Credit Registries Design and Financing Obstacles: Evidence from Africa
Thouraya Triki
(African Development Bank, Tunisia)
Elvis Adjei
(African Development Bank, Tunisia)
Public Credit Registries Design and Financing Obstacles: Evidence from Africa
Abebe Shimeles
(African Development Bank, Tunisia)
The Nigerian Economy And Monetary Policy: Some Simple Empirics
Douglason Godwin Omotor
(Delta State University, Nigeria)
Fiscal Policy Coordination in Selected West African Countries
Akpan H. Ekpo
(West Africa Institute for Financial and Econ. Mgt.)
Discussants:
Leonce Ndikumana
(University of Massachusetts)
Greg Price
(Morehouse College)
Romie Tribble
(Spelman College)
Umoh Umoh
(Benedict College)
Abera Gelan
(University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Juliet Elu
(Morehouse College, Atlanta)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 272
Society of Government Economists
Behavioral Responses to Government Programs
(H8)
Presiding:
Nicholas Turner
(U.S. Department of the Treasury)
Do Students Profit from For-Profit Education? Estimating the Returns to Postsecondary Education using Tax Data
Nicholas Turner
(U.S. Treasury, Office of Tax Analysis)
Did State Level Reform of the Non-Group Health Insurance Market Affect the Decision to be Self-Employed?
Bradley T. Heim
(Indiana University)
Ithai Z. Lurie
(U.S. Department of the Treasury)
A Re-balancing Act? Understanding Patterns in Refunds and Balances Due
Laura M. Kawano
(U.S. Department of the Treasury)
Shanthi P. Ramnath
(U.S. Department of the Treasury)
Patricia K. Tong
(U.S. Department of the Treasury)
The Impact of Smoking Bans on the Earnings of Bar and Restaurant Employees: Evidence from Tax Data
Adam J. Cole
(U.S. Department of the Treasury)
Bradley T. Heim
(Indiana University)
Discussants:
Stephanie Cellini
(George Washington University)
Tracy L. Regan
(University of Arizona)
Sara LaLumia
(Williams College)
Scott J. Adams
(University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, New Orleans
Transportation & Public Utilities Group
Transportation Economics: Planes, Trains, Railroads and Trucks
(L9)
Presiding:
Peter Loeb
(Rutgers University-Newark)
The Network Diffusion Pattern of Southwest Airlines
Jia Yan
(Washington State University)
Xiaowen Fu
(Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Tae Oum
(University of British Columbia)
The Size and Growth of Airports
Dan Mahoney
(University of Oregon)
Wesley W. Wilson
(University of Oregon)
Airport Costs and Production Characteristics: A Panel Data Analysis
Pat McCarthy
(Georgia Institute of Technology)
Transportation Industry Performance Following Regulatory Reform in Trucking, Rail and Airlines
John Bitzan
(North Dakota State University)
James Peoples
(University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Discussants:
John Howard Brown
(Georgia Southern University)
Kenneth Button
(George Mason University)
Jeffrey Cohen
(University of Hartford)
Jason Barr
(Rutgers University-Newark)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Palmer House Hilton, Indiana Room
Union for Radical Political Economists
Aspects of Inequality in Economic Relationships
(D3)
Presiding:
Jeannette Wicks-Lim
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Reconsidering Clientelism
Peter Dorman
(Evergreen State University)
Reconstructing Marx's Theory of Labor Subsumption Part II: Formal Subsumption and Commodification of Labor Power
Gilbert Skillman
(Wesleyan University)
Morally Arbitrary Economic Advantage
Frank Thompson
(University of Michigan)
Globalisation and Inequality: A Dynamic General Equilibrium Model of Unequal Exchange
Roberto Veneziani
(Queen Mary University)
Naoki Yoshihara
(Hitotsubashi University)
Discussants:
Arjun Jayadev
(University of Massachusetts-Boston)
Naoki Yoshihara
(Hitotsubashi University)
Peter Skott
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Amitava Dutt
(Notre Dame University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Palmer House Hilton, Kimball Room
Union for Radical Political Economists
What Does Fieldwork Bring to Economics? Challenges and Insights of Fieldwork
(B4)
Presiding:
Jennifer Cohen
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
The Crucial Contribution of Fieldwork to Economics: Evidence from Research in Nepal, India and South Africa
Smita Ramnarain
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Amit Basole
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Jennifer Cohen
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Across the Divide: Can Feminist Methodologies be Taken Seriously by Economists?
Jacqueline Morse
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Smita Ramnarain
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
The Role of Qualitative Fieldwork Methodologies in Economics: An Application to Research on Migration and Remittances in Ghana
Lynda Pickbourn
(Keene State College)
Building an Investment Model from Field Work: Implications for Post-Keynesian Theory
Armagan Gezici
(Keene State College)
Discussants:
Özgür Orhangazi
(Roosevelt University)
Martha Starr
(American University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Montreux 3
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
Revisiting the Relationship between Biofuels Production and Food Prices
(Q4)
Presiding:
Madhu Khanna
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Biofuel Inventories, Technologies, and Food Prices
Gal Hochman
(University of California-Berkeley)
Deepak Rajagopal
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Steve Sexton
(University of California-Berkeley)
David Zilberman
(University of California-Berkeley)
Will Biofuel Mandates Raise Food Prices?
Ujjayant Chakravorty
(University of Alberta)
Marie-Helene Hubert
(University of Rennes, France)
Michel Moreaux
(Toulouse School of Economics, France)
Linda Nostbakken
(University of Alberta)
Food vs. Fuel: The Effect of Biofuel Policies in the US
Xiaoguang Chen
(University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Madhu Khanna
(University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Can India Meet Biofuel Policy Targets? Implications for Food and Fuel Prices
Madhu Khanna
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Hayri Onal
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Christine Crago
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Ashok Gulati
(International Food Policy Research Institute, India)
Kiyoshi Mino
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus CD
American Economic Association
Asset Prices and Wealth Dynamics with Heterogeneous Beliefs
(D8)
Presiding:
Thomas Sargent
(New York University)
Market Prices of Risk with Diverse Beliefs, Learning, and Catastrophes
Thomas Sargent
(New York University)
Tim Cogley
(New York University)
[Download Preview] Life-Cycle Portfolio Choice, the Wealth Distribution and Asset Prices
Felix Kubler
(ISB, University of Zurich)
Karl Schmedders
(University of Zurich)
[Download Preview] International Robust Disagreement
Ricardo Colacito
(University of North Carolina)
Massimiliano Croce
(University of North Carolina)
[Download Preview] Heterogeneous Beliefs, Wealth Distribution and Asset Markets with Risk of Default
Viktor Tsyrennikov
(Cornell University)
[Download Preview]
Discussants:
Ricardo Colacito
(University of North Carolina)
Viktor Tsyrennikov
(Cornell University)
Sergiy Stepanchuk
(University of Pennsylvania)
Adam Slawski
(Pennsylvania State University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus IJ
American Economic Association
Carbon Leakage
(Q5)
Presiding:
Lawrence Goulder
(Stanford University)
Leakage from Sub-national Climate Initiatives
Sebastian Rausch
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Niven Winchester
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
John Reilly
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
[Download Preview] Alternative Climate Policies and Intertemporal Emissions Leakage
Carolyn Fischer
(Resources for the Future)
Stephen W. Salant
(University of Michigan)
[Download Preview] The Strategic Value of Embodied Carbon Tariffs
Christoph Böhringer
(Oldenburg University)
Jared C. Carbone
(University of Calgary)
Thomas F. Rutherford
(Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
[Download Preview] Can a Unilateral Carbon Tax Reduce Emissions Elsewhere?
Joshua Elliott
(University of Chicago)
Don Fullerton
(University of Illinois)
Todd Munson
(University of Chicago)
Discussants:
Roberton Williams, III
(University of Maryland)
Ujjayant Chakravorty
(University of Alberta)
Brian Copeland
(University of British Columbia)
Mark Jacobsen
(University of California-San Diego)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Grand Ballroom A
American Economic Association
Credit Bubbles
(G1)
Presiding:
Robin Greenwood
(Harvard University)
Quiet Bubbles
Harrison Hong
(Princeton University)
David Sraer
(Princeton University)
[Download Preview] A Model of Shadow Banking
Nicola Gennaioli
(Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Andrei Shleifer
(Harvard University)
Robert W Vishny
(University of Chicago)
[Download Preview] Issuer Quality and the Credit Cycle
Robin Greenwood
(Harvard University)
Samuel G. Hanson
(Harvard University)
[Download Preview]
Discussants:
Jeffrey Wurgler
(New York University)
Augustin Landier
(Toulouse School of Economics)
Andrew Metrick
(Yale University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Toronto
American Economic Association
Crime and Terrorism
(K4)
Presiding:
Cecilia Rouse
(Princeton University)
The Nonlinear Relationship between Terrorism and Poverty
Walter Enders
(University of Alabama)
Gary A. Hoover
(University of Alabama)
[Download Preview] Terrorism and Patriotism: On the Earnings of U.S. Veterans after September 11, 2001
Alberto Davila
(University of Texas-Pan American)
Marie T. Mora
(University of Texas-Pan American)
[Download Preview] Race and Gender Differences under Federal Sentencing Guidelines
Supriya Sarnikar
(Westfield State College)
Todd Sorensen
(University of California-Riverside and IZA)
Ronald L. Oaxaca
(University of Arizona and IZA)
[Download Preview]
Discussants:
Francisco Rivera-Batiz
(Columbia University)
Marlene Kim
(University of Massachusetts-Boston)
Patrick L. Mason
(Florida State University)
Steven Raphael
(University of California-Berkeley)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus G
American Economic Association
Exchange Rates
(F3)
Presiding:
Mario Crucini
(Vanderbilt University)
Does Foreign Exchange Reserve Decumulation Lead to Currency Appreciation?
Kathryn Dominguez
(University of Michigan)
Rasmus Fatum
(University of Alberta)
Pavel Vacek
(University of Alberta)
The Forward Premium Puzzle: Beyond Negative Beta
Liang Ding
(Macalester College)
Jun Ma
(University of Alabama)
[Download Preview] Third-Market Effects of Exchange Rates: A Study of the Renminbi
Aaditya Mattoo
(World Bank)
Prachi Mishra
(International Monetary Fund)
Arvind Subramanian
(Peterson Institute for International Economics)
[Download Preview] Exchange Rate Pass-Through, Markups, and Inventories
Adam Copeland
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
James A Kahn
(Yeshiva University)
[Download Preview] The RMB Debate: Empirical Analysis on the Effects of Exchange Rate Shocks in China and Japan
Soyoung Kim
(Seoul National University)
Yoonbai Kim
(University of Kentucky)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Crystal A
American Economic Association
Experiments in Firms
(M5)
Presiding:
Antoinette Schoar
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Once and Done: Leveraging Behavioral Economics to Increase the Bottom Line of Non-Profits
Amee Kamdar
(University of Chicago)
Steven Levitt
(University of Chicago)
John List
(University of Chicago)
Chad Syverson
(University of Chicago)
Working from Home or Shirking from Home? Evidence from a Chinese Field Experiment
Nick Bloom
(Stanford University)
James Liang
(CTrip)
John Roberts
(Stanford University)
Jenny Ying
(Stanford University)
[Download Preview] Hoping to Win, Expected to Lose: Theory and Lessons on Micro Enterprise Development
Dean Karlan
(Yale University)
Chris Udry
(Yale University)
[Download Preview] Ex Post (in)efficient Negotiation and Breakdown of Trade
Antoinette Schoar
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Rajkamal Iyer
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus EF
American Economic Association
Field Experiments in Health Economics
(I1)
Presiding:
Jim Rebitzer
(Boston University)
Using Implementation Intentions Prompts to Enhance Influenza Vaccination Rates
Katherine Milkman
(University of Pennsylvania)
John Beshears
(Stanford University)
James Choi
(Yale University)
David Laibson
(Harvard University)
Brigitte Madrian
(Harvard University)
[Download Preview] Field Experiments in Global Health: Motivating Voluntary Blood Donations in Argentina
Victor Iajya
(Universidad Nacional de Tucuman)
Nicola Lacetera
(University of Toronto)
Mario Macis
(Johns Hopkins University)
Robert Slonim
(University of Sydney)
Financial Incentives for Weight Loss
John Cawley
(Cornell University)
Joshua Price
(University of Texas-Arlington)
Pricing of Socially Desirable Goods: On the Joint Effects of Demand and Supply Interventions
Jessica Cohen
(Harvard University)
William Dickens
(Harvard University)
Gunther Fink
(Harvard University)
[Download Preview]
Discussants:
Joseph Price
(Brigham Young University)
Margaret McConnell
(Harvard University)
Jessica Goldberg
(University of Maryland)
Iwan Barankay
(University of Pennsylvania)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Regency B
American Economic Association
Fiscal Policy during and after the Financial Crisis
(E6)
Presiding:
Todd Walker
(Indiana University)
The Fiscal Multiplier Morass: A Bayesian Perspective
Eric Leeper
(Indiana University, Monash University and NBER)
Todd Walker
(Indiana University)
Nora Traum
(North Carolina State University)
[Download Preview] Fiscal Policy and the Great Recession in the Euro Area
Gunter Coenen
(European Central Bank)
Roland Straub
(European Central Bank)
Mathias Trabandt
(European Central Bank)
[Download Preview] Jointly Optimal Fiscal and Monetary Policy Rules under Liquidity Constraints
Huixin Bi
(Bank of Canada)
Michael Kumhof
(International Monetary Fund)
[Download Preview] Fiscal Policy in a Financial Crisis: Standard Policy vs. Bank Rescue Measures
Jan in 't Veld
(EU Commission (DG ECFIN))
Robert Kollmann
(European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles and CEPR)
Werner Roeger
(EU Commission (DG ECFIN))
Discussants:
Christopher Sims
(Princeton University)
Thorsten Drautzburg
(University of Chicago)
Christoper Erceg
(Federal Reserve Board)
Lorenzo Forni
(International Monetary Fund)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Acapulco
American Economic Association
Implications of Rational Inattention
(D8)
Presiding:
Mirko Wiederholt
(Northwestern University)
Rational Inattention: A New Foundation for the Multinomial Logit Model and Simple Market Equilibria
Filip Matejka
(CERGE-EI)
Alisdair McKay
(Boston University)
[Download Preview] Information Processing and Limited Liability
Bartosz Mackowiak
(European Central Bank)
Mirko Wiederholt
(Northwestern University)
[Download Preview] Information Choice Technologies
Christian Hellwig
(Toulouse School of Economics)
Laura Veldkamp
(New York University)
[Download Preview]
Discussants:
Alexander Wolitzky
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Aleh Tsyvinski
(Yale University)
David Myatt
(Oxford University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Grand Suite 3
American Economic Association
International Capital Allocation, Portfolio Choice and Capital Flows
(F3)
Presiding:
Marcel Fratzscher
(European Central Bank)
Capital Flow Waves: Surges, Stops, Flight and Retrenchment
Kristin Forbes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Frank Warnock
(University of Virginia)
[Download Preview] Liquidity Management in Global Banks: Internal Capital Markets in the Great Recession
Linda Goldberg
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Nicola Cetorelli
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
[Download Preview] Sovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows, and Global Imbalances
Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan
(University of Houston)
Laura Alfaro
(Harvard University)
Vadym Volosovych
(Erasmus University Rotterdam)
[Download Preview] Quantitative Easing and Capital Flows
Marcel Fratzscher
(European Central Bank)
Discussants:
Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti
(International Monetary Fund)
Philipp Schnabl
(New York University)
Galina Hale
(Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
Marianne Baxter
(Boston University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 260
American Economic Association
Liquidity Dynamics
(G1)
Presiding:
Zhiguo He
(University of Chicago)
Market Timing, Investment, and Risk Management
Patrick Bolton
(Columbia University)
Hui Chen
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Neng Wang
(Columbia University)
[Download Preview] The I-Theory of Money
Markus K. Brunnermeier
(Princeton University)
Yuliy Sannikov
(Princeton University)
Financial intermediary capital
Adriano Rampini
(Duke University)
S. Vish Viswanathan
(Duke University)
[Download Preview] Inefficient Investment Waves
Zhiguo He
(University of Chicago)
Péter Kondor
(Central European University)
[Download Preview]
Discussants:
Dmitry Livdan
(University of California-Berkeley)
Arvind Krishnamurthy
(Northwestern University)
Douglas W. Diamond
(University of Chicago)
Martin Oehmke
(Columbia University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus KL
American Economic Association
Maternity Leave, Family Formation and Caregiving
(Y9)
Presiding:
Terra McKinnish
(University of Colorado-Boulder)
The Effects of Maternity Leave on Children’s Birth and Infant Health Outcomes in the United States
Maya Rossin-Slater
(Columbia University)
[Download Preview] Love and Money by Parental Match-Making: Evidence from Urban Couples in China
Fali Huang
(Singapore Management University)
Ginger Jin
(University of Arizona)
Lixin Colin Xu
(World Bank)
[Download Preview] Sex Ratios and Family Formation: The Role of the Vietnam Draft
Marianne Bitler
(University of California-Irvine)
Lucie Schmidt
(Williams College)
Do Couples Self-Insure? The Effect of Informal Care on Joint Labor Supply Decisions
Norma Coe
(Boston College)
Courtney Harold van Houtven
(Duke University)
MEGHAN SKIRA
(Boston College)
Discussants:
Christine Piette Durrance
(University of North Carolina)
Shoshana Grossbard
(San Diego State University)
Andrea Beller
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Daniel Rees
(University of Colorado-Denver)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Regency C
American Economic Association
Model Selection
(C5)
Presiding:
Kenneth Wolpin
(University of Pennsylvania)
To Hold Out or Not to Hold Out
Frank Schorfheide
(University of Pennsylvania)
[Download Preview] Prediction with Misspecified Models
John Geweke
(University of Technology Sydney)
[Download Preview] Capital Punishment and Deterrence: Understanding Disparate Results
Steven Durlauf
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Chao Fu
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Salvador Navarro
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Discussants:
Michael Keane
(University of Technology Sydney)
Tao Zha
(University of Minnesota)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Regency D
American Economic Association
New Directions in Trade Policy
(F1)
Presiding:
Chad Bown
(World Bank)
Tariff Revenue and Tariff Caps
Manuel Amador
(Stanford University)
Kyle Bagwell
(Stanford University)
[Download Preview] Profits in the "New Trade" Approach to Trade Negotiations
Ralph Ossa
(University of Chicago)
[Download Preview] Trade Agreements and the Nature of Price Determination
Pol Antras
(Harvard University)
Robert Staiger
(Stanford University)
[Download Preview]
Discussants:
Santanu Roy
(Southern Methodist University)
Arnaud Costinot
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Michele Ruta
(World Trade Organization)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Grand Suite 5
American Economic Association
Robustness and Approximation in Mechanism Design
(C6)
Presiding:
Stephen Morris
(Princeton University)
Efficient Auctions and Interdependent Types
Dirk Bergemann
(Yale University)
Stephen Morris
(Princeton University)
Robustly Ranking Mechanisms
Doug Smith
(Federal Trade Commission)
Tilman Borgers
(University of Michigan)
Approximation in Mechanism Design
Jason Hartline
(Northwestern University)
[Download Preview]
Discussants:
Stephen Morris
(Princeton University)
Moritz Meyer-ter-Vehn
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Eric Maskin
(Harvard University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Grand Ballroom CD North
American Economic Association
Short-Term and Long-Term Consequences of Tax Reform
(H0) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Joel Slemrod
(University of Michigan)
Alan Auerbach
(University of California-Berkeley)
Gregory Mankiw
(Harvard University)
James Poterba
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Joel Slemrod
(University of Michigan)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Hong Kong
American Economic Association
State and Local Public Finance
(H7)
Presiding:
Malcolm Getz
(Vanderbilt University)
Unsticking the Flypaper Effect in an Uncertain World: The Role of Precautionary Savings
Guillermo Vuletin
(Colby College)
Carlos Vegh
(University of Maryland and NBER)
[Download Preview] State of States: A Probit Approach
Anika R Khan
(Wells Fargo Securities)
Azhar Iqbal
(Wells Fargo Securities)
Mark Vitner
(Wells Fargo Securities)
Jay Bryson
(Wells Fargo Securities)
Sarah Watt
(Wells Fargo Securities)
[Download Preview] Destination Taxation, The Road to Economic Success?
William Fox
(University of Tennessee)
Zhou Yang
(Robert Morris University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Grand Ballroom B
American Economic Association
The 2006 Massachusetts Health Care Reform
(I1)
Presiding:
Adriana Lleras-Muney
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Heuristics and Heterogeneity in Health Insurance Exchanges: Evidence from the Massachusetts Connector
Keith M. Marzilli Ericson
(Boston University)
Amanda Starc
(Harvard Business School)
[Download Preview] Health Reform, Health Insurance and Selection: Estimating Selection into Health Insurance Using the Massachusetts Health Reform
Jonathan T. Kolstad
(University of Pennsylvania and NBER)
Amanda Kowalski
(Yale University and NBER)
Martin Hackmann
(Yale University)
[Download Preview] The Impact of the Massachusetts Health Care Reform on Health Care Use Among Children
Sarah Miller
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
[Download Preview] The Impact of Massachusetts Health Care Reform on Insurance Premiums
Jonathan Gruber
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Discussants:
Adriana Lleras-Muney
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Amy Finkelstein
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Day Manoli
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Amitabh Chandra
(Harvard University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Regency A
American Economic Association
The Effects of Financial Education and Financial Literacy
(A2)
Presiding:
B. Douglas Bernheim
(Stanford University)
How Financial Literacy Affects Household Wealth Accumulation
Jere Behrman
(University of Pennsylvania)
Olivia Mitchell
(University of Pennsylvania)
Cindy Soo
(University of Pennsylvania)
David Bravo
(Universidad de Chile)
[Download Preview] Financial Education and Timely Decision Support: Lessons from Junior Achievement
Bruce Carlin
(University of California-Los Angeles)
David Robinson
(Duke University)
[Download Preview] Financial Knowledge and Financial Literacy at the Household Level
Alan Gustman
(Dartmouth College)
Thomas Steinmeier
(Texas Tech University)
Nahid Tabatabai
(Dartmouth College)
[Download Preview] Effectiveness of Employer-Provided Financial Information: Hiring to Retiring
Robert Clark
(North Carolina State University-Raleigh)
Melinda Morrill
(North Carolina State University-Raleigh)
Steven Allen
(North Carolina State University-Raleigh)
[Download Preview]
Discussants:
Justine Hastings
(Brown University)
William Walstad
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Urvi Neelakantan
(Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)
Annamaria Lusardi
(George Washington University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Crystal B
American Economic Association
The Euro: Challenges to Improve a Currency Union
(F3) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Markus Brunnermeier
(Princeton University)
Axel A. Weber
(University of Chicago)
Olivier Blanchard
(International Monetary Fund)
Jordi Gali
(CREI, Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Athanasios Orphanides
(Central Bank of Cyprus)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Water Tower
American Economic Association
Time Away from Work
(J2)
Presiding:
Jungmin Lee
(Sogang University and IZA)
Time use, emotional well-being and unemployment: Evidence from longitudinal data
Alan B. Krueger
(CEA, Woodrow Wilson School and Economics Dept., Princeton University)
Andreas Mueller
(Columbia University)
[Download Preview] Retirement and Home Production: A Regression Discontinuity Approach
Elena Stancanelli
(CNRS, Université Cergy Pontoise)
Arthur van Soest
(Tilburg University)
[Download Preview] The Role of Preferences and Opportunity Costs in Determining the Time Allocated to Housework
Leslie S. Stratton
(Virginia Commonwealth University)
[Download Preview] Aggregate Impacts of a Gift of Time
Jungmin Lee
(Sogang University and IZA)
Daiji Kawaguchi
(Hitotsubashi University)
Daniel S. Hamermesh
(University of Texas-Austin)
[Download Preview]
Discussants:
Elena Stancanelli
(CNRS)
Leslie Stratton
(Virginia Commonwealth)
Jungmin Lee
(Sogang University and IZA)
Andreas Mueller
(Columbia University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Gold Coast
American Economic Association
Very Local House Price Dynamics
(R2)
Presiding:
Fernando Ferreira
(University of Pennsylvania)
Within-city Variation in Urban Decline: The Case of Detroit
Daniel Hartley
(Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland)
Erik Hurst
(University of Chicago)
Veronica Guerrieri
(University of Chicago)
[Download Preview] Micro-Geography of a Housing Boom
Joshua Gottlieb
(Harvard University)
Ed Glaeser
(Harvard University)
Heterogeneity in Neighborhood-Level Price Growth in the U.S., 1993-2009
Fernando Ferreira
(University of Pennsylvania)
Joseph Gyourko
(University of Pennsylvania)
[Download Preview]
Discussants:
Matthew Notowidigdo
(University of Chicago)
Matthew Kahn
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Christopher Mayer
(Columbia University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Zurich A
American Finance Association
Bank Liquidity, Lending, and Collateral
(G2)
Presiding:
Andrew Winton
(University of Minnesota-Twin Cities)
International Liquidity Sharing: Evidence from Financial Crises
Yian Liu
(University of Chicago)
A Model of Liquidity Hoarding and Term Premia in Inter-Bank Markets
Viral V. Acharya
(New York University)
David R. Skeie
(Federal Reserve Banks)
Securitization is Not that Evil after All
Carmelo Salleo
(Bank of Italy)
Ugo Albertazzi
(Bank of Italy)
Ginette Eramo
(Bank of Italy)
Leonardo Gambacorta
(Bank for International Settlements)
Collateralization, Bank Loan Rates and Monitoring: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Geraldo Cerqueiro
(Tilburg University)
Steven R. G. Ongena
(Tilburg University)
Kasper F. Roszbach
(Sveriges Riksbank and University of Groningen)
Discussants:
Andrew Hertzberg
(Columbia University)
Itay Goldstein
(University of Pennsylvania)
Amit Seru
(University of Chicago)
Sudheer Chava
(Georgia Institute of Technology)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Zurich B
American Finance Association
Corporate Governance (Empirical) 2
(G3)
Presiding:
Michael Weisbach
(Ohio State University)
Corporate Political Donations: Investment or Agency?
Rajesh K. Aggarwal
(University of Minnesota-Twin Cities)
Felix Meschke
(University of Kansas)
Tracy Yue Wang
(University of Minnesota-Twin Cities)
CEO Incentives and Institutional Trader Monitoring are Substitutes: Theory and Evidence
Brandon Chen
(University of New South Wales)
Peter L. Swan
(University of New South Wales)
Corporate Ownership Structure and Bank Loan Syndicate Structure
Chen Lin
(Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Yue Ma
(University of Stirling)
Paul H. Malatesta
(University of Washington)
Yuhai Xuan
(Harvard Business School)
Discussants:
Mara Faccio
(Purdue University)
Kai Li
(University of British Columbia)
Taylor Nadauld
(Brigham Young University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Zurich C
American Finance Association
Financial Econometrics and Volatilities
(G1)
Presiding:
Yacine Ait-Sahalia
(Princeton University)
Hard Times
John Y. Campbell
(Harvard University)
Stefano Giglio
(University of Chicago)
Christopher K. Polk
(London School of Economics & Political Science)
Intensity of Volatility Linkages in Islamic and Conventional Markets
Kose John
(New York University)
Shumi M. Akhtar II
(Australian National University)
Maria Jahromi
(Australian National University)
The Baltic Dry Index as a Predictor of Global Stock Returns, Commodity Returns, and Global Economic Activity
Gurdip S. Bakshi
(University of Maryland)
George Panayotov
(Georgetown University)
Georgios Skoulakis
(University of Maryland)
Jump Robust Two Time Scale Covariance Estimation and Realized Volatility Budgets
Kris Boudt
(Catholic University of Leuven)
Jin Zhang
(University of Illinois-Chicago)
Discussants:
Jonathan Parker
(Northwestern University)
Mahmoud El-Gamal
(Rice University)
Lars Lochstoer
(Columbia University)
Dacheng Xiu
(Princeton University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Zurich E
American Finance Association
Financial Regulation and Policy
(G2)
Presiding:
Chester Spatt
(Carnegie Mellon University)
Uncovering Hedge Fund Skill from the Portfolio Holdings They Hide
Vikas Agarwal
(Georgia State University)
Wei Jiang
(Columbia University)
Yuehua Tang
(Georgia State University)
Baozhong Yang
(Georgia State University)
Regulatory Sanctions and Reputational Damage in Financial Markets
John Armour
(University of Oxford)
Colin Mayer
(University of Oxford)
Andrea Polo
(University of Oxford)
A Network-Based Analysis of Over-the-Counter Markets
Michael Gofman
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Competition and Transparency in Financial Markets
Bruce I. Carlin
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Shaun W. Davies
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Andrew Iannaccone
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Discussants:
Stewart Mayhew
(Cornerstone Research)
Cindy Alexander
(U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission)
Brett Green
(Northwestern University and University of California-Berkeley)
Francesco Sangiorgi
(Stockholm School of Economics)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Zurich F
American Finance Association
Fixed Income - Credit
(G1)
Presiding:
Francis Longstaff
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Ambiguity Shifts and the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis
Nina Boyarchenko
(University of Chicago)
Liquidity Risk of Corporate Bond Returns
Viral V. Acharya
(New York University)
Yakov Amihud
(New York University)
Sreedhar T. Bharath
(University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)
Endogenous Liquidity in Credit Derivatives
Jiaping Qiu
(McMaster University)
Fan Yu
(Claremont Colleges)
Discussants:
Hui Chen
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Joost Driessen
(Tilburg University)
Haitao Li
(University of Michigan)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Zurich G
American Finance Association
Mutual Fund Incentives
(G2)
Presiding:
Lubos Pastor
(University of Chicago)
Price Support in the Stock Market
Benjamin Golez
(Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Jose M. Marin
(IMDEA Social Sciences)
Spillover Effects in Mutual Fund Companies
Clemens Sialm
(University of Texas-Austin)
T. Mandy Tham
(Nanyang Technological University)
Skin in the Game versus Skimming the Game: Governance, Share Restrictions, and Insider Flows
Gideon Ozik
(EDHEC Business School)
Ronnie Sadka
(Boston College)
Discussants:
Utpal Bhattacharya
(Indiana University-Bloomington)
Pedro Matos
(University of Southern California)
Bing Liang
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Zurich D
American Finance Association
Sovereign Default
(G1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Simon Johnson
(Massachsetts Institute of Technology)
Martin Feldstein
(Harvard University and NBER)
Carmen M. Reinhart
(Peterson Institute of International Economics)
Kenneth Singleton
(Stanford University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Vevey 3
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
Credit Availability and REITs
(G2)
Presiding:
Shaun Bond
(University of Cincinnati)
CoCo Bonds as an Impediment to More Risk-Taking and an Alternative to Bankruptcy in Mortgage Markets
Rose N. Lai
(University of Macau)
Robert Van Order
(George Washington University)
Credit Availability and Asset Pricing Spirals in Illiquid Markets
David Ling
(University of Florida)
Andy Naranjo
(University of Florida)
Benjamin Scheick
(University of Florida)
REIT Institutional Ownership Dynamics and the Financial Crisis
Seow Eng Ong
(National University of Singapore)
Erik Devos
(University of Texas-El Paso)
Andrew Spieler
(Hofstra University)
Desmond Tsang
(Hofstra University)
The Supply Side Story: REITs Financing and Investment Decision in Response to the 2007-2009 Credit Crunch
Qing Bai
(University of Cincinnati)
Qingqing Chang
(University of Cincinnati)
John L. Glascock
(University of Cincinnati)
Discussants:
Dwight M. Jaffee
(University of California-Berkeley)
Steve Slezak
(University of Cincinnati)
Eva Steiner
(University of Cambridge)
Soosung Hwang
(Sungkyunkwan University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, St. Gallen 1
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
Low Income Mortgage Performance
(G1)
Presiding:
Amy Cutts
(Equifax Company)
The Effect of Market Liquidity on Subprime Terminations
Richard K. Green
(University of Southern California)
Xiaoxin Zhang
(University of Southern California)
The Differential Access and Pricing of Home Mortgages
Marsha J. Courchane
(Charles River Associates)
Peter M. Zorn
(Freddie Mac)
FHA and Subprime Loan Origination Quality and Performance Over Time
Yan Chang
(Freddie Mac)
Tyler Yang
(IFE Group)
Are Black and Hispanic Households More Likely to Default? Evidence from the Recent Crisis
Adam Reichenberger
(Kansas State University)
Heather Luea
(Vanderbilt University)
Tracy Turner
(Kansas State University)
Discussants:
Claudia AyannaSharygin
(New York University)
Avis Devine
(University of Cincinnati)
Nathan George
(University of California-Berkeley)
Samuel Dastrup
(New York University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, St. Gallen 2
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
Real Estate Professionals and Market Behavior
(G1)
Presiding:
Paul Anglin
(University of Guelph)
Screening of Real Estate Professionals and Housing Appreciation Rates
Andrea Heuson
(University of Miami)
The Dependency of the Real Estate Broker�s Response Function on the Homeowner�s Pricing Distribution
Geoffrey K. Turnbull
(University of Central Florida)
Randy Anderson
(Baruch College-CUNY)
Raymond Brastow
(Longwood University)
Bennie Waller
(Longwood University)
Real Estate Agents, House Prices, and Liquidity
Joseph T.L. Ooi
(National University of Singapore)
Henry J. Munneke
(University of Georgia)
C.F. Sirmans
(Florida State University)
Geoffrey K. Turnbull
(University of Central Florida)
Trends in the Accuracy of Home Owners' Estimates of House Value
Joseph B. Nichols
(Federal Reserve Board)
Lindsay Relihan
(Federal Reserve Board)
Elliot Anenberg
(Federal Reserve Board)
Discussants:
Ken Johnson
(Florida International University)
Charles Carter
(University of Baltimore)
Paul Carillo
(George Washington University)
Steven Ehrlich
(Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Buckingham
American Risk & Insurance Association/American Economic Association
Insurance Economics
(G2)
Presiding:
Martin Grace
(Georgia State University)
An Industrial Organization Theory of Risk Sharing
M. Martin Boyer
(HEC Montreal)
Charles M. Nyce
(Florida State University)
[Download Preview] Real Effects of Changing Rating Standards for Catastrophic Risks
Anastasia V. Kartasheva
(University of Pennsylvania)
[Download Preview] Asymmetric Information in Automobile Insurance: New Evidence from Telematic Data
Alexander Muermann
(Vienna University of Economics and Business)
Daniela Straka
(Vienna University of Economics and Business)
[Download Preview] The Marginal Cost of Risk, Risk Measures, and Capital Allocation
Daniel Baurer
(Georgia State University)
George M Zanjani
(Georgia State University)
Financial Sector Integration and Information Spillovers:
Effects of Operational Risk Events on U.S. Banks and Insurers
J. David Cummins
(Temple University)
Ran Wei
(Chicago Partners LLC)
Xiaoying Xie
(California State University-Fullerton)
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Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Grand Ballroom Salon III
Association for Comparative Economic Studies
New Research on Economic Comparisons and Institutions
(P5) (Poster Session)
Presiding:
John Earle
(George Mason University and Central European University)
Financial Development, Government Ownership of Banks and
Firm Innovation
Sheng Xiao
(University of Minnesota)
Shan Zhao
(Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)
Media Freedom and Democracy: Complements or Substitutes in the Fight against Corruption?
Sambit Bhattacharyya
(University of Oxford)
Roland Hodler
(Study Centre Gerzensee and University of Melbourne)
Fragmentation and Government Spending: Bringing Ideological Polarization into the Picture
Marcela Eslava
(Universidad de Los Andes)
Oskar Nupia
(Universidad de Los Andes)
FDI Spillovers and the Time Since Foreign Entry
Bruno Merlevede
(Ghent University and HUBrussel)
Koen Schoors
(Ghent University)
Microfinance and Microbusiness’ Financing Constraints in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Valentina Hartarska
(Auburn University)
Denis Nadolnyak
(Auburn University)
Thomas McAdams
(Merit Energy Company)
Can State Language Policies Distort Students’ Demand for Higher Education?
Alexander Muravyev
(IZA, DIW Berlin, and St. Petersburg University)
Oleksandr Talavera
(University of East Anglia)
Understanding the Effect of Shareholder Rights? Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment
Jun “QJ” Qian
(Boston College)
Shan Zhao
(Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)
Conflict in Kyrgyzstan: Evidence from a New Micro-Level Dataset
Olga Shemyakina
(Georgia Institute of Technology)
Anke Plagnol
(University of Cambridge)
Displacement in Kyrgyzstan: Evidence from a New Micro-Level Dataset
Tilman Brück
(German Institute of Economic Research)
Antje Kröger
(German Institute of Economic Research)
Marc Vothknecht
(German Institute of Economic Research)
Sharing Voice with Employees: A Cross-Country Study of Codetermination
Aleksandra Gregorič
(Copenhagen Business School)
Marc Steffen Rapp
(Philipps-Universität Marburg)
Evis Sinani
(Copenhagen Business School)
Michael Wolff
(Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)
The Productivity Race between China and India in Manufacturing throughout the Reform Era
Harry X. Wu
(Hitotsubashi University)
Boon L. Lee
(Queensland University of Technology)
D.S. Prasada Rao
(University of Queensland)
The Role of Human Capital in Productivity Spillovers from FDI: An Empirical Analysis on Turkish Manufacturing Firms
Seda Koymen
(Bilkent University)
Selin Sayek
(Bilkent University)
Migration and Social Networks in Kyrgyzstan: Mutual Insurance in the Sending Communities
Tanika Chakraborty
(Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur)
Bakhrom Mirkasimov
(Humboldt University of Berlin and German Institute for Economic Research)
Susan Steiner
(German Institute for Economic Research)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Montreux 1
Association for Evolutionary Economics
Fundamental Causes of the Great Crisis: Inequality and Uncertainty
(B5)
Presiding:
Richard Adkisson
(New Mexico State University)
The Consumption Cycle
Timothy A. Wunder
(University of Texas-Arlington)
Increasing Inequality, Inadequate Demand, Status Insecurity, Ideology and the Financial Crisis of 2008
Jon D. Wisman
(American University)
Barton Baker
(American University)
The Inherent Uncertainty of Innovative Activity and Its Contribution to Financial Instability
Henrik Van den Berg
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Global Imbalances and Financial Crisis
Yan Liang
(Willamette University)
Negative Trickle Down and the Financial Crisis of 2008
Daphne Greenwood
(University of Colorado-Colorado Springs)
Richard P.F. Holt
(Southern Oregon University)
Discussants:
Philip Mirowski
(Notre Dame University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, St. Gallen 3
Association for Social Economics
"Preferences" and the Social Responsibility of Production and Consumption
(Q2)
Presiding:
Martha Starr
(American University)
Consumer Cchoices of Organic and "Green" Products: Evidence from the Canadian Households and the Environment Survey
Oliver Masakure
(Wilfred Laurier University)
"True Naturals" and Health Seekers": Identifying Types of Environmentalists and Their Policy Preferences
Julio Videras
(Hamilton College)
Ann L. Owen
(Hamilton College)
Stephen Wu
(Hamilton College)
Is Corporate Social Responsibility Associated with Lower Wages?
Karine Nyborg
(University of Oslo)
Tao Zhang
(Ragnar Frisch Center for Economic Research)
Can Ethical Consumption Mitigate Unethical Production? Policy Preferences and the Role of Information
Christopher Jeffords
(University of Connecticut)
Discussants:
Jayson Lusk
(Oklahoma State University)
Jill McCluskey
(Washington State University)
Martha Starr
(American University)
Michael Carr
(University of Massachusetts-Boston)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Burnham
Association of Christian Economists
What Economists/Theologians Wish Theologians/Economists Would Consider When Evaluating Market Economies
(A1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
John Lunn
(Hope College)
D. Stephen Long
(Maraquette University)
Deirdre N. McCloskey
(University of Illinois-Chicago)
Mark Husbands
(Hope College)
Victor V. Claar
(Henderson State University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Vevey 1
Association of Environmental & Resource Economists
Environmental Economics, Policy, and Politics
(Q5) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Robert Stavins
(Harvard University)
Joseph Aldy
(Harvard University)
Michael Greenstone
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Robert Hahn
(University of Oxford)
Adele Morris
(Brookings Institution)
Richard Newell
(Duke University)
William Pizer
(Duke University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Soldier Field
Chinese Economists Society
Exploring China’s Economic Imbalance
(O5)
Presiding:
Yang Yao
(CCER, Peking University)
Housing Purchase and Rising Saving Rates in Urban China: Evidence from a Quasi-natural Experiment in 1998
Binkai Chen
(Central University of Finance and Economics, China)
Rudai Yang
(Xiangtan University, China)
Can Rising Housing Prices Explain China's High Household Saving Rate?
Xin Wang
(Tsinghua University, China)
Yi Wen
(Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and Tsinghua University)
Social Security Coverage and Household Consumption in China: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Survey
Yang Yao
(CCER, Peking University)
Jing Zhou
(CCER, Peking University)
Sex Ratios, Savings Rates, and Current Account Imbalances
Qingyuan Du
(Columbia University)
Shang-Jin Wei
(Columbia University and NBER)
Real Exchange Rate and Economic Growth: Evidence from Chinese Provincial Data
Jinzhao Chen
(Paris School of Economics)
Discussants:
Ronald Mckinnon
(Stanford University)
Xiaobo Zhang
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 265
Cliometrics Society
Market Innovations in Historical Perspective
(O3)
Presiding:
Margaret Levenstein
(University of Michigan)
Market Access and Information Technology Adoption. Historical Lessons from the Introduction of the Telephone in Bavaria
Florian Ploeckl
(University of Oxford)
German-Jewish Emigres and U.S. Invention
Petra Moser
(Stanford University)
Alessandra Voena
(Stanford University)
Fabian Waldinger
(Warwick University)
Stock Market Development in Germany, 1869-1938
Carsten Burhop
(Max-Planck-Institute for Research on Collective Goods)
Sibylle Lehmann
(University of Cologne)
World Series of Patents: Quantification and Interpretation in the Long Run of History
Claude Diebolt
(University of Strasbourg)
Karine Pellier
(University of Strasbourg)
Discussants:
Margaret Levenstein
(University of Michigan)
Caroline Fohlin
(Johns Hopkins University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Addams
Econometric Society
Analysis and Computation of Large Games and Mechanisms
(C7)
Presiding:
Aaron Bodoh-Creed
(Cornell University)
Strategyproofness for "Price Takers" as a Desideratum for Market Design
Eduardo Azevedo
(Harvard University)
Eric Budish
(University of Chicago)
Robust Comparative Statics in Large Dynamic Economies
Daron Acemoglu
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Martin Kaae Jensen
(University of Birmingham)
Mean Field Equilibria of Dynamic Auctions with Learning
Krishnamurthy Iyer
(Stanford University)
Ramesh Johari
(Stanford University)
Mukund Sundararajan
(Google, Inc.)
Approximation of Large Dynamic Games
Aaron Bodoh-Creed
(Cornell University)
Discussants:
Eran Shmaya
(Northwestern University)
Fuhito Kojima
(Stanford University)
Joyee Deb
(New York University)
Parag A. Pathak
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, McCormick
Econometric Society
Endogeneity and Instrumental Variables
(C2)
Presiding:
Whitney Newey
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Identification and Estimation in Discrete Choice Demand Models when Endogenous Variables Interact with the Error
Amit Kumar Gandhi
(University of Wisconsin)
Kyoo il Kim
(University of Minnesota)
Amil Petrin
(University of Minnesota)
An Instrumental Variable Model of Multiple Discrete Choice
Andrew Chesher
(University College London)
Adam M. Rosen
(University College London)
Konrad Smolinski
(CeMMAP)
Bandwidth Selection for Nonparametric and Semiparametric LATE and Regression Discontinuity Estimators
Yoichi Arai
(Public Policy
GRIPS)
Hidehiko Ichimura
(Graduate School of Economics
University of Tokyo)
A Discontinuity Test of Endogeneity
Carolina Caetano
(University of Rochester)
Discussants:
Ariel Pakes
(Harvard University)
Steven Berry
(Yale University)
Jack Porter
(University of Wisconsin)
Guido Imbens
(Harvard University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Ogden
Econometric Society
Housing and Labor Markets in Spatial Economics
(R1)
Presiding:
Marcus Berliant
(Washington University in St. Louis)
Spatial Competition in Quality, Demand Induced Innovation, and Schumpeterian Growth
Raphael A. Auer
(Swiss National Bank)
Philip U. Saure
(Swiss National Bank)
Trade, Urbanization and Capital Accumulation in a Labor Surplus Economy
Eric W. Bond
(Vanderbilt University)
Raymond Riezman
(University of Iowa)
Ping Wang
(Washington University)
Urban Business Cycles through a Diamond-Mortensen-Pissarides Lens
Yannis M Ioannides
(Tufts University)
Discussants:
Abdullah Yavas
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Klaus Desmet
(Universidad Carlos III)
Satyajit Chatterjee
(Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Frederic Robert-Nicoud
(University of Geneva)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Wright
Econometric Society
Matching Markets
(C7)
Presiding:
Matthew Elliot
(CalTech)
Effective Affirmative Action in School Choice
Isa Emin Hafalir
(Carnegie Mellon University)
Decentralized Market Processes to Stable Job Matchings with Competitive Salaries
Bo Chen
(Southern Methodist University)
Zaifu Yang
(University of York)
The Core and Incentive Compatibility of an Ascending Proxy Package Auction
Hiroyuki ADACHI
(Nagoya University)
Discussants:
Atila Abdulkadiroglu
(Duke University)
Matthew Elliott
(Stanford University)
Alistair James Wilson
(New York University)
John William Hatfield
(Stanford University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Field
Econometric Society
Price Rigidities
(E4)
Presiding:
-- TBD
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Price Setting with Menu Cost for Multi-product Firms
Francesco Lippi
(University of Sassari)
Customer Relationship and Sales
Shouyong Shi
(University of Toronto)
Best Prices
Judith Chevalier
(Yale University)
Anil K. Kashyap
(University of Chicago)
Internet Prices and the Great Recession
Alberto Felipe Cavallo
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Brent Neiman
(University of Chicago)
Roberto Rigobon
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Dusable
Econometric Society
Stochastic Dominance Tests to Evaluate Treatment Effects
(C2)
Presiding:
Alberto Abadie
(Harvard University)
Estimation and Inference for Distribution Functions and Quantile Functions in Treatment Effect Models
Stephen Donald
(University of Texas-Austin)
Yu-Chin Hsu
(University of Missouri-Columbia)
Conditional Stochastic Dominance Testing
Miguel A. Delgado
(Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Juan Carlos Escanciano
(Indiana University)
Testing for Distributional Treatment Effects: A Set Identification Approach
Sung Jae Jun
(Pennsylvania State University)
Yoonseok Lee
(University of Michigan)
Youngki Shin
(University of Western Ontario)
Nonparametric Tests of Conditional Treatment Effects
Sokbae (Simon) Lee
(Seoul National University)
Yoon-Jae Whang
(Seoul National University)
Discussants:
Toru Kitagawa
(University College London)
Sokbae (Simon) Lee
(Seoul National University)
Christoph Sebastian Rothe
(Toulouse School of Economics)
Matias Damian Cattaneo
(University of Michigan)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Atlanta
Economic Science Association
Stochastic Choice under Risk: Economic and Psychological Views
(D8)
Presiding:
Nathaniel Wilcox
(Chapman College)
Using Decision Field theory to Account for the Stochastic as Well as the Dynamic Properties of Choice under Risk
Jerome Busemeyer
(Indiana University)
Stochastic Choice Models and Realistic Decision Processes
Graham Loomes
(University of Warwick, UK)
An Empirical Evaluation of Two Stochastic Choice Models
Michael Birnbaum
(California State University-Fullerton)
A Comparison of Several Models of Stochastic Binary Choice under Risk
Nathaniel Wilcox
(Chapman College)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Vevey 2
Economists for Peace & Security
The Economics of Regime Change
(Y9) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Richard Kaufman
(Bethesda Research Group)
Roger Myerson
(University of Chicago)
Local Foundations for Strong Democracy
Linda Bilmes
(Harvard University)
The True Cost of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts: An Analysis of the Ten Years from 2001-2011
Hamid Ali
(American University in Cairo)
The Economics of the Arab Spring: A View from Egypt
Jennifer Olmsted
(Drew University)
Women in Transitions
Mark Weisbrot
(Center for Economic and Policy Research)
Report from the South American Spring
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Alpine Salon I
International Association for Feminist Economics/National Economic Association
The Phenomenal Woman: Overworked and Underpaid
(B5)
Presiding:
Susan Williams McElroy
(University of Texas-Dallas)
Black Female Earnings and Income Volatility
Bradley Hardy
(American University)
The Plight of African American Women: The Employed and Unemployed
Linda Loubert
(Morgan State University)
An Analysis of Black-White Wage Differences in Nursing: Wage Gap or Wage Premium?
Richard McGregory
(University of Wisconsin-Whitewater)
Increasing the Return to "Women’s Work": Women of Color in Social and Service-Sector Worker Cooperatives
Jessica Gordon Nembhard
(John Jay College, CUNY)
Discussants:
Margaret Simms
(Urban Institute)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Alpine Salon II
International Banking, Economics & Finance Association
Distortions in Financial Markets
(G2)
Presiding:
George Kaufman
(Loyola University Chicago)
Government Guarantees and Bank Risk Taking Incentives
Markus Fischer
(Goethe University Frankfurt)
Christa Hainz
(IFO Institute for Economic Research)
Joerg Rocholl
(ESMT European School of Management and Technology)
Sascha Steffen
(ESMT European School of Management and Technology)
When Monitors Don't Help: The Costs of Collusion-Proof Contracts
Abigail Brown
(Harvard University)
Systemic Risk Diagnostics: Coincident Indicators and Early Warning Signals
Bernd Schwaab
(European Central Bank)
Siem Jan Koopman
(VU University Amsterdam)
Andre Lucas
(VU University Amsterdam)
Why Do Borrowers Make Mortgage Refinancing Mistakes?
Sumit Agarwal
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Richard Rosen
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Discussants:
W. Scott Frame
(Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta)
Reint Gropp
(European Business School)
TBA TBA
(TBA)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbian
International Economic & Finance Society
Offshoring Theories and Evidence
(F1)
Presiding:
Elias Dinopoulos
(University of Florida)
Gravity in the Weightless Economy
Wolfgang Keller
(University of Colorado)
Stephen R. Yeaple
(Pennsylvania State University)
Development Paradigms after Globalization's Second Unbundling
Richard Baldwin
(The Graduate Institure, Geneva)
Immigration, Offshoring, and American Jobs
Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano
(University of Bologna)
Giovanni Peri
(University of California-Davis)
Greg C. Wright
(University of California-Davis)
Performance Pay and Offshoring
Elias Dinopoulos
(University of Florida)
Theofanis Tsoulouhas
(North Carolina State University)
Discussants:
Mahmut Yasar
(University of Texas-Arlington)
Ronald Jones
(University of Rochester)
Yoto V. Yotov
(Drexel University)
Jacques Cremer
(Toulouse School of Economics)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Wright
International Network for Economic Method
Herding Behavior in the Economics Profession
(B4) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
D. Hands
(University of Puget Sound)
David Colander
(Middlebury College)
Mark Thoma
(University of Oregon)
Paola Tubaro
(University of Greenwich)
John B. Davis
(University of Amsterdam and Marquette University)
D. Wade Hands
(University of Puget Sound)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Palmer House Hilton, Salon 12
Labor & Employment Relations Association
Giving Meaning to Work: How Conceptualizations of Work Affect Research, Practice, Policy, and Social Justice
(J0) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Daphne Taras
(University of Saskatchewan)
John W. Budd
(University of Minnesota)
Nancy Folbre
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Robert Bruno
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Ellen Dannin
(Pennsylvania State University)
Keith Kelleher
(SEIU HCII)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Palmer House Hilton, Salons 7-9
Labor & Employment Relations Association
Innovations in Payroll Fraud
(J3)
Presiding:
Dale Belman
(Michigan State University)
Benefits Fraud Under Prevailing Wage Law
Allen Smith
(AFL-CIO)
Innovations in Payroll Fraud
Matthew Capece
(United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America)
The Impact of Payroll Fraud on the Business Community
Jed L. Marcus
(Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C.)
Federal and State Efforts to Reduce Payroll Fraud
Philip A. LaPorte
(Georgia State University)
Discussants:
William Canak
(Middle Tennessee State University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Palmer House Hilton, Salon 2
Labor & Employment Relations Association
The Role of Staffing Services in the New Economy
(J3)
Presiding:
Stephen Woodbury
(Michigan State University)
Manufacturers' Outsourcing to Staffing Services
Susan N. Houseman
(W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research)
Anne Polivka
(U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Matthew Dey
(U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Temporary Help Work: Compensating Differentials and Multiple Job-Holding
Carolyn Heinrich
(University of Wisconsin)
Sarah Hamersma
(University of Florida)
Facilitating Labor Market Transitions for Workers Facing Barriers: The Role of Alternative Staffing Organizations
Francoise Carre
(University of Massachusetts Center for Social Policy)
Brandyn Holgate
(University of Massachusetts-Boston)
Discussants:
Ken Troske
(University of Kentucky)
Sari Pekkala Ker
(University of Kentucky)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 269
National Association for Business Economics
Why Better Measurement is Critical for Financial Stability
(G1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Richard Wobbekind
(University of Colorado at Boulder)
Lewis Alexander
(Nomura)
Richard Berner
(U.S. Department of the Treasury)
John Liechty
(Pennsylvania State University)
Nellie Liang
(Federal Reserve Board)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Palmer House Hilton, Grand Park Parlor
National Economic Association
Political Economy of Climate Change
(C2)
Presiding:
Michelle Holder
(New School for Social Research)
An Empirical Examination of Transaction Costs, Price Volatility and Trading Volume of Phase II of the European Carbon Emissions Market
Tazewell V. Hurst III
(International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW))
Economic Justice and Climate Risk: Poor People and Economic Policy as the Weather Gets Much Worse
Marcellus Andrews
(Barnard College, Columbia University)
Is Green Manufacturing Good for Black Africa? The Effect of Carbon Emissions on Manufacturing Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa
Juliet Elu
(Morehouse College)
Gregory Price
(Morehouse College)
Climate Policies and Structural Change--Employment and Output Effects of Sustainable Growth
Daniel Samaan
(International Labour Organization (ILO))
Discussants:
Lawrence Evans, Jr.
(Government Accountability Office)
Susan Ozawa
(New School for Social Research)
Rex McKenzie
(University of Witwatersrand, South Africa)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Grand Ballroom Salons I & II
Omicron Delta Epsilon
The John R. Commons Award Lecture: Peter Diamond on "Pensions, Taxes and the Budgetary Process"
(H2)
Presiding:
Mary Ellen Benedict
(Bowling Green State University)
Pensions, Taxes and the Budgetary Process
Peter Diamond
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Stetson Suite FG
Society for Computational Economics
Computational Macro and Financial Market Imperfections
(E5)
Presiding:
Martin Ellison
(University of Oxford)
Government Policy, Credit Markets and Economic Activity
Lawrence Christiano
(Northwestern University)
Daisuke Ikeda
(Northwestern University)
Bubbles, Business Cycles and Growth
Jaume Ventura
(Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Alberto Martin
(Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Credit Spreads and Macroeconomic Activity
Simon Gilchrist
(Boston University)
Egon Zakrajsek
(Federal Reserve Board)
Discussants:
Matthias Paustian
(Bank of England)
Roger Farmer
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Matteo Iacoviello
(Federal Reserve Board)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 272
Society of Government Economists
New Analytical Methods Applied to Fundamental Economic Questions
(A1)
Presiding:
Steven Payson
(Bureau of Economic Analysis)
Combination of “Combinations of P-values”
Lan Cheng
(State University of New York-Fredonia)
Xuguang (Simon) Sheng
(American University)
How Does Time Poverty Affect Behavior? A Look at Eating and Physical Activity
Charlene Kalenkoski
(Ohio University)
Karen S. Hamrick
(USDA, Economic Research Service)
Job Displacement and the Duration of Joblessness: The Role of Spatial Mismatch
Fredrik Andersson
(Office of the Comptroller of the Currency)
John C. Haltiwanger
(University of Maryland and U.S. Census Bureau)
Mark J. Kutzbach
(U.S. Census Bureau)
Henry O. Pollakowski
(Harvard University)
Daniel H. Weinberg
(U.S. Census Bureau)
Restoring Accounting Constraints in Time Series for the U.S. National Accounts
Baoline Chen
(Bureau of Economic Analysis)
Why Is China's Saving Rate So High? A Comparative Study
Juann Hung
(Congressional Budget Office)
Rong Qian
(University of Maryland)
Discussants:
Rachel Soloveichik
(Bureau of Economic Analysis)
Rebecca Chenevert
(U.S. Census Bureau)
Wendy Li
(Bureau of Economic Analysis)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, New Orleans
Transportation & Public Utilities Group
Topics in Transportation Economics
(L9)
Presiding:
John Brown
(Georgia Southern University)
Endogenous Scheduling Preferences and Congestion
Mogens Fosgerau
(Technical University of Denmark, Centre for Transport Studies-Sweden and Ecole Normale Superiore-France)
Kenneth Small
(University of California-Irvine and Resources for the Future)
Bayesian Model Selection: Examples Relating to Motor Vehicle Fatalities
Gail Blattenberger
(University of Utah)
Richard Fowles
(University of Utah)
Peter D. Loeb
(Rutgers University-Newark)
The Cross-Elasticity Between Gasoline Prices and Transit Use: Evidence from Chicago
William P. Nowak
(Choate Rosemary Hall)
Ian Savage
(Northwestern University)
Market Concentration and Price Dispersion; the Role of Asymmetric Spatial Competition
Mark Lijesen
(VU University Amsterdam)
Marco van der Voort
(Air Cargo Netherlands)
Discussants:
Wesley W. Wilson
(University of Oregon)
James Peoples
(University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Tae Oum
(University of British Columbia)
Steven Trick
(University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Palmer House Hilton, Indiana Room
Union for Radical Political Economists
Heterodox Microfoundations of Macroeconomic Issues
(B5)
Presiding:
Tae-Hee Jo
(SUNY Buffalo State College)
The Productivity of the Public Sector: A Classical View
Carlo D’Ippoliti
(Sapienza University of Rome)
Marcella Corsi
(Sapienza University of Rome)
Labor Discipline as Price Stabilizing Mechanism in Recession
Gyun Cheol Gu
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
The Regional Benefits of the Employer of Last Resort Program: An Input Output Approach
Michael Murray
(Bemidji State University)
A Basic Microeconomic Model: Foundations for a New Economics Education
Gustavo Vargas Sánchez
(Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
Discussants:
Frederic Lee
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Sirisha Naidu
(Wright State University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Palmer House Hilton, Kimball Room
Union for Radical Political Economists
Heterodox Monetary Theory
(E1)
Presiding:
James Devine
(Loyola Marymount University)
The Circulation of Bank Capital and the General Rate of Interest
Daniel Saros
(Valparaiso University)
Proportionality, the Two-Price Theory, and Monetary Circulation
Mark Lautzenheiser
(Earlham College)
Yavuz Yasar
(University of Denver)
Monetary Expression of Labour Time in Monetary Circuit Approach
Hyun-Woong Park
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
The New "Voodoo Economics": Fetishism and the Public/Private Divide
Ann Davis
(Marist College)
Discussants:
Fred Moseley
(Mount Holyoke College)
Mario Seccareccia
(University of Ottawa)
Daniel Saros
(Valparaiso University)
James Devine
(Loyola Marymount University)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Swissotel, Montreux 3
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
Environmental Kuznets Curve: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives
(Q5)
Presiding:
C.-Y. Cynthia Lin
(University of California, Davis)
A Theoretical Model of Environmental Kuznets Curve
Fabien Prieur
(Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) and Université Montpellier I)
Functional Form of Water Pollutant-Income Relationship under
the EKC Framework
Krishna P. Paudel
(Louisiana State University and LSU AgCenter)
Biswo Poudel
(University of California-Berkeley)
Endogeneity in the Environmental Kuznets Curve:
An Instrumental Variables Approach
C.-Y. Cynthia Lin
(University of California-Davis)
Zachary Liscow
(University of California-Berkeley)
Discussants:
Richard T. Carson
(University of California-San Diego)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Grand Suite 3
American Economic Association
European Economic Association Lecture
(J5)
Presiding:
Jordi Gali
(Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Transaction Costs, Power Abuse, and the Employment Relation--Economic Origins of Authority
Ernst Fehr
(University of Zurich)
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Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Grand Ballroom F
American Economic Association/American Finance Association
Joint Luncheon -- Fee Event
Presiding:
Raghuram Rajan
(University of Chicago)
Richard Thaler
(University of Chicago)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Swissotel, St. Gallen 2
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
Real Estate Portfolio Issues
(G1)
Presiding:
Austin Jaffe
(Pennsylvania State University)
Liquidity Black Hole and Optimal Behavioral Model
Gianluca Marcato
(University of Reading)
Tommaso Gabrieli
(University of Reading)
Giovanni Tira
(University of Reading)
Real Estate Portfolio Management: Optimization under Risk Aversion
Michel Baroni
(Essec Business School)
Fabrice Barthélémy
(Cergy-Pontoise/Thema)
Jean-Luc Prigent
(Cergy-Pontoise/Thema)
Co-movements Between the Stock Market and Real Estate Market in a Liquidity Trap: Evidence from Japan Daily Data
Liling Feng
(City University of Hong Kong)
Yuichiro Kawaguchi
(Waseda University)
Charles Leung
(City University of Hong Kong)
Combining Monte-Carlo Simulations and Options to manage Risk of Real Estate Portfolios
Michel Baroni
(Essec Business School)
Fabrice Barthélémy
(University Cergy-Pontoise)
Charles-Olivier Amedee--Manesme
(University Cergy-Pontoise)
Etienne Dupuy
(University Cergy-Pontoise)
Discussants:
Aleksandar Andonov
(University of Maastricht)
Joseph T.L. Ooi
(National University of Singapore)
Jiro Yoshida
(Pennsylvania State University)
Jacques Gordon
(LaSalle Investment Management)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Soldier Field
Chinese Economists Society
The Integration of China into the World Economy
(F4)
Presiding:
Christian Dreger
(DIW Berlin)
Does the Integration of China Affect International Business Cycles?
Christian Dreger
(DIW Berlin)
Yanqun Zhang
(Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
Renminbi Revaluation, Spatial Interprovincial Interactions, and China's Trade Imbalances: A Dynamic Regional Perspective
Eric Girardin
(University of the Mediterranean)
Moussa Fall
(University of the Mediterranean)
Robert Owen
(University of Nantes)
Are Chinese Trade Flows Different? An Empirical Assessment
Yin-Wong Cheung
(University of California)
Menzie D. Chinn
(University of Wisconsin)
Xingwang Qian
(SUNY Buffalo State)
How Did Perceived Yuan Appreciation Affect Global Stock Markets?
Barry Eichengreen
(University of California-Berkeley)
Hui Tong
(International Monetary Fund)
Discussants:
Jarko Fidrmuc
(Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, Germany)
Iikka Korhonen
(Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition)
Michael Plummer
(Johns Hopkins University)
Prachi Mishra
(International Monetary Fund)
Tongsan Wang
(Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 265
Cliometrics Society
Historical Perspectives on Agriculture Markets
(N5)
Presiding:
Sam Williamson
(University of Illinois-Chicago and Measuring Worth)
Why Europe and Not Asia? Agricultural Productivity and Industrial Revolution around the World before 1879
Liam Brunt
(NHH-Bergen)
Antonio Fidalgo
(University of Lausanne)
Moveable Feasts: A New Approach to Endogenizing Tastes
Trevon Logan
(Ohio State University)
Paul Rhode
(University of Michigan)
The Cost of Railroad Regulation: The Disintegration of American Agricultural Markets in the Interwar Period
Paul Sharp
(University of Copenhagen)
Federico Giovanni
(RSCAS European University Institute and University of Pisa)
Discussants:
Greg Clark
(University of California-Davis)
Sam Williamson
(University of Illinois-Chicago and Measuring Worth)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Buckingham
History of Economics Society
David Hume on Normative Economics
(B1)
Presiding:
Robert Dimand
(Brock University)
The Central Importance of Economics in Hume's Moral Philosophy
Carl Wennerlind
(Barnard College, Columbia University)
Hume on Economic Well-Being
Margaret Schabas
(University of British Columbia)
Hume and the Morality of Mutual Advantage
Robert Sugden
(University of East Anglia)
Hume on Constitutional Design: Knowledge, Politics and Parliament
John Berdell
(DePaul University)
Discussants:
Samuel Fleischacker
(University of Illinois-Chicago)
John B. Davis
(Marquette University)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Swissotel, Vevey 2
Industrial Organization Society
IOS Young Researchers Session
(L1)
Presiding:
Daniel Ackerberg
(University of Michigan)
Price Negotiation in Differentiated Products Markets: The Case of Insured Mortgages in Canada
Jean-Francois Houde
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Jason J. Allen
(Bank of Canada)
Robert Clark
(University of Montreal)
Demographic Price Discrimination in New Vehicle Sales
Ashley Langer
(University of Michigan)
Equilibria in Health Exchanges: Adverse Selection vs. Re-classification Risk
Benjamin Handel
(University of California-Berkeley)
Igal Hendel
(Northwestern University)
Michael Whinston
(Northwestern University)
The Welfare Effects of Complementary Bidding Mechanisms: An Empirical Analysis of the Spanish Wholesale Electricity Market
Mar Reguant
(Stanford University)
Discussants:
Matthew S. Lewis
(Ohio State University)
Mark R. Jacobsen
(University of California-San Diego)
Kei Kawai
(University of Pennsylvania)
Shaun McRae
(University of Michigan)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Columbian
International Association for Energy Economics
Topics in Energy Modeling
(Q4)
Presiding:
Kevin Forbes
(Catholic University of America)
Sustainable Growth with Renewable and Fossil Fuels Energy Sources
Carlo Bollino
(University of Perugia)
Sylvia Micheli
(University of Perugia)
Comparison of a Clean Energy Standard and a Carbon Tax
Kemal Sarica
(Purdue University)
Wallace Tyner
(Purdue University)
Phasing in Large-Scale Expansion of Wind Power in the Nordic Countries
Finn R. Førsund
(University of Oslo)
Asymmetric Volatility in Commodity Markets
Xiaoyi Mu
(University of Dundee)
Haichun Ye
(Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)
Discussants:
Evan Hillebrand
(University of Kentucky)
Madanmohan Ghosh
(Environment Canada)
Charles Mason
(University of Wyoming)
Kevin Forbes
(Catholic University of America)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Swissotel, Alpine Salon I
International Association for Feminist Economics
New Thinking In Feminist Economics
(B5)
Presiding:
Sadullah Celik
(Marmara University)
Argentina: The Gender Order and Different Regimes of Accumulation
Silvia Berger
(Flacso Argentina)
The Crises of Social Reproduction and the Environment: Understanding their Linkages
Maria Floro
(American University)
How Family Caregiving Affects International Development: Lessons from the Health and Social Sciences
Greta Friedman-Sanchez
(University of Minnesota)
Joan M. Griffin
(University of Minnesota)
Gender Effects in Environmental Decisions
Marianna Khachaturyan
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Natalia V. Czap
(University of Michigan-Dearborn)
Gary D. Lynne
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Discussants:
Marilyn Power
(Sarah Lawrence College)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Swissotel, Alpine Salon II
International Banking, Economics & Finance Association
The Effects of Banking Competition and Structure
(G2)
Presiding:
Robert Bliss
(Wake Forest University)
U.S. Banking Integration and State-Level Exports
Tomasz Michalski
(HEC Paris, France)
Evren Ors
(HEC Paris, France)
Bank Competition and Stability: Reconciling Conflicting Empirical Evidence
Glenn Schepens
(Ghent University)
Thorsten Beck
(Tilburg University)
Olivier De Jonghe
(Tilburg University)
Competition in Lending and Credit Ratings
Javed Ahmed
(University of California-Berkeley)
The Cross-Market Spillover of Economic Shocks through Multi-market Banks
Jose Berrospide
(Federal Reserve Board)
Lamont Black
(Federal Reserve Board)
William Keeton
(Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City)
Discussants:
Douglas Evanoff
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Jakob de Haan
(University of Groningen)
Edward Kane
(Boston College)
Christa Bouwman
(Case Western Reserve University)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Wrigley
International Network for Economic Method
Virtue Ethics and Economics
(B5) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Mark White
(College of Staten Island, CUNY)
Deirdre N. McCloskey
(University of Illinois-Chicago)
Economics with All the Virtues Left In
Jennifer A. Baker
(College of Charleston)
Visible Hands
Christian Becker
(Pennsylvania State University)
Aristotelian Virtue Ethics and Economic Rationality: Lessons for the Methodology of Economics
Mark D. White
(College of Staten Island, CUNY)
Might a More Virtuous Economics Come from... Immanuel Kant?
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Stetson Suite FG
International Trade & Finance Association
International Trade and Finance
(F1)
Presiding:
Georg Schaur
(University of Tennessee)
Globalization, Human Capital and Labor Income
Pravin Krishna
(Johns Hopkins University and NBER)
Mine Zeynep Senses
(Johns Hopkins University)
Guru Sethupathy
(Johns Hopkins University)
Comparative Advantage and Welfare Impact of European Integration
Andrei Levchenko
(University of Michigan)
Jing Zhang
(University of Michigan)
Export Growth and Credit Constraints
Tibor Besedes
(Georgia Institute of Technology)
Volodymyr Lugovskyy
(Indiana University)
Byung-Cheol Kim
(Georgia Institute of Technology)
Core Competencies, Matching, and the Structure of Foreign Direct Investment
Alan Spearot
(University of California-Santa Cruz)
Federico J. Diez
(Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Columbus AB
Middle East Economic Association
Middle East Diverse Topics
(Y9) (Poster Session)
Presiding:
Mine Cinar
(Loyola University)
Model to Restructure the ODA Conditionality to Attain Sustainable Development in Recipient Countries: USAID in Egypt Case Study
Doaa S. Abdou
(Modern Sciences and Arts University-MSA University)
Zeinab Zaazou
(Modern Sciences and Arts University-MSA University)
Illegal Insider Trading in the Istanbul Stock Exchange
Ulkem Basdas
(Middle East Technical University)
Veli Ozer
(Istanbul Commerce University)
The FED as a Monetary Leader for Emerging Economies
Pinar Deniz
(Marmara University)
Entrepreneurship in a Post-Conflict Society: Iraq
Frank R Gunter
(Lehigh University)
A Survey of Courses on the Economics of the Middle East
Hisham Foad
(San Diego State University)
Forecasting Energy Demand in Jordan Using Artificial Neural Network
Bassam AbuAl-Foul
(American University in Sharjah)
The Impact of Financial Vulnerabilities on the Economic Dynamics and Trade: The Case of European and North Africa
Mustapha Djennas
(University of Tlemcen)
Mohamed Benbouziane
(University of Tlemcen)
Meriem Djennas
(University of Amiens)
Red Meat Price Spike in Turkey during 2009-2010: Supply Deficit and Hoarding
Gokhan Ozertan
(Bogazici University)
Sayed Saghaian
(University of Kentucky)
Hasan Tekguc
(Mardin Artuklu University)
The Legal Framework of FDI in Kurdistan Region-Iraq
Mahmood Barzani
(Erlangen University)
Revisiting the Performance of Consumer Sentiment in Emerging Markets: Employing Wavelet Co-Movement Analysis
Sadullah Celik
(Marmara University)
Ulkem Basdas
(Middle East Technical University)
Why Owning a Home Can be Bad for Turkey
Yigit Aydede
(Saint Mary's University)
The Potential for Violence of "Youth Bulges" in the Middle East-Migration and Terrorism as "Exit" and "Voice"
Rahel Schomaker
(German Research Institute for Public Administration)
Andreas Knorr
(German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer)
Nils Otter
(Carinthia University of Applied Sciences)
Time-Series Tests of Growth: An Application to MENA Countries
Hala El-Ramly
(American University in Cairo)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Atlanta
National Association of Economic Educators
High School through College: Economic Education and Observed Outcomes
(A2)
Presiding:
John Swinton
(Georgia College)
High School Grade Inflation and College Outcomes
Christopher Clark
(Georgia College)
Benjamin Scafidi
(Georgia College)
John R. Swinton
(Georgia College)
Is it Live or is it Internet? Experimental Estimates of the Effects of Online Instruction on Student Learning
David N. Figlio
(Northwestern University and NBER)
Mark Rush
(University of Florida)
Lu Yin
(University of Florida)
Economic Education and Consumer Experience During the Financial Crisis
Paul W. Grimes
(Pittsburg State University)
Kevin E. Rogers
(Mississippi State University)
William D. Bosshardt
(Florida Atlantic University)
Exploring the Gender Gap in High School Math and Economics: Does the Gap Widen as Students Matriculate from Geometry and Algebra to Economics?
Brent A. Evans
(Mississippi State University)
Discussants:
Roger B. Butters
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
KimMarie McGoldrick
(University of Richmond)
Brian W. Sloboda
(University of Phoenix)
Shelby Frost
(Georgia State University)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Palmer House Hilton, Grand Park Parlor
National Economic Association
Challenges of Closing the Racial Wealth Gap
(G2)
Presiding:
Charles Betsey
(Howard University)
Spatial Patterns of Economic Segregation in Major Metropolitan Areas in
the United States
Deniz Baglan
(Howard University)
Haydar Kurban
(Howard University)
The Impacts of Gentrification in Washington, DC: The Case of Columbia Heights
Rodney Green
(Howard University)
Judy Mulusa
(Howard University)
Saving Attitudes and Behaviors: What Do They Indicate about Financial Literacy Among African-Americans?
Charles Betsey
(Howard University)
Margaret Simms
(Urban Institute)
Discussants:
Jessica Gordon Nembhard
(City University of New York)
Debbie Lindsey
(Howard University)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Swissotel, Grand Ballroom Salons I & II
Omicron Delta Epsilon/American Economic Association
AEA/ODE Graduate-Student Session
(G,H)
Presiding:
Joseph Santos
(South Dakota State University)
Effects of Bank Lending Shocks on Real Activity: Evidence from a Financial Crisis
Xiaohong Wang
(University of Florida)
Is Leverage Leveraging Business Start-ups? An Analysis of Business Start-ups Using the Kauffman Firm Survey
Indu Khurana
(Florida International University)
[Download Preview] The Impact of Personal Income Tax Rates on the Employment Decisions of Small Businesses
Katie Sobczyk Player
(Clemson University)
[Download Preview] Investment-Promotion Policies and Employment by Foreign-Owned Manufacturing Firms in US States
Chen Wu
(University of Oklahoma)
Discussants:
Indu Khurana
(Florida International University)
Xiaohong Wang
(University of Florida)
Chen Wu
(University of Oklahoma)
Katie Sobczyk Player
(Clemson University)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 272
Society of Government Economists
Theory and Empirical Evidence in the Labor Market
(J2)
Presiding:
Ted To
(Bureau of Labor Statistics)
The Spending and Debt Response to Minimum Wage Hikes
Dan Aaronson
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Sumit Agarwal
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Eric French
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Tasks and Heterogeneous Human Capital
Shintaro Yamaguchi
(McMaster University)
Search and Non-wage Job Characteristics
Paul Sullivan
(Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Ted To
(Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Household Search or Individual Search: Does it Matter? Evidence from Lifetime Inequality Estimates
Luca Flabbi
(Georgetown University)
James Mabli
(Mathematica Policy Research)
Discussants:
Ted To
(Bureau of Labor Statistics)
John Jones
(State University of New York-Albany)
Peter Arcidiacono
(Duke University)
Paul Carrillo
(George Washington University)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, New Orleans
Transportation & Public Utilities Group
Auction Design
(L9)
Presiding:
Eric Ralph
(Federal Communications Commission)
Auction Design for Universal Service
Larry Ausubel
(University of Maryland)
Procurement auctions to supply broadband over differing regions with quality differentiation
Giuseppe Lopomo
(Duke University)
Leslie Marx
(Duke University)
Sandro Brusco
(State University of New York-Stony Brook)
Distributing Universal Service Subsidies by Competitive Bidding
Thomas Hazlett
(George Mason University)
Discussants:
Greg Rosston
(Stanford University)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Palmer House Hilton, Wabash
Union for Radical Political Economists
David Gordon Memorial Lecture
(J1)
Presiding:
Fred Moseley
(Mount Holyoke College)
The Political Economy of Human Capital
Nancy Folbre
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Discussants:
Elissa Braunstein
(Colorado State University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Montreux 3
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
The New Normal? The Food and Agricultural Economy
(D1)
Presiding:
Benjamin Senauer
(University of Minnesota)
The New Normal? A Tighter Global Agricultural Supply and Demand Relation
Mark Rosegrant
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
U.S. Farm Prosperity and Rural America: The New Normal or Reversion to the Mean?
Mike Boehlje
(Purdue University)
Brent Gloy
(Purdue University)
Jason Henderson
(Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Omaha Branch)
The New Normal? U.S. Food Expenditure Patterns and the Changing Structure of Food
Retailing
Tim Beatty
(University of Minnesota)
Benjamin Senauer
(University of Minnesota)
The New Normal? the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Food Stamps)
Parke Wilde
(Tufts University)
Discussants:
Benjamin Senauer
(University of Minnesota)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Hong Kong
American Economic Association
Alternative Credit and Consumer Rationality
(G2)
Presiding:
Marianne Bertrand
(Chicago Booth School of Business)
Choosing the Right Bank; Distance, Consumer Behavior and Pawn Lending
Sumit Agarwal
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Marieke Bos
(Stockholm University)
Underwriting Homogeneity and the Profitability of Payday Lending
Jeremy Tobacman
(University of Pennsylvania)
Paige Skiba
(Vanderbilt University)
Costly Credit and Public Program Participation
Brian Melzer
(Northwestern University)
From Pawn Shops to Banks: The Impact of Formal Credit on Informal Households
Claudia Ruiz Ortega
(University of California-Los Angeles)
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Discussants:
Stefano DellaVigna
(University of California-Berkeley)
Mark Jenkins
(University of Pennsylvania)
Annamaria Lusardi
(Dartmouth College)
Anna Paulson
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Crystal A
American Economic Association
Causes and Consequences of Unemployment: New Microeconomic Evidence and Perspectives
(J6)
Presiding:
David Lee
(Princeton University)
The Effect of UI Extensions on Job Outcomes Throughout the Non-Employment Spell
Stefan Bender
(Institute for Employment Research)
Till Von Wachter
(Boston University)
Johannes Schmieder
(Boston University)
Unemployment in the Great Recession: Did the Housing Market Crisis Prevent the Unemployed from Moving to Take Jobs?
Henry S. Farber
(Princeton University)
[Download Preview] Contract Form, Wage Flexibility and Employment
W. Bentley MacLeod
(Columbia University)
Daniel Parent
(Institut d'economie appliquee HEC)
Thomas Lemieux
(University of British Columbia)
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Discussants:
Daniel G. Sullivan
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Bruce D. Meyer
(University of Chicago)
Edward Lazear
(Stanford University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Columbus CD
American Economic Association
Credit Rating Agencies: Incentives and Regulation
(G2)
Presiding:
Laura Veldkamp
(New York University)
De-Regulating Markets for Financial Information
Laura Veldkamp
(New York University)
Pablo Kurlat
(Stanford University)
[Download Preview] The Economics of Solicited and Unsolicited Credit Ratings
Gunter Strobl
(University of North Carolina)
Paolo Fulghieri
(University of North Carolina)
Han Xia
(University of North Carolina)
[Download Preview] Feedback Effects of Credit Ratings
Gustavo Manso
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
[Download Preview] Optimal Rating Contingent Regulation
Marcus Opp
(University of California-Berkeley)
Christian Opp
(University of Pennsylvania)
Milton Harris
(University of Chicago)
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Discussants:
Jonathan Parker
(Northwestern University)
Patrick Bolton
(Columbia University)
Zhiguo He
(University of Chicago)
Samuel Lee
(New York University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Grand Ballroom B
American Economic Association
Employment Effects of Arizona’s 2007 Legislation Against the Hiring of Unauthorized Immigrants
(F2)
Presiding:
Steven Raphael
(University of California-Berkeley)
The Impact of Enforcement on the Decision to Migrate
Gordon Hansen
(University of California-San Diego)
Scott Borger
(Department of Homeland Security)
Bryan Roberts
(Nathan Associates)
The Effectiveness of Border Enforcement in Deterring Illegal Crossing Attempts
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes
(San Diego State University)
Cynthia Bansak
(St. Lawrence University)
Employment Effects of Arizona’s 2007 Legislation Against the Hiring of Unauthorized Immigrants
Sarah Bohn
(Public Policy Institute of California)
Magnus Lofstrom
(Public Policy Institute of California)
Steven Paul Raphael
(University of California-Berkeley)
A Unified Model of the Illegal Immigration System
Joseph Chang
(Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute)
Dean Judson
(Decision Analytics)
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Discussants:
Fernando Lozano
(Pomona College)
Pia Orrenius
(Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)
Todd Sorenson
(University of California-Riverside)
Madeline Zavodny
(Agnes Scott College)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Columbus G
American Economic Association
Environmental Economics
(Q5)
Presiding:
Richard V. Butler
(Trinity University)
Not Just Hot Air? The Effects of Weather on Mortality in Germany
Martin Karlsson
(TU Darmstadt)
Nicolas Ziebarth
(DIW Berlin and Cornell University)
Maike Neumann
(TU Darmstadt)
[Download Preview] Optimal Policy Commitment: Investment Deterrence Versus Option Value
Tatyana Deryugina
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
[Download Preview] The Impacts of Air-Pollution Motivated Tax Adjustments in China Automobile Industry
Junji Xiao
(Fudan University)
Heng Ju
(Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)
[Download Preview] To Scrap or Not to Scrap: A Dynamic Discrete Choice Model of Vehicle Scrappage
Shanjun Li
(Resources for the Future)
Chao Wei
(George Washington University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Grand Suite 3
American Economic Association
Expertise
(D8)
Presiding:
Elena Panova
(UQAM)
Reputational Concern with Endogenous Information Acquisition
Haibo Xu
(Haibo Xu)
[Download Preview] Re-election Through Division
Richard Van Weelden
(University of Chicago)
[Download Preview] Experts, Conflicts of Interest, and Reputation for Ability
Massimo Scotti
(University of Technology, Sydney)
Filippo Pavesi
(University of Milan-Bicocca)
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Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Regency A
American Economic Association
Funding and Market Liquidity
(G1)
Presiding:
Markus Brunnermeier
(Princeton University and NBER)
Liquidity in the Foreign Exchange Market: Measurement, Commonality, and Risk Premiums
Loriano Mancini
(Swiss Finance Institute, EPFL)
Angelo Ranaldo
(Swiss National Bank)
Jan Wrampelmeyer
(Swiss Finance Institute, University of Zurich)
[Download Preview] Fragility and Restructuring in Trading Networks
Andrea L. Eisfeldt
(Northwestern University)
Pierre-Olivier Weill
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Liquidity Risk and Mutual-Fund Performance
Xi Dong
(INSEAD)
Shu Feng
(Clark University)
Ronnie Sadka
(Boston College)
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Discussants:
Arvind Krishnamurthy
(Northwestern University and NBER)
Tarun Chordia
(Emory University)
Ioanid Rosu
(HEC Paris)
Ashish Tiwari
(University of Iowa)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Gold Coast
American Economic Association
Growth Inputs: From Human Capital to Nation Building
(O4)
Presiding:
Linda Goldberg
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Nation Building and Economic Growth
Ellyn Creasey
(U.S. Navy)
Ahmend Rahman
(U.S. Naval Academy)
Katherine Smith
(U.S. Naval Academy)
[Download Preview] Conditional Cash Transfers, Political Participation and Voting Behavior
Javier Baez
(World Bank)
Adriana Camacho
(Universidad de Los Andes)
Emily Conover
(Hamilton College)
Roman A. Zarate
(Universidad de los Andes)
[Download Preview] Compulsory Schooling in Turkey, Educational Attainment, and the Gender Gap
Jennifer Ward-Batts
(Wayne State University)
Kaitlin Anitshin
(Arturo Velasquez Institute)
[Download Preview] The Determinants and Consequences of School Choice Errors in Kenya
Adrienne Lucas
(University of Delaware)
Isaac Mbiti
(Southern Methodist University)
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Discussants:
Katheryn Russ
(University of California-Davis)
Lori Beaman
(Northwestern University)
Heather Royer
(University of California-Santa Barbara)
Erica Groshen
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Grand Ballroom A
American Economic Association
In Remembrance of Alfred E. Kahn: Fred Kahn’s Impact on Deregulation and Regulatory Reform
(L5)
Presiding:
Paul Joskow
(Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
After Airline Deregulation and Alfred E. Kahn
Nancy L. Rose
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
[Download Preview] Dynamic Pricing of Electricity
Paul L. Joskow
(Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Catherine Wolfram
(University of California-Berkeley)
[Download Preview] Telecommunications Deregulation
Jerry Hausman
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
William Taylor
(NERA)
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Discussants:
Sam Peltzman
(University of Chicago)
Roger Noll
(Stanford University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Columbus EF
American Economic Association
Incentives and Matching in Marriage and Dating Markets
(J1)
Presiding:
Gary Becker
(University of Chicago)
Matching with a Handicap: The Economics of Marital Smoking
Pierre-André Chiappori
(Columbia University)
Sonia Oreffice
(University of Alicante)
Climent Quintana-Domeque
(University of Alicante)
Peer Effects in Sexual Initiation: Separating Demand from Supply
Seth Richards-Shubik
(Carnegie-Mellon University)
[Download Preview] Terms of Endearment: An Equilibrium Model Of Sex and Matching
Peter Arcidiacono
(Duke University)
Andrew Beauchamp
(Boston College)
Marjorie McElroy
(Duke University)
[Download Preview] Dating Market Incentives to Improve Physical Appearance
Lorens Helmchen
(George Mason University)
Timothy Classen
(Loyola University Chicago)
Discussants:
Scott Cunningham
(Baylor University)
Jeremy Fox
(University of Michigan)
Aloysius Siow
(University of Toronto)
John Cawley
(Cornell University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Regency B
American Economic Association
Innovation in Insurance Coverage for Higher Value Care: Theory and Evidence
(I1)
Presiding:
Richard Frank
(Harvard University)
Insuring the Health of Behavioral Consumers
Katherine Baicker
(Harvard University)
Sendhil Mullainathan
(Harvard University)
Joshua Schwartzstein
(Dartmouth College)
Patient Cost-Sharing In Low Income Populations: Dispatch From Massachusetts
Amitabh Chandra
(Harvard University)
Jonathan Gruber
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Robin McKnight
(Wellesley College)
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Copayment Elimination for Blood Pressure Medication
Kevin Volpp
(University of Pennsylvania)
Benefit Plan Generosity and Productivity
Michael Chernew
(Harvard University)
Theresa Gibson
(Thompson-Reuters)
Mark Fendrick
(University of Michigan)
Discussants:
Richard Frank
(Harvard University)
David Cutler
(Harvard University)
Wesley Yin
(Boston University)
Douglas Staiger
(Dartmouth College)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Regency C
American Economic Association
International Trade and Macroeconomics
(F4)
Presiding:
Jonathan Eaton
(Pennsylvania State University)
Linkages across Sovereign Debt Markets
Cristina Arellano
(Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
Yan Bai
(University of Rochester)
Staggered Adjustments and Trade Dynamics
Costas Arkolakis
(Yale University)
Jonathan Eaton
(Pennsylvania State University)
Samuel S Kortum
(University of Chicago)
Export Dynamics in Large Devaluations
George Alessandria
(Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Sangeeta Pratap
(Hunter College, City University of New York)
Vivian Yue
(Federal Reserve Board)
Dynamics of Trade and Heterogeneity in General Equilibrium
Robert Dekle
(University of Southern California)
Hyeok Jeong
(KDI School of Public Policy and Management)
Nobuhiro Kiyotaki
(Princeton University)
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Discussants:
Kim Ruhl
(New York University)
Brent Neiman
(University of Chicago)
George Alessandria
(Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Toronto
American Economic Association
Investment, Uncertainty, and Capital Structure
(E2)
Presiding:
Francois Gourio
(Boston University)
What Explains the Lagged Investment Effect?
Janice Eberly
(Northwestern University)
Sergio Rebelo
(Northwestern University)
Nicolas Vincent
(HEC Montreal)
[Download Preview] Equity Market Misvaluation and Firm Financial Policies
Missaka Warusawitharana
(Federal Reserve Board)
Toni Whited
(University of Rochester)
[Download Preview] Uncertainty, Financial Frictions, and Investment Dynamics
Simon Gilchrist
(Boston University)
Jae Sim
(Federal Reserve Board)
Egon Zakrajsek
(Federal Reserve Board)
Stochastic Volatility, Credit Spreads, and the Q Theory of Investment
Francois Gourio
(Boston University)
Michael Michaux
(University of Southern California)
Discussants:
Rudi Bachmann
(University of Michigan)
Jianjun Miao
(Boston University)
Brent Glover
(University of Pennsylvania and Carnegie Mellon University)
Lukas Schmid
(Duke University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Acapulco
American Economic Association
Markov Switching DSGE Models, Theory and Applications
(E1)
Presiding:
Andrew Foerster
(Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City)
Monetary/Fiscal Policy Mix and Agents' Beliefs
Francesco Bianchi
(Duke University)
[Download Preview] Perturbation Methods for Markov Switching Models
Juan Rubio-Ramirez
(Duke University)
Andrew T. Foerster
(Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City)
Dan Waggoner
(Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta)
Tao Zha
(Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta)
[Download Preview] Financial Crises, Unconventional Monetary Policy Exit Strategies, and Agents' Expectations
Andrew T. Foerster
(Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City)
[Download Preview] The Fiscal Limit and Non-Ricardian Consumers
Alexander Richter
(Indiana University)
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Discussants:
Chris Sims
(Princeton University)
Alejandro Justiniano
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Taeyoung Doh
(Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City)
Seonghoon Cho
(Yonsei University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Regency D
American Economic Association
New Challenges for Market Design
(A1)
Presiding:
Muriel Niederle
(Stanford University)
Individual Rationality and Participation in Large Scale, Multi-Hospital Kidney Exchange
Itai Ashlagi
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Alvin E. Roth
(Harvard Business School)
Holdout in the Assembly of Complements: A Problem for Market Design
Scott Duke Kominers
(University of Chicago)
Eric Glen Weyl
(University of Chicago)
[Download Preview] Improving Efficiency in Matching Markets with Regional Caps: The Case of the Japan Residency Matching Program
Fuhito Kojima
(Stanford University)
Yuichiro Kamada
(Harvard University)
[Download Preview] Price Controls, Non-Price Quality Competition, and the Nonexistence of Competitive Equilibrium
John William Hatfield
(Stanford University)
Charles R. Plott
(California Institute of Technology)
Tomomi Tanaka
(Arizona State University)
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Discussants:
Parag Pathak
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Thomas Palfrey
(California Institute of Technology)
Paul Milgrom
(Stanford University)
Muriel Niederle
(Stanford University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Columbus KL
American Economic Association
Research on College and University Economic Education
(A2)
Presiding:
Sam Allgood
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Why Don't Women Pursue a Major in Economics?
Tisha L.N. Emerson
(Baylor University)
KimMarie McGoldrick
(University of Richmond)
Kevin J. Mumford
(Purdue University)
Does Adding Intermediate Algebra as a Prerequisite for Economics Principles Courses Improve Student Success?
Steven Balassi
(Saint Mary's College of California)
Richard H. Courtney
(Saint Mary's College of California)
William Lee
(Saint Mary's College of California)
[Download Preview] Revisiting How Departments of Economics Evaluate Teaching
William E. Becker
(Indiana University and University of South Australia)
William Bosshardt
(Florida Atlantic University)
Michael Watts
(Purdue University)
[Download Preview] "Dude, Who's Your CL Leader?" Characteristics of Effective Collaborative Learning Leaders
Kim P. Huynh
(Indiana University)
James K. Self
(Indiana University)
Discussants:
Wendy Stock
(Montana State University)
Georg Schaur
(University of Tennessee)
Michael Salemi
(University of North Carolina)
John Swinton
(Georgia College & State University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Columbus IJ
American Economic Association
The Economics of Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills
(I2)
Presiding:
James Heckman
(University of Chicago)
The Leaning Tower of PISA – Disentangling Ability and Motivation
Lex Borghans
(Maastricht University)
Trudie Schils
(Maastricht University)
Skill Segregation in the Swedish Economy
Erik Lindqvist
(Stockholm University School of Economics)
Christina Håkanson
(Stockholm University)
Jonas Vlachos
(Stockholm University)
Conscientiousness as Human Capital: Perspectives from Research on Health and Life Span Development
Brent Roberts
(University of Illinois)
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Discussants:
James Heckman
(University of Chicago)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Water Tower
American Economic Association
The Global Financial Crisis: Contagion and Cross-Country Linkages
(F3)
Presiding:
Kristin J. Forbes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Capital Flows, Push versus Pull Factors and the Global Financial Crisis
Marcel Fratzscher
(European Central Bank)
[Download Preview] Crisis Transmission: Micro-Evidence from International Mutual Funds
Sergio Schmukler
(World Bank)
Claudio Raddatz
(World Bank)
[Download Preview] From the Financial Crisis to the Real Economy: Using Firm-Level Data to Identify Transmission Channels
Stijn Claessens
(International Monetary Fund)
Hui Tong
(International Monetary Fund)
Shang Jin Wei
(Columbia Univeristy)
[Download Preview] ABS Inflows and the Global Financial Crisis
Carol Bertaut
(Federal Reserve Board)
Laurie Pounder
(Federal Reserve Board)
Steve Kamin
(Federal Reserve Board)
Ralph Tryon
(Federal Reserve Board)
[Download Preview] Leverage Across Firms Banks and Countries
Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan
(University of Houston)
Bent Sorensen
(University of Houston)
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Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Grand Ballroom CD North
American Economic Association
The Political Economy of Macroeconomic Crisis Response
(E6)
Presiding:
Steven Davis
(University of Chicago)
The Political Economy of Managing the European Debt Crisis
Francesco Caselli
(London School of Economics)
Resolving Debt Overhang: Political Constraints in the Aftermath of Financial Crises
Francesco Trebbi
(University of British Columbia)
Atif Mian
(University of California-Berkeley)
Amir Sufi
(University of Chicago)
[Download Preview] Economists' Capture
Luigi Zingales
(University of Chicago)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Crystal B
American Economic Association
The Political Economy of U.S. Debt and Deficits
(H6) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Alan Auerbach
(University of California-Berkeley)
Alan Blinder
(Princeton University)
Douglas Holtz-Eakin
(American Action Forum)
Rudolph Penner
(Urban Institute)
Alice Rivlin
(Brookings Institution)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Zurich A
American Finance Association
Anomalies
(G1)
Presiding:
Kent Daniel
(Columbia University)
Carry
Ralph S. J. Koijen
(University of Chicago)
Evert B. Vrugt
(VU University Amsterdam)
Tobias Moskowitz
(University of Chicago)
Lasse H. Pedersen
(New York University)
A Comprehensive Study of the Chinese Warrants Bubble
Tao L. Wu
(State University of New York)
Innovative Efficiency and Stock Returns
David A. Hirshleifer
(University of California-Irvine)
Po-Hsuan Hsu
(University of Connecticut)
Dongmei Li
(University of California-San Diego)
Discussants:
Pierre Collin-Dufresne
(Columbia University)
Jialin Yu
(Columbia University)
Josef Lakonishok
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Zurich B
American Finance Association
Capital Structure
(G3)
Presiding:
John Graham
(Duke University)
Caught between Scylla and Charybdis? Regulating Bank Leverage When There is Rent Seeking and Risk Shifting
Hamid Mehran
(Federal Reserve Banks)
Viral V. Acharya
(New York University)
Anjan V. Thakor
(Washington University in Saint Louis)
Debt Specialization
Kai Li
(University of British Columbia)
Paolo Colla
(Bocconi University)
Filippo Ippolito
(Bocconi University)
Empirical Corporate Finance in a Dynamic World
Arthur G. Korteweg
(Stanford University)
Ilya A. Strebulaev
(Stanford University)
Does Cost Structure Matter for Corporate Financial Policies?
Matthias Kahl
(University of Colorado-Boulder)
Jason Lunn
(University of Colorado-Boulder)
Mattias Nilsson
(University of Colorado-Boulder)
Discussants:
Andrew Winton
(University of Minnesota-Twin Cities)
Joshua Rauh
(Northwestern University)
Michael Roberts
(University of Pennsylvania)
Mark Leary
(Washington University in Saint Louis)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Zurich C
American Finance Association
Derivatives: Option Pricing
(G1)
Presiding:
Lasse Pedersen
(New York University)
Cross-Section of Option Returns and Stock Volatility
Jie Cao
(Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Bing Han
(University of Texas-Austin)
Too-Systemic-To-Fail: What Option Markets Imply About Sector-Wide Government Guarantees
Bryan T. Kelly
(University of Chicago)
Hanno N. Lustig
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
(New York University)
Pricing Deflation Risk with U.S. Treasury Yields
Jens Henrik Eggert Christensen
(Federal Reserve Banks)
Jose A. Lopez
(Federal Reserve Banks)
Glenn D. Rudebusch
(Federal Reserve Banks)
Discussants:
Andrea Frazzini
(AQR Capital Management, LLC)
Nicolae Garleanu
(University of California-Berkeley)
Kenneth Singleton
(Stanford University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Zurich F
American Finance Association
International Corporate Finance
(G3)
Presiding:
Andrew Karolyi
(Cornell University)
Do Local and International Venture Capitalists Play Well Together? A Study of International Venture Capital Investments
Thomas J. Chemmanur
(Boston College)
Tyler Hull
(Brandeis University)
Karthik Krishnan
(Northeastern University)
Shareholder Voting and Corporate Governance Around the World
Peter Iliev
(Pennsylvania State University)
Karl V. Lins
(University of Utah)
Darius P. Miller
(Southern Methodist University)
Lukas Roth
(University of Alberta)
Taxes, Theft, and Firm Performance
Maxim Mironov
(IE Business School)
Every Family Has a White Sheep: Between Vertical and Horizontal Governance
Andriy Bodnaruk
(University of Notre Dame)
Massimo Massa
(INSEAD)
Discussants:
Thomas Hellman
(University of British Columbia)
David Yermack
(New York University)
Rene Stulz
(Ohio State University)
I.J. Dyck
(University of Toronto)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Zurich E
American Finance Association
Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts 1
(G3)
Presiding:
B. Eckbo
(Dartmouth College)
Waves of International Mergers and Acquisitions
Tanakorn Makaew
(University of South Carolina)
Merger Synergies Along the Supply Chain
Gennaro Bernile
(University of Miami)
Evgeny Lyandres
(Boston University)
Do Wealth Creating Mergers and Acquisitions Really Hurt Acquirer Shareholders?
Ronald W. Masulis
(University of New South Wales)
Peter L. Swan
(University of New South Wales)
Brett Tobiansky
(University of New South Wales)
Bid Resistance by Takeover Targets: Managerial Bargaining or Bad Faith?
Thomas W. Bates
(Arizona State University)
David A. Becher
(Drexel University)
Discussants:
Jarrad Harford
(University of Washington)
Gordon Phillips
(University of Maryland)
Rex Thompson
(Southern Methodist University)
Karin Thorburn
(Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Zurich D
American Finance Association
Systemic Risk: Insights from Networks (AFA Lecture)
(G1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Sheridan Titman
(University of Texas-Austin)
Daron Acemoglu
(Massachsetts Institute of Technology)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Vevey 3
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
Affordable Housing
(R2)
Presiding:
Edgar Olsen
(University of Virginia)
Are Markets a Viable Source of Low-Income Housing? Estimates from a "Repeat Income" Model with Housing Turnover
Stuart S. Rosenthal
(Syracuse University)
Geographical Price Variation, Housing Assistance and Poverty
Dirk Early
(Southwestern University)
Edgar Olsen
(University of Virginia)
The Impact of Subsidized Rental Housing on Children's Long-Term Employment and Earnings
Fredrik Andersson
(Office of the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency)
John Haltiwanger
(University of Maryland)
Mark Kutzbach
(U.S. Bureau of the Census)
Henry Pollakowski
(Harvard University)
Daniel Weinberg
(U.S. Census Bureau)
The Long-Run Dynamics of Affordable Rental Housing
John C. Weicher
(Hudson Institute)
Frederick J. Eggers
(Econometrica, Inc.)
Fouad A. Moumen
(Ecnometrica Inc.)
Discussants:
Daniel A. Hartley
(Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland)
Kathleen Short
(U.S. Census Bureau)
Daniel B. Gubits
(Abt Associates, Inc.)
David A. Vandenbroucke
(U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, St. Gallen 1
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
Information and Commercial Real Estate
(L7)
Presiding:
Dean Gatzlaff
(Florida State University)
Systematic Determination of Idiosyncratic Risk in Commercial Real Estate Investments
Liang Peng
(University of Colorado-Boulder)
Estimating Liquidity Premium in the Commercial Real Estate Market
Peng (Peter) Liu
(Cornell University)
Wenlan Qian
(National University of Singapore)
Commercial Real Estate, Information Production and Market Activity
David H. Downs
(Virgnia Commonwealth University)
Z. Nuray Guner
(Middle East Technical University)
Does Uncertainty in Future Tax Treatment Cause "Overbuilding" in the Commercial Real Estate Market? A Real Options View
Kerry D. Vandell
(University of California-Irvine)
Discussants:
William Goetzmann
(Yale University)
Anthony Sanders
(George Mason University)
S. McKay Price
(Lehigh University)
David Albouy
(University of Michigan)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, St. Gallen 2
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
Subprime Lending: Theory and Evidence
(G2)
Presiding:
Abdullah Yavas
(University of Wisconsin)
Bad Borrowers or Bad Loans? The Effect of Information Asymmetry on the Choice of Prepayment
Xun Bian
(Pennslyvania State University)
Mortgage Contract Choice in Subprime Mortgage Markets
Gregory Elliehausen
(Federal Reserve Board)
Min Hwang
(George Washington University)
Risk-Based Pricing, Excess Premium, and Subprime Mortgage Default
Xudong An
(San Diego State University)
Eric Rosenblatt
(Fannie Mae)
Vincent Yao
(Fannie Mae)
Subprime Mortgages and the Housing Bubble
Jan K. Brueckner
(University of California-Irvine)
Paul Calem
(Federal Reserve Board)
Leonard Nakamura
(Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Discussants:
Tomasz Piskorski
(Columbia University)
Yan Chang
(Freddie Mac)
Kristopher S. Gerardi
(Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta)
Chester Spatt
(Carnegie Mellon University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Grand Ballroom Salon III
Association for Comparative Economic Studies
Analyzing Occupational Licensing across Institutional Settings
(P5)
Presiding:
Morris Kleiner
(University of Minnesota)
The Impact of Immigration on Natives' Wages: Heterogeneity Resulting from Product and Labor Market Regulation
Susanne Prantl
(University of Cologne)
Alexandra Spitz-Oener
(Humboldt-University Berlin)
Occupational Regulation in the European Legal Market
Mario Pagliero
(University of Turin)
Edward Timmons
(Saint Francis University)
The Incidence and Labor Market Outcomes of Occupational Regulation in the UK
Alex Bryson
(National Institute of Economic and Social Research)
John Forth
(National Institute of Economic and Social Research)
Amy Humphris
(London School of Economics)
Morris M. Kleiner
(University of Minnesota)
Maria Koumenta
(Cardiff University)
Changing Licensing to Permit More Tasks by Nurses: Analyzing Wages and Prices for a Medical Service
Morris M. Kleiner
(University of Minnesota)
Allison Mairer
(Syracuse University)
Kyoung Won Park
(Case Western Reserve University)
Coady Wing
(Northwestern University)
Discussants:
Mark Klee
(George Mason University)
Mindy Marks
(University of California-Riverside)
Charles Wheelan
(University of Chicago)
David Harrington
(Kenyon College)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Montreux 1
Association for Evolutionary Economics
Institutionalist Approaches to the Development of Contemporary Economies
(F5)
Presiding:
Geoffrey Schneider
(Bucknell University)
Things Fall Apart: Dictatorships, Development and Democracy in Africa
Berhanu Nega
(Bucknell University)
Geoffrey Schneider
(Bucknell University)
The "Social Class" Approach to Market Diversity in Transition: The Case of the States of the Former Soviet Union
Anna Klimina
(St. Thomas More College)
A Race to the Bottom? Variations between NIC States and Provinces in the Enforcement of Decent Work: A Comparative Study of Indonesia and India
Tonia Warnecke
(Rollins College)
Alex de Ruyter
(Canterbury Christ Church University)
The Economic System from Social Science Perspective: Consistency and Viability
John Marangos
(University of Crete)
The Limitations of the Notion of Market Failure in Furthering the Understanding of the Process of Development
P. Sai-wing Ho
(University of Denver)
Discussants:
Al Campbell
(University of Utah)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, St. Gallen 3
Association for Social Economics/Association for Evolutionary Economics
Revisiting the Chicago School after the Financial Crisis
(B4) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Mark D. White
(College of Staten Island/CUNY)
Steven G. Medema
(University of Colorado-Denver)
Varieties of Chicago Price Theory
Marianne A. Ferber
(University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign)
The Chicago School 1944-46 and After
Philip Mirowski
(University of Notre Dame)
Did the Chicago School Emerge from the Crisis Relatively Unscathed?
Gary A. Dymski
(University of California-Riverside)
How Efficient-Financial Market Theory Created Too-Big-to-Fail Mega-Banks and Created a Two-Track Credit System
William K. Black
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Law and Financial Markets and Institutions
Robert D. Auerbach
(University of Texas-Austin)
The Benefits of Capitalism and Freedom Will Survive the Financial Crisis and This Seminar
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Burnham
Association of Christian Economists
Experimental Work on the Causes and Consequences of Religion and Virtuous Behavior.
(Z1)
Presiding:
Daniel Hungerman
(University of Notre Dame)
The Role of Religious Preferences, Trust, and Donor Choice in Charitable Giving
Sara Helms
(Samford University)
Jeremy Thorton
(Samford University)
Religious Identity and Economic Behavior
Dan Benjamin
(Cornell University)
James Choi
(Yale University)
Geoffrey Fisher
(California Institute of Technology)
The Parable of the Great Banquet: Insights from Laboratory Economics
Doug Norton
(Florida State University)
Mark Isaac
(Florida State University)
Discussants:
Enrico Manlapig
(Hope College)
Daniel Chen
(Duke University)
Daniel Hungerman
(University of Notre Dame)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Vevey 1
Association of Environmental & Resource Economists/American Economic Association
The Implications of Recent Behavioral Economics Advances for Environmental Policy
(Q5) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Jinhua Zhao
(Michigan State University)
B. Douglas Bernheim
(Stanford University)
Jack Knetsch
(Simon Fraser University)
John List
(University of Chicago)
Tanya Rosenblat
(Iowa State University)
Jay Shogren
(University of Wyoming)
Jinhua Zhao
(Michigan State University)
V. Kerry Smith
(Arizona State University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Wrigley
Association of Financial Economists
M&As around the World
(G3)
Presiding:
Michael Weisbach
(Ohio State University)
Lost in Translation? The Effect of Cultural Values on Mergers Around the World
Kenneth Ahern
(University of Michigan)
Daniele Daminelli
(Politecnico di Milano)
Cesare Fracassi
(University of Texas-Austin)
Globalization, Governance, and the Returns to Cross-Border Acquisitions
Rene Stulz
(Ohio State University)
Jesse Ellis
(University of Pittsburgh)
Sara B. Moeller
(University of Pittsburgh)
Frederik P. Schlingemann
(University of Pittsburgh and Erasmus University)
Cross-Border Asset Sales
Ginka Borisova
(Iowa State University)
Kose John
(New York University)
Valentina Salotti
(Iowa State University)
Legal Investor Protection and Takeovers
Mike Burkart
(Stockholm School of Economics)
Denis Gromb
(INSEAD)
Holger Mueller
(New York University and NBER)
Fausto Panunzi
(Universita Bocconi)
Discussants:
Isil Erel
(Ohio State University)
Ronald Masulis
(Australian Business School)
S. Abraham David
(Rutgers University and Yeshiva University)
Alex Edmans
(University of Pennsylvania)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Soldier Field
Chinese Economists Society
Children’s Health and Education in China
(I1)
Presiding:
John Giles
(World Bank)
Parental Migration and Child Development in China
Leng Lee
(Oxford University)
Albert Park
(Oxford University)
Costly Posturing: Relative Status, Ceremonies and Early Child Development
Xi Chen
(Cornell University)
Xiaobo Zhang
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
Unattended but not Undernourished: Left-behind Children in Rural China
Ren Mu
(Texas A&M University)
Alan de Brauw
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
Exactly Enough Time Starting Now: Rural Education and China's Human Capital Crisis in 2025
Scott Rozelle
(Stanford University)
Lixiu Zhang
(Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Renfu Luo
(Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Yaojiang Shi
(Northwest Socioeconomic Development Research Center)
Economic Transition and College Premium in Urban China
Le Wang
(University of New Hampshire)
Discussants:
Joyce Chen
(Ohio State University)
Hongbin Li
(Tsinghua University)
Alan de Brauw
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 265
Cliometrics Society
Financial History
(N2)
Presiding:
Peter Rousseau
(Vanderbilt University)
Did Doubling Reserve Requirements Cause the Recession of 1937-1938? A Microeconomic Approach
David Wheelock
(Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
Charles Calomiris
(Columbia University)
Joe Mason
(Louisiana State University)
Optimal Delay: Distressed Trading in 18th Century Amsterdam
Peter Koudijs
(Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Stanford University)
Hans Joachim Voth
(Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Credit, Investment and Growth in a Dirigist Economy: Medium Term Credit and the French Golden Age, 1950-1974
Eric Monnet
(Paris School of Economics)
The First Global Emerging Markets Investor: Foreign and Colonial Investment Trust 1880-1913
David Chambers
(University of Cambridge)
Rui Esteves
(University of Oxford)
Discussants:
Peter Rousseau
(Vanderbilt University)
Marc Weidenmier
(Claremont McKenna College)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Addams
Econometric Society
Advances in Optimal Taxation
(H2)
Presiding:
Mikhail Golosov
(Yale University)
Optimal Taxation with Rent-Seeking
Casey Goodfriend Rothschild
(Wellesley College)
Florian Scheuer
(Stanford University)
Optimal Taxation of Capital Income: A Mirleesian Approach to Capital Accumulation
Ali Shourideh
(University of Minnesota)
Search-Based Theory of Optimal Income Taxation
Mikhail Golosov
(Yale University)
Pricila Maziero
(University of Pennsylvania)
Guido Menzio
(University of Pennsylvania)
Discussants:
Matthew C Weinzierl
(Harvard Business School)
Florian Scheuer
(Stanford University)
Borys Grochulski
(Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Field
Econometric Society
Family Networks in Developing Countries
(O1)
Presiding:
Matthew O. Jackson
(Stanford University)
Marriage Networks, Nepotism and Labor Market Outcomes in China
Shing-Yi Wang
(New York University)
The Costs and Benefits of Cousin Marriage
Erica Field
(Harvard University)
Seema Jayachandran
(Northwestern University)
Risk and Return in Village Economies
Krislert Samphantharak
(University of California-San Diego)
Robert M. Townsend
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Networks, Finance, and Development: Evidence from Hunter-Gatherers
Farzad Saidi
(New York University)
Discussants:
Andrew Dudley Foster
(Brown University)
Christopher Udry
(Yale University)
Giacomo De Giorgi
(Stanford University)
Cynthia Georgia Kinnan
(Northwestern University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Dusable
Econometric Society
Financial Innovation
(G1)
Presiding:
Joshua Lerner
(Harvard University)
Speculation and Risk Sharing with New Financial Assets
Alp Simsek
(Harvard University)
Innovations, Renta and Risk
Jean Charles Rochet
(University of Zurich)
A Model of Shadow Banking
Nicola Gennaioli
(CREI-Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona)
Collateral-Motivated Financial Innovation
Ji Shen
(Yale University)
Hongjun Yan
(Yale University)
Jinfan Zhang
(Yale University)
Discussants:
Snehal Banerjee
(Northwestern University)
Zhiguo He
(University of Chicago)
Robert Marquez
(Boston University)
Adriano A Rampini
(Duke University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, McCormick
Econometric Society
Macroeconomic Fluctuations and Finance: The Role of Households
(E3)
Presiding:
Amir Sufi
(University of Chicago)
Debt, Deleveraging, and the Liquidity Trap
Gauti B. Eggertsson
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Credit Crises, Precautionary Savings and the Liquidity Trap
Veronica Guerrieri
(University of Chicago)
Guido Lorenzoni
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Household Leverage and the Recession
Virgiliu Midrigan
(New York University)
Thomas Philippon
(New York University)
Discussants:
Robert E. Hall
(Hoover Institution, Stanford University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Ogden
Econometric Society
Reputation and Contracts
(D8)
Presiding:
-- TBD
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Progressive Screening: Long-Term Contracting with a Privately Known Stochastic Process
Raphael Boleslavsky
(University of Miami)
Maher Said
(Washington Universit
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