PRELIMINARY PROGRAM OF THE ALLIED SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATIONS JANUARY 6-9, 2011, DENVER, CONOTE: Everyone must register for the meeting, including speakers. Please review your session(s) and let us know if you see anything that is amiss. Before making additions, please do a search to make sure you are not adding someone who is already scheduled at the same time. We realize that there are some conflicts with participants. This was unavoidable due to overbooking by some of the participants. In such cases, a co-author will have to present the paper. Changes and corrections should be sent to aeainfo@vanderbilt.edu. Location of Sessions for 2011 in Denver, Colorado Jan 06, 2011
Jan 06, 2011 6:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 1-4
Association for Social Economics Ethics, Democracy and the Economy
(P1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Zohreh Emami
(Alverno College)
Gar Alperovitz
(University of Maryland)
The Paradoxical Emergence of a Democratic Economy
William Black
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Humanity, Integrity and Ethics: Essentials for Economics and the Economy
Jan 07, 2011
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 2
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association The Economics of the Organic Food System
(I1)
Presiding:
Kyle Stiegert
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
"Organic" and "Locally Grown" Labels: Complement or Competitor? Store Format Choice in Organic Food Consumption Comparison of Resource Use and Profitability for Conventional and Organic Production Systems
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Gold
American Economic Association Conflict: Beginnings, Ends, and Aftermaths
(O1)
Presiding:
Eva Vivalt
(University of California-Berkeley)
Interethnic Inequality and Participation in the Rwandan Genocide Peacekeeping: What Is It Good For? Poverty Traps and Conflict: The Consequences of Forced Displacement in Northern Uganda Warfare and Social Preferences in Children: Experimental Evidence from the Republic of Georgia [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Patricia Justino
(University of Sussex)
Ioana Petrescu
(American Enterprise Institute)
Gianmarco Leon
(University of California-Berkeley)
Pauline Grosjean
(University of San Francisco)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Terrace
American Economic Association Education in Developing Countries: Results from Randomized Control Trials in China
(O1)
Presiding:
Paul Glewwe
(University of Minnesota)
The Impact of Eyeglasses on the Academic Performance of Primary School Students: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Rural China [Download Preview] Nutrition and Educational Performance in Rural China's Elementary Schools:
Results of a Randomized Control Trial in Shaanxi Province [Download Preview] Information, College Decisions and Financial Aid: Evidence from a Cluster-Randomized Control Trial in China [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Esther Duflo
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Karthik Muralidharan
(University of California-San Diego)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Century
American Economic Association Effects of Institutions on Wages
(J5)
Presiding:
Stephen Shore
(Johns Hopkins University)
Productivity, Restructuring, and the Gains from Takeovers [Download Preview] Right-to-Work Laws and the State-Level Economic Outcomes: Evidence Using Synthetic Control Method [Download Preview] Union Wage Setting and the Distribution of Employees' Earnings: Evidence from Certification Elections [Download Preview] Is Doing the Chores Bad for Your Earnings? The Housework Wage Penalty for Full-time Workers [Download Preview] Looking Beyond the Bridge: The Effect of Temporary Agency Employment on Labor Market Outcomes [Download Preview] Fraternities and Labor Market Outcomes [Download Preview]
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Spruce
American Economic Association Evaluating Empirical Tools for Horizontal Merger Analysis
(L4)
Presiding:
Daniel Hosken
(U.S. Federal Trade Commission)
Details Matter: Measurement of Merger Price Effects More Evidence on the Performance of Merger Simulations [Download Preview] In Search of the Truth: Challenges in Merger Simulation Analysis [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Michael A Salinger
(Boston University)
Michael R Baye
(Indiana University)
Han Hong
(Stanford University)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Director's Row E
American Economic Association Evidence on Asset Price Bubbles
(E3)
Presiding:
Jonas Fisher
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Mortgage Choices and Housing Speculation [Download Preview] Produce or Speculate? Asset Bubbles, Occupational Choice and Efficiency [Download Preview] Fuzzy Capital Requirements Risk Shifting and the Risk Taking Channel of Monetary Policy [Download Preview]
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Silver
American Economic Association Frontiers of Matching Theory
(C7)
Presiding:
Muriel Niederle
(Stanford University)
Matching with Couples: Stability and Incentives in Large Markets [Download Preview] School Choice in San Francisco: Top Trading Cycles and Diversity Identification in Matching Games Stability and Competitive Equilibrium in Trading Networks [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Itai Ashlagi
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
John William Hatfield
(Stanford Graduate School of Business)
Federico Echenique
(Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology)
Utku Unver
(Department of Economics, Boston College)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Columbine
American Economic Association Health Insurance and Public Policy
(I1)
Presiding:
Amitabh Chandra
(Harvard University)
Adverse Selection and Switching Costs in Health Insurance Markets: When Nudging Hurts [Download Preview] Individually Mandated Health Insurance and the Labor Market: Evidence from the Massachusetts Reform [Download Preview] Estimating the Tradeoff Between Risk Protection and Moral Hazard with a Nonlinear Budget Set Model of Health Insurance [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Robert Town
(University of Minnesota)
Amitabh Chandra
(Harvard University)
Claudio Lucarelli
(Cornell University)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Vail
American Economic Association Intergenerational Transmission of Socioeconomic Outcomes
(J6)
Presiding:
Sandra Black
(University of Texas-Austin)
British, American, and British-American Social Mobility: Intergenerational Occupational Change Among Migrants and Non-Migrants in the 19th Century [Download Preview] O Sister, Where Art Thou? The Role of Son Preference and Sex Choice: Evidence from ImmigrantsO Sister, Where Art Thou? The Role of Son Preference and Sex Choice: Evidence from Immigrants [Download Preview] Who’s on the Bus? The Role of Schools as a Vehicle to Intergenerational Mobility Black-White Differences in Intergenerational Economic Mobility in the US [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Sandra Black
(University of Texas-Austin)
Marianne Page
(University of California-Davis)
Bhashkar Mazumder
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Nathan Grawe
(Carleton College)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Director's Row H
American Economic Association K-12 Economic and Financial Literacy Education
(A2)
Presiding:
Richard MacDonald
(St. Cloud State University)
Teacher and Student Characteristics as Determinants of Success in High School Economics Classes [Download Preview] It Takes a Village: Determinants of the Efficacy of Financial Literacy Education for Elementary and Middle School Students Economics Understanding of Albanian High School Students: Student and Teacher Effects and Specific Concept Knowledge Lecture and Tutorial Attendance and Student Performance in the First Year Economics Course: A Quantile Regression Approach [Download Preview]
Discussants:
George Vredeveld
(University of Cincinnati)
John Swinton
(Georgia College & State University)
James O'Neill
(University of Delaware)
King Banaian
(St. Cloud State University)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Denver
American Economic Association Labor Market, Labor Decisions, and Production Cycles
(E2)
Presiding:
Manuel Toledo
(Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
The Labor Market in the Great Recession [Download Preview] Production Cycles of U.S. Manufacturing: Phase Shifts and Comovement [Download Preview] The Heterogeneity and Dynamics of Individual Labor Supply over the Life-Cycle: Facts and Theory The Cyclicality of the User Cost of Labor with Search and Matching [Download Preview] Flexibility at the margin and labor market volatility in OECD countries [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Manuel Toledo
(Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Marianna Kudlyak
(Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)
Yongsung Chang
(University of Rochester)
Gueorgui Kambourov
(University of Toronto)
Aysegul Sahin
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 17
American Economic Association Motor Vehicle Fuel
(Q5)
Presiding:
Jonathan Edward Hughes
(University of Colorado)
High Gas Prices as a Cause of the Financial Crisis: Theoretical and Empirical Evidence The Land-Use Change Effect of Ethanol Plants in Iowa: 1997-2009 [Download Preview] Consumer Choice Between Gasoline and Sugarcane Ethanol [Download Preview] An Economic Estimation of the Cost of Automotive Fuel Economy Improvement Conspicuous Conservation and the Prius Premium: Willingness to Pay for Environmental Bona Fides [Download Preview]
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 16
American Economic Association Moving Beyond Deregulation
(L5)
Presiding:
Nancy Rose
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Why Can't U.S. Airlines Make Money? [Download Preview] Comparing the Costs of Intermittent and Dispatchable Electricity Generation [Download Preview] Financial Regulatory Reform: Challenges Ahead [Download Preview] Tradeoffs in the Design of Pricing Structures in Restructured Electricity Supply Industries
Discussants:
Catherine Wolfram
(University of California-Berkeley and NBER)
Nancy L. Rose
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Savoy
American Economic Association Price Dynamics and Price Rigidity
(E3)
Presiding:
John Leahy
(New York University)
The Roles of Price Points and Menu Costs in Price Rigidity [Download Preview] Inventories, Markups and Real Rigidities in Menu Cost Models [Download Preview] Shrinking Goods and Sticky Prices: Theory and Evidence [Download Preview] State-Dependent Pricing in the Chain of Production
Discussants:
Avichai Snir
(Bar-Ilan University and Humboldt University)
Jonathan Willis
(Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City)
Edward S Knotek II
(Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City)
Oleksiy Kryvtsov
(Bank of Canada)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Director's Row I
American Economic Association Prices and Inflation
(E3)
Presiding:
Gregory E. Givens
(Middle Tennessee State University)
Multiproduct Firms and Price-Setting: Theory and Evidence from U.S. Producer Prices [Download Preview] Price Stickiness, and the Hazard Rate for Price Changes: Evidence from Qualitative Survey Data [Download Preview] Seasonality in a Menu Cost Model [Download Preview] Inflation and Welfare with Search and Price Dispersion [Download Preview] Differential Interpretation in the Survey of Professional Forecasters [Download Preview]
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 12
American Economic Association Recessions and Retirement
(J2)
Presiding:
Scott Weisbenner
(University of Illinois)
Recessions, Retirement, and Social Security [Download Preview] What Explains Changes in Retirement Plans during the Great Recession? [Download Preview] Time to Retire? The Effect of State Fiscal Policies on Retirement Decisions [Download Preview] Crash and Wait? The Impact of the Great Recession on the Retirement Plans of Older Americans [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Colleen Flaherty Manchester
(University of Minnesota)
Scott Weisbenner
(University of Illinois)
Jon M. Bakija
(Williams College)
Purvi Sevak
(Hunter College)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 9
American Economic Association Rethinking the Core
(A2)
Presiding:
Avinash Dixit
(Princeton University)
Some Suggestions from Gradaute Students for Changing the Core [Download Preview] Adding A Bit More Creativity to the Graduate Economics Core [Download Preview]
Discussants:
John List
(University of Chicago)
Michael Woodford
(Columbia University)
James Heckman
(University of Chicago)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 11
American Economic Association Subprime Lending - Causes and Consequences
(G2)
Presiding:
Karlyn Mitchell
(North Carolina State University)
Bank Corporate Loan Pricing Following the Subprime Crisis [Download Preview] Impact of Subprime Crisis on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Financing: The Case of Japan The Impact of Banks' Technology Adoption on Mortgage Lending to Marginal Borrowers Correlated Leverage and Its Ramifications [Download Preview] Credit Supply and the Price of Housing
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 10
American Economic Association The Benefit-Cost Analysis of Social Policy
(D6)
Presiding:
Richard Zerbe
(University of Washington)
General Equilibrium Benefit Analyses for Social Programs [Download Preview] Behavioral Economics, Distribution, and Benefit-Cost Analysis [Download Preview] Toward Standardization of Benefit-Cost Analyses of Early Childhood Interventions [Download Preview] The Benefit-Cost Analysis of Public Safety and Crime [Download Preview] The Benefit-Cost Analysis of Public Health Preparedness and Pandemic Mitigation [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Mark Cohen
(Resources for the Future)
Mary Kokoski
(University of Maryland Baltimore County)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Director's Row J
American Economic Association Trade and Finance
(F1)
Presiding:
C. Fritz Foley
(Harvard Business School)
Exports and Financial Shocks [Download Preview] Poultry in Motion: A Study of International Trade Finance Practices Trade and Sudden Stop Crises International Trade and Institutional Change [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Arnaud Costinot
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Marc Auboin
(WTO)
Robert Johnson
(Dartmouth College)
Kalina Manova
(Stanford University)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Marriott, Colorado Salon E
American Finance Association Anomalies - Individuals or Institutions
(G1)
Presiding:
Christopher Polk
(London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE))
Investor Clienteles and Habitat-Based Return Co-movements Style Migration and the Cross-Section of Average Stock Returns Institutional Investors' Investment Durations and Stock Return Anomalies: Momentum, Reversal, Accruals, Share Issuance and R&D Increases
Discussants:
Tobias Moskowitz
(University of Chicago)
Jonathan Lewellen
(Dartmouth College)
Erik Stafford
(Harvard Business School)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Marriott, Colorado Salon F
American Finance Association Board of Directors
(G3)
Presiding:
Anil Shivdasani
(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Director Overlap and Firm Financial Policies The Dark Side of Outside Directors: Do They Quit When They are Most Needed? Does Distance from Headquarters Matter? Information Acquisition and Monitoring by the Board of Directors Globalizing the Boardroom - The Effects of Foreign Directors on Corporate Governance and Firm Performance
Discussants:
Matthias Kahl
(University of Colorado-Boulder)
David Yermack
(New York University)
Michael Weisbach
(Ohio State University)
Kai Ki
(University of British Columbia)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Marriott, Colorado Salons C & D
American Finance Association Corporate Finance Theory
(G3)
Presiding:
Heitor Almeida
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Credit Default Swaps and the Empty Creditor Problem The Size and Specialization of Direct Investment Portfolios Private Placements, Regulatory Restrictions and Firm Value: Theory and Evidence from the Indian Market
Discussants:
Richmond Matthews
(Duke University)
Ola Bengtsson
(Cornell University)
Radhakrishnan Gopalan
(Washington University-St. Louis)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Marriott, Colorado Salons G & H
American Finance Association Financial Institutions and Risk Taking
(G2)
Presiding:
Jie Gan
(Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST))
Bank Risk-Taking, Securitization, Supervision, and Low Interest Rates: Evidence from Lending Standards The Impact of Public Guarantees on Bank Risk Taking: Evidence from a Natural Experiment How Much Did Banks Pay to Become Too-Big-To-Fail and to Become Systemically Important? Credit Rating and Competition
Discussants:
Oguzhan Ozbas
(University of Southern California-Marshall School of Business)
Sreedhar Bharath
(University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)
James Barth
(Auburn University)
Paolo Fulghieri
(University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Marriott, Colorado Salons I & J
American Finance Association International Financial Markets 1
(G1)
Presiding:
George Karolyi
(Cornell University)
Multimarket Trading and Integration Yield Curve Predictors of Foreign Exchange Returns Internationally Correlated Jumps Countercyclical Currency Risk Premia
Discussants:
Paolo Pasquariello
(University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)
Nelson Mark
(University of Notre Dame)
Eric Ghysels
(University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Christopher Telmer
(Carnegie Mellon University)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Marriott, Colorado Salons A & B
American Finance Association Portfolio Choice: Theory and Evidence
(G1)
Presiding:
Francisco Gomes
(London Busines School)
Correlations The Market for Financial Advice: An Audit Study How Do Retirees Value Life Annuities? Evidence from Public Employees (AFA Submission) Stock Return Serial Dependence and Out-of-Sample Portfolio Performance
Discussants:
Amir Yaron
(University of Pennsylvania)
Steffen Meyer
(Goethe University Frankfurt)
Jeffrey Brown
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Francisco Barillas
(Emory University)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Marriott, Denver Suite I & II
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association City Size and Land Development
(R2)
Presiding:
William Wheaton
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Sprawl and Blight Redefining the City: An Empirical Analysis of Land Assembly Optimal Phasing and Inventory Decisions for Large Scale Land Development Projects Optimal City Size and the Private-Social Wedge
Discussants:
William Wheaton
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Lynn Fisher
(University of North Carolina)
Walter Torous
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Matt Turner
(University of Toronto)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Marriott, Denver Suite V & VI
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association Income Inequality and the Financial Crisis?
(E3) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Timothy Riddiough
(University of Wisconsin)
Raghuram G. Rajan
(University of Chicago)
Daron Acemoglu
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Edward Glaeser
(Harvard University)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Marriott, Denver Suite IV
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association REITs: Dividend Policy
(G3)
Presiding:
Erasmo Giambona
(University of Amsterdam)
Do Stock Prices Move too Much to be Justified by Changes in Dividends? Evidence from Real Estate Investment Trusts The Effects of Shifting Dividend Regimes: An International Examination of the REIT Effect Elective Stock Dividends and REITs: Evidence from the Financial Crisis
Discussants:
Xudong An
(San Diego State University)
Brad Case
(NAREIT)
Milena Petrova
(Syracuse University)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall F
Association for Comparative Economic Studies Decentralization, Local Governance and Public Goods Provision in Developing Countries
(H7)
Presiding:
Xiaobo Zhang
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
Decentralized Provision of Human Capital Transfer: Theory and Evidence Political Capture of Decentralization: Vote-Buying through Grants-Financed Local Jurisdictions Elected Versus Appointed Grassroots Leaders: Evidence from Rural China Do External Grants to District Governments Discourage Own-Revenue Generation? A Look at Local Public Finance Dynamics in Ghana
Discussants:
Scott McNiven
(University of California-Davis)
Xiaobo Zhang
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
Christian Henning
(University of Kiel)
Ian Coxhead
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall C
Association for Evolutionary Economics The Policy Relevance of Institutional Economics: Papers in Honor of Paul Dale Bush
(B5)
Presiding:
Mary Wrenn
(Weber State University)
Democracy and Progressive Institutional Change in Africa: Rethinking IMF and World Bank Policy Institutional-Evolutionary Policy and Governance: Core Principles and Practices Ceremonial Encapsulation as Institutional Degeneration: What Might "Institutional Policy" Offer? Agrarian Transformation in Tajikistan: Possibilities for Female Farmers Claiming Paul David’s Path Dependence as Institutionalist Theory
Discussants:
John T. Harvey
(Texas Christian University)
Pascal Petit
(CEPN and CNRS)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 6
Association of Environmental & Resource Economists The Costs and Benefits of Pollution Control
(Q5)
Presiding:
Richard Carson
(University of California, San Diego)
Evaluating "Cash for Clunkers": Program Effect on Vehicle Sales and Cost-Effectiveness of Pollution Control Low Emission Zones, Air Pollution and Vehicle Adoption Getting Cars Off the Road: The Cost-Effectiveness of an Episodic Pollution Control Program The Impact of Environmental Conditions on Worker Productivity Accounting for Amenities: Evidence from 10 Million Consumers on Expenditures for Nonmarket Goods and Services that Influence the Quality of Life
Discussants:
Soren Andersen
(Michigan State University)
Shanjun Li
(Resources for the Future)
Richard Carson
(University of California, San Diego)
Fabian Lange
(Yale University)
Ken Baerenklau
(University of California-Riverside)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 8
Econometric Society Choice Theory
(D0)
Presiding:
Igor Kopylov
(University of California-Irvine)
Modeling the Change of Paradigm: Non-Bayesian Reactions to Unexpected News Intertemporal Substitution and Recursive Smooth Ambiguity Preference A Subjective Model of Temporal Preferences Dynamic Preference for Flexibility
Discussants:
Paolo Ghirardato
(Universita di Torino)
Haluk Ergin
(Washington University)
Igor Kopylov
(University of California-Irvine)
Todd Sarver
(Northwestern University)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 2
Econometric Society Crisis and Capital Structure Interventions
(G1)
Presiding:
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Optimal Interventions in Markets with Adverse Selection True Taxpayer Burden of Bank Restructuring Walking Wounded or Living Dead? Making Banks Foreclose Bad Loans
Discussants:
Brett S. Green
(Northwestern University)
Thomas Philippon
(New York University)
David Ross
(Columbia University)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 1
Econometric Society Demand for Liquidity
(E4)
Presiding:
Arvind Krishnamurthy
(Northwestern University)
Aggregate Demand for Treasury Debt Opacity and the Optimality of Debt for Liquidity Provision Flight to Quality, Flight to Liquidity, and the Pricing of Risk Financing Shortfalls and the Value of Aggregate Liquidity
Discussants:
Amir Sufi
(University of Chicago)
Douglas W. Diamond
(University of Chicago)
Lasse Heje Pedersen
(New York University)
Viral V Acharya
(New York University)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 6
Econometric Society Original Themes in Economic Theory
(C6)
Presiding:
()
Recurrent Infection and Externalities in Prevention Deliberation Information about Sellers' Past Behavior in the Market for Lemons Torture
Discussants:
Marzena Rostek
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
John Morgan
(University of California-Berkeley)
Jin Li
()
David Miller
(University of California-San Diego)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 7
Econometric Society Political Economy
(P1)
Presiding:
()
The Condorcet Paradox Revisited Political Turnover, Taxes, and the Shadow Economy On the Properties of Runoff Elections when Voters are Strategic Choosing Choices: Agenda Selection with Uncertain Issues
Discussants:
Andrea Matozzi
(CalTech)
David Ahn
(University of California-Berkeley)
Souav Bhattacharya
(University of Pittsburgh)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Westin Tabor, Curtis
Labor & Employment Relations Association Law and Economics of Labor and Employment Relations
(J5)
Presiding:
Cynthia Estlund
(New York University)
Costs of Noncompliance and the NLRA: An Analysis and Comparison with Other Public Policy Remedies The Institutional Paradigm of Labor and Employment Law The Forum for Adjudication of Employment Disputes Unions, Dynamism, and Economic Performance
Discussants:
Henry Farber
(Princton University)
John Budd
(University of Minnesota)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Westin Tabor, Continental A
Labor & Employment Relations Association Misclassified & Unreported Workers in the U.S. Construction Industry - State Level Studies
(J4)
Presiding:
Françoise Carré
(University of Massachusetts-Boston)
Misclassified Construction Workers in Tennessee Economic & Social Costs of Misclassified Workers in Michigan Economic & Social Costs of Misclassified Workers in Illinois Employee Misclassification in New York: Economic and Fiscal Implications
Discussants:
Matthew Capece
(United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Westin Tabor, Lawrence A
Labor & Employment Relations Association Recovery from the Crisis: Comparing Labor Market Policies in Europe and the United States
(J8)
Presiding:
Stephen Woodbury
(Michigan State University)
Labor-Market Policies to Tackle the Crisis and Sustain the Economic Growth in E.U.: Models and Solutions Effectiveness of the Anti-crisis Labor Market Measures in the E.U. Short-Time Compensation as a Tool for Mitigating Job Loss
Discussants:
Susan R. Helper
(Case Western Reserve University)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Granite A
National Economic Association/African Finance & Economics Association Africa Development Issues
(O1)
Presiding:
Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong
(University of South Florida)
Crop Price Indemnified Loan: A Pilot Experiment in Rural Ghana Governance Financial Development, and Successful States in Africa Growing Unequally: The Case of Development Planning in Kenya Smallholder Agriculture in East Africa: Trends, Constraints and Opportunities Why Does Foreign Direct Investment Go Where it Goes? New Evidence from African Countries Education, Income Stability and Poverty Reduction in Africa
Discussants:
Gregory Price
(Morehouse College)
Willene Johnson
(Komaza Inc.)
Leonce Ndikumana
(African Development Bank)
Fekru Debebe
(Educational Testing Service)
Edward Ghartey
(University of West Indies)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Granite C
Society of Government Economists Measuring Intangibles as Capital in Federal Economic Statistics
(O3)
Presiding:
James Adams
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and NBER)
The Return to R&D Depreciation of Business R&D Capital Does Modern Research Overestimate Intangible Capital Growth? A Case Study of Artistic Originals R&D and Other Intangible Assets in an Input-Output Framework: Experimental Estimates with U.S. Data
Discussants:
Bronwyn Hall
(University of California-Berkeley, University of Maastricht, and NBER)
James Adams
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and NBER)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Agate A
Union for Radical Political Economists Global Real and Financial Imbalances
(J3)
Presiding:
Pedro Perez
(Central Bank of Ecuador)
Wage, Mark-up, and Productivity Competition in International Trade from a Kaleckian Perspective Employment Prospects in Developing Countries: A Global Model of Recovery and Rebalancing Global Imbalances and International Currencies Demand Regimes in Open, But Integrated Economies
Discussants:
Daniele Tavani
(Colorado State University-Fort Collins)
Matias Vernengo
(University of Utah)
Massimiliano LaMarca
(International Labour Organization)
Rudiger von Arnim
(University of Utah)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Agate B
Union for Radical Political Economists Heterodox Analyses of the Current Crisis
(E3)
Presiding:
Michele Naples
(College of New Jersey)
Demand Factors, the Rate of Profit, and the Current Economic Crisis in the U.S. Growth and Instability in Keynesian and Neoliberal Policy Regimes Marxist Crisis Theory, Business Cycles and Crisis of 2007-2009 Housework and Carework During Hard Times: U.S. Recession of 2007-2008
Discussants:
Erik Olsen
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Michele Naples
(College of New Jersey)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 2
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Insights into Obesity from a Behavioral Economics Perspective
(I1)
Presiding:
Lisa Mancino
(USDA, Economic Research Service)
Economic Stressors and the Demand for "Fattening" Foods Impacts of Economic and Psychological Factors on Adult Obesity and Food Program Participation: Evidence from the NLSY Panel From Default to Choice: Adding Healthy Options to Kids' Menus
Discussants:
Craig Gundersen
(University of Illinois)
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach
(University of Chicago)
David Just
(Cornell University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 17
American Economic Association Banks, Credit Constraints and International Business Cycles
(F3)
Presiding:
Michael Devereux
(University of British Columbia, CEPR and NBER)
Leverage Constraints and the International Transmission of Shocks International Credit Constraints, Trade and Financial Markets Linkages and the Output Correlation Puzzle Banks and International Business Cycles Financial Frictions, Financial Integration and the International Propagation of Shocks
Discussants:
Sylvain Leduc
(Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
Ivan Jaccard
(European Central Bank)
Viktoria Hnatkovska
(University of British Columbia)
Gernot Mueller
(University of Bonn)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Director's Row E
American Economic Association Causal Effects of Vietnam-Era Military Service on Health and Welfare
(I1)
Presiding:
Charlie Brown
(University of Michigan)
Long-term Consequences of Vietnam-Era Conscription: New Estimates Using Social Security Data [Download Preview] PTSD Among Vietnam Veterans Long-Run Mortality Effects of Vietnam-Era Army Service: Evidence from Australia's Conscription Lotteries [Download Preview] The War at Home: Effects of Vietnam-Era Military Service on Post-War Household and Family Formation and Stability
Discussants:
Daniel Eisenberg
(University of Michigan)
Joseph Doyle
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Abigail Wozniak
(University of Notre Dame)
Chris Rohlfs
(Syracuse University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Gold
American Economic Association Design and Incentive Effects of Certification and Disclosure Programs
(L5)
Presiding:
Silke Forbes
(University of California-San Diego)
Inspection Design and Inspector Performance Do Firms Game Quality Ratings? Evidence from Mandatory Disclosure of Airline On-Time Performance [Download Preview] LEED Adopters: Public Procurement and Private Certification [Download Preview] Label Confusion: The Groucho Effect of Uncertain Standards [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Mara Lederman
(University of Toronto)
Severin Borenstein
(University of California-Berkeley)
Silke Januszewski Forbes
(University of California-Berkeley)
Ken Corts
(University of Toronto)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Terrace
American Economic Association Economic Underpinnings of Recycling and Waste Disposal Policies
(Q5)
Presiding:
Charles Kolstad
(University of California-Santa Barbara)
The Effect of Bottle Laws on Income: New Empirical Results [Download Preview] Promoting Recycling: Private Values, Social Norms, and Economic Incentives [Download Preview] Global Reuse and Optimal Waste Policy [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Don Fullerton
(University of Illinois)
Robert Innes
(University of California-Merced)
Ted Gayer
(Brookings Institution)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 14
American Economic Association Economics as a Moral Science
(A2)
Presiding:
B. Douglas Bernheim
(Stanford University)
The Restoration of Welfare Economics [Download Preview] Markets and Morality Economics: Religious Origins, Moral Implications [Download Preview] Economists as Worldly Philosophers [Download Preview]
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Columbine
American Economic Association Economics of Immigration
(J2)
Presiding:
Mathis Wagner
(Collegio Carlo Alberto)
The Analytics of the Wage Effect of Immigration Immigration, Family Responsibilities and the Labor Supply of Skilled Native Women [Download Preview] Immigration and Product Diversity [Download Preview] The Heterogeneous Labor Market Effects of Immigration [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Albrecht Glitz
(Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Kevin Lang
(Boston University)
Jessica Pan
(National University of Singapore)
Stephen Trejo
(University of Texas-Austin)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Silver
American Economic Association Financial Markets and State and Local Government Borrowing
(H7)
Presiding:
James Poterba
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER)
Build America Bonds: A New Approach to Municipal Finance Fiscal Imbalances and Borrowing Costs: Evidence from State Investment Losses Portfolio Substitution and the Revenue Cost of Exempting State and Local Government Interest Payments from the Federal Income Tax [Download Preview] Elected vs. Appointed Policymakers: Evidence from City Treasurers [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Kim Rueben
(Urban Institute)
John Chalmers
(University of Oregon)
Andrew Biggs
(American Enterprise Institute)
David Joulfaian
(U.S. Treasury Department)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Century
American Economic Association Five Unrelated but Interesting Papers
(??)
Presiding:
Allen Sanderson
(University of Chicago)
Driving Under the (Cellular) Influence [Download Preview] Do Public Subsidies Sell Green Cars? Evidence from the U.S. Cash for Clunkers Program [Download Preview] A History of Violence: The "Culture of Honor" as a Determinant of Homicide in the U.S. South [Download Preview] The Lion's Share: An Experimental Analysis of Polygamy in Northern Nigeria [Download Preview] White Men Can't Jump, But Would You Bet on It? [Download Preview]
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Vail
American Economic Association Household Behavior and Child Outcomes
(D1)
Presiding:
Mark Rosenzweig
(Yale University)
Maternal Education, Home Environments and the Development of Children and
Adolescents [Download Preview] Early Health Shocks, Parental Responses, and Child Outcomes Household Choices and Child Development [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Wilbert van der Klaauw
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Robert Sauer
(University of Bristol)
John Ham
(University of Maryland)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Spruce
American Economic Association International and Regional Economic Integration
(F1)
Presiding:
Stephen Redding
(London School of Economics)
Trade, Growth, and Employment Dynamics of French Firms A Trapped Factor Model of Innovation [Download Preview] On the Limits of Innovation Policy The Economics of Density: Evidence from the Berlin Wall [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Oleg Itskhoki
(Princeton University)
C. Fritz Foley
(Harvard Business School)
Arnaud Costinot
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Don Davis
(Columbia University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 16
American Economic Association International Transmission of Business Cycles
(E5)
Presiding:
Patrick Van Horn
(University of Michigan-Dearborn)
Crisis? What Crisis? Currency vs. Banking in the Financial Crisis of 1931 [Download Preview] International Transmission of the German Financial Crisis of 1931: Evidence from the Central Money Market of New York City International Business Cycle Transmission in the Interwar Period [Download Preview] A New History of Banking Panics in the United States, 1825-1929: Construction and Implications [Download Preview] Business Cycle Synchronization since 1880 [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Michael Bordo
(Rutgers University)
Peter Temin
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
George Chouliarakis
(University of Manchester)
Gary Richardson
(University of California-Irvine)
Warren Weber
(Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Director's Row H
American Economic Association Neighborhood Effects
(R2)
Presiding:
Amy Schwartz
(New York University)
Hazardous Waste Cleanup, Neighborhood Gentrification, and Environmental Justice: Evidence from Restricted Access Census Block Data [Download Preview] The Impact of Financial Development on Homeownership and Housing Quality: Evidence from Turkey Is the ‘Shop Around the Corner’ a Luxury or a Nuisance? The relationship between income and neighborhood retail patterns [Download Preview] Homebuilders, Affiliated Financing Arms and the Mortgage Crisis
Discussants:
Andrew Haughwout
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Peter Zorn
(Freddie Mac)
Claudia Sitgrave
(New York University)
Jonah Rockoff
(Columbia University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Director's Row J
American Economic Association Noncognitive Factors in Gender Labor Markets Outcomes
(J3)
Presiding:
Wayne Grove
(Le Moyne College)
The Gender Pay Gap Beyond Human Capital: Heterogeneity in Noncognitive Skills and in Labor Market Tastes [Download Preview] Explaining Gender Differences in Occupational Choice: Do Women Place Relatively Less Weight on Wages and More Weight on Social Status Than Men? Noncognitive Skills, Occupational Attainment, and Relative Wages [Download Preview] The Role of Psychological Traits for the Gender Gap in Employment and Wages: Evidence from Germany [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Stephan L. Thomsen
(University of Magdeburg, Germany)
Lex Borghans
(Maastricht University)
Anne E. Winkler
(University of Missouri-St. Louis)
Nicole M. Fortin
(University of British Columbia)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 12
American Economic Association Optimal Fiscal Policy
(H2)
Presiding:
Alexander Gelber
(University of Pennsylvania and NBER)
Taxation of Family Firms Optimal Taxation When Children's Abilities Depend on Parents' Resources Health Insurance Policy when People may make Mistakes Adjustment Costs, Firm Responses, and Labor Supply Elasticities: Evidence from Danish Tax Records [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Matthew Weinzierl
(Harvard Business School)
Damon Jones
(University of Chicago)
John Friedman
(Harvard University)
Alexander Gelber
(University of Pennsylvania)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Majestic Ballroom
American Economic Association Sovereign Credit Risk
(E6)
Presiding:
Viral Acharya
(New York University)
Internal Debt Crises and Sovereign Defaults A Pyrrhic Victory? - Bank Bailouts and Sovereign Credit Risk [Download Preview] Sovereign Risk Premia
Discussants:
Olivier Jeanne
(Johns Hopkins University)
Luigi Zingales
(University of Chicago)
Juan Carlos Hatchondo
(Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 10
American Economic Association Using Field Experiments in Environmental and Resource Economics
(Q5)
Presiding:
John List
(University of Chicago)
Does Market Experience Eliminate Market Anomalies? The Case of Exogenous Market Experience Using Non-Pecuniary Strategies to Promote Water Conservation: Evidence from a Large-Scale Natural Field Experiment Can Tailored Communications Motivate Environmental Volunteers? A Natural Field Experiment [Download Preview] Using Artefactual Field Experiments to Learn about the Incentives for Sustainable Forest Use in Developing Economies [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Hunt Allcott
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology and New York University)
Margaret McConnell
(Harvard University)
Jeffrey Carpenter
(Middlebury College)
Lint Barrage
(Yale University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 15
American Economic Association What's Wrong (and Right) with Economics? Implications of the Financial Crisis
(A1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
John Quiggin
(University of Queensland, Australia)
Brad DeLong
(University of California-Berkeley)
Lessons for Keynesians
Tyler Cowen
(George Mason University)
Lessons for Libertarians
Scott Sumner
(Bentley University)
A defense of the Efficent Markets Hypothesis
James K. Galbraith
(University of Texas-Austin)
Mainstream economics after the crisis
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Director's Row I
American Economic Association Youth Health Conditions
(I1)
Presiding:
Charles Courtemanche
(University of North Carolina-Greensboro)
Do Physical Education Requirements Influence Childhood Obesity and Student Achievement? Obesity and Academic Achievement Does Smoking Make One Dumber? Evidence from Teenagers in Rural China [Download Preview] From Angela's Ashes to the Celtic Tiger: Early Life Conditions and Adult Health in Ireland [Download Preview] The Effect of Deregionalization on Health Outcomes: Evidence from Neonatal Intensive Care [Download Preview]
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Mattie Silks
American Finance Association/Association of Financial Economists AFA/AFE Panel - Innovation and Finance
(G3)
Presiding:
Kose John
(New York University)
Incentives to Innovate and the Decision to Go Public or Private Risk-Sharing or Risk-Taking? Financial Innovation, Margin Requirements and Incentives The Consequences of Entrepreneurial Finance: A Regression Discontinuity Analysis
Discussants:
Dalida Kadyrzhanova
(University of Maryland)
Bruce Carlin
(Duke University)
Manju Puri
(Duke University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Colorado Salons A & B
American Finance Association Behavioral Finance: Corporate
(G3)
Presiding:
Geoffrey Tate
(University of California, Los Angeles)
Who Writes the News? Corporate Press Releases During Merger Negotiations Corporate Finance Policies and Social Networks Do Republican Managers Adopt Conservative Corporate Policies?
Discussants:
Paul Tetlock
(Columbia University)
Lauren Cohen
(Harvard Business School)
Carola Frydman
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Colorado Salons C & D
American Finance Association Capital Structure
(G3)
Presiding:
Murillo Campello
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Challenging Structural Models in Corporate Finance A Theory of Debt Maturity: The Long and Short of Debt Overhang Equity-Debtholder Conflicts and Capital Structure
Discussants:
Christopher Hennessy
(London Business School)
Charles Kahn
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Mark Leary
(Duke University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Colorado Salons G & H
American Finance Association Conglomerates and Alliances: New Perspectives
(G3)
Presiding:
Amit Seru
(University of Chicago)
Corporate Diversification and the Cost of Capital Corporate Governance and Internal Capital Markets Alliances and Corporate Governance Mergers and Acquisitions Accounting can Explain the Diversification Discount
Discussants:
Ilan Guedj
(University of Texas-Austin)
Daniel Paravisini
(Columbia University)
David Robinson
(Duke University)
Gordon Phillips
(University of Maryland)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Colorado Salons I & J
American Finance Association Determinants of Derivatives' Returns
(G1)
Presiding:
Neil Pearson
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Leverage Effect, Volatility Feedback, and Self-Exciting Market Disruptions: Disentangling the Multi-Dimensional Variations in S&P 500 Index Options The Effects of Investor Sentiment on Speculative Trading and Prices of Stock and Index Options Understanding the Skew in Index Option Prices Index Investing and the Financialization of Commodities
Discussants:
George Panayotov
(Georgetown University)
Bing Han
(University of Texas-Austin)
Fousseni Chabi-Yo
(Ohio State University)
Erkko Etula
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Colorado Salon E
American Finance Association Panel on the Financial Crisis
(G1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Rene Stulz
(Ohio State University)
John Cochrane
(University of Chicago)
Simon Johnson
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Raghuram Rajan
(University of Chicago)
Myron Scholes
(CME Group)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Colorado Salon F
American Finance Association The Next Generation of Rare Events Models in Asset Pricing
(G1)
Presiding:
Hanno Lustig
(University of California, Los Angeles)
Rare Disasters and Risk Sharing with Heterogeneous Beliefs Disaster Risk and Business Cycles Can Time-Varying Risk of Rare Disasters Explain Aggregate Stock Market Volatility? Learning and Rare Disasters in the Lucas Orchard
Discussants:
Ian Martin
(Stanford University)
Lars Lochstoer
(Columbia University)
Mikhail Chernov
(London Business School)
Pietro Veronesi
(University of Chicago)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Denver Suite I & II
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association Appraisal and Depreciation
(R3)
Presiding:
Austin Jaffe
(Pennsylvania State University)
Heterogeneous Information and Appraisal Bias Estimation on Commercial Real Estate Depreciation Rate--An Average Life Approach Information Producers and Valuation: Evidence from Real Estate Markets Renovating America: When and Why Institutional Investors Renovate and Expand Commercial Real Estate
Discussants:
Richard Buttimer
(University of North Carolina)
Shaun Bond
(University of Cincinnati)
Elaine Worzala
(Clemson University)
Yuen Leng Chow
(National University of Singapore)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Denver Suite IV
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association Issues of Race and Real Estate
(J1)
Presiding:
Karen Pence
(Federal Reserve Board of Governors)
Racial Segregation and Discrimination: Evidence from the Rental Housing Market The Impact of School Racial Compositions on Neighborhood Racial Compositions: Evidence from School Redistricting A Household-Level Decomposition of the Black-White Homeownership Gap Distribution Do Landlords Discriminate in the Rental Housing Market? Evidence from an Internet Field Experiment in U.S. Cities
Discussants:
Alvin Murphy
(Washington University-St. Louis)
Hui Shan
(Federal Reserve Board of Governors)
Brian Bucks
(Federal Reserve Board of Governors)
Liang Choon Chang
(World Bank)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Denver Suite V & VI
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association REITs: Corporate Finance
(G3)
Presiding:
Piet Eichholtz
(Maastricht University)
Agency Theory and Debt Structure of REITs REIT Resiliency and Corporate Governance Collateral and Debt Capacity in the Optimal Capital Structure Investment Opportunities and Share Repurchases
Discussants:
Erasmo Giambona
(University of Amsterdam)
Dirk Brounen
(Erasmus University)
Piet Eichholtz
(Maastricht University)
Thies Lindenthal
(Maastricht University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall F
Association for Comparative Economic Studies Inflation Targeting: Recent Developments
(E5)
Presiding:
Ali Kutan
(Southern Illinois University Edwardsville)
Inflation Targeting and Real Exchange Rates in Emerging Markets Inflation Targeting and the Current Crisis: An Evaluation and Lessons for the Future Central Bank Communication Under Inflation Targeting in Turkey Inflation Targeting from the Perspective of Behavioral Economics
Discussants:
William T. Gavin
(The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
Lucjan Orlowski
(Sacred Heart University)
Pierre Siklos
(Wilfrid Laurier University)
Hakan Yilmazkuday
(Temple University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall C
Association for Evolutionary Economics Economic Development and Institutional Change
(O1)
Presiding:
John Hall
(Portland State University)
The Political Economy of Institutional Change and Economic Development in Latin American Economies Improving the Understanding of the Development Trajectory of the Argentine Economy: An Ayresian Perspective After the Washington Consensus: The Post Keynesian Alternative Changing Role of the IMF? Evidence from the Current Global Crisis
Discussants:
John Hall
(Portland State University)
Kellin Chandler Stanfield
(DePauw University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall B
Association for Social Economics Knowledge and Wealth: Private or Community Property
(P1)
Presiding:
Jane Clary
(College of Charleston)
Economics, Democracy, and the Distribution of Ownership Knowledge is a Gift, Not a Property An American Institutionalist and Critical Realist Perspective on Income and Wealth Distribution Economic Rhetoric, Ideology and Institutions
Discussants:
Gar Alperovitz
(University of Maryland)
David George
(La Salle University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Savoy
Association for the Study of Cuban Economy The Cuban Economy
(P2)
Presiding:
Roger Betancourt
(University of Maryland)
Cuba's Failed Attempts at Democracy: The Colony, the Republic and the Revolution The Health of the Revolution: Explaining the Cuban Health Care Paradox Cuban Household Consumption: A Re-estimate
Discussants:
Carmen M. Reinhart
(University of Maryland)
Luis Locay
(University of Miami)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Colorado
Association of Christian Economists Health Care: Intervention Principles
(I1)
Presiding:
David Mustard
(University of Georgia)
The Effects of Tax Treatment on Employer-Provided Health Insurance Institutional Supports and “Good” Health Insurance Non-linear Engel Curves and the Optimal Junk Food Tax Information Revelation, Incentive Symmetry, the Intervention Principle, and Health Care
Discussants:
Daniel Hungerman
(University of Notre Dame)
Rey Hernandez
(Metropolitan State College of Denver)
Ken Leonard
(University of Maryland)
David B. Mustard
(University of Georgia)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 6
Association of Environmental & Resource Economists/American Economic Association Non-market Valuation Twenty Years after the Exxon Valdez: The Current State of the Art for Informing Benefit Cost Analysis
(Q5) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Catherine Kling
(Iowa State University)
Kevin Boyle
(Virginia Tech)
Richard Carson
(University of California-San Diego)
Kerry Smith
(Arizona State University)
John List
(University of Chicago)
Joseph Herriges
(Iowa State University)
Ted McConnell
(University of Maryland)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Agate C
Association of Indian Economics & Financial Studies Economic Policy, Productivity and Growth
(O4)
Presiding:
Kusum Ketkar
(AIEFS, Executive Director)
Asymmetric Information, Entreprenurial Activity and the Scope of Fiscal Policy in an Open Regional Economy Sectoral Macroeconomic Policies and Povery Reduction in Rural India Economic Reform and the Evolution of Productivity in Indian Manufacturing Firms Efficiency in the Individual Insurance Business: A Company Level Analysis of Data Soild Waste, Health and Productivity: Evidence from Chennai Slums
Discussants:
Madanmohan Ghosh
(Department of Finance, Canada)
Usha Nair-Richert
(Georgia Institute of Technology)
Meenakshi Rishi
(Seattle University)
Rajeev Sooreea
(Pennsylvania State University)
Banani Nandi
(AT&T Shannon Laboratories)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 3
Chinese Economists Society The Role of Private Enterprise in China's Economic Development
(O2)
Presiding:
Belton Fleisher
(Ohio State University)
Drivers of Entrepreneurship in China:
Animal Spirit, Clustering and Financial Development Entrepreneurship, Liquidity Constraint and Network Finance for SMEs Growth in the Private Sector The Effects of Inward FDI on Domestic Innovation and Productivity:
Evidence from a Panel of Chinese Firms Entrepreneurship and Growth: Evidence from China
Discussants:
Matt Lewis
(Ohio State University)
Xiaobo Zhang
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
Seonghoon Kim
(Ohio State University)
Kent Zhang
(Arizona State University and Xiamen University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall G
Cliometrics Society Topics on Slavery
(N3)
Presiding:
TBA TBA
(TBA)
Slave Productivity in Cotton Production by Gender, Age, Season, and Scale Sequential Sales as a Test of Adverse Selection in the Market for Slaves The Impact of the Transatlantic Slave Trade on Political and Economic Institutions in Africa
Discussants:
TBA TBA
(TBA)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 8
Econometric Society Development I: Household Choices
(O1)
Presiding:
Robert Townsend
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Time Inconsistency, Expectations and Technology Adoption: The Case of Insecticide Treated Nets The School Reentry Decision of Poor Girls. Structural Estimation and Policy Analysis using PROGRESA Database. Food Price Stabilisation for Risk-Averse Consumers The Impact of Universal Healthcare in Thailand: Supply and Demand Effects
Discussants:
Nathaniel Hendren
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Christophe Gouel
(INRA)
Maria Nieves Valdes
(Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Aprajit Mahajan
(Stanford University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 7
Econometric Society Econometric Theory for Decision-making
(C1)
Presiding:
Christopher Sims
(Princeton University)
Risk of Bayesian Inference in Misspecified Models, and the Sandwich Covariance Matrix Evaluating the Strength of Identification in DSGE Models: An a priori Approach Hanling Non-Invertibility: Theory and Applications Generalized Method of Moments with Tail Trimming
Discussants:
Keisuke Hirano
(University of Arizona)
Juan F. Rubio-Ramirez
(Duke University)
Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde
(University of Pennsylvania)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 1
Econometric Society Financial Frictions and Asset Pricing
(G0)
Presiding:
Lasse Pedersen
(New York University)
Supply Shocks in Liquid Markets Betting Against Beta Liquidity and Asset Prices: A Unified Framework
Discussants:
Robin Greenwood
(Harvard Business School)
Joshua Coval
(Harvard Business School)
Arvind Krishnamurthy
(Northwestern University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 6
Econometric Society Microeconomic Theory
(D0)
Presiding:
Markus Brunnermeier
(Princeton University)
Invited Lecture: Network Economics Invited Lecture: Microeconomics
Discussants:
Mihai Manea
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 2
Econometric Society Slow-Moving Capital
(G1)
Presiding:
Nicolae Garleanu
(University of California-Berkeley)
A Theory of Slow-Moving Capital and Contagion Predatory Trading and Credit Freeze Market Freeze and Recovery Information Percolation in Segmented Markets
Discussants:
Dimitri Vayanos
(London School of Economics)
Vish Viswanathan
(Duke University)
Pierre-Olivier Weill
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Marzena Joanna Rostek
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Denver
Econometric Society Theoretical Models of Financial Crises
(E4)
Presiding:
George Pennacchi
(University of Illinois)
A Model of Moral-Hazard Credit Cycles Fire Sales in a Model of Complexity Valuation and the Volatility of Investment
Discussants:
Peter DeMarzo
(Stanford University)
Gary B. Gorton
(Yale University)
George Pennacchi
(University of Illinois)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 7
Health Economics Research Organization Contributed Papers in Consumer Hospital Choice, Health Expenditures in China, and Hospital Outpatient Payment Effects
(I1)
Presiding:
J. Michael Fitzmaurice
(Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
Where Would You Go for Your Next Hospitalization? The Roles of Perceptions, Inertia, and Satisfaction The Impact of Cost Structure on Health Care Expenditures: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in China Prospective Payment and Medicare Hospital Outpatient Care Utilization and Quality
Discussants:
Lauren Hersch Nicholas
(University of Michigan)
Li Gan
(Texas A&M University)
Sam Zuvekas
(Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 9
Industrial Organization Society Markets, Regulation, and Firm Behavior
(L1)
Presiding:
Francine Lafontaine
(University of Michigan)
Price Negotiation in Differentiated Product Markets: The Case of Insured Mortgages in Canada The Effect of Lowering Entry Barriers by Deregulation: A Case Study of the Soju Industry in Korea Information, Default Risk and Liquidity Demand in Canada during the Financial Crisis Reliability, Appliance Choice, and Electricity Demand
Discussants:
Daniel Ackerberg
(University of Michigan)
Jeremy Fox
(University of Michigan)
John Asker
(New York University)
Justine Hastings
(Brown University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 5
International Association for Energy Economics/American Economic Association Environment, Climate Change, and Economic Growth
(Q5) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Andre Plourde
(University of Alberta)
Pantelis Capros
(National Technical University of Athens)
Costs and Economic Growth Implications of European GHG Emissions Reductions
Philippe Aghion
(Harvard University)
Inducing Green Technology
Jean Tirole
(Toulouse School of Economics)
Economic Implications of Alternative Post-Copenhagen Climate Policy Architecture
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Nat Hill
International Banking Economics & Finance Association Lessons Learned from Empirical Studies of the Financial Crisis
(G1)
Presiding:
James Wilcox
(University of California, Berkeley)
The Safety-Net Benefits of DFU Banks During the Crisis: Evidence from the US and Europe The Determinants of the CDS-Bond Basis During the Financial Crisis of 2007-2009 What Can EMU Countries’ Sovereign Bond Spreads Tell Us About Market Perceptions of Default Probabilities During the Recent Financial Crisis? Deflation Risk and Protection in TIPs: An Analysis of the Financial Crisis
Discussants:
James A. Wilcox
(University of California-Berkeley)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Westin Tabor, Continental A
Labor & Employment Relations Association Documenting Critical Incidents: A Workshop for Management & Union Representatives
(J5) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Marlene Heyser
(Workplace Law Strategies)
Mark C. Travis
(Travis ADR Services, LLC)
Greg Murray (inv.)
(International Association of Machinists)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Westin Tabor, Curtis
Labor & Employment Relations Association Gender and Professional Work
(J7)
Presiding:
Thomas Kochan
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Why Are There So Few Women in Finance? Evidence from the MBA Job Search Process on the Mechanisms of Gender Segregation After Law School: The Comparative Careers of Young Lawyers from Berlin, Frankfurt, New York, and Washington, DC Career Success for Flexible Work Program Users: Evidence from Personnel Records in a Large Law Firm
Discussants:
Peter Cappelli
(University of Pennsylvania)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Westin Tabor, Lawrence A
Labor & Employment Relations Association ILO Core Conventions: Prospects for U.S. Ratification
(J5) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Janice Bellace
(University of Pennsylvania)
Jane Hodges
(International Labour Organization)
The ILO’s Declaration and Member State Response to the Ratification Campaign
Edward Potter
(The Coca-Cola Company)
ILO Conventions and the U.S. Labor Law
Owen Herrnstadt
(International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers)
Workers' Rights and Core Conventions
Deborah Greenfield
(U.S. Department of Labor)
U.S. Ratification of Core Convention
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 3
Middle East Economic Association Human Capital Topics in the Middle East
(J6)
Presiding:
Serdar Sayan
(TOBB University, Turkey)
Egyptian Women Don't Desire to Work or Simply Can't? A Duration Analysis The Marital Returns to Education: Evidence from a School Construction Program in the West Bank and Gaza The Role of Institutions, Culture, and Wellbeing in Explaining Bilateral Remittance Flows: Evidence Both Cross-Country and Individual-Level Analysis from Turkey Parametric Reforms, Social Security Reforms and Saving: Evidence from Turkey Against the Wind: Labor Force Participation of Women and Economic Instability in Iran
Discussants:
Mona Said
(American University in Cairo)
Guzin Erlat
(Middle East Technical University)
Daniel Egel
(University of California-Berkeley)
Mohamed Benbouziane
(University of Tlemcen, Algeria)
Hala Al Ramly
(American University in Cairo)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Pomeroy
National Association of Business Economists Strengths and Weaknesses of Different Forecasting Models and Methods as Currently Practiced
(E3) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Duncan Meldrum
(IHS Global Insight)
David C Colander
(Middlebury College)
Michael T. Kiley
(Federal Reserve Board)
Daniel Bachman
(IHS Global Insight)
David E. Altig
(Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Granite A
National Economic Association Advances in Public Policy Analysis and Race/Ethnicity
(J1)
Presiding:
Samuel Myers Jr.
(University of Minnesota)
The Effect of English Usage on the Health of U.S. Hispanics: Using National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Ethnic Disparities in Access to Credit and Remittances and Household Welfare: The Case of Vietnam Understanding the Economics of Mobile Homeowners Defaults: Does Race, Housing Type, or Census Tract Make a Difference? Why Indigenous Children Perform Worse Than Non-Indigenous Children in School: Evidence from the Quechua Population in Peru Testing for Discrimination in Public Procurement and Contracting: Comparing Alternative Methods of Specification and Estimation Does Affirmative Action in Police Departments Increase Crime?
Discussants:
Rucker Johnson
(University of California-Berkeley)
Inhyuck "Steve" Ha
(Western Carolina University)
Jan Christopher
(Delaware State University)
Linda Loubert
(Morgan State University)
William Darity
(Duke University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Granite B
Peace Science Society International Terrorism and International Conflict
(F5)
Presiding:
Solomon Polachek
(SUNY-Binghamton)
Continuing Conflict and International Prices of Commodities: Theory and Empirics Trade and Insecure Resources: Implications for Welfare and Comparative Advantage Financial Means of Terrorist Organizations and Organized Crime: What Do We (Not) Know? Domestic Versus Transnational Terrorism: Data, Decomposition, and Dynamics Economic Intelligence and Conflict
Discussants:
Walter Isard
(Cornell University)
Jeff Dumas
(University of Texas-Dallas)
Michael Intriligator
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 1
Society for Computational Economics Computational Macro and Monetary Economics
(E3)
Presiding:
Robert Tetlow
(International Monetary Fund)
Customer Search and Price-Setting Behavior A Defense of the FOMC The Great Escape? A Quantitative Evaluation of the Fed's Non-standard Policies
Discussants:
Sanjay Chugh
(University of Maryland)
Kenneth Kasa
(Simon Fraser University)
Sharon Kozicki
(Bank of Canada)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall D & E
Society for Policy Modeling/American Economic Association The Dollar, the Euro, the Yuan and the International Monetary System
(F3)
Presiding:
Dominick Salvatore
(Fordham University)
The Role of Currency Realignments in Eliminating the US and China Current Account Imbalanaces [Download Preview] Beyond the Dollar [Download Preview] Beggar-Thy-Neighbor Interest Rate Policies [Download Preview] Exchange Rate Adjustments in the Global Recession and Recovery The Political Economy of Surges in Capital Inflows
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall A
Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics Self-Control, Self-Confidence, and Self-Deception
(D3)
Presiding:
Gary Charness
(University of California-Santa Barbara)
Self-confidence, Social Signaling, and Bayesian Updating Field and Online Experiments on Procrastination and Willpower Managerial Beliefs and Corporate Financial Policies Temptation and Commitment in the Laboratory
Discussants:
Uri Gneezy
(University of California-San Diego)
Zack Grossman
(University of California-Berkeley)
Stefano dellaVigna
(University of California-Berkeley)
Stephan Meier
(Columbia University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Granite C
Society of Government Economists Housing and the Financial Crisis
(G2)
Presiding:
Seth Giertz
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Testing the Double-Trigger Hypothesis Using Loan-Level Annual Financial Statement Data from an FHA-Insured Multifamily Program Housing Bubbles and Their Impact on the U.S. Economy Land Loans and Failed U.S. Banks Responses to the Financial Crisis, Treasury Debt, and the Impact on Short-Term Money Markets
Discussants:
Peter Elmer
(Deloitte and Touche, LLP)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Capitol
Transportation & Public Utilities Group Competition, Fares and Quality of Service in the Airline Industry
(L9)
Presiding:
James Peoples
(University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Airline Competition and Domestic U.S. Airfares: A Comprehensive Reappraisal Air Travel Delays: Can Airport Privatization Help? Airport Prices in a Two-Sided Framework: An Empirical Analysis Airport Runways' Impact on Competition: Does It Depend on the Source of Funding that Financed Construction?
Discussants:
B. Starr McMullen
(Oregon State University)
Wesley Wilson
(University of Oregon)
Wim Vijverberg
(CUNY Graduate Center)
John Howard Brown
(Georgia Southern University)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Agate A
Union for Radical Political Economists/International Association for Feminist Economics Gender, Labor and the Global Economy
(J7)
Presiding:
Yana van der Meulen Rogers
(Rutgers University)
Gender Implications of the Decline in Migration within the U.S. Gender, Market Power, and Precarious Work in Global Exporats: Putting the Pressure of Price and Time on the Backs of Women Workers Gendered Wages and Deepending Unequal Exchange: Roots and Flower of the Global Integration of Nursing Labor Markets Workforce in Despair: Trends in Employment and Gender Equality after the "Great Recession"
Discussants:
Yana van der Meulen Rogers
(Rutgers University)
James Heintz
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Jan 07, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Agate B
Union for Radical Political Economists Heterodox Climate Economics
(Q5)
Presiding:
Robin Hahnel
(Portland State University)
Short-Lived Climate Forcers: Toward a Multi-Pollutant Source Reduction Co-Benefit Strategy Overcoming the Failure to Develop Effective Global Climate Change Policy Climate Policy Post-Kyoto: What Now? Climate Policy After the Train Wreck in Copenhagen
Discussants:
Richard Weisskopf
(University of Miami)
Frederick Jennings
(Center for Ecological Economics and Ethical Education)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 2
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Climate Change Policy Design
(Q5)
Presiding:
Wallace Tyner
(Purdue University)
Does the Indexing of Government Transfers Make Carbon Pricing Progressive? Border Carbon Adjustments, Leakage and Welfare A Cost Containment-Permanence Tradeoff in the Utilization of Agricultural Soil Carbon Offsets?
Discussants:
Wallace E. Tyner
(Purdue University)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Sheraton, Governor's Square 12
American Economic Association European Economic Association Lecture
(O3)
Presiding:
Stefano DellaVigna
(University of California-Berkeley)
Intellectual Property Rights Policy, Competition and Innovation [Download Preview]
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Sheraton, Grand Ballroom
American Economic Association/American Finance Association Joint Luncheon
Presiding:
Orley Ashenfelter
(Princeton University)
John Taylor
(Stanford University)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Marriott, Denver Suite IV
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association REITs: Investment
(G1)
Presiding:
Jim Clayton
(Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers)
A Comparative Anatomy of REITs and Residential Real Estate Indexes: Returns, Risks and Distributional Characteristics Short Selling REITs and Hedging Real Estate Risk Did Leveraged ETFs Increase Intraday REIT Volatility During the Crisis? The Relationship between Tenant Quality and REIT Risk & Performance
Discussants:
Richard Buttimer
(University of North Carolina-Charlotte)
Cristian Tiu
(University of Buffalo)
Vaneesha Boney
(University of Denver)
Jim Clayton
(Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall B
Association for Social Economics Social Economics of the Financial Crisis
(E6)
Presiding:
Stephanie Kelton
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Critique of Financialization and the US Unemployment Gender Gap How to Manufacture and Mismanage a Crisis: Fitness Landscapes, Risk Incubation, and Financial Crisis of 2008 Credit: From Accelerator to Primary Means of Purchase Global Subprime Crisis within the Circuit of Social Capital
Discussants:
William Black
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Robert Prasch
(Middlebury College)
Stephanie Seguino
(University of Vermont)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Agate C
Association of Indian Economics & Financial Studies International Trade and Finance
(F4)
Presiding:
Suhas Ketkar
(Vanderbilt University)
Trade Liberalization, Firm Heterogeneity and Duration of Trade: Production in India Exchange Rate Volatility and Foreign Direct Investment in India The Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment: A Sensitivity Analysis Using Panel Data Access to Finance: Determinants of the Uptake of "Mansi" in South Africa US Foreign Indebtedness, Monetary Policy and Economic Growth
Discussants:
Renu Kallianpur
(AXA Advisors)
Chandana Chakraborty
(Montclair State University)
Sweta Saxena
(International Monetary Fund)
Kishore Kulkarni
(Metropolitan State College of Denver)
Zahara Siddique
(IZA)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 3
Chinese Economists Society Recent Research Findings on the Chinese Economy
(D1)
Presiding:
Yongmaio Hong
(Cornell University and Xiamen University)
Is Production or Consumption to Blame for Pollution in China? Evidence from Visibility, 1982-2006 Combatting the Global Financial Crisis with Agressive Expansionary Monetary Policy: Same Medicine, Different Outcomes in China, UK and USA Using Choice Experiment Methods to Study Chinese Consumers' Trust on Food Safety Attributes How Does Education Affect the Earnings Distribution in Urban China?
Discussants:
Chen Xi
(Cornell University)
Bruce L. Reynolds
(University of Virginia and IIEP)
Dennis Tao Yang
(Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Belton Fleisher
(Ohio State University)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall G
Cliometrics Society Capital: Human and Otherwise
(N7)
Presiding:
TBA TBA
(TBA)
What Can We Learn from the Carousel of Progress? Naval Engineers and the Origins of Technology-Skill Complementarity A Dam Problem: TVA's Fight Against Malaria 1926-1951 A Model of Human Capital Accumulation in Economic History: Gender Gap, Family Behavior and Economic Growth
Discussants:
TBA TBA
(TBA)
TBA TBA
(TBA)
TBA TBA
(TBA)
TBA TBA
(TBA)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 1
History of Economics Society The Histories of Scientific Observation in Economics
(B2)
Presiding:
Harro Maas
(University of Amsterdam)
Undercover, Field, and Participant Observers in US Labor Economics 1900-1930 Observational Error from Gauss to Morgenstern Looking for Observations for late 20th Century Macroeconomics Observing Experiments: What Do Economists See?
Discussants:
Kevin D. Hoover
(Duke University)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Sheraton, Governor's Square 9
Industrial Organization Society Empirical IO
(L1)
Presiding:
Lawrence White
(New York University)
Commuting Ties and Geographic Market Definition Hospital Responses to Endogenous Entry and Competition by Ambulatory Surgery Centers Patterns of Establishment Entry and State-Level Antitrust Enforcement An Empirical Study of Pricing Strategies in an Online Market with High-Frequency Price Information
Discussants:
Evren Damar
(Bank of Canada)
Martin Gaynor
(Carnegie Mellon University)
Lawrence J. White
(New York University)
Mo Xiao
(University of Arizona)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 5
International Association for Energy Economics Topics in Energy Modeling
(Q4)
Presiding:
Carol Dahl
(Colorado School of Mines)
Innovation, Renewable Energy, and Macroeconomic Growth A Slippery Relationship: Cross-Country Evidence on the Changing Impact of Oil Prices on GDP ISO Net Surplus Collection and Allocation in Restructured North American Wholesale Power Markets Operational and Investment Response to Energy Prices in the OECD Manufacturing: Evidence from the Vintage Capital Model
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Marriott, Mattie Silks
International Banking Economics & Finance Association/American Economic Association Macro-prudential Supervision of Systemically-Important Financial Institutions
(G1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Diana Hancock
(Federal Reserve Board)
George Pennachi
(University of Illinois)
Wayne Passmore
(Federal Reserve Board)
Viral Acharya
(New York University)
Randall S. Kroszner
(University of Chicago)
Markus K. Brunnermeier
(Princeton University)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall A
International Network for Economic Method Rethinking the Normative and the Positive in Choice Theory
(B4)
Presiding:
John Davis
(University of Amsterdam and Marquette University)
Normative Rational Choice: Past, Present, and Future The Origin of the Normative-Descriptive/Positive-Normative Distinction in Expected Utility Theory Inconsistency Pays
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Sheraton, Plaza Court 3
Middle East Economic Association War and Religion in the Middle East: Past and Present
(Z1)
Presiding:
Sohrab Behdad
(Denison University)
Are Islamic Investment Certificates Special ? Evidence on the Post Announcement Performance of Sukuk Issues Modernization and Inter-religion Human Capital Differences in 19th Century Egypt Sultans, the Shari'a and Seven Empty Ears: Economic Catastrophes, Church and State Estimating United States War Damages In Iraq (2003-2010) Tribal Diversity, Political Patronage and the Yemeni Decentralization Experiment
Discussants:
Bassam Abu Al-foul
(American University of Sharjah)
Hadi Esfahani
(University of Illinios)
Sohrab Bahdad
(Denison University)
Fatma Dogruel
(Marmara University, Turkey)
Abdallah AlHassan
(International Monetary Fund)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Granite A
National Economic Association Labor Market Information Channels, Matching, and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Unemployment and Employment
(J7)
Presiding:
William Spriggs
(U.S Department of Labor)
Factors Contributing to the Persistence of Minority Unemployment Disparities: Weighing Human Capital versus Institutional Effects.” Labor Market Information and Unemployment Disparities: Analysis of American Community Survey Unemployment and Job Information: Analysis of NLSY79 Data Taylor Rule Shocks and Demographic Unemployment Rate Differentials Contractionary Monetary Policy and the Dynamics of U.S. Race and Gender Stratification Earnings Capacity of the Long-Term Unemployed: A Wage-Comparison Approach across Industry
Discussants:
William Spriggs
(Howard University)
Cecilia Conrad
(Pomona College)
Gregory Price
(Morehouse College)
Rucker Johnson
(University of California-Berkeley)
Robin Cox
(Spelman College)
Linwood Tauheed
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall D & E
Society for Policy Modeling Will the Euro Survive?
(F3)
Presiding:
Lucjan Orlowski
(Sacred Heart University)
Euroland: Will the Periphery Poison the Core? The Global Financial Imbalances and the Stabilizing Role of the Euro Optimum Currency Area Precepts and the Euro Survival The Euro: A Crisis Waiting to Happen
Discussants:
Fred Campano
(Fordham University)
Pellegrino Manfra
(City University of New York)
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Granite C
Society of Government Economists Economic Analysis of Illegal and Legal Immigration
(F2)
Presiding:
Bryan Roberts
(Department of Homeland Security)
An Analysis of Migrant Smuggling Costs along the Southwest Border Self-Selection and Liquidity Constraints in Different Migration Cost Regimes Effects of the 1992 Chinese Student Protection Act The Labor Market Value to Legal Status
Jan 07, 2011 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Agate A
Union for Radical Political Economists/International Association for Feminist Economics Roundtable on Gender and Race: Employment, Crime, Health, Occupational Segregation and Education
(J7) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Alexandra Bernasek
(Colorado State University)
Heather Boushey
(Center for American Progress)
Robynn Cox
(Spelman College)
Tiffany Green
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Darrick Hamilton
(The New School)
Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe
(Bennett College)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 2
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Agricultural Extension, Transactions Costs and Supply Response
(Q1)
Presiding:
Simeon Ehui
(World Bank)
Dynamic Agricultural Supply Response under Economic Transformation Networks and Transaction Costs Returns to Spending on Agricultural Extension
Discussants:
Xiaobo Zhang
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Columbine
American Economic Association Beyond GDP, Beyond Sarkozy? Towards A National Success Indicator
(H8)
Presiding:
Carol Graham
(Brookings Institution)
Economic Policy Implications of the Sarkozy Report [Download Preview] Supplementing Per-Capita GDP as Measure of Well-Being [Download Preview] Environmentally Responsible Happy Nation Index: A Proposed National Success Indicator After the Sarkozy Report [Download Preview] Happiness Measures as a Guide to Development Policy? Promise and Potential Pitfalls [Download Preview]
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Denver
American Economic Association Determinants and Consequences of Human Capital Investment
(J2)
Presiding:
Jens Ludwig
(University of Chicago)
The Perils of Pre-School? The Effect of Child Care on Academic Performance FDA and ABCs: Unintended Consequences of Antidepressant Warnings on
Academic Achievement Does Staying in School (and Not Working) Prevent Teen Smoking and Drinking? [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Jens Ludwig
(University of Chicago)
Nora Gordon
(Georgetown University)
Jacob Vigdor
(Duke University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Governor's Square 16
American Economic Association Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Theory: A Discussion of the Role of the Entrepreneur in the Theory of the Firm
(L2) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Robert Strom
(Kauffman Foundation)
William J. Baumol
(New York University)
Simon C. Parker
(University of Western Ontario)
Daniel F. Spulber
(Northwestern University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Director's Row I
American Economic Association Entry, Exit and Pricing
(L8)
Presiding:
Adam Rennhoff
(Middle Tennessee State University)
Will Universal Health Insurance Enhance Entrepreneurship Activity? Branding and Spatial Preemption: An Application to the Hospitality Industry [Download Preview] Spin-offs: Theory and Evidence from the Early U.S. Automobile Industry [Download Preview] Making Friends with Your Neighbors? Agglomeration and Tacit Collusion in the Lodging Industry [Download Preview] Do Sellers' Brokers Raise or Reduce Home Prices? Evidence of Agency Costs from an Unusual Real Estate Market [Download Preview]
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Director's Row J
American Economic Association Exchange Rate Modelling
(F3)
Presiding:
Philippe Bacchetta
(University of Lausanne)
On the Unstable Relationship between Exchange Rates and Macroeconomic Fundamentals [Download Preview] Order Flow and the Monetary Model of Exchange Rates: Evidence from a Novel Data Set [Download Preview] Phoenix Taylor Rule Exchange Rate Forecasting During the Financial Crisis [Download Preview] The Scapegoat Model of Exchange Rates: An Empirical Test
Discussants:
Ken Kasa
(Simon Fraser University)
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas
(University of California-Berkeley)
Jan Groen
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Nelson Mark
(University of Notre Dame)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Terrace
American Economic Association Field Experiments on Financial Decisions Among the Poor
(D1)
Presiding:
Erica Field
(Harvard University)
Discounting and Defaulting: Evidence from Choice Experiments Matched to Administrative Credit Data Competition as a Saving Incentive: A Field Experiment with the Homeless Does Africa Need a Rotten Kin Theorem? Experimental Evidence from Village Economies Check Cashing: Time Preferences, Income Variability and Rationality among the Unbanked
Discussants:
Ernesto Reuben
(Columbia University)
Paige Marta Skiba
(Vanderbilt University)
Margaret McConnell
(Harvard University)
Ebonya Washington
(Yale University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Director's Row H
American Economic Association Growing New Ph.D. Economists
(A2)
Presiding:
Orley Ashenfelter
(Princeton University)
Completion Rates and Time-to-Degree in Economics Ph.D. Programs [Download Preview]
Discussants:
David Colander
(Middlebury College)
Gregory Mankiw
(Harvard University)
James Poterba
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER)
Melissa McInerney
(College of William and Mary)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Director's Row E
American Economic Association House, Homeownership, and Life Cycle Impacts
(R2)
Presiding:
Amy Cutts
(Freddie Mac)
Owner-Occupied Housing: Life-Cycle Implications for the Household Portfolio [Download Preview] Housing Prices and Marital Stability [Download Preview] Life Shocks and Homelessness [Download Preview] Superstition in the Housing Market [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Marsha Courchane
(Charles River Associates)
Rajeev Darolia
(Charles River Associates)
Cynthia Holmes
(York University, Canada)
Andrea Heuson
(University of Miami)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Governor's Square 10
American Economic Association Intellectual Property and Innovation
(L1)
Presiding:
Koleman Strumpf
(University of Kansas)
Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation: Evidence from the Human Genome [Download Preview] Technology Morphing: Standard-Setting Organizations, Patent Pools, and New Technologies Racing for Priority: Patents and Publications in Knowledge Competitions The Effect of File Sharing on Movies
Discussants:
Timothy Bresnahan
(Stanford University)
John Van Reenen
(London School of Economics)
Timothy Simcoe
(Boston University)
Julie Mortimer
(Harvard University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Spruce
American Economic Association Labor Market Shocks
(E2)
Presiding:
Chris Stoddard
(Montana State University)
Business Cycles and Labor Market Flows with Sequential Screening [Download Preview] On the Persistence of Income Shocks over the Life Cycle: Evidence and Implications [Download Preview] From Wages to Welfare: Decomposing Gains and Losses from Rising Inequality [Download Preview] Asset Pricing with Concentrated Ownership of Capital [Download Preview] Risk Aversion and the Labor Margin in Dynamic Equilibrium Models [Download Preview]
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Silver
American Economic Association Law and Economics
(K0)
Presiding:
Henry Farber
(Princeton University)
Corrective Taxation versus Liability [Download Preview] Optimal Proof Burdens, Deterrence, and the Chilling of Desirable Behavior [Download Preview] Explaining Trust in Public Institutions Predicting and Preventing Violent Death
Discussants:
Christopher Snyder
(Dartmouth College)
Philip Cook
(Duke University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Majestic Ballroom
American Economic Association Lessons for Economics from the Great Recession
(E3) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Robert Hall
(Stanford University)
David Autor
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Robert Gordon
(Northwestern University)
Mark Gertler
(New York University)
Alan Krueger
(Princeton University and US Treasury)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Governor's Square 11
American Economic Association New Empirics of Public Policy and Fertility in the U.S.
(J1)
Presiding:
Juan Pantano
(Washington University in St. Louis)
How Contraceptive and Abortion Policy Shaped the Second Demographic Transition Marriage and Emancipation in the Age of the Pill The Unwanted: Negative Outcomes Over the Life Cycle [Download Preview] Do Pregnant Teens Respond to Improved Opportunities? An Evaluation of Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 to the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Discussants:
Melissa Kearney
(University of Maryland)
Robert Pollak
(Washington University in St. Louis)
Marianne Bitler
(University of California-Irvine)
V. Joseph Hotz
(Duke University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Savoy
American Economic Association Savings Experiments in Developing Countries
(O1)
Presiding:
Dean Yang
(University of Michigan)
The ABCs of Financial Literacy -- Experimental Evidence on Attitudes, Behavior and Cognitive Biases [Download Preview] Sources of Time Preference and Time-Inconsistency: Evidence from the Field Do Simple Savings Accounts Help the Poor to Save? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Nepal Intra-personnel and Inter-personnel Barriers to Savings and Health Investments: Experimental Evidence from Kenya
Discussants:
Kartini Shastry
(Wellesley College)
James Andreoni
(University of California-San Diego)
Santhosh Anagol
(University of Pennsylvania)
Nava Ashraf
(Harvard Business School)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Century
American Economic Association Taxes
(H2)
Presiding:
Robert Bohm
(University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
The Comparison of Ad Valorem and Specific Taxes under Incomplete Information [Download Preview] Do Wages Rise When Corporate Tax Rates Fall? Evidence from the German Business Tax Reform 2000 [Download Preview] Job Creation Tax Credits and Job Growth: Whether, When, and Where? [Download Preview] The Welfare Cost of Capital Income Taxes Under Uncertainty [Download Preview] Taxes, Prisons, and CFOs: The Effects of Increased Punishment on Corporate Tax Compliance in Ecuador [Download Preview]
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Vail
American Economic Association Teaching Undergraduate Economics
(A1)
Presiding:
Kenneth Elzinga
(University of Virginia)
Factors Influencing Student Performance in Economics: Class and Instructor Characteristics [Download Preview] Web 2.0 and Economic Education The Principles of Economics Textbook [Download Preview] Assessing Student Learning with Rubrics
Discussants:
Kenneth G. Elzinga
(University of Virginia)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Governor's Square 12
American Economic Association The Economics of Civil War, Violence and Conflict
(F5)
Presiding:
Ioana Petrescu
(American Enterprise Institute)
Bases, Bullets and Ballots: The Effect of U.S. Military Aid on Political Conflict in Colombia [Download Preview] Peace and War with Endogenous State Capacity Civil Conflict and Human Capital Accumulation: The Long-Term Effects of Political Violence in Peru [Download Preview] Rethinking Economic Sanction Success: Sanctions as Deterrents [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Eli Berman
(University of California-San Diego)
Eva Vivalt
(University of California-Berkeley)
Richard Akresh
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Radha Iyengar
(London School of Economics)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Governor's Square 17
American Economic Association The Economics of the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Program
(I1)
Presiding:
Jonathan Gruber
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Heterogeneity in Choice Inconsistencies Among the Elderly: Evidence from Prescription Drug Plan Choice [Download Preview] Part D Formulary and Benefit Design as a Risk-Steering Mechanism? Imperfect Consumer Choice and Pricing in Medicare Part D Are Drugs Substitutes or Complements for Intensive (and Expensive) Medical Treatment? Evidence from Geographic Variation in Medicare Medical and Drug Spending
Discussants:
David Laibson
(Harvard University)
Claudio Lucarelli
(Cornell University)
Wesley Yin
(Boston University)
Marty Gaynor
(Carnegie Mellon University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Governor's Square 15
American Economic Association The Future of Monetary Policy
(E5) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Benoit Mojon
(Banque de France)
Charles Evans
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Jean-Pierre Landau
(Banque de France)
Kiyohiko Nishimura
(Bank of Japan)
Frank Smets
(European Central Bank)
Michael Woodford
(Columbia University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Gold
American Economic Association Theoretical and Empirical Advances in Agglomeration Economics
(R1)
Presiding:
Edward Glaeser
(Harvard University)
Urban Accounting and Welfare [Download Preview] Productive Cities: Sorting, Selection and Agglomeration [Download Preview] Urbanization and Structural Transformation [Download Preview] Portage: Path Dependence and Increasing Returns in U.S. History [Download Preview] Agglomerative Forces and Cluster Shapes [Download Preview]
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Marriott, Colorado Salons G & H
American Finance Association Borrowing and Lending
(G2)
Presiding:
Adair Morse
(University of Chicago)
Why are Institutional Loans More Expensive than Bank Loans? Evidence from the Syndicated Loan Market Hedge Fund Activism and Bank Loan Contracting Cyclicality of Credit Supply: Firm Level Evidence The Ties that Bind: Bank Relationships and Small Business Lending
Discussants:
Michael Roberts
(University of Pennsylvania)
Joseph Gerakos
(University of Chicago)
Amiyatosh Purnanandam
(University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)
Ashwini Agrawal
(New York University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Marriott, Colorado Salons I & J
American Finance Association Determinants of M&A Activity
(G3)
Presiding:
Berk Sensoy
(Ohio State University)
The Importance of Industry Links in Merger Waves Stock Option Grants to Target CEOs during Private Merger Negotiations Valuation Risk, Control and the Public Financing of Entrepreneurial Firms
Discussants:
Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
(Harvard Business School)
Yaniv Grinstein
(Cornell University)
Jay Ritter
(University of Florida)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Marriott, Colorado Salon E
American Finance Association Lecture: The Transformation of Finance
(G1)
Presiding:
Raghuram Rajan
(University of Chicago, Booth School of Business)
The Transformation of Finance
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Marriott, Colorado Salon F
American Finance Association Liquidity, Trading, and Frictions - Empirical
(G1)
Presiding:
Ioanid Rosu
(University of Chicago)
Market Liquidity and Flow-Driven Risk Evaporating Liquidity Is Information Risk Priced? Evidence from the Price Discovery of Large Trades
Discussants:
Jennifer Huang
(University of Texas-Austin)
Konstantin Milbradt
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Soeren Hvidkjaer
(Copenhagen Business School)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Marriott, Colorado Salons A & B
American Finance Association The Financial Crisis: Empirical Evidence
(G1)
Presiding:
Amir Sufi
(University of Chicago)
Financial Guarantors and the 2007-2009 Credit Crisis Stressed, Not Frozen: The Federal Funds Market in the Financial Crisis Measuring Systemic Risk Measuring Systemic Risk in the Finance and Insurance Sectors
Discussants:
Sudheer Chava
(Texas A&M University)
Victoria Ivashina
(Harvard Business School)
Markus Brunnermeier
(Princeton University)
Philip Strahan
(Boston College)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Marriott, Colorado Salons C & D
American Finance Association Trading by Mutual Funds
(G1)
Presiding:
David Musto
(University of Pennsylvania)
The Performance of Corporate-Bond Mutual Funds: Evidence Based on Security-Level Holdings Excess Cash and Mutual Fund Performance Stock Media Coverage, Mutual Fund Trading and Performance
Discussants:
Sugata Ray
(University of Florida)
Vincent Glode
(University of Pennsylvania)
Sophie Shive
(University of Notre Dame)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Marriott, Denver Suite I & II
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association Law and Government
(K2)
Presiding:
Lynn Fisher
(University of North Carolina)
Does National Flood Insurance Program Participation Induce Excessive Development in High-Risk Areas? Evidence from Florida Counties The Economic Impacts of Eminent Domain Accounting for Structural Changes of the Housing Market Homeowners Associations and the Local Land Use Regime: Substitutes or Complements?
Discussants:
William Wheaton
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Geoffrey Turnbull
(Georgia State University)
Morris Davis
(University of Wisconsin)
William C. Strange
(University of Toronto)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Marriott, Denver Suite V & VI
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association Mortgage, Pricing, Access to Credit, and Outcomes
(E6)
Presiding:
Peter Zorn
(Freddie Mac)
Local Scale Economies, Mortgage Loan Sales, and Access to Credit: 1994-2008 Monetary Policy Surprises and Mortgage Rate Pass-Through The Price of Subprime Mortgages at Mortgage Brokers and Lenders The Post-Foreclosure Experience of US Households in the Current Housing Market Downturn
Discussants:
Neil Bhutta
(Federal Reserve Board)
Len Kiefer
(Freddie Mac)
Charles Capone
(U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development)
Tracy Turner
(Kansas State University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Agate C
American Society of Hispanic Economists Topics in Labor Economics
(J6)
Presiding:
Francisco Rivera-Batiz
(Columbia University)
The Complexity of Immigrant Generations for U.S. Hispanics and Asians What Are the Effects of State Level Legislation Against the Hiring of Undocumented Immigrants? Employment Options for Low-Skilled Workers in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area: Workforce Training Issues and Challenges Panel Data Analysis of Hierarchical Segregation
Discussants:
Mark Hugo Lopez
(Pew Hispanic Center)
Marie T. Mora
(University of Texas-Pan American)
Francisca Antman
(University of Colorado-Boulder)
Francisco Rivera-Batiz
(Columbia University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall D & E
Association for Comparative Economic Studies/American Economic Association Disentangling the Effects of History, Culture, and Institutions
(O1)
Presiding:
Gérard Roland
(University of California-Berkeley)
The Historical Origins of Cultural Differences in Gender Roles: Women and the Plough Civic Capital as the Missing Link Disentangling the Effects of Legal and Political Development on Economic Growth - An Example From Entrepreneurship in Ancient Rome The Coevolution of Culture and Institutions in Seventeenth Century England [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Gérard Roland
(University of California-Berkeley)
Daniel Berkowitz
(University of Pittsburgh)
Rodrigo Soares
(PUC-Rio)
Judith Hellerstein
(University of Maryland)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall C
Association for Evolutionary Economics Explaining and Taming Financial Crises and Business Cycles
(E6)
Presiding:
Stephanie Kelton
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Minsky and the Evolution of the U.S. Financial System: The Impacts of Fiscal and Monetary Policy Deficit Hysteria Redux? Why We Should Stop Worrying about U.S. Government Deficits The Future of Fiscal Policy: The Case for Targeted Demand Management U.S. Business Cycles from 1973-2010: A Post Keynesian/Institutionalist Explanation Too Important to Fail: A Reconsideration of the Lender of Last Resort Function
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall B
Association for Social Economics Social Economic Policy
(H3)
Presiding:
Deb Figart
(Richard Stockton College)
The Welfare State and the Practice of Capitalism: The Recent American and British Experiences in the Last Two Decades Escalating Social Deprivation from Liberalized Energy Markets: Proposals to Reverse the Trend What Causes Obesity? And Why Has It Grown So Much? The Internet and Democracy Returns Society: Economics, Environment and Social Costs
Discussants:
Ellen Mutari
(Richard Stockton College)
Deb Figart
(Richard Stockton College)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Colorado
Association of Christian Economists What Do Economists and Theologians Have to Say to Each Other?
Present Situation and Future Prospects
(A1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Paul Oslington
(Australian Catholic University)
Andrew Yuengert
(Pepperdine University)
Michael Pollitt
(University of Cambridge)
Paul Oslington
(Australian Catholic University)
Craig Blomberg
(Denver Seminary)
Daniel Hungerman
(University of Notre Dame)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 6
Association of Environmental & Resource Economists Consumer Demand and Conservation
(Q3)
Presiding:
Severin Borenstein
(University of California, Berkeley)
Are Price Signals Important in Residential Energy Consumption? Evidence from Northern Ireland Environmental Feedback and Consumer Demand for Green Technology: Adoption of Rain Barrels from Stormwater Control Do Consumers Recognize the Value of Fuel Economy? Evidence from Used Car Prices and Gasoline Price Fluctuations Beliefs and Consumer Choice of Energy-Using Durables Abatement or Averting: The Effects of Ozone Alerts on Driving and Outdoor Recreation Behavior in Atlanta
Discussants:
Severin Borenstein
(University of California-Berkeley)
Sheila Olmstead
(Resources for the Future)
Mark Jacobsen
(University of California-San Diego)
Ian Parry
(Resources for the Future)
Richard Ready
(Pennsylvania State University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall G
Chinese Economic Association in North America/American Economic Association Industrial Organization
(L2)
Presiding:
Serena Ng
(Columbia University)
Why Do Life Insurance Policyholders Lapse? The Roles of Income, Health and Bequest Motive Shocks [Download Preview] An Estimable Demand System for a Large Auction Platform Market [Download Preview] The Use of FLF contracts in the Video Rental Industry [Download Preview] Selling in Department Stores: An Analysis of Manufacturer-Retailers Contracts
Discussants:
Matt Shum
(California Institute of Technology)
Han Hong
(Stanford University)
Panle Jia
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Andrew Ching
(University of Toronto)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Plaza Court 8
Econometric Society Development II: Industrial Organization
(O1)
Presiding:
Benjamin Moll
(Princeton University)
The Blessing of Natural Resources: Evidence from a Peruvian Gold Mine Formal and Informal Firm Dynamics Inequality and Growth with both Exogenous and Endogenous Incomplete Markets Does Management Matter? Evidence from India
Discussants:
Gabriel Ulyssea
(University of Chicago)
Donald John Roberts
(Stanford University)
Fernando Martin Aragon
(London School of Economics)
Benjamin Moll
(Princeton University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Plaza Court 7
Econometric Society Dynamic Games
(C7)
Presiding:
()
Dynamic Relational Contracts with Credit Constraints A Theory of Disagreement in Repeated Games with Renegotiation Reversibility in Dynamic Coordination Problems Strategic Experimentation with Private Payoffs
Discussants:
Mikhail Golosov
(Yale University)
Sylvain Chassang
(Princeton University)
Patrick Bolton
(Columbia University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Plaza Court 6
Econometric Society Economic Theory Methods
(C6)
Presiding:
()
Robust Predictions in Games with Incomplete Information Existence of Optimal Contracts in the Moral Hazard Problem The Determinacy of Infinite Games with Eventual Perfect Monitoring On the Revelation Principle and Dual Mechanisms in Competing Mechanism Games
Discussants:
David McAdams
(Duke University)
Tim van Zandt
(INSEAD)
Alessandro Pavan
(Northwestern University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Plaza Court 2
Econometric Society Internet Markets
(L8)
Presiding:
Susan Athey
(Harvard University)
Reserve Prices in Internet Advertising Auctions: A Field Experiment Auctions and Posted Prices in Online Markets Peaches, Lemons and Cookies: The Impact of Information Structure on Revenue in Common Value Auctions
Discussants:
Rakesh Vohra
(Northwestern University)
Eric Budish
(University of Chicago)
Preston McAfee
(Research
Yahoo!)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Governor's Square 9
Econometric Society The Role of Money and Banks
(E5)
Presiding:
()
Self-fulfilling Traps with Money as a Medium of Exchange Banking: A Mechanism Design Approach Monetary Policy before Central Banking: The Quality of Money and the Debasement Puzzle Identifying the Macroeconomic Effects of Bank Lending Supply Shocks
Discussants:
Ruilin Zhou
(Pennsylvania State University)
David Andolfatto
(Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
Warren Weber
(Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
Daniel Paravisini
(Columbia University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Plaza Court 3
Econometric Society Understanding Financial Markets and Institutions
(G2)
Presiding:
Lasse Pedersen
(New York University)
Liquidity Shocks and Order Book Dynamics Multi-Market Delegated Asset Management Rating Agencies in the Face of Regulation - Rating Inflation and Regulatory Arbitrage
Discussants:
Joel Hasbrouck
(New York University)
Jules H. van Binsbergen
(Stanford University)
Joel Shapiro
(Oxford University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall F
Economic Science Association Groups in Economic Decision Making
(C9)
Presiding:
Jingjing Zhang
(University of Zurich)
Communication, Coordination, and Group Decision Making in the Laboratory Coordinated Resistance Game Gender Differences in Cooperation with Group Membership Role Selection and Team Performance Communication and Efficiency in Competitive Coordination Games
Discussants:
Marie Rigdon
(University of Michigan)
Marco Castillo
(George Mason University)
Guillaume Frechette
(New York University)
Sherry Li
(University of Texas-Dallas)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Plaza Court 1
Economists for Peace & Security Pressures on the Paradigm
(0) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
James Galbraith
(University of Texas-Austin)
Marshall Auerback
(RAB Capital PLC)
Robert Johnson
(Institute for New Economic Thinking)
William K. Black
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Randall Wray
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 7
Health Economics Research Organization Research in Medicaid/Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
(I1)
Presiding:
Anthony Losasso
(University of Illinois-Chicago)
The Doctor Might See You Now: The Supply Side Effects of Public Health Insurance Expansions The Effect of Public Insurance Coverage and Provider Reimbursement on Access to Dental Care: Evidence from the State Children's Health Insurance Program Expansion Incentivizing Healthy Behavior: Evidence from Personal Responsibility and Choice in West Virginia Medicaid
Discussants:
Thomas DeLeire
(University of Wisconsin)
Matthew Neidell
(Columbia University)
John Cawley
(Cornell University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 1
History of Economics Society Rational Expectations, Retrospect and Prospect: On the 50th Anniversary of
John Muth's "Rational Expectations and the Theory of Price Movements"
(B2) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Kevin Hoover
(Duke University)
Kevin D. Hoover
(Duke University)
Michael Lovell
(Wesleyan University)
Robert E. Lucas
(University of Chicago)
Dale Mortensen
(Northwestern University)
Robert J. Shiller
(Yale University)
Neil Wallace
(Pennsylvania State University)
Warren Young
(Bar-Ilan University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Sheraton, Capitol
International Association for Feminist Economics Gender in Asia
(O1)
Presiding:
Linda Lucas
(University of South Florida)
An Analysis of Gender Relations in the Philippines Economic Transition and the Motherhood Wage Penalty in Urban China: Investigation Using Panel Data Gender and Conflict in Nepal: Testing for “Added Worker” Effects Food Security, Gender and Occupational Choice among Urban Low-Income Households
Discussants:
Nancy Folbre
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Joyce Jacobsen
(Wesleyan University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Marriott, Nat Hill
International Banking Economics & Finance Association Understanding the Effects of Unorthodox Monetary Policies
(E5)
Presiding:
Pierre Siklos
(Wilfred Laurier University)
How Effective Were the Federal Reserve Emergency Liquidity Facilities?
Evidence from the Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility Bank Reserves, Bank Lending, and the Interbank Market The Effects of Monetary Policy Commitment: Evidence from Time-varying Parameter VAR Analysis Asset Prices and the Global Financial Crisis
Discussants:
Pierre L. Siklos
(Wilfred Laurier University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Marriott, Mattie Silks
International Economic & Finance Society Lessons and Policy Implications from the Global Financial Crisis
(F3)
Presiding:
Joshua Aizenman
(University of California-Santa Cruz and NBER)
Lessons for Current Policy from the Financial Crises of the 1930s and the 2007-2008 Crisis Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Lessons from the Periphery Shadow Banking Reflections on the Deleveraging Crisis of 2008-09, and a Cost-Benefit Analysis
Discussants:
Dale Henderson
(Federal Reserve Board and Georgetown University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 3
International Health Economics Association Equity and Medical Utilization
(I1)
Presiding:
Audrey Laporte
(University of Toronto)
Public and Private Interactions: Dual Coverage for Medicines among Older People in Ontario Is Pro-Poor Inequity in Inpatient Care the Result of Pro-rich Inequity in Primary Care? What's the Point of Class? Random Coefficients versus Latent Class Models
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall A
International Network for Economic Method Intertemporal Discounting: Alternative Functional Forms and Methodology of Empirical Identification
(D8)
Presiding:
Harold Kincaid
(University of Alabama-Birmingham)
Recursive Self-Prediction Makes Two-Agent Models Unnecessary Discounting Behavior: A Reconsideration Time Consistency: Stationarity and Time Invariance Disentangling Agent Identities and Consumption Bundles in Dynamic Choices
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Marriott, Pomeroy
International Trade & Finance Association Round Table on Regionalism
(F1)
Presiding:
Max Kreinin
(Michigan State University)
A Perspective on Regionalism A Perspective on Regionalism A Perspective on Regionalism A Perspective on Regionalism A Perspective on Regionalism
Discussants:
Sven Arndt
(Claremont McKenna College)
Max Kreinin
(Michigan State University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Westin Tabor, Curtis
Labor & Employment Relations Association Community Unionism: A Cross-National Comparative Analysis
(J5)
Presiding:
Maite Tapia
(Cornell University)
Community Unionism Through Powerful Coalitions: Union Engagement in Australia and Beyond Communities and Unions: Barriers and Bridges to Co-operative Working Spheres of Union Engagement and the Understanding of Non-workplace Activity and Its Challenges Community Unionism: Experiences from the U.S.
Discussants:
Lowell Turner
(Cornell University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Westin Tabor, Lawrence A
Labor & Employment Relations Association Incorporating Finance into Employment Relations: Implications for Theory and Practice
(J3)
Presiding:
Charles Whalen
(Utica College and Cornell University)
Financial Markets and Labor Markets The Financing of Firms' Activities: Implications for Work and Employment Relations Capital Matters Financialization and Employment Finance and Employment Relations: A View from the AFL-CIO
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Westin Tabor, Continental A
Labor & Employment Relations Association Public Sector Labor Law in States without Statewide Collective Bargaining Laws: The Case of Colorado: Rocky Mountain LERA Chapter (Denver)
(J5) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Joe Goldhammer
(Buescher, Goldhammer, Kelman & Dodge, P.C.)
Gus Achey
(Mountain States Employers Council)
Management Perspective
Mark Schwane
(Colorado Workers for Innovation and New Solutions (WINS))
Labor Perspective
Christel Jorgensen
(CJ Mediation)
Neutral Perspective
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 5
Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association/American Economic Association Micro Pricing Research in Emerging Markets
(E3)
Presiding:
Roberto Rigobon
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Argentina's Great Depression through the Lens of Product-Level Data Scraped Data and Sticky Prices [Download Preview] A State-Dependent Model of Intermediate Goods Pricing The Distribution of the Size of Price Changes [Download Preview]
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Marriott, Spruce
National Association of Forensic Economics Forensic Economics I
(K4)
Presiding:
Thomas Roney
(Thomas Roney, LLC)
Personal Consumption by Single Persons Relative Earnings of Skilled and Unskilled Workers Household Services Revisited
Discussants:
David Schap
(College of the Holy Cross)
Gary Skoog
(De Paul University)
David D. Jones
(Economic Consulting Services, LLC)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Granite A
National Economic Association Economics of Race, Health, and Energy: Implications for African American Economic Welfare
(I1)
Presiding:
Gregory Price
(Morehouse College)
Decomposition of Real Household Energy Expenditures for Black and White Households between the 2001 and 2005 Residential Energy Consumption Surveys (RECS) A Modified Predator-Prey and VAR Model of Energy Prices and Auto Expenditures Space Heating: A Comparative Analysis Across Demographic Groups Using the Department of Energy/Energy Information Administration's 2005 Residential Energy Consumption Survey Residential Segregation and the Use of Primary Care Services The Implications of The Patient and Affordable Care Act on Minority Health Disparity An Analysis of Black-White Wages Differences in Nursing: Wage Gap or Wage Premium
Discussants:
Romie Tribble
(Spelman College)
Roger Williams
(Morehouse College)
Mona Ray
(Morehouse College)
Rodney Green
(Howard University)
Alvin Headen
(North Carolina State University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Granite B
Peace Science Society International The Economics of Violence
(F5)
Presiding:
Carlos Seiglie
(Rutgers University)
Dyad-Specific Effects in Dyadic Analysis of Conflict Theocracies Mercenaries in Civil Wars,1950-2000 The Monopoly of Violence: Evidence from Colombia
Discussants:
Ronald Wintrobe
(University of Western Ontario)
Solomon W. Polachek
(SUNY-Binghamton)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Granite C
Society of Government Economists U.S. Businesses and Workers: Growth, Productivity, Job Creation and Employment Separation
(J2)
Presiding:
Alice Zawacki
(Bureau of the Census)
The Slow Growth of New Plants: Learning about Demand? Nature versus Nurture in the Origins of Highly Productive Firms Job Loss, the Added Worker Effect, and Labor Demand Who Creates Jobs and When: How Firms Respond to Business Cycles and Credit Conditions
Discussants:
John S. Earle
(George Mason University and Central European University)
Richard Ericson
(East Carolina University)
Till Marco von Wachter
(Columbia University)
John Stevens
(Federal Reserve Board)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Agate A
Union for Radical Political Economists Heterodox International Trade Theory
(F1)
Presiding:
Omar Dahi
(Hampshire college)
Why Ricardo is Wrong A New Discovery on Imbalances in International Trade The Curious Case of the Missing Public Goods: Why Trade Theory is a Misleading Guide to Policy Trade Liberalization, Preferential Trade Agreements and Direction of Trade: Does Trade Liberalization Help or Hinder Regional Integration Achieving Ethical Trade through Social Tariffs: The SITS Regime
Discussants:
Justin Dubas
(Texas Lutheran University)
Robert Blecker
(American University)
Jan 07, 2011 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Agate B
Union for Radical Political Economists The European Crisis and the Future of the Euro and Europe
(E5)
Presiding:
David Kotz
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Does the Euro Have a Future? The Europ, the ECB and European Finance: Structural Reforms for Social Sustainability Global Governance and Europe Diversity in a Long-Term Perspective The Systemic Crisis of the Euro-Zone: A Result of Internal Contradictions in the Building of Europe Central Bank Interventions during the Crisis: What Have We Learned About Europe and the Euro
Discussants:
Michael Perelman
(California State University-Chico)
Yves Smith
(Naked Capitalism Blog)
Jan 07, 2011 4:45 pm, Sheraton, Grand Ballroom
American Economic Association Richard T. Ely Lecture
Presiding:
Orley Ashenfelter
(Princeton University)
Janet Currie
(Columbia University)
Inequality at Birth: Some Causes and Consequences
Jan 07, 2011 7:00 pm, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 4
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association T.W. Schultz Memorial Dinner and Keynote Address
Presiding:
Wallace Huffman
(Iowa State University)
Daniel Kahneman
(Princeton University)
Jan 07, 2011 8:00 pm, Sheraton, South Convention Lobby
American Economic Association Music Session
(Z1)
Presiding:
Orley Ashenfelter
(Princeton University)
8:00 pm, The (Neo)classical Trio 9:00 pm, Outliers - Jazz 10:00 pm, Contractions – Rock Jan 08, 2011
Jan 08, 2011 7:45 am, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 4
Association for Social Economics Presidential Breakfast
Presiding:
Zoreh Emami
(Alverno College)
Betsy Jane Clary
(College of Charleston)
Institutional Usury and the Banks
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Capitol
African Finance & Economics Association Country-Specific Studies on Aspects of Economic Development in Africa
(O1)
Presiding:
Mwangi Wa Githinji
(University of Massachusetts)
Governance and Successful States in Africa Does Human Capital Protect Workers Against Exogenous Shocks? South Africa in the 2008–2009 Crisis Development Patterns in Mauritius and Madagascar: The Role of Institutions and Trade Trade Liberalization and Welfare of Farmers in Developing Countries: The Case of Poultry Farmers in Ghana Africa: Catching up or Falling Further Behind? West African Monetary Zone as an Optimum Currency Area
Discussants:
Edward Kutsoati
(Tufts University)
Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong
(University of South Florida)
Mina Baliamoune-Lutz
(University of North Florida)
Evelyn Wamboye
(Pennsylvania State University)
Edward Ghartey
(University of the West Indies, Jamaica)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 2
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Cooperation, Reciprocity and Altruism in Developing Countries: The Household, the Village, and Beyond
(O2)
Presiding:
Steve Wu
(Purdue University)
Productive Efficiency and the Scope for Cooperation in Polygynous Households Reciprocated Versus Unreciprocated Sharing in Social Networks The Role of Cooperation and Reciprocity in Structuring Carbon Sequestration Contracts in Developing Countries
Discussants:
Ethan Ligon
(University of California-Berkeley)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Colorado
American Committee on Asian Economic Studies/American Economic Association Global Rebalancing and Asia
(F4)
Presiding:
Raed Safadi
(OECD)
A Commercial Policy Package for Rebalancing the Global Economy? Implications for Asia [Download Preview] Achieving Inclusive, Balanced, Sustained Growth in the Asia-Pacific Global Rebalancing: Effects on Trade Flows and Employment
in China and Other Emerging Economies Global Trade Imbalances, Structural Change and China: What Scope for Fundamental Adjustment?
Discussants:
Frank Hsiao
(University of Colorado)
Mordechai E. Kreinin
(Michigan State University)
Ricardo Cavazos
(OECD)
Richard Pomfret
(University of Adelaide)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 10
American Economic Association Advances in International Macroeconomics
(F4)
Presiding:
Enrique Mendoza
(University of Maryland and NBER)
Debt Dilution and Sovereign Default Risk [Download Preview] News and Sovereign Default Risk in Small Open Economies Financial Innovation, the Discovery of Risk, and the U.S. Credit Crisis [Download Preview] Recovery Before Redemption: A Theory of Delays in Sovereign Debt
Renegotiations [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Bora Durdu
(Federal Reserve Board)
Pablo D'Erasmo
(University of Maryland)
Anton Korinek
(University of Maryland)
Vivian Yue
(New York University)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Spruce
American Economic Association Banking Regulation and Risk Sharing
(G2)
Presiding:
Robert DeYoung
(University of Kansas)
The Optimality of Interbank Liquidity Insurance [Download Preview] The Effects of Usury Laws: Evidence from the Online Loan Market [Download Preview] Rating Agencies in the Face of Regulation - Rating Inflation and Regulatory Arbitrage [Download Preview] The Welfare Cost of Liquidity Requirements TARP Investments: Financials and Politics [Download Preview]
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Century
American Economic Association Determinants of Corporate Investment and Innovation
(G3)
Presiding:
Bruce Petersen
(Washington University in St. Louis)
Financial Constraints and Innovation: Why Poor Countries Don't Catch Up [Download Preview] Do Financing Constraints Matter for R&D? New Tests and Evidence [Download Preview] Corporate Investment: Propensities and Constraints [Download Preview] Tolerance for Failure and Corporate Innovation [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Bruce C Petersen
(Washington University in St. Louis)
Joseph P. Ogden
(University at Buffalo, SUNY)
Tracy Yue Wang
(University of Minnesota)
Gustav Martinsson
(Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Denver
American Economic Association Ethnicity, Identity, and the Labor Market
(J1)
Presiding:
Laura Argys
(University of Colorado-Denver)
Dialects, Cultural Identity, and Economic Exchange [Download Preview] A Comparison and Decomposition of Reform-Era Labor Force Participation Rates of China's Ethnic Minorities and Han Majority [Download Preview] Family Values and the Regulation of Labor [Download Preview] Ethnic Identity and Reservation Wages of First and Second Generation Migrants
Discussants:
Ulf Rinne
(IZA)
Randall Akee
(Tufts University)
Murat Iyigun
(University of Colorado-Boulder)
Robert W. Fairlie
(University of California-Santa Cruz)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 14
American Economic Association Financial Crises and Macroeconomics (AEJ-Macro Session)
(E3)
Presiding:
Steven Davis
(University of Chicago)
Anxious and Crisis Economies Financial Crises in Developed and Emerging Market Economies The Optimal Conduct of Monetary Policy with Interest on Reserves [Download Preview]
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Director's Row J
American Economic Association Gender and Social Policy
(J7)
Presiding:
Shirley Johnson-Lans
(Vassar College)
Have Gender Gaps in Insurance Coverage and Access to Care Narrowed Under Health Reform? Findings from Massachusetts [Download Preview] Does Free Primary Education Narrow Gender Differences in Schooling? Evidence from Kenya [Download Preview] Women and Drug Crime: The Role of Welfare Reform [Download Preview] Women's Work as Represented in the American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings Issue
Discussants:
Anne Winkler
(University of Missouri-St. Louis)
Ann Mari May
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Tracy Falba
(Duke University)
Paul Glewwe
(University of Minnesota)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Vail
American Economic Association Global Financial Contagion
(F3)
Presiding:
Stijn Claessens
(International Monetary Fund)
Financial Cycles: What? When? How? [Download Preview] Bilateral Financial Linkages and Global Imbalances: A View on the Eve of the Financial Crisis [Download Preview] When the Rivers Run Dry: Liquidity and the Use of Wholesale Funds in the Transmission of the U.S. Subprime Crisis [Download Preview] How Do U.S. Monetary Shocks Affect Global Stock Markets? [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Carmen Reinhart
(University of Maryland)
Menzie Chinn
(University of Wisconsin)
Marcel Fratzscher
(European Central Bank)
Kenneth Kuttner
(Williams College)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 1
American Economic Association Grand Challenges for Social Science Research: The Perspectives of Economists
(H1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Myron Gutmann
(National Science Foundation)
Nicholas Bloom
(Stanford University)
Esther Duflo
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Robert Hall
(Standford University)
James Poterba
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER)
Emmanuel Saez
(University of California-Berkeley)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Columbine
American Economic Association Household Finance -- Consumer Credit
(G1)
Presiding:
Annette Vissing-Jorgensen
(Northwestern University)
The Impact of Information Technology on Consumer Lending [Download Preview] Benefits of Relationship Banking: Evidence from Consumer Credit Markets The Timing of Paychecks: Implications for Household Expenditure and Indebtedness Consumer Credit: Learning Your Customer's Default Risk from What (S)he Buys
Discussants:
Vikrant Vig
(London Business School)
Manju Puri
(Duke University)
Ulrike Malmendier
(University of California-Berkeley)
Justine Hastings
(Yale University)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 17
American Economic Association Marriage and Divorce: Perspectives from Four Countries
(J1)
Presiding:
Daniel Hamermesh
(University of Texas-Austin)
Personality and Marital Surplus [Download Preview] Women’s Education and Family Behavior: Trends in Marriage, Divorce, and Fertility Marriage Subsidies and Divorce: An Analysis of Marginal Marriages [Download Preview] Projection Bias in Divorce [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Jungmin Lee
(Florida International University and Sogang University)
Martin Halla
(University of Linz)
Shelly Lundberg
(University of Washington)
Betsey Stevenson
(University of Pennsylvania)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 16
American Economic Association New Approaches for Modeling Risk in Macroeconomics
(E3)
Presiding:
Helene Rey
(London Business School)
Solving Optimal Portfolio Models around a Risky Steady State Market Sentiment: A Tragedy of the Commons [Download Preview] Disasterization: A Simple Way to Fix the Asset Pricing Properties of Macroeconomic Models [Download Preview] Regulating Asset Price Risk [Download Preview] Leverage and the Financial Accelerator in a Liquidity Trap [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Cédric Tille
(HEI Geneve)
Nicolas Coeurdacier
(London Business School)
Karel Mertens
(Cornell University)
Tarek Hassan
(University of Chicago)
Philippe Bachetta
(University of Lausanne)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Director's Row H
American Economic Association Nordic Financial Crises: Lessons from Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden
(E3)
Presiding:
Bengt Holmstrom
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
The Iceland Story: From Boom to Bust, Big Time [Download Preview] The Great Financial Crisis in Finland and Sweden in the 1990s: The Dynamics of Boom, Bust and Recovery [Download Preview] The Short- and Long-Run Effects of the Norwegian Banking Crisis in the 1990s [Download Preview] Lessons from the Nordic Financial Crisis [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Michael M. Hutchison
(University of California-Santa Cruz)
Michael D. Bordo
(Rutgers University)
Clas Wihlborg
(Chapman University)
Frederic Holm-Hadulla
(European Central Bank)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Terrace
American Economic Association Political Economy
(P1)
Presiding:
Patrick Warren
(Clemson University)
The Political Resource Curse [Download Preview] Economic Growth and the Rise of Political Extremism: Theory and Evidence [Download Preview] The Tuesday Advantage of Candidates Endorsed by American Newspapers [Download Preview] Personal Wealth Interests of Politicians and Government Intervention in the Economy: The Bailout of the U.S. Financial Sector [Download Preview] Lipset Reconsidered: A Rational Theory of the Stability of Democracy [Download Preview]
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 15
American Economic Association Popular Economics
(A1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Peter Dougherty
(Princeton University Press)
Robert Shiller
(Yale University)
Robert Frank
(Cornell University)
Diane Coyle
(Manchester University)
Steve Levitt
(University of Chicago)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Director's Row E
American Economic Association Reciprocity, Trust and Social Ties
(A1)
Presiding:
Raghuram Rajan
(University of Chicago)
Reciprocity in a Model of Informal Finance Circles of Trust [Download Preview] Measuring Trust in Peruvian Shantytowns
Discussants:
Alberto Bisin
(New York University)
Gustavo Manso
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Giacomo de Giorgi
(Stanford University)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Gold
American Economic Association Schools
(I2)
Presiding:
Peter McHenry
(College of William & Mary)
Uncertain Outcomes and Child-Parent Decision Making in Curriculum Choice: What Data Do We Need To Tell Them Apart? [Download Preview] Are Charter Schools Perceived to be Better than Regular Public Schools? Evidence from Michigan The Effect of No Child Left Behind on Public Schools: The Role of Sanctions versus Stigma The Headmaster Ritual [Download Preview] A Non-Experimental Evaluation of Curricular Effectiveness in Math [Download Preview]
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 12
American Economic Association The Bank Capital Crunch and the Financial Crisis of 2007-2008: Micro-evidence from Europe
(E5)
Presiding:
Gregory Udell
(Indiana University)
Credit Crunch, Flight to Quality and Evergreening: An Analysis of Bank-Firm Relationships After Lehman [Download Preview] Interbank Liquidity Crunch and the Firm Credit Crunch: Evidence from the 2007-2009 Crisis Credit Supply: Identifying Balance-Sheet Channels with Loan Applications and Granted Loans Cross-Border Banking and the International Transmission of Financial Distress During the Crisis of 2007-2008 [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Rajkamal Iyer
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Gregory Udell
(Indiana University)
Ugo Albertazzi
(Banca d'Italia)
Jose-Luis Peydro
(European Central Bank)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Director's Row I
American Economic Association The Economics of Skyscrapers and Land Use
(R1)
Presiding:
Arthur O’Sullivan
(Lewis & Clark College)
Skyscrapers and Skylines: New York and Chicago, 1885-2007 [Download Preview] Skyscraper Height and the Macroeconomy Why are Skyscrapers so Tall? Land Use and the Spatial Location of Buildings in New York [Download Preview] Sclerosis of the City: Inefficiency and the Assembly of Urban Land [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Edward Glaeser
(Harvard University)
Andrew Haughwout
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Cletus Coughlin
(Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
Robert Helsley
(University of California-Berkeley)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Majestic Ballroom
American Economic Association The United States in the World Economy
(F4) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Dominick Salvatore
(Fordham University)
William Baumol
(New York University)
Education, Innovative Entrepreneurship, and Economic Prospects for the U.S.
Dale Jorgenson
(Harvard University)
The Rise of Developing Asia and the Decline of Industrialized Economies
[Download Preview]
Douglass C. North
(Washington University)
Where Are We Going? An Economic Historian Explores the Future
Edward C. Prescott
(Arizona State University)
Technology Capital and Openness
John Lipsky
(International Monetary Fund)
U.S. Fiscal Policy and the Global Outlook
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 11
American Economic Association Understanding the Effects of War on Poverty Programs
(I3)
Presiding:
Robert Margo
(Boston University)
The Long-Term Effects of Family Planning Programs on Poverty The Long-Term Effects of Head Start on Criminal Behavior The War on Poverty and Educational Opportunity in the South Long Run Impacts of Early Life Exposure to Food and Nutrition Programs [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Phillip Levine
(Wellesley College)
Jacob Vigdor
(Duke University)
Robert Margo
(Boston University)
Rucker Johnson
(University of California-Berkeley)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Marriott, Colorado Salons A & B
American Finance Association Bankruptcy and Distress
(G3)
Presiding:
Edith Hotchkiss
(Boston College)
Negotiating with Labor Under Financial Distress How Do Firm Financial Conditions Affect Product Quality and Pricing? Debt Ownership in Chapter 11 Restructurings The Cost of Financial Distress and the Timing of Default
Discussants:
Carola Schenone
(University of Virginia)
Sheri Tice
(Tulane University)
Elizabeth Tashjian
(University of Utah)
Jermoe Taillard
(Boston College)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Marriott, Colorado Salons C & D
American Finance Association Dynamic Models of Asset Pricing
(G1)
Presiding:
Jessica Wachter
(University of Pennsylvania)
Optimal Option Portfolio Strategies It's All in the Timing: Simple Active Portfolio Strategies that Outperform Naive Diversification Why Surplus Consumption in the Habit Model May Be Less Persistent than You Think
Discussants:
Ivan Shaliastovich
(University of Pennsylvania)
Ralph Koijen
(University of Chicago)
Gregory Duffee
(Johns Hopkins University)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Marriott, Colorado Salon E
American Finance Association Executive Compensation and Turnover
(G3)
Presiding:
Carola Frydman
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
The Economic Consequences of Perk Disclosure The Pay Divide: (Why) are U.S. Top Executives Paid More? Performance-Induced CEO Turnover
Discussants:
Michael Lemmon
(University of Utah)
Laura Starks
(University of Texas-Austin)
Camelia Kuhnen
(Northwestern University)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Marriott, Denver Suite IV
American Finance Association Financial Regulation and Policy
(G1)
Presiding:
Mark Flannery
(University of Florida)
Regulatory Pressure and Fire Sales in the Corporate Bond Market Tiebreaker: Certification and Multiple Credit Ratings Government Intervention and Information Aggregation by Prices Why Do Hedge Funds Avoid Disclosure? Evidence from Confidential 13F Filings
Discussants:
George Pennacchi
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Chester Spatt
(Carnegie Mellon University)
Jean-Charles Rochet
(University of Toulouse)
Evan Dudley
(University of Florida)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Marriott, Colorado Salons G & H
American Finance Association Mutual Funds and Hedge Funds Managers' Behavior
(G1)
Presiding:
Andrea Frazzini
(AQR Capital Management, LLC)
The Self-Serving Attribution Bias: How Mutual Fund Managers Become Overconfident and Subsequently Underperform Effects of Managerial Multi-Tasking on Mutual Fund Performance Reputation Concerns and Slow-Moving Capital Rewarding Trading Skills Without Inducing Gambling
Discussants:
Brad Barber
(University of California, Davis)
Simon Gervais
(Duke University)
Zhinguo He
(University of Chicago)
Roni Kisin
(Washington University, St. Louis)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Marriott, Colorado Salons I & J
American Finance Association Term Structure and Volatility
(G1)
Presiding:
Scott Joslin
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Option Anomalies and the Pricing Kernel G10 Swap and Exchange Rates Determinants of Bond Risk Premia What Ties Return Volatilities to Price Valuations and Fundamentals?
Discussants:
David Bates
(University of Iowa)
Philippe Mueller
(London School of Economics and Political Science)
Peter Feldhutter
(Copenhagen Business School)
Andrea Vedolin
(University of Lugano)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Marriott, Denver Suite I & II
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association Externalities and Housing
(R5)
Presiding:
Tsur Somerville
(University of British Columbia)
Measuring the External Benefits of Homeownership Homeowner Investments: Are they Shaped by Perceptions of Neighborhood Risk? Estimating the Effect of Crime Risk on Property Values and Time on Market: Evidence from Megan’s Law in Virginia Are Cleanups A Waste? Housing Market Responses to Brownfield Cleanups
Discussants:
Yuming Fu
(National University of Singapore)
Paul Anglin
(University of Guelph)
Jonathan Halket
(University College London)
TBD TBD
(TBD)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Marriott, Denver Suite V & VI
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association Land Prices
(R3)
Presiding:
Stanley Longhofer
(Wichita State University)
Geography, Regulation and the Value of Land Land Leverage and House Prices Land Sale, Housing Supply and Housing Bubble: A Study of China's Housing Market Understanding Land Values: What Can We Learn from Teardowns and Vacant Lot Sales in New York City?
Discussants:
Jan Brueckner
(University of California-Irvine)
Stevew Malpezzi
(University of Wisconsin)
John E. Anderson
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Henry Munneke
(University of Georgia)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall F
Association for Comparative Economic Studies Labor Markets: from the Colonial Past to Globalization and Transition
(J4)
Presiding:
Joseph Brada
(Arizona State University)
Malaria Eradication in Taiwan: The Long-term Effects on Health and Human Capital Formation The Price of the Hippocratic Oath: Determinants of Bribery in Russian Health Care Wage Structure, Skill Composition, and the Effects of FDI: Evidence from a Linked Panel in Hungary, 1986-2005 Accounting for Rising Wages in China
Discussants:
C. Hoyt Bleakley
(University of Chicago)
Naci Mocan
(Louisiana State University)
Judith Hellerstein
(University of Maryland)
Shing-Yi Wang
(New York University)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall C
Association for Evolutionary Economics/Association for Social Economics Human Development, Economic Justice, and Sustainability
(O1)
Presiding:
Douglas Kinnear
(Hastings College)
GDP as a Measure of Progress and Human Development: A Process of Conceptual Evolution Achieving Human Development through Ethical Trade: The SITS Regime Persistent Racial Disparity, Wealth and the Economic Surplus as the Fund for Reparations in the USA The Social Effort Bargain and Jobless Recovery A Regulationist Approach to Energy Policy
Discussants:
Fatma Gül Ünal
(Bard College at Simon’s Rock, and Levy Institute of Economics)
Douglas Kinnear
(Hastings College)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 6
Association of Environmental & Resource Economists Spatial Frontiers in Environmental and Resource Economics
(Q2)
Presiding:
David Zilberman
(University of California, Berkeley)
Heterogeneous Forest Impacts of Transport Infrastructure: Spatial Frontier Dynamics & Impacts of Brazilian Amazon Road Changes A Spatial Model of Ecosystem Services The Role of Spatial Spillover Effects in Environmental Policy under Uncertainty Spatial Scale, Sorting Models, and the General Equilibrium Evaluation of Environmental Policies Using Residential Sorting Models to Measure the Distribution of Environmental Benefits
Discussants:
Scott Lowe
(Boise State University)
Kelsey Jack
(Harvard University)
James Sanchirico
(University of California-Davis)
Antonio Bento
(Cornell University)
Matthew Kahn
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 2
Econometric Society Empirical IO 1
(L0)
Presiding:
Harry Paarsch
(University of Melbourne)
Semi-Nonparametric Estimation of Archimedean Copulae with Application to First-Price, Sealed-Bid Auctions Identification and Estimation of Position Auction Models Market Power or Product Quality: A Regression Discontinuity Approach to Understanding the Hub Premium Matching with Trade-Offs: Revealed Preferences over Competing Characteristics
Discussants:
Yu-Wei Hsieh
(New York University)
Harry J. Paarsch
(University of Melbourne)
Alfred Galichon
(Ecole Polytechnique)
Connan Andrew Snider
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 3
Econometric Society Field Experiments in Economics: The Theory, The Firm, and The Policymaker
(C9)
Presiding:
John List
(University of Chicago)
Field Experiments: Where Did the Theory Go? Field Experiments in Firms Field Experiments Speaking to Policymakers
Discussants:
David H. Autor
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Nava Ashraf
(Harvard Business School)
Stephan Meier
(Columbia University)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 6
Econometric Society Firms in the International Economy
(F4)
Presiding:
Samuel Kortum
(University of Chicago)
Trade Induced Technical Change? The Impact of Chinese Imports on Innovation, Diffusion and Productivity Trade Dynamics and Sudden Stop Crises with Heterogeneous Firms Exchange Rate Movements and Firm Dynamics in Canadian Retail Industries
Discussants:
Ralph Ossa
(University of Chicago)
Kalina Manova
(Stanford University)
Costas Arkolakis
(Yale University)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 7
Econometric Society Monetary Policy and Interest Rates
(E0)
Presiding:
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Beliefs about Inflation and the Term Structure of Interest Rates Bond Yields and Monetary Policy over 40 Years No-arbitrage Near-Cointegrated VAR(p) Term Structure Models, Term Premia and GDP Growth.
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 8
Econometric Society New Developments in Monetary Economics
(E4)
Presiding:
Markus Brunnermeier
(Princeton University)
Invited Lecture - New Developments in Monetary Economics after the Crisis Invited Lecture - New Developments in Monetary Economics
Discussants:
Markus K. Brunnermeier
(Princeton University)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 9
Econometric Society Peer Effects and School Quality
(I2)
Presiding:
Lars Lefgren
(Brigham Young University)
Student-Teacher Match Quality, Cardinal Test Measures, and Teacher Value Added Anti-Lemons: School Reputation and Educational Quality Do Peers Affect Student Achievement? Evidence from Canada Using Group Size Variation Classroom Assignment and Student Performance: Evidence from Brazil
Discussants:
W. Bentley MacLeod
(Columbia University)
Lars Lefgren
(Brigham Young University)
Martin Foureaux Koppensteiner
(Queen Mary University of London)
Habiba Djebbari
(Laval University)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall D & E
Economic Science Association Norms and Ethical Behavior
(C9)
Presiding:
Roberto Weber
(Carnegie Mellon University)
Fairness and Cheating Can Relational Contracts Survive Stochastic Interruptions? Lab Measures of Other-Regarding Behavior Predict Some Choices in a Natural On-the-Job Social Dilemma: Evidence from Truckers Choosing to Fight Fair: Endogenous Selection of Reporting Standards and Ethical Behavior
Discussants:
Uri Gneezy
(University of California-San Diego)
Stephen Leider
(University of Michigan)
Pamela Jakiela
(Washington University)
Rachel Croson
(University of Texas-Dallas)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 7
Health Economics Research Organization Are For-Profit Healthcare Providers and Payers Different? Recent Research and Policy Implications
(I1)
Presiding:
Mark G. Duggan
(University of Maryland)
Are Not-For-Profit Insurers Different? Antitrust Treatment of Nonprofits: Should Hospitals Receive Special Care? Public Goods Provision in the Hospital Industry: For Profit, Nonprofit, and Governmental
Discussants:
Jill Horwitz
(University of Michigan)
Martin Gaynor
(Carnegie Mellon University)
Mireille Jacobson
(RAND Corporation)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Marriott, Pomeroy
International Banking Economics & Finance Association Banks and the Macroeconomy: Transmission Channels
(E2)
Presiding:
Alistair Milne
(City University London)
Bank Relationships, Business Cycles, and Financial Crises International Banks, the Interbank Market, and the Cross-Border Transmission of Business Cycles Dynamic Effect of Bank Capital Requirements in General Equilibrium Risk Appetite and Exchange Rates
Discussants:
Alistair Milne
(City University London)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Westin Tabor, Lawrence A
Labor & Employment Relations Association Creating a New Balance in the Corporate World: Promoting Stable Employment and Long-Term Growth
(L2)
Presiding:
Heather Boushey
(Center for American Progress)
Marketization, Globalization, Financialization: Explaining the Lack of High-quality Employment Opportunities in the United States Rewiring the Black Box of Corporate Decisions: How Can Public Policy Rebalance the Interests of Stakeholders to Strengthen Corporate Innovation and Long-Term Job Creation? Knowledge-Driven Work: An Assessment of Resource Drivers and Constraints Associated with the Large-Scale Transformation of U.S. Labor and Employment Relations Employee Ownership in the Economy of Permanent Crisis: Untapped Potential or a Dead Letter?
Discussants:
Ron Blackwell
(AFL-CIO)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Westin Tabor, Continental Foyer
Labor & Employment Relations Association LERA Poster Session
(J5) (Poster Session)
Presiding:
Robert Hoell
(Georgia Southern University)
Inter-union Conflict in a Multi-union, Non-exclusive Bargaining Regime: New Zealand Lessons for the U.S. Does Culture Make Differences in Employees’ Voice Behaviors? Cultural Analysis of Employees’ Voice Behaviors Synergies and Conflicts of Interest in the Employment Relationship in Consultancy: An Analysis of the Implications for Attitudes and Behaviors in a Leading Consultancy Firm A Debate Over Union Democracy: A New Approach A Theoretical and Empirical Exploration of Cross-sectoral Differences in Employee Attitudes and Perceptions Something Old, Something New--Industry Strategic Partnership: The Pharmaceutical Industry Labor-Management Association (PILMA) Big Five Personality Traits, Human Capital, Work Activities, Gender Composition of Occupations and Earnings CEO Pay for Long-run Performance: A Dynamic View Do Chinese Trade Unions Matter? Evidence from the China
General Social Survey of 2008 From Industrial Relations to Stakeholder Relations: The Future of Employment Relations as a Field of Study Employee Perceptions of Dismissal for Cause: Some Initial Findings Managing Workplace Sexual Harassment: The Role of Manager Training Decent Work for All: A Human Rights-based Approach The Effectiveness of a Pro-employee Labour Law in China: An Examination of Employee Mediation and Arbitration in China Can Labour Unions Act Strategically? Uncertainty, Task Environment, and Organization Design: An Empirical Investigation A Note on Informality in the Labor Market Perk or Investment in Productivity? The Provision of Tuition Reimbursement by Private Sector Firms An ESOP Effectiveness Framework: Job Value, ESOP Satisfaction, Role Fulfillment, and Employee Participation International Framework Agreements and the Democratic Deficit of Global Labour Governance Is Human Resource Management the Manager of the New Class Employment System? The Compensation of Private University Presidents Impact of Replacement Worker Legislation on Strike Incidence, Strike Duration and Wage Settlement Labor Education at a Time of Crisis in Work and Theory: Theorizing Stewards' Knowledge A Comparison of Participant Evaluation of the Procedural and Distributive Elements of Chinese Labor Arbitration Committee Mediation Versus Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Mediation
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Westin Tabor, Continental A
Labor & Employment Relations Association Psychological Health at Work: The Roles of Law, Policy, and Dispute Resolution
(J5) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Heather Grob
(Saint Martin's University)
John F. Burton, Jr.
(Rutgers University)
Workers' Compensation Benefits for Workplace Stress
Krista Hoffmeister
(Colorado State University)
Beyond Prevention Through Design: Perspectives from Occupational Health Psychology
Debra A. Healy
(Healy Conflict Management Services (OR))
Mediating Workplace Abuse: Does it Work?
Tapas K. Ray
(National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (OH))
Costs of Stress at Work: Who Bears Them?
David C. Yamada
(Suffolk University)
Workplace Bullying, Mobbing, and Harassment: Emerging Legal Responses
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Savoy
National Association of Economic Educators Big Think: A Model for Critical Inquiry in Economics Courses
(A2) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
KimMarie McGoldrick
(University of Richmond)
KimMarie McGoldrick
(University of Richmond)
Robert Garnett
(Texas Christian University)
Paul Grimes
(Mississippi State University)
Geoffrey Schneider
(Bucknell University)
John J. Siegfried
(Vanderbilt University)
Martha Starr
(American University)
Michael Watts
(Purdue University)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Marriott, Spruce
National Association of Forensic Economics Forensic Economics II: Dealing with Paired Wrongful Death and Survival Action Statutes in Calculating Economic Damages
(K4) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Thomas Ireland
(University of Missouri-St. Louis)
Donal F. Kirwan
(Forensic Human Resources)
James D. Rodgers
(Pennsylvania State University)
Robert J. Thornton
(Lehigh University)
Jeroen Walstra
(Cohen & Walstra)
Marc A. Weinstein
(Team Economics, LLC)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Granite A
National Economic Association The Economics of Race, Educational, and Financial Outcomes
(I2)
Presiding:
Omari H. Swinton
(Howard University)
Does Teacher Preparation Matter? Pupil Academic Achievement and Teacher’s College Preparation Is the Diversity of STEM Disciplines an Anomaly? Estimating the Expected Net Returns to College High School Quality, Race, and College Achievement Black-White Disparities in Bank Savings and Investment Income: Evidence of Within and Between Racial Differences Deconstructing Child Performance: How Do Socioeconomic Factors in Africa-American Single Parent Families Influence Child Outcomes?
Discussants:
Patrick Mason
(Florida State University)
Rodney Andrews
(University of Texas-Dallas)
Rhonda Sharpe
(Bennett College for Women)
Omari H. Swinton
(Howard University)
Umoh Udo Umoh
(Benedict College)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Marriott, Mattie Silks
Society for Economic Dynamics The Labor Market
(J2)
Presiding:
Nir Jaimovich
(Stanford University)
Are Recessions Good for Young People? Inequality and the Life Cycle Directed Search Over the Life Cycle What Should I Be When I Grow Up? Occupations and Unemployment over the Life Cycle and Business Cycle
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Granite C
Society of Government Economists A New Supplemental Poverty Measure for the United States
(I3)
Presiding:
James Ziliak
(University of Kentucky)
Developing Thresholds for the Supplemental Poverty Measure Measuring Medical-Out-Of-Pocket Expenses in the Current Population Survey Supplemental Poverty Measure: Geographic Adjustments from the American Community Survey Who is Poor? A New Look with the Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2009
Discussants:
David Betson
(University of Notre Dame)
Mark Levitan
(New York City Center for Economic Opportunity)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Sheraton, Biltmore
Transportation & Public Utilities Group Network Neutrality and Public Policy
(L5)
Presiding:
David Gabel
(Queens College)
Innovations in Systems Markets Network Neutrality on the Internet Net Neutrality and its Implications for Service Innovation, Broadband Investment and Regulation
Discussants:
Eric Ralph
(Ekonomics LLC)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Agate A
Union for Radical Political Economists/International Association for Feminist Economics Explorations in Race and Gender
(J7)
Presiding:
Mary King
(Portland State University)
Gender and Race in American Tobacco Cards 1880-1920: The Role of Coercive Competition Gender and the Fringe Banking Sector: A Preliminary Analysis Improving Social Equality for Low Income African American Women: A Case Study Utilizing the Capabilities Approach Difficult Crossroads: Intersections of Race, Gender, Low-Wage Work and Low-Income Families
Discussants:
Mary King
(Portland State University)
Cecilia Conrad
(Pomona College)
Jan 08, 2011 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Agate B
Union for Radical Political Economists Immigrant Labor in the U.S.: Towards a New Transnationalism
(J8)
Presiding:
George DeMartino
(University of Denver)
Day Labor, Urban Informality and the Promise of Transnational Labor Activism Day Labor Worker Centers as Community Institutions: Regulating and Integrating Immigrant Workers Exploring the Potential and Limits of Immigrant Worker Organizing: Day Laborers' Centers and the Traditional Trade Union Movement Intersecting Oppressions in Colorado's Domestic Worker Industry: The Interaction of Race, Immigrant-Status, and Language in the Domestic Work Force
Discussants:
Janice Fine
(Rutgers University)
Tony Robinson
(University of Colorado-Denver)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 2
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Agricultural Export Restrictions
(Q1)
Presiding:
Ian Sheldon
(The Ohio State University)
Export Restrictions and Price Insulation during Commodity Price Booms Export Restrictions as Stabilization Responses to Food Crisis Alternative Policies to Agricultural Export Bans that are Less Market-Distorting
Discussants:
Ian Sheldon
(The Ohio State University)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 12
American Economic Association Bailouts, Incentives, and Regulation
(E6)
Presiding:
Thomas Philippon
(New York University)
Optimal Interventions in Markets with Adverse Selection [Download Preview] Collective Moral Hazard, Maturity Mismatch and Systemic Bailouts Illiquidity Seeking Banks and Financial Regulation [Download Preview] Bailouts, Time Inconsistency and Optimal Regulation [Download Preview]
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Terrace
American Economic Association Behavioral Economics and Consumer Regulation
(D0)
Presiding:
David Leonhardt
(New York Times)
Informing Consumers about Themselves: Electronic Disclosure in Markets Pitfalls and Potential of Disclosing Conflicts of Interest The Financial Education Fallacy [Download Preview]
Discussants:
David Laibson
(Harvard University)
Ulrike Malmendier
(University of California-Berkeley)
Annamaria Lusardi
(Dartmouth College)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 15
American Economic Association Economic Impacts of the September 11 Attacks: A Ten-Year Retrospective
(H8)
Presiding:
Adam Rose
(University of Southern California)
World Trade Center Tenant Relocation Patterns after September 11th, 2001 [Download Preview] Calculating the Macroeconomic Costs and Benefits of September 11 TOTAL ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF TERRORIST ATTACKS: INSIGHTS FROM 9/11 [Download Preview] New Empirics of Transnational Terrorism and Its Impact on Economic Growth [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Martin Feldstein
(Harvard University and NBER)
Edward Glaeser
(Harvard University)
Alan Krueger
(Princeton University)
Bryan Roberts
(Dept of Homeland Security)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Director's Row E
American Economic Association Economics of the Arts
(Z1)
Presiding:
Jianping Mei
(Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business)
Sale Rates and Price Movements in Art Auctions [Download Preview] Rock and Roll Bands, (In)complete Contracts and Creativity [Download Preview] Art and Money [Download Preview] Optimal Learning Patterns for Creativity Generation in a Field [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Benjamin Mandel
(Federal Reserve Board)
Marie Connolly Pray
(University of Quebec-Montreal)
Bruce Weinberg
(Ohio State University)
Cedric Ceulemans
(ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles )
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 12
American Economic Association Empirics of Growth
(O4)
Presiding:
Daron Acemoglu
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Beyond GDP? Welfare across Countries and Time [Download Preview] Identifying Technology Spillovers and Product Market Competition [Download Preview] Innovation, Reallocation and Growth Taxation and Innovation
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Director's Row J
American Economic Association Frontier Issues in Utility Regulation
(Q4)
Presiding:
Erin Mansur
(Dartmouth College and NBER)
Designing markets for pollution when damages vary across sources : Evidence from the NOx Budget Program [Download Preview] Wind Power Investment How Do Energy Prices, and Labor and Environmental Regulations Affect Local Manufacturing Employment Dynamics? A Regression Discontinuity Approach [Download Preview] Do Americans Consume Too Little Natural Gas? An Empirical Test of Marginal Cost Pricing [Download Preview] Information and Energy Efficiency Policy
Discussants:
Ryan Kellogg
(University of Michigan)
Steve Puller
(Texas A&M University)
Stephen Ryan
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Joseph Cullen
(Harvard University)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Director's Row I
American Economic Association Gender and Labor Markets
(J7)
Presiding:
Nicole Fortin
(University of British Columbia)
Gender Segregation in Occupations: The Role of Tipping and Social Interactions [Download Preview] Compensating Differentials for Sexual Harassment [Download Preview] Chipping Away at the Glass Ceiling: Gender Spillovers in Corporate Leadership [Download Preview] Is the Risk Worth the Reward for Top Female Executives? [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Joyce Jacobsen
(Wesleyan University)
Wayne Grove
(Le Moyne College)
Saranna Thornton
(Hampden-Sydney College)
Kai Li
(University of British Columbia)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Colorado
American Economic Association Household Borrowing and the Financial Crisis
(E2)
Presiding:
Enrichetta Ravina
(Columbia University)
Consumer Credit, Financial Frictions, and Long-term Relationships Risk and Default: Understanding Macro Drivers of Bankruptcy Skin in the Game: Evidence from the Online Social Lending Market [Download Preview] Bankruptcy and Mortgage Default
Discussants:
Victoria Ivashina
(Harvard University)
Adair Morse
(University of Chicago)
Arnoud Boot
(Universiteit van Amsterdam)
Vikrant Vig
(London Business School)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 16
American Economic Association Incentive Compensation
(G3)
Presiding:
Kevin Murphy
(University of Southern California)
What Death Can Tell: Are Executives Paid for Their Contributions to Firm Value? [Download Preview] Agency and Compensation: Evidence from the Hotel Industry [Download Preview] CEO Compensation and Political Connectedness Are Bureaucrats Really Paid Like Bureaucrats? [Download Preview] Monitoring Managers through Corporate Compliance Programs [Download Preview]
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 11
American Economic Association Innovative Teaching Strategies for Teaching Undergraduate Economics
(A2)
Presiding:
B. Douglas Bernheim
(Stanford University)
In-Class vs. Online Experiments: Is There a Difference? Teaching with Case Studies...Hyperinflation: What Can Zimbabwe Teach Us? Do Daily Clicker Questions Predict Course Performance? [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Steven J. Balassi
(Saint Mary's College of California)
Jennifer Imazeki
(San Diego State University)
Mariah Ehmke
(University of Wyoming)
Cynthia Bansak
(St. Lawrence University)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 1
American Economic Association Intergenerational Transfers
(J2)
Presiding:
Arthur Diamond
(University of Nebraska-Omaha)
The Correlation Between Subjective Parental Longevity and Intergenerational Transfers [Download Preview] Rich Dad, Smart Dad: Decomposing the Intergenerational Transmission of Income Magical Transition? Intergenerational Economic Mobility in Rural China from 1988 to 2002 [Download Preview] The intergenerational transmission of cognitive and noncognitive abilities [Download Preview] The Importance of Bequest Motives: Evidence from Long-Term Care Insurance and the Pattern of Saving [Download Preview]
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Spruce
American Economic Association Labor Supply Effects of Disability Insurance
(H5)
Presiding:
Mark Duggan
(University of Maryland)
The Impact of Stricter Criteria for Disability Insurance on Labor Force Participaton [Download Preview] Does Disability Insurance Receipt Discourage Work? Using Examiner Assignment to Estimate Causal Effects of SSDI Receipt [Download Preview] How Common is Parking Among Social Security Disability Insurance Beneficiaries? Evaluation of the 1999 Increase in Substantial Gainful Activity on Earnings and Benefits [Download Preview] Spousal Labor Supply Responses to Government Programs: Evidence from the Disability Insurance Program
Discussants:
Hilary Hoynes
(University of California-Davis)
John Bound
(University of Michigan)
Richard Burkhauser
(Cornell University)
Julie Cullen
(University of California-San Diego)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Majestic Ballroom
American Economic Association Measuring Financial Capacity and Risk: Lessons from the Financial Crisis
(G1)
Presiding:
James Poterba
(NBER and Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Americans' Financial Capability [Download Preview] The Effects of the Financial Crisis on the Wellâ€Being of Older Americans: Evidence from the Cognitive Economics Study [Download Preview] Households@Risk: US Households' Capacity to Cope with Risk [Download Preview] Risk Topography
Discussants:
Arthur Kennickell
(Federal Reserve Board)
John Phillips
(Social Security Administration)
Arie Kapteyn
(Rand Corporation)
Anil Kashyap
(University of Chicago)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Century
American Economic Association Monetary Policy
(E3)
Presiding:
Peter Rousseau
(Vanderbilt University)
Confidence and the Transmission of Monetary and Fiscal Policy Shocks [Download Preview] Trusting the Bankers: Another Look at the Credit Channel of Monetary Policy Financial Frictions, the Financial Immoderation, and the Great Moderation [Download Preview] Financial Market Segmentation, Stock Market Volatility and the Role of Monetary Policy [Download Preview]
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 9
American Economic Association/Peace Science Society International Peace Science and Regional Science Economics (In Memory of Walter Isard)
(Y8)
Presiding:
Solomon Polachek
(Binghamton University)
Econometric Developments in Peace Science: Relevance as a Latent Variable in Dyadic Analysis of Conflict Democratic Peace and Electoral Accountability Splitting an Uncertain (Natural) Capital To be announced To be announced To be announced To be announced To be announced To be announced
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 17
American Economic Association Predicting Exchange Rates
(F3)
Presiding:
David Papell
(University of Houston)
Factor Model Forecasts of Exchange Rates [Download Preview] Yield Curve Predictors of Foreign Exchange Returns What Moves Real Exchange Rates? Countercyclical Currency Risk Premia
Discussants:
David Papell
(University of Houston)
Jan Groen
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Jian Wang
(Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)
Magnus Dahlquist
(Stockholm University)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Gold
American Economic Association Race, Property, and Segregation in Historical Perspective
(J1)
Presiding:
William Collins
(Vanderbilt University)
Race and Home Ownership from the End of the Civil War to the Present [Download Preview] Covenants Without Courts: Enforcing Residential Segregation with Legally Unenforceable Agreements [Download Preview] The New Deal, Race, and Housing in the 1920s and 1930s [Download Preview] One Farm Bought, One House Built: The Enduring Effect of Free Land on Black Property Ownership [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Fred H. Smith
(Davidson College)
Trevon D. Logan
(Ohio State University)
Thomas Cvrcek
(Clemson University)
Joseph P. Ferrie
(Northwestern University)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Vail
American Economic Association School Accountability and Student Outcomes: The Impact of No Child Left Behind
(I2)
Presiding:
Jonah Rockoff
(Columbia Business School)
The Impact of No Child Left Behind on Student Achievement [Download Preview] Under Pressure: Job Security, Resource Allocation, and Productivity in
Schools under NCLB [Download Preview] Assessing the Impacts of Closing Persistently Failing Schools No Child Left Behind: Estimating the Impact on Choices and Student Outcomes
Discussants:
David Figlio
(Northwestern University)
Steven G. Rivkin
(Amherst College)
Bruce Sacerdote
(Dartmouth College)
Brian A. Jacob
(University of Michigan)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Denver
American Economic Association Stratification Economics (A Roundtable): An Emerging Subfield
(Z1)
Presiding:
William Darity, Jr.
(Duke University)
Stratification Economics: Economics and Social Identity [Download Preview] Stratification Economics and Wealth Inequality Stratification Economics and Immigration Theory Stratification Economics and the Racial Achievement Gap The Economic Breeding-Out of Surplus Blacks? The Political Economy of Eugenic Sterilization And Genocide In North Carolina [Download Preview]
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Director's Row H
American Economic Association The Economics of Blood, Stem Cell and Organ Donation
(I1)
Presiding:
Ted Bergstrom
(University of California-Santa Barbara)
Stem Cell Donor Matching for Patients of Mixed Race [Download Preview] Will There be Blood? Incentives and Substitution Effects in Pro-Social Behavior Donorcycles: Motorcycle Helmet Laws and the Supply of Organ Donors [Download Preview] The Effect of Cadaveric Kidney Donations on Living Kidney Donations [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Douglas Hough
(Johns Hopkins University)
Steven Leider
(University of Michigan)
Susanne Neckermann
(ZEW - University of Mannheim)
Lan Shi
(University of Washington)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Columbine
American Economic Association The Policy Response to the Financial Crisis
(E5)
Presiding:
Veronica Guerrieri
(University of Chicago)
The Central-Bank Balance Sheet as an Instrument of Monetary Policy [Download Preview] Credit Crises, Precautionary Savings and the Liquidity Trap [Download Preview] The Great Escape? A Quantitative Evaluation of the Fed's Non-Standard Policies [Download Preview] Managing Credit Booms and Busts: A Pigouvian Taxation Perspective [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Olivier Jeanne
(Johns Hopkins University)
Nobuhiro Kiyotaki
(Princeton University)
Guido Lorenzoni
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Michael Woodford
(Columbia University)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Governor's Square 10
American Economic Association Who Bears the Corporate Income Tax? An Empirical Approach to Assessing Incidence
(H2)
Presiding:
Alan Auerbach
(University of California-Berkeley)
Spatial Tax Competition and Domestic Wages [Download Preview] The Direct Incidence of Corporate Income Tax On Wages [Download Preview] Labor and Capital Shares of The Corporate Tax Burden: International Evidence [Download Preview] Corporate Taxes and Wages: Evidence from the 50 States
Discussants:
Alan Auerbach
(University of California-Berkeley)
Alison Felix
(Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City)
li Liu
(Rutgers University)
Dhammika Dharmapala
(University of Illinois)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Denver Suite IV
American Finance Association Corporate Governance, Ownership, and Activism
(G3)
Presiding:
Gregor Matvos
(University of Chicago)
Behind the Scenes: The Corporate Governance Preferences of Institutional Investors Are the Seeds of Bad Governance Sown in Good Times? Agency Problems in Public Firms: Evidence from Corporate Jets in Leveraged Buyouts
Discussants:
Sanjai Bhagat
(University of Colorado-Boulder)
Todd Gormley
(University of Pennsylvania)
Bo Becker
(Harvard Business School)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Colorado Salons A & B
American Finance Association Financial Crisis
(G1)
Presiding:
Martin Schneider
(Stanford University)
The Seeds of a Crisis: A Theory of Bank Liquidity and Risk-Taking Over the Business Cycle Credit Traps Self-Fulfilling Credit-Market Freezes Financing Speculative Booms
Discussants:
Pablo Kurlat
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Adam Zawadowski
(Princeton University)
Guillermo Ordonez
(Yale University)
Dan Cao
(Massachusetts Institute of Technoloy)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Colorado Salon E
American Finance Association Investor Sentiment
(G1)
Presiding:
Robin Greenwood
(Harvard Business School)
The Chinese Warrants Bubble Investor Sentiment, Arbitrage Constraints and Stock Return Synchronicity Does Customer Sentiment Drive Investor Sentiment? Complicated Trades
Discussants:
Itamar Drechsler
(New York University)
Alok Kumar
(University of Texas-Austin)
Lily Fang
(INSEAD)
David McLean
(University of Alberta)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Colorado Salons C & D
American Finance Association Liquidity, Trading, and Frictions - Theory
(G1)
Presiding:
Peter Kondor
(Central European University)
Crises and Liquidity in Over-the-Counter Markets Liquidity and Financial Inter mediation Asset Prices and Institutional Investors
Discussants:
Gustavo Manso
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Stephane Guibaud
(London School of Economics and Political Science)
Ron Kaniel
(Duke University)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Colorado Salons G & H
American Finance Association Personal Motives and Interpersonal Effects
(G1)
Presiding:
Enrico Perotti
(University of Amsterdam)
The Role of Stock Ownership by U.S. Members of Congress on the Market for Political Favors Do They Do It for the Money? Friends in High Places: Peer Effects and Politics
Discussants:
David Skeie
(Federal Reserve Banks)
Amy Dittmar
(University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)
Anup Agrawal
(University of Alabama)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Colorado Salons I & J
American Finance Association Real Effects of Financing and Risk Management
(G3)
Presiding:
Krishnamurthy Subramanian
(Emory University)
A Theory of Merger-Driven IPOs Does Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Matter in China? Evidence from Financing and Investment Choices in the High Tech Industry Stronger Risk Controls, Lower Risk: Evidence from U.S. Bank Holding Companies Macro, Industry, and Frailty Effects in Defaults: The 2008 Credit Crisis in Perspective
Discussants:
Merih Sevilir
(University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Yongxiang Wang
(Columbia University)
Philipp Schnabbl
(New York University)
Arthur Korteweg
(Stanford University)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Denver Suite I & II
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association House Price Index
(R2)
Presiding:
Thomas Thibodeau
(University of Colorado-Boulder)
Testing the Intertemporal Efficiency of Hedonic House Prices Can Liquidity Explain Spatial Dependence in Real Estate Prices? Property Delisting, Housing Cycle and Pricing Bias Option Value Created by the Big Bang in the Berlin Housing Market, 1978-2007
Discussants:
Stephen Billings
(University of North Carolina-Charlotte)
Kelley Pace
(Louisiana State University)
Marsha Courchane
(Charles River Assocites)
Liang Peng
(University of Colorado-Boulder)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Denver Suite V & VI
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association Mortgage Underwriting & Selection
(G2)
Presiding:
Abdullah Yavas
(University of Wisconsin)
Default on CMBS Loans during the Crisis Taking the Lie Out of Liar Loans: The Effect of Reduced Documentation on the Performance and Pricing of Alt-A and Subprime Mortgages The Role of Information Asymmetry on Mortgage Loan Pricing: Differential Mortgage Pricing and Racial Composition 21st Century Redlining Unobserved Heterogeneity and Its Effects on Mortgage Options
Discussants:
Paul S. Willen
(Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)
Peter Zorn
(Freddie Mac)
Kenneth P. Brevoort
(Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)
Yongheng Deng
(National University of Singapore)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall F
Association for Comparative Economic Studies Migration in Central Asia: The experience of four countries
(J1)
Presiding:
Kathryn Anderson
(Vanderbilt University)
Emigration and the Education of Children Left Behind in Uzbekistan Remittances and Investment: Evidence from Kyrgyz Panel Data Migrant Networks and Labor Market Outcomes in Tajikistan Another Partition? Migration from Kazakhstan to Russia: Gender, Age, Ethnicity, & Perceptions of Uncertainty
Discussants:
Dilip Ratha
(World Bank)
Martin Spechler
(Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis)
Amelie Constant
(DIW DC)
Pauline Grosjean Macartney
(University of San Francisco)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall C
Association for Evolutionary Economics Efficient Public Finance in the Institutional Framework
(H5)
Presiding:
Christian Weller
(University of Massachusetts-Boston)
A Debt-Driven Rise in Income Inequality Taxation and the Laissez Faire Myth Policies to Aid Families with Children: Child Allowances versus Tax Deductions Core Concepts of Institutionalist Public Finance Modernizing Social Security in a Fiscally Responsible Way
Discussants:
Douglas Kinnear
(Hastings College)
Steven Pressman
(Monmouth University)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall B
Association for Social Economics What Economics Needs: Past and Future
(B2) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Bernard Beaudreau
(Universite Laval)
Nancy Folbre
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Political Economy of Care: Past and Future
John Davis
(University of Amsterdam and Marquette University)
The Political Economy of Identity: Past & Future
Ilene Grabel
(University of Denver)
Development policies after the Great Crisis
Martha Starr
(American Unversity)
Macroeconomic Theory and Policy After the Financial Crisis
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Agate B
Association for the Study of Grants Economy/International Association for Feminist Economics Caring Labor and the Macroeconomy
(J4)
Presiding:
Eleanor Brown
(Pomona College)
How Do First-Time Long Mothers Participate and Stay in Employment in the UK? Who Care? Modeling Care, Human Capital and Wellbeing Embedding Care and Unpaid Work in Macroeconomic Modeling: A Structuralist Approach Caregiver vs. Care Recipient: Measuring and Valuing Time Devoted to Child Care in the U.S.
Discussants:
Codrina Rada
(University of Utah)
Maria Floro
(American University)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 6
Association of Environmental & Resource Economists The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Round Table
(Q4) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Robert Stavins
(Harvard University)
Carlo Carraro
(University of Venice)
Maureen Cropper
(University of Maryland and Resources for the Future)
Brian Flannery
(Exxon-Mobil)
Charles Kolstad
(University of California-Santa Barbara)
Richard Richels
(Electric Power Research Institute)
John Weyant
(Stanford University)
Gary Yohe
(Wesleyan University)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Agate C
Chinese Economists Society The Role of Trade in China's Growth Experience
(F1)
Presiding:
Bruce Reynolds
(University of Virginia and IIEP)
The Role of Expenditure Switching in the Global Imbalance Adjustment Avoidance Behaviors of Exporters and Importers: Evidence from the U.S.-China Trade Data Discrepancy The Role of Trade Costs in Global Production Networks:
Evidence from China’s Processing Trade Regime Dynamics of Trade and Exchange Rate in Capital Accumulation and Welfare: Theory and Empirics How Do Firms’ Export Decisions Affect Employee Income? Evidence from China’s Firm Level Data
Discussants:
Geng Xiao
(Brookings Institution and Columbia University)
Baoyun Qiao
(Georgia State University)
Hiau Looi Kee
(World Bank)
Keunsuk Chung
(Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology)
Gary Jefferson
(Brandeis University)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 2
Econometric Society Correlation and Contagion in Financial Markets
(G0)
Presiding:
Stefan Nagel
(Stanford University)
Modeling Financial Contagion Using Mutually Exciting Jump Processes High and Low Frequency Correlations in Global Equity Markets Long and Short Run Correlation Risk in Stock Returns
Discussants:
Viktor Todorov
(Northwestern University)
Xiaoyan Zhang
(Cornell University)
Riccardo Colacito
(University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 6
Econometric Society Econometric Inference in Inequality based models
(C1)
Presiding:
Ivan Canay
(Northwestern University)
Model Selection Test for Nonnested Moment Inequality Models Identication on Regressions with Missing Covariate Data Asymptotic Distortions in Locally Misspecified Moment Inequality Models Set Identification, Sharpness, Refutability of Structural Features
Discussants:
Antonio F. Galvao
(University of Iowa)
Shinichi Sakata
(University of British Columbia)
Sung Jae Jun
(Pennsylvania State University)
Matias Damian Cattaneo
(University of Michigan)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 7
Econometric Society Empirical Methods in Health Economics
(I1)
Presiding:
Eric French
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
The Effect of Disability Insurance Receipt on Labor Supply The Role of Dynamics in the Health-Education Gradient Nonparametric IV Analysis of the Health Effects of Pharmaceuticals The Effect of Private Health Insurance on Medical Care Utilization and Self-Assessed Health in Germany
Discussants:
Fabian Lange
(Yale University)
Tobias Johannes Klein
(Tilburg University)
Eric Baird French
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
John Romley
(RAND)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 3
Econometric Society Financial Integration and International Portfolios
(F3)
Presiding:
Eric van Wincoop
(University of Virginia)
Deep Financial Integration and Volatility Asset Liquidity and Equity Home Bias International Risk Sharing During the Globalization Era International Currency Portfolios
Discussants:
Hui Tong
(Research
International Monetary Fund)
Nicolas Coeurdacier
(London Business School)
Fabrizio Perri
(University of Minnesota)
Robert Kollmann
(ECARES Universite Libre de Bruxelles)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Plaza Court 8
Econometric Society Journal of Business and Economic Statistics Invited Paper: Forecast Rationality Tests Based on Multi-Horizon Bounds
(C3)
Presiding:
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Forecast Rationality Tests Based on Multi-Horizon Bounds Forecast Rationality Tests Based on Multi-Horizon Bounds
Discussants:
Dean Croushore
(University of Richmond)
Herman van Dijk
(Erasmus University)
Lennart Hoogerheide
(Erasmus University)
Kajal Lahiri
(SUNY-Albany)
Barbara Rossi
(Duke University)
Kenneth West
(University of Wisconsin)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Granite B
Economic History Association Ideology and Growth
(N3)
Presiding:
TBA
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Bourgeois Dignity Religious Orders and Growth through Cultural Change in Pre-Industrial England Printing and Protestants: Reforming the Economics of the Reformation
Discussants:
TBA TBA
(TBA)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall D & E
Economic Science Association Expertise, Strategic Sophistication, and Strategic Behavior
(C9)
Presiding:
John Wooders
(University of Arizona)
Professionals Do Not Play Minimax: Evidence from Major League Baseball and the National Football League The Effects of Group Membership in a Strategic Environment: Evidence from the Field On the Persistence of Strategic Sophistication Blind Stealing: Experience and Expertise in a Mixed-Strategy Poker Experiment
Discussants:
Mark Walker
(University of Arizona)
David Gill
(University of Southampton)
Victoria Prowse
(University of Oxford)
Jason Shachat
(Xiamen University)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall G
History of Economics Society/American Economic Association Irving Fisher and Modern Economics: 100 Years After The Purchasing Power of Money
(B3)
Presiding:
David Laidler
(University of Western Ontario)
Irving Fisher and Index Number Theory Irving Fisher and Chicago Economics [Download Preview] Irving Fisher, Debt Deflation, and Crises [Download Preview] Irving Fisher and the Quantity Theorists of his Time
Discussants:
Alice Orcutt Nakamura
(University of Alberta)
David E. W. Laidler
(University of Western Ontario)
Robert W. Dimand
(Brock University)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Pomeroy
International Banking Economics & Finance Association Too-Big-to-Fail and Safety Net Subsidies
(G1)
Presiding:
Robert DeYoung
(University of Kansas)
Who Said Large Banks Don’t Experience Scale Economies and
What are the Implications for Solving the Too-Big-to-Fail Problem? Resolving Large Complex Financial Institutions Within and Across Jurisdictions Does Deposit Insurance Improve Financial Intermediation? Evidence from the Russian Experiment Collateral and Bank Monitoring: Friends or Foes? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Discussants:
Robert DeYoung
(University of Kansas)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Nat Hill
International Economic & Finance Society Skilled Immigration, Labor Mobility and Technology Spillovers
(F2)
Presiding:
Keith Maskus
(University of Colorado)
Employee Spinoffs and Other Entrants: Stylized Facts from Brazil International Business Travel: An Engine of Innovation? Immigration, Offshoring and American Jobs Skilled Immigration and Innovation: Evidence from Enrollment Fluctuations in U.S. Doctoral Programs
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 5
International Society for New Institutional Economics Institutions, Entrepreneurship, and Public-Private Boundaries
(L2)
Presiding:
John de Figueiredo
(Duke University)
Efficiency and Adaptation in Organizations and Institutions Institutions and Entrepreneurial Opportunities: A New Approach Dealing with Too Big to Fail
Discussants:
Oliver E. Williamson
(University of California-Berkeley)
Zoltan J. Acs
(George Mason University)
Mark J. Flannery
(University of Florida)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Capitol
Korea-America Economic Association/American Economic Association Recent Development in Microeconomics
(D8)
Presiding:
In-Koo Cho
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Measuring Media Influence on U.S. State Courts [Download Preview] Regression Discontinuity Designs with an Endogenous Forcing Variable and an Application to Contracting in Health Care Endogenous Market Segmentation for Lemons [Download Preview] A de Finetti Theorem for Capacities: Ambiguity about Correlation [Download Preview]
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Westin Tabor, Curtis
Labor & Employment Relations Association Emerging Models of Employment Relationships in China: Challenges and Opportunities
(J8)
Presiding:
Xianguo Yao
(Zhejiang University)
Employment Arrangements among Migrant Workers in the Informal Sector Growth and Maneuver of Independent Labor Actors for Representing Migrant Workers in China under Global Financial Crisis On the Line, Off the Payroll: An Exploratory Analysis of Temporary Agency Work in the Service Industry An Empirical Investigation on the Notorious Safety Performance in China’s Coalmining Firms
Discussants:
Mingwei Liu
(Rutgers University)
Katie Quan
(University of California-Berkeley)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Westin Tabor, Continental A
Labor & Employment Relations Association New Developments in Work-Family Policy
(J8)
Presiding:
Arne Kalleberg
(University of North Carolina)
Paid Family Leave in California: Effects on Employers and Workers Winning Paid Sick Days Work-Flexibility: The Right to Request Explaining Work-life Flexibility Provisions in Enterprise Agreements: The Interaction of Public Policy and Collective Bargaining in Australia and the United States
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Westin Tabor, Lawrence A
Labor & Employment Relations Association New Frontiers in Employment Dispute Resolution: The Inner Workings of Workplace Voice
(J5)
Presiding:
Eileen Hoffman
(Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service)
Resolving Employment Disputes Through the Courts: Recent Evidence from Managerial Misclassification and Independent Contractor vs. Employee Status Litigation The Influence of Initial Claim Amounts on Employment Arbitration Outcomes: Evidence from FINRA Demands and Rewards: An Empirical Examination of AAA Employment Arbitration Inside the Union Voice Face: A Longitudinal Analysis of Employee Grievance Filing by Members of a Large Local Union
Discussants:
Hoyt Wheeler
(University of South Carolina)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Plaza Foyer
Middle East Economic Association Special Topics in Middle East Economics
(A1) (Poster Session)
Presiding:
Edward Sayre
(University of Southern Mississippi)
Growth and Variability in Tourism Revenues in a High-End Tourist Destination: The Case of Maldives How Can the MNF's Innovations Be Part of Climate Change Strategies: A Comparative Study in Tunisia and Algeria Dubai E-Government: A Closer Look at E-Participation Intellectual Property Rights and Competition in the Arab World Global Production Chains/Networks in Automotive Industry: The Case of Turkey Institutional Change and Informal Economy in Algeria: The Role of Private Sector The Causal Relation between Energy Use and Economic Growth: Evidence from Jordan Does the Choice of High School Matter? Evidence from the UAE on the Effects of Schooling on Students' University Performance China in Africa and the Middle East: A Tale of Resources and Politics The Root Causes of Terrorism: Which Role does the "Youth Bulge" Play? Achieving sustainable management of water in Turkey: Impacts of locally-managed institutions Spatial Distribution of Education Quality and
Returns to Education in Turkey Convergence of North Africa Countries to the Level of Southern Europe Income: An Empirical Evaluation Intensive and Extensive Margins: The Case of Turkey and its Competitors in the EU market What lies beneath: expectations or current perceptions?
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Savoy
National Association of Economic Educators Producing Education: Advances in the Efficient Creation of Knowledge
(A2)
Presiding:
John Swinton
(Georgia College & State University)
Do Central Administrators Produce Local Public Goods? AP Economics: Is Access Representative? Does Competition Improve Public School Efficiency? An Analysis of K-12 Public Education in Mississippi Application of Grade Inflation: Knowledge Illusion and Economic Inefficiency in the Knowledge Market
Discussants:
Paul Grimes
(Mississippi State University)
Carlos Asarta
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Roger Butters
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
John R. Swinton
(Georgia College & State University)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Spruce
National Association of Forensic Economics Forensic Economics III
(K4)
Presiding:
Craig Allen
(FCAS)
Long-Term Earnings Losses Due to Mass Layoffs during the 1982 Recession: An Analysis Using U.S. Administrative Data from 1974 to 2004 Determining Net Lost Social Security Benefits The EB-5 Program: Review and Preview
Discussants:
Kevin E. Cahill
(Boston College)
Lawrence M. Spizman
(State University of New York-Oswego)
Thomas Roney
(Thomas Roney, LLC)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Granite A
National Economic Association Issues in African Economies: China and the Global Financial Crisis
(O2)
Presiding:
Richard America
(Georgetown University)
Estimating Unequal Exchange:Africa to China The Regional Impact of the Global Economic Crisis: Whither Africa Africa: Lessons from Monetary and Financial Policies During the Crisis Global Financial Crisis and Africa: Is the Impact Permanent or Transitory? Time Series Evidence from North Africa Measuring Unequal Exchange - Africa to China Global Economic Crisis: Impact on the Labor Market
Discussants:
Willene A Johnson
(Komaza, Inc)
Diery Seck
(CREPOL, Senegal)
Akpan Ekpo
(WAIFEM)
Romie Tribble
(Spelman College)
Kwabena Brempong
(University of South Florida)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 7
National Tax Association Taxes on Property and Housing: Lessons from the Past and Guidance for the Future
(H7)
Presiding:
John Deskins
(Creighton University)
Rethinking Local Government Reliance on the Property Tax Shocks to the Property Tax Base and Implications for Local Public finance A Reassessment of the 1970s Property Tax Revolt The Effects of EGTRRA and JGTRRA Expiration on the User Cost of Housing
Discussants:
Seth Giertz
(University of Nebraska)
Tami Gurley-Calvez
(West Virginia University)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 1
Omicron Delta Epsilon Chapter-Advisor Session
(I2)
Presiding:
Mary Ellen Benedict
(Bowling Green State University)
The Status of Econometrics in the Economics Major: A Survey Curing the Summertime Blues: The Impact of Year-Round Schooling on Academic Achievement Strategic Interdependence and Fiscal Externalities among County and Municipal Governments Taxing a Common Retail Base Investigating the Effects of Recession and Stimulus on Children in Foster Care
Discussants:
Katy Rouse
(Elon University)
John J. Perry
(Centre College)
Mary Eschelbach Hansen
(American University)
Cynthia Rogers
(University of Oklahoma)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Marriott, Mattie Silks
Society for Economic Dynamics The Recent Financial Market Turmoil: Implications for Macroeconomics and Finance
(G1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Lawrence Christiano
(Northwestern University)
Anat R. Admati
(Stanford University)
John Cochrane
(University of Chicago)
Robert Hall
(Stanford University)
Robert Shimer
(University of Chicago)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Granite C
Society of Government Economists New Directions in Economic Measurement to Better Serve Policy Analysis
(Y9)
Presiding:
Steven Payson
(Bureau of Economic Analysis)
Time to the Doctorate and the Labor Market for New Ph.D. Recipients The Producer Price Index Develops two Experimental Index Aggregation Systems that Include Services and Construction Price Indexes Quality Improvement and Productivity Growth in Private Hospitals Assessment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on the Firm Using A Difference-In-Difference Estimator Unemployment Insurance and the Business Cycle: What Adjustments are Needed?
Discussants:
Brooks W Robinson
(Pacific Command)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Sheraton, Biltmore
Transportation & Public Utilities Group/American Economic Association Recent Developments in Transportation
(L9)
Presiding:
Wesley Wilson
(University of Oregon)
Trade Growth and Its Effect on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from International Transport [Download Preview] Recent Developments in the Analysis of Transportation Costs and Productivity [Download Preview] Effects of Government Quality and Institutional Choice on the Efficiency of Airports in the United States [Download Preview] Recent Developments in Transportation Demand and Choice Modeling
Discussants:
Bruce A. Blonigen
(University of Oregon and NBER)
Clifford Winston
(Brookings Institution)
James Peoples
(University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Jeffrey Cohen
(University of Hartford)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Agate A
Union for Radical Political Economists Heterodox Theories of Economic Crisis
(E3)
Presiding:
Erdogen Bakir
(Bucknell University)
The Dynamics of Manufacturing Profit Rates in Seven Industrialized Countries Historical Comparison of Capitalism's Major Crises in Light of Marxist Crisis Theory The Great Moderation and "Fallin' Off a Cliff": Neo-Kjaldorian Dynamics The Link between Over-Expanded-Concentrated Capital, Oligarchy, and Political Crisis
Discussants:
Erdogen Bakir
(Bucknell University)
Raford Boddy
(San Diego State University)
Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Capitol 3
Union for Radical Political Economists/American Economic Association Macroeconomics after the Crisis
(E3)
Presiding:
Fred Moseley
(Mount Holyoke College)
Is the Fundamental Science of Macroeconomics Sound? [Download Preview] Real World Macroeconomics: Financial Market Liquidity and Money Contract Obligations [Download Preview] A Monetary Minsky Model of the Great Moderation and the Great Recession [Download Preview] Macroeconomic Theory after the Crisis [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Benjamin Friedman
(Harvard University)
Robert Gordon
(Northwestern University)
Kevin Hoover
(Duke University)
Jan 08, 2011 12:30 pm, Sheraton, Grand Ballroom
American Economic Association Nobel Laureate Luncheon Honor the 2009 Nobel Laureates in Economics
Presiding:
Orley Ashenfelter
(Princeton University)
Avinash Dixit
(Princeton University)
Jan 08, 2011 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall C
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