Employment Goals and Publicly Financed Projects (H5)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Gold Coast
- Chair: Samuel Myers, Jr., University of Minnesota
2017 Annual Meeting
Chicago
IL
January 6 –
8
The 2017 Annual Meeting was held in Chicago, IL (January 6-8, 2017 - Friday, Saturday, & Sunday). View Photos from the meeting.
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Friday, January 6
Topics in Transportation (L9, L5)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Comiskey
- Chair: Bryan S. Weber, City University of New York-College of Staten Island
Issues in Radical Economics (B5)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Swissotel Chicago, Monte Rosa
- Chair: Robin Hahnel, Portland State University
Post Keynesian Themes in Investment (B5, E2)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Swissotel Chicago, Montreux 3
- Chair: Daniele Tavani, Colorado State University-Fort Collins
Economics of Food Waste (Q0)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Swissotel Chicago, Montreux 1
- Chair: Metin Cakir, University of Minnesota
Cultivating Innovation in Asia (O3, O5)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Randolph 1
- Chair: Calla Wiemer, University of the Philippines
Advances in Contests (C7, D4)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Michigan 1A & 1B
- Chair: Ron Siegel, Pennsylvania State University
Asset Prices and the Macroeconomy (E4, G1)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Crystal A
- Chair: Athanasios Orphanides, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Economics and Artificial Intelligence (O3, O4)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Grand Ballroom CD North
- Chair: Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto
Economics of Consumption (E2)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Hyatt Regency Chicago, New Orleans
- Chair: Scott Fulford, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Economics of Higher Education (I2)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Grand Suite 5
- Chair: Susan Dynarski, University of Michigan
Gender and the Economics Profession (J1, J4)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Acapulco
- Chair: Shulamit Kahn, Boston University
Great Ideas for Making the Principles of Economics Relevant (A2)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Regency D
- Chair: Gail Hoyt, University of Kentucky
Health Insurance (I1)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Plaza A
- Chair: Owen Thompson, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Household Debt (G1, E4)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Swissotel Chicago, Zurich E
- Chair: Luigi Guiso, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance
Institutions and Growth (O4)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Swissotel Chicago, Zurich F
- Chair: Kevin Donovan, University of Notre Dame
Machine Learning in Econometrics (C1, C3)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Crystal B
- Chair: Victor Chernozhukov, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Market Design: Theory and Practice (D4, C7)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Swissotel Chicago, Zurich A
- Chair: Kevin M. Murphy, University of Chicago
Marriage Market: Formation, Selection, and Policy Effects (D1)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Swissotel Chicago, Zurich B
- Chair: Manuela Angelucci, University of Michigan
Monetary and Financial Market Intervention Around the World (E5, F3)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Regency A
- Chair: Ralph Koijen, London Business School
New Directions for Price Discrimination: Theory and Evidence (D8, D4)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Swissotel Chicago, Zurich C
- Chair: Dirk Bergemann, Yale University
Nobels on Where Is the World Economy Headed? (F4, E6)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Grand Ballroom AB
- Chair: Dominick Salvatore, Fordham University
Optimal Design of Unemployment Insurance: New Theories and Evidence (H2, J6)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Grand Suite 3
- Chair: Johannes F. Schmieder, Boston University
Peer Effects in the Criminal Justice System (K4)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Plaza B
- Chair: Philip Cook, Duke University and NBER
Productivity and Performance in Healthcare (D2, I1)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Regency C
- Chair: Renata Lemos, World Bank
Risk-Taking Incentives and Risk Perceptions (D0, G0)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Michigan 2
- Chair: Alexander F. Wagner, Swiss Finance Institute and University of Zurich
Spatial Economics (R1, J1)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Michigan 3
- Chair: Stephen Redding, Princeton University
AFA Panel: Public Pension Funds (G0)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Sheraton Grand Chicago, Sheraton Ballroom V
- Chair: Luis Viceira, Harvard Business School
Bank Supervision, Support and Resolution Policies (G2)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Sheraton Grand Chicago, Chicago Ballroom VI
- Chair: Randall S. Kroszner, University of Chicago
Biases (G0)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Sheraton Grand Chicago, Sheraton Ballroom II
- Chair: Renee Adams, University of New South Wales
Credit Ratings (G3)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Sheraton Grand Chicago, Sheraton Ballroom III
- Chair: John Griffin, University of Texas-Austin
Dividend and Payout Policy (G3)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Sheraton Grand Chicago, Chicago Ballroom X
- Chair: Gustavo Grullon, Rice University
Financial Institution Risk Management (G3)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Sheraton Grand Chicago, Chicago Ballroom IX
- Chair: Michael Faulkender, University of Maryland
Information and Trading: New Approaches to Classical Problems (G1)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Sheraton Grand Chicago, Sheraton Ballroom IV
- Chair: Haoxiang Zhu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
International Finance and Exchange Rates (G1)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Sheraton Grand Chicago, Chicago Ballroom VIII
- Chair: Hanno Lustig, Stanford University
Regulation, Taxes, and Commercial Real Estate Investment (G1, H2)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Sheraton Grand Chicago, Huron
- Chair: Timothy Riddiough, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Retail Dynamics Under Financial and Regulatory Constraints (R0, R3)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Sheraton Grand Chicago, Ontario
- Chair: John Clapp, University of Connecticut
State Policies and Local Economies (H7, R5)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Sheraton Grand Chicago, Erie
- Chair: Edward Coulson, University of California-Irvine
Hispanic Household Economic Decisions (I0, J1)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Atlanta
- Chair: Joseph Guzman, Michigan State University
New Research on Firms, Markets, and Institutions in Transitional and Emerging Economies (P2, O1)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Sheraton Grand Chicago, Michigan AB
- Chair: Elizabeth Brainerd, Brandeis University
Development, Institutions and the Vested Interests (O1, O2)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Swissotel Chicago, St Gallen 2
- Chair: Richard V. Adkisson, New Mexico State University
Investment, Austerity and the Business Cycle (E3, E6)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Swissotel Chicago, Montreux 2
- Chair: Charles J. Whalen, Congressional Budget Office
On Ignorance in Economics (B0)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Swissotel Chicago, St Gallen 3
- Chair: George DeMartino, University of Denver
Preferences and Valuation for Environmental Goods: Theory and Evidence (Q5)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Sheraton Grand Chicago, Jackson Park
- Chair: Kristen Cooper, Gordon College
Natural Disasters, Weather and Air Pollution: Empirical Evidence and New Perspectives (Q5)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Swissotel Chicago, Zurich G
- Chair: Matthew Neidell, Columbia University, IZA, and NBER
Asset Pricing Theory (G1)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Sheraton Grand Chicago, Arkansas
- Chair: Karl Schmedders, University of Zurich
"Gatekeeper" (Judge, Physician) Fixed Effects: Recent Applications (A1)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Field
- Chair: Joseph John Doyle, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Competition in Developing Countries (O0)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Addams
- Chair: Rema Hanna, Harvard University
Information and Diffusion in Networks (A1)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Hyatt Regency Chicago, McCormick
- Chair: Nicole Immorlica, Microsoft Research
New Perspectives on Labor Participation, Search and Employment (J0)
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Burnham
- Chair: Andreas I. Mueller, Columbia University