PRELIMINARY PROGRAM OF THE ALLIED SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATIONS JANUARY 5-8, 2012, CHICAGO, ILNOTE: 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 2012 in Chicago, Illinois Jan 05, 2012
Jan 05, 2012 5:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Crystal A
Econometric Society Presidential Address
Presiding:
Jonathan Levin
(Stanford University)
Bengt Holmstrom
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
The Nature of Liquidity Provision: When Ignorance is Bliss
Jan 05, 2012 6:30 pm, Swissotel, Grand Ballroom
Association for Social Economics Plenary Session: Finance and the Good Society
(G1)
Presiding:
Martha Starr
(American University)
Finance and the Good Society Jan 06, 2012
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Montreux 3
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Assessment of Climate Change Impact Methods for Agriculture
(Q5)
Presiding:
Richard Just
(University of Maryland)
Incorporating Process Based Crop Simulators in Global Economic Analyses of
Climate Change Assessing the Potential of Detailed Weather Data for Improvement of
Econometric Models of Climate Change Towards a More Transparent Approach of Climate Change Impact Assessment
for Agriculture
Discussants:
Cynthia Rosenzweig
(National Aeronautics and Space Administration & Columbia University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Acapulco
American Economic Association Conduct, Regulation, and Investment in Restructured Electricity Markets
(L5)
Presiding:
John Kwoka
(Northeastern University)
Dynamic Response to Environmental Regulation in the Electricity Industry [Download Preview] Estimating Market Power in Homogenous Product Markets Using A Composed Error Model: Application to the California Electricity Market [Download Preview] Efficiency of Auctions for Financial Transmission Rights [Download Preview] The Price Effects of Independent Transmission System Operators in the U.S. Electricity Market [Download Preview] Investment in Transmission for Solar Power Plant Interconnection
Discussants:
Alan H. Sanstad
(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Mar Reguant
(Stanford University)
Seabron Adamson
(Tulane Energy Institute and CRAI)
Kemal Sarica
(Purdue University)
Chiara Lo Prete
(Johns Hopkins University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus EF
American Economic Association Consumer Choice, Public Policy and Nutrition
(L2)
Presiding:
Aviv Nevo
(Northwestern Univeristy)
Prices, Local Purchasing Environments and Nutrition: Evidence from Consumer Scanner Data The Impact of Government Advertising on the Market for Fruit and Vegetables Demand for Nutrition: A Cross Country Comparison of US, UK and France
Discussants:
Timothy Richards
(Arizona State University)
Sofia B. Villas-Boas
(University of California-Berkeley)
Arthur Lewbel
(Boston College)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus KL
American Economic Association Economic Circumstances and Child Health
(Y9)
Presiding:
Seema Jayachandran
(Northwestern University)
The Weight of the Crisis: Evidence from Newborns in Argentina [Download Preview] Seasonal Effects of Water Quality on Infant and Child Health in India [Download Preview] Armed Conflict and Birth Weight: Evidence from the al-Aqsa Intifada [Download Preview] Armed Conflict, Household Victimization, and Child Health in Cote d'Ivoire [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Shingyi Wang
(New York University)
Rema Hanna
(Harvard University)
Anne Case
(Princeton University)
Richard Akresh
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Wrigley
American Economic Association Economic Growth
(O4)
Presiding:
Jenny Minier
(University of Kentucky)
Fiscal Policy, Growth and Income Distribution in UK [Download Preview] Leadership Contestability, Monopolistic Rents and Growth [Download Preview] Financial Development and the Sources of Growth and Convergence [Download Preview] Dynamic Scoring in a Romer-Style Economy [Download Preview] Defense Strategy Transition and Economic Growth under External Predation [Download Preview]
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus IJ
American Economic Association Empirical Labor Economics
(J)
Presiding:
Petra Todd
(University of Pennsylvania)
School Segregation and the Identification of Tipping Points [Download Preview] Brain Drain: A Scale of Signaling Gaps? Lessons from US-Israel Case Solving the Two-Body Problem: An Evaluation of University Partner Accommodation Policies [Download Preview] The value of remarriage: welfare effects of divorce legalization [Download Preview] Determinants of College Major Choices: Identification using an Information Experiment [Download Preview]
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Water Tower
American Economic Association Field Experiments on Savings in Developing Countries
(O1)
Presiding:
Silvia Prina
(Case Western Reserve University)
Agricultural Loans, Savings and the Returns to Capital among Women in Mali Challenges in Banking the Rural Poor: Evidence from Kenya's Western Province [Download Preview] Do Basic Savings Accounts Help the Poor to Save? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Nepal [Download Preview] Commitments to Save: A Field Experiment in Malawi
Discussants:
Shawn Cole
(Harvard University)
Cynthia Kinnan
(Northwestern University)
Jessica Goldberg
(Harvard University)
Simone Schaner
(Dartmouth College)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Grand Suite 5
American Economic Association Fiscal Policies and Outcomes
(H)
Presiding:
Gurupdesh Pandher
(University of British Columbia)
Broadband Access and Its Impact on State Sales Tax Collections [Download Preview] Accounting for Cross-Country Differences in Intergenerational Earnings Persistence: The Impact of Taxation and Public Education Expenditure [Download Preview] Taxation,Transfer Income and Stock Market Participation [Download Preview] When will the Social Security Trust Fund Run Out?: Simulation by Linearization about the Current State [Download Preview] Cost-Benefit Analysis for Transport Policy Considerations: A European Trade-Off between Consumer Benefits, Welfare Effects and Administrative Burden [Download Preview]
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Dusable
American Economic Association Government Policies and Private Reactions
(H)
Presiding:
Sam Allgood
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Framing of Social Dilemmas: Disentangling the Importance of Beliefs, Cooperation Preferences, and Game Form Misperceptions OIncidence of Environmental Taxes Under Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System [Download Preview] Health Cost Risk, Incomplete Markets, or Bequest Motives - Revisiting the Annuity Puzzle [Download Preview] The Adequacy of Household Saving in Canada [Download Preview] Do Taxes Distort Corporations' Investment Choices? Evidence from Industry-Level Data [Download Preview]
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Buckingham
American Economic Association Government Policy and Household Behavior
(K3)
Presiding:
Tal Gross
(Columbia University)
Liquidity Constraints and Consumer Bankruptcy: Evidence from Tax Rebates [Download Preview] Personal Bankruptcy Law, Wealth, and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from the Introduction of a "Fresh Start" Policy [Download Preview] Heterogeneous Responses and Aggregate Impact of the 2001 Income Tax Rebates [Download Preview] Personal Bankruptcy Decisions Before and After Bankruptcy Reform [Download Preview]
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbian
American Economic Association Health Insurance
(I1)
Presiding:
Danny Hughes
(University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center)
Health Insurance and “Unemployment Lock”: Evidence from China [Download Preview] Public Health Insurance Expansion and Hospital Technology Adoption The Decomposition of Moral Hazard in Health Insurance High-Earner Lemons? Adverse Selection in the German Market for Private Health Insurance [Download Preview] Quantitative Analysis of Health Insurance Reform: Separating Community Rating from Income Redistribution [Download Preview]
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Gold Coast
American Economic Association Incomplete Information in Macroeconomics and Finance
(E3)
Presiding:
Todd Walker
(Indiana University)
Information Acquisition vs. Precision in Portfolio Choice Information Equilibria in Dynamic Economies with Dispersed Information [Download Preview] Optimal Monetary Policy with Informational Frictions [Download Preview] Man-Bites-Dog Business Cycles [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Venky Venkateswaran
(Pennsylvania State University)
Thomas Mertens
(New York University)
Mirko Wiederholt
(Northwestern University)
Eric Young
(University of Virginia)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Atlanta
American Economic Association Issues in Trade, Growth, and Macroeconomics
(F4)
Presiding:
Jing Zhang
(University of Michigan)
China Trade Response to Exchange Rate [Download Preview] Knowledge Input-Output Linkages, Innovations and Trade Composition Host Country Financial Development and MNC Activity [Download Preview] Industrial Dynamics, International Trade and Economic Growth [Download Preview] The Efficiency of the Global Markets for Final Goods and Productive Capabilities [Download Preview]
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Toronto
American Economic Association K-12 Economic and Financial Literacy Education
(A2)
Presiding:
William Bosshardt
(Florida Atlantic University)
Evaluating the International Economic summit: A Research Design for Measuring Student Engagement [Download Preview] The Keys to Financial Success Curriculum: Impact on Personal Finance Behaviors [Download Preview] Evaluation of Cumulative Impacts of the Student Enterprise Program on Academic Achievement [Download Preview] Disparities in Advanced Course-Taking: The Case of AP Economics [Download Preview]
Discussants:
William Bosshardt
(Florida Atlantic University)
George Vredeveld
(University of Cincinnati)
James O'Neill
(University of Delaware)
Paul Grimes
(Pittsburg State University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 260
American Economic Association Macroeconomic Dynamics
(E3)
Presiding:
Roberto Pancrazi
(Toulouse School of Economics)
Does Uncertainty Cause Business Cycle? Panel Estimation from Fifty Countries [Download Preview] Why Are Target Interest Rate Changes So Persistent? [Download Preview] TFP Persistence and Monetary Policy [Download Preview] Macro-Prudential Policy and the Conduct of Monetary Policy
Discussants:
Jonathan Goldberg
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Francesco Bianchi
(Duke University)
Kevin Moran
(Laval University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus G
American Economic Association Monetary-Fiscal Games
(E6)
Presiding:
Nora Traum
(North Carolina State University)
Monetary and Fiscal Policy Interactions With Various Degrees of Commitment [Download Preview] Monetary Exit Strategy and Fiscal Spillovers [Download Preview] “Core” and “Periphery” in a Monetary Union: A Macroeconomic Policy Game [Download Preview] Tracking Monetary-Fiscal Interactions Across Time and Space [Download Preview] Macroeconomic Regimes [Download Preview]
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Soldier Field
American Economic Association Policy Dynamics and Legislative Institutions
(D7)
Presiding:
Hülya Eraslan
(Johns Hopkins University)
Dynamic Collective Choice with Endogenous Status Quo [Download Preview] Dynamic Legislative Bargaining with Endogenous Proposers [Download Preview] Procedural Choice in Majoritarian Organizations Discretionary vs. Mandatory Spending: The Status Quo Effect Bargaining over an Endogenous Agenda [Download Preview]
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Regency B
American Economic Association The Foundations of Decision Making: Recent Developments
(D8)
Presiding:
Tatiana Kornienko
(University of Edinburgh)
Uncertainty Equivalents: Testing the Limits of the Independence Axiom [Download Preview] On the Origin of Utility, Weighting, and Discounting Functions: How They Get Their Shapes and How to Change Their Shapes [Download Preview] Probability Weighting as Evolutionary Second-Best [Download Preview] The Decision Theory of OCEAN [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Colin Camerer
(California Institute of Technology)
Emir Kamenica
(University of Chicago)
Luis Rayo
(University of Utah)
Marciano Siniscalchi
(Northwestern University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Hong Kong
American Economic Association The Positive and Negative Effects of Information
(D8)
Presiding:
Kevin Mumford
(Purdue University)
Personal Income Tax Salience: The Effect of a Child Care Tax Subsidy on Child Care Expenditure [Download Preview] The Digital Scarlet Letter: The Effect of Online Criminal Records on Crime [Download Preview] Are Two Report Cards Better than One? The Case of CABG Surgery and Patient Sorting [Download Preview] The Impact of Health Information Technology on Demand for Hospital Inpatient Services [Download Preview] Educational Streaming: Too Early to Disclose Information?
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus CD
American Economic Association Understanding Business Cycles
(E3)
Presiding:
Stephanie Schmitt-Grohe
(Columbia University)
Debt Overhang in a Business Cycle Model [Download Preview] Credit Default Swaps and Sovereign Debt with Moral Hazard and Debt Renegotiation [Download Preview] Precautionary Saving over the Business Cycle [Download Preview] Wealth and Volatility [Download Preview] The Cyclicality of Productivity Dispersion [Download Preview]
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Zurich A
American Finance Association Anomalies - Behavioral
(G1)
Presiding:
Kuo-Chiang Wei
(Hong Kong University)
The Short of It: Investor Sentiment and Anomalies Misvaluing Innovation Why Do Firms with High Idiosyncratic Volatility and High Trading Volume Volatility Have Low Returns?
Discussants:
Michael Cooper
(University of Utah)
Michael Lemmon
(University of Utah)
Darwin Choi
(Hong Kong University of Science & Technology)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Zurich G
American Finance Association Bankruptcy and Distress
(G3)
Presiding:
Edith Hotchkiss
(Boston College)
A Market-Based Study of the Costs of Default Financial Distress in the Great Depression Asset Specificity, Industry Driven Recovery Risk and Loan Pricing Business Cycles and the Bankruptcy Code: A Structural Approach
Discussants:
Brent Glover
(University of Pennsylvania)
Jonathan Cohn
(University of Texas-Austin)
Micah Officer
(Loyola Marymount University)
Arthur Korteweg
(Stanford University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Zurich C
American Finance Association Corporate Finance Theory
(G3)
Presiding:
Andres Almazan
(University of Texas at Austin)
Seeking Alpha: Excess Risk Taking and Competition for Managerial Talent Market Timing, Investment, and Risk Management Are There Too Many Safe Securities? Securitization and the Incentives for Information Production
Discussants:
Adolfo De Motta
(McGill University)
Aydogan Alti
(University of Texas-Austin)
Denis Gromb
(INSEAD)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Zurich B
American Finance Association Financial Crisis
(G1)
Presiding:
Markus Brunnermeier
(Princeton University)
Financial Intermediaries and the Cross-Section of Asset Returns Leverage Dynamics Over the Business Cycle The Impact of Government Interventions on CDS and Equity Markets Cross-Market and Cross-Firm Effects in Implied Default Probabilities and Recovery Values
Discussants:
Kent Daniel
(Columbia University)
David Sraer
(Princeton University)
Jakub Jurek
(Princeton University)
Adam Zawadowski
(Boston University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Zurich E
American Finance Association Fixed Income - Term Structure
(G1)
Presiding:
Kenneth Singleton
(Stanford University)
Discount Factors, Disagreement, and Bond Risk Premia Unbiased Estimation of Dynamic Term Structure Models Economic Risk Premia in the Fixed Income Markets: The Intra-Day Evidence Term Structure of Credit Default Swap Spreads and Cross-Section of Stock Returns
Discussants:
Maxim Ulrich
(Columbia University)
Scott Joslin
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Marcel Priebsch
(Stanford University)
Stefano Giglio
(University of Chicago)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Zurich F
American Finance Association Hedge Funds
(G2)
Presiding:
Bing Liang
(University of Massachusetts)
Trust and Investment Management: The Effects of Manager Trustworthiness on Hedge Fund Investments Systematic Risk and the Cross-Section of Hedge Fund Returns Incentives and Endogenous Risk Taking: Implications for Reduced-Form Estimates of Risk-Adjusted Performance in Hedge Funds
Discussants:
Philippe Jorion
(University of California-Irvine)
Mila Germansky
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Ralph S. Koijen
(University of Chicago)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, St. Gallen 1
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association Agglomeration and Herding
(R1)
Presiding:
Alex Anas
(State University of New York-Buffalo)
Agglomeration of R&D Labs Coagglomeration Memetic Herding Behavior and the Decision to Strategically Default The Effect of Neighborhood Agglomeration on Mortgage Selection
Discussants:
Amdrew Haughwout
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Alex Anas
(State University of New York-Buffalo)
Jan Brueckner
(University of California-Irvine)
Donald Haurin
(Ohio State University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, St. Gallen 2
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association Housing Price Bubbles and Alternative Mortgage Credit
(G2)
Presiding:
Christopher Cunningham
(Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta)
A Look at US House Price Bubbles from 1980 -2010 and the Role of Local Market Conditions Subprime Mortgages, Mortgage Choice, and Hyperbolic Discounting The Influence of Exotic Mortgages in the Housing Price Bubble The Role of Home Equity Lending in the Recent Mortgage Crisis
Discussants:
Brent Ambrose
(Pennsylvania State University)
John Cotter
(University College Dublin)
Tracy Turner
(Kansas State University)
Andrea Heuson
(University of Miami)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Grand Ballroom Salon III
Association for Comparative Economic Studies Regional and Institutional Development in a Very Large Country - Case of Russia
(P5)
Presiding:
Zuzana FungáÄová
(Bank of Finland)
Sberbank as Depositary of Trust Determinants of Output Volatility in Russian Regions Does Nationalization Work? Evidence from Russian State Takeovers Corruption in Russian Regions
Discussants:
Vladimir Sokolov
(Higher School of Economics, Moscow)
Koen Schoors
(Ghent University)
Rajeev K. Goel
(Illinois State University)
Paul Wachtel
(New York University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Montreux 1
Association for Evolutionary Economics Financial Facets of the Great Recession
(G2)
Presiding:
Stephanie Kelton
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Treating Uncertainty as Risk: The Case of the Credit Default Swap Before the Fall: Mergers and Acquisitions at Washington Mutual Exchange Rate Behavior During the Great Recession Mortgage Lending and Foreclosures in the Pettigrew Heights Neighborhood of Sioux Falls, South Dakota Do We Want to Subsidize the Losers’ Mortgages? Stabilization Policy in an Age of Righteous Outrage
Discussants:
William K. Black
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, St. Gallen 3
Association for Social Economics The Social Responsibility of Business: Only Profits, or Also Other Things?
(L1)
Presiding:
Jane Clary
(College of Charleston)
Social Responsibility and Kantian Ethics-and-Economics Social Responsibility and Economic Complicity: Who is Culpable for Harmful Market Outcomes? Utilizing Rawls' Theory of Justice and Law of the Peoples to Oppose Friedman's Doctrine of the Social Responsibility of the Firm Planning Horizons, Conscience and the Ethics of Externalities: Organizational Theory and the Emergence of Social Responsibility How People Work Together: Precis of a New Introduction to Economics, with Implications for the Social Responsibility of Business
Discussants:
John Davis
(Marquette University and University of Amsterdam)
Andrew Yuengert
(Pepperdine University)
Jonathan Wight
(University of Richmond)
Jack Reardon
(Hamline University)
Wolfram Elsner
(University of Bremen)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Vevey 1
Association of Environmental & Resource Economists Fossil Fuel and Transportation
(Q4)
Presiding:
Stephen Holland
(University of North Carolina-Greensboro)
A National Low Carbon Fuel Standard: Tradable Credits System Design and Cost Savings Does the Quality of Public Transit Affect Commuters' Response to Gasoline Price Changes? Rural Communities and Gasoline Prices: The Welfare Impacts of Location Why Do Firms Hold Oil Stockpiles?
Discussants:
Jonathan Hughes
(University of Colorado)
James Sallee
(University of Chicago)
Shanjun Lee
(Cornell University)
Stephen Holland
(University of North Carolina-Greensboro)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Addams
Econometric Society Allocation Decisons in Uncertain Dynamic Environments
(C8)
Presiding:
Alessandro Bonatti
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Demand Uncertainty and Dynamic Allocation with Strategic Agents The Dynamics of Innovation Dynamic Pricing in the Presence of Social Learning Career Patterns and Career Concerns
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Field
Econometric Society Credit Supply During the Financial Crisis
(G0)
Presiding:
Amir Sufi
(University of Chicago)
Dissecting the Effect of Credit Supply on Trade: Evidence from Matched Credit-Export Data Resource Allocation within Firms and Finanical Market Distortion: Evidence from Diversified Conglomerates Lending Relationships and the Effect of Bank Distress: Evidence from the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis
Discussants:
Manju Puri
(Duke University)
Toni Whited
(University of Rochester)
Philip Strahan
(Boston College)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Wright
Econometric Society Macroeconomics of Labor Markets
(J6)
Presiding:
-- TBD
()
Selective Hiring and Optimal Labor Market Policy The Union Threat Employment Protection and Business Cycles in Emerging Economies Unemployment Insurance and Home Production
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Grand Suite 3
Econometric Society Private Equity and Asset Management
(G1)
Presiding:
Steven Kaplan
(University of Chicago)
Valuing Private Equity Is Bigger Better? Size and Performance in Pension Plan Management Local Overweighting and Underperformance: Evidence from Limited Partner Private Equity Investments Large Investors' Influence in Private Equity Funds
Discussants:
Wayne Ferson
(University of Southern California)
Andrew Metrick
(Yale University)
Per Stromberg
(Stockholm School of Economics)
Alexander Ljungqvist
(New York University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Burnham
Econometric Society Recent Developments in Belief Elicitation Experiments
(C9)
Presiding:
Daniel Houser
(George Mason University)
Subjective Beliefs Formation and Elicitation Rules : Experimental Evidence Belief Elicitation in the Present of Naive Respondents: An Experimental Study The Binarized Scoring Rule of Belief Elicitation Estimating Subjective Probabilities
Discussants:
Li Hao
(George Mason University)
Steffen Andersen
(Copenhagen Business School)
Daniel Edward Houser
(George Mason University)
Nicolas Lambert
(Stanford University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Ogden
Econometric Society Reference Dependent Preferences
(D0)
Presiding:
-- TBD
()
Explaining Nonconvex Preferences with Aspirational and Status Quo Reference Dependence Desert and Inequity Aversion in Teams Revealed (P)Reference
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Vevey 2
Industrial Organization Society New Developments in the Organization of Firms
(L2)
Presiding:
Michael Waldman
(Cornell University)
Scale, Scope, and Performance Organization and Information: Firms' Governance Choices in Rational-Expectations
Equilibrium Organize to Compete A Dynamic Approach to Span of Control: Theory and Evidence
Discussants:
Henry Schneider
(Cornell University)
Michael Waldman
(Cornell University)
Michael Raith
(University of Rochester)
Maria Guadalupe
(Columbia University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Stetson Suite FG
Korea-America Economic Association/American Economic Association The Early Origin of Inequality
(I3)
Presiding:
James Heckman
(University of Chicago)
The Early Origins of Inequality: An Overview The Effects of Early Intervention on Human Development and Social Outcomes The Developmental Origins of Health Inequality A Virtues Theory of Poverty and Inequality
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Palmer House Hilton, Salons 7-9
Labor & Employment Relations Association New and Strategic Approaches to Worker Representation: Innovative Union Practices and Other Worker Organizations
(J1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Susan Schurman
(Rutgers University, School of Management & Labor Relations)
Thomas Balanoff
(SEIU Local 1)
Monica Bielski Boris
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Jose Oliva
(Restaurant Opportunities Centers United - Chicago)
Lisa Jordan
(United Steelworkers)
Paul F. Clark
(Pennsylvania State University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Palmer House Hilton, Salon 2
Labor & Employment Relations Association/International Association for Feminist Economics Still Between Work and Home: Women in Today’s Labor Market
(J4)
Presiding:
M. V. Lee Badgett
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Thinking Past Disutility: Feminist Economics of Work and Labor Stuck in Neutral: Occupational Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap in the US Gender, Work Schedule Flexibility, and Family Care The New Working Poor? A look at low-wage and low-income men and women workers, 1979-2009
Discussants:
Marianne Ferber
(University of Illinios)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Palmer House Hilton, Salon 12
Labor & Employment Relations Association The Enforcement of Labor Rights in Developing Countries
(J1)
Presiding:
James Scoville
(University of Minnesota)
A Framework for the Role of Labor Rights in International Development and Foreign Policy Auditing Labor Rights in the Global Apparel Industry: A Comparative Case Study of Honduras and Vietnam The Role of Worker Organizations in Protecting and Enforcing Labor Rights in Developing Countries
Discussants:
Scott Nova
(Worker Rights Consortium)
Greg J. Bamber
(Monash University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Palmer House Hilton, Grand Park Parlor
National Economic Association African Economic Growth and Development
(O3)
Presiding:
Andrew Muhammad
(Economic Research Service/U.S. Department Agriculture)
Accounting for Poverty in Africa: Illustration with Recent Survey Data in Nigeria Empirical Analysis of Agricultural Productivity Growth, Innovation And Technological Progress In Africa Public Credit Registries Design and Financing Obstacles: Evidence from Africa Public Credit Registries Design and Financing Obstacles: Evidence from Africa The Nigerian Economy And Monetary Policy: Some Simple Empirics Fiscal Policy Coordination in Selected West African Countries
Discussants:
Leonce Ndikumana
(University of Massachusetts)
Greg Price
(Morehouse College)
Romie Tribble
(Spelman College)
Umoh Umoh
(Benedict College)
Abera Gelan
(University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Juliet Elu
(Morehouse College, Atlanta)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 272
Society of Government Economists Behavioral Responses to Government Programs
(H8)
Presiding:
Nicholas Turner
(U.S. Department of the Treasury)
Do Students Profit from For-Profit Education? Estimating the Returns to Postsecondary Education using Tax Data Did State Level Reform of the Non-Group Health Insurance Market Affect the Decision to be Self-Employed? A Re-balancing Act? Understanding Patterns in Refunds and Balances Due The Impact of Smoking Bans on the Earnings of Bar and Restaurant Employees: Evidence from Tax Data
Discussants:
Stephanie Cellini
(George Washington University)
Tracy L. Regan
(University of Arizona)
Sara LaLumia
(Williams College)
Scott J. Adams
(University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, New Orleans
Transportation & Public Utilities Group Transportation Economics: Planes, Trains, Railroads and Trucks
(L9)
Presiding:
Peter Loeb
(Rutgers University-Newark)
The Network Diffusion Pattern of Southwest Airlines The Size and Growth of Airports Airport Costs and Production Characteristics: A Panel Data Analysis Transportation Industry Performance Following Regulatory Reform in Trucking, Rail and Airlines
Discussants:
John Howard Brown
(Georgia Southern University)
Kenneth Button
(George Mason University)
Jeffrey Cohen
(University of Hartford)
Jason Barr
(Rutgers University-Newark)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Palmer House Hilton, Indiana Room
Union for Radical Political Economists Aspects of Inequality in Economic Relationships
(D3)
Presiding:
Jeannette Wicks-Lim
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Reconsidering Clientelism Reconstructing Marx's Theory of Labor Subsumption Part II: Formal Subsumption and Commodification of Labor Power Morally Arbitrary Economic Advantage Globalisation and Inequality: A Dynamic General Equilibrium Model of Unequal Exchange
Discussants:
Arjun Jayadev
(University of Massachusetts-Boston)
Naoki Yoshihara
(Hitotsubashi University)
Peter Skott
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Amitava Dutt
(Notre Dame University)
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Palmer House Hilton, Kimball Room
Union for Radical Political Economists What Does Fieldwork Bring to Economics? Challenges and Insights of Fieldwork
(B4)
Presiding:
Jennifer Cohen
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
The Crucial Contribution of Fieldwork to Economics: Evidence from Research in Nepal, India and South Africa Across the Divide: Can Feminist Methodologies be Taken Seriously by Economists? The Role of Qualitative Fieldwork Methodologies in Economics: An Application to Research on Migration and Remittances in Ghana Building an Investment Model from Field Work: Implications for Post-Keynesian Theory
Discussants:
Özgür Orhangazi
(Roosevelt University)
Martha Starr
(American University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Montreux 3
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Revisiting the Relationship between Biofuels Production and Food Prices
(Q4)
Presiding:
Madhu Khanna
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Biofuel Inventories, Technologies, and Food Prices Will Biofuel Mandates Raise Food Prices? Food vs. Fuel: The Effect of Biofuel Policies in the US Can India Meet Biofuel Policy Targets? Implications for Food and Fuel Prices
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus CD
American Economic Association Asset Prices and Wealth Dynamics with Heterogeneous Beliefs
(D8)
Presiding:
Thomas Sargent
(New York University)
Market Prices of Risk with Diverse Beliefs, Learning, and Catastrophes [Download Preview] Life-Cycle Portfolio Choice, the Wealth Distribution and Asset Prices [Download Preview] International Robust Disagreement [Download Preview] Heterogeneous Beliefs, Wealth Distribution and Asset Markets with Risk of Default [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Ricardo Colacito
(University of North Carolina)
Viktor Tsyrennikov
(Cornell University)
Sergiy Stepanchuk
(University of Pennsylvania)
Adam Slawski
(Pennsylvania State University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus IJ
American Economic Association Carbon Leakage
(Q5)
Presiding:
Lawrence Goulder
(Stanford University)
Leakage from Sub-national Climate Initiatives [Download Preview] Alternative Climate Policies and Intertemporal Emissions Leakage [Download Preview] The Strategic Value of Embodied Carbon Tariffs [Download Preview] Can a Unilateral Carbon Tax Reduce Emissions Elsewhere?
Discussants:
Roberton Williams, III
(University of Maryland)
Ujjayant Chakravorty
(University of Alberta)
Brian Copeland
(University of British Columbia)
Mark Jacobsen
(University of California-San Diego)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Grand Ballroom A
American Economic Association Credit Bubbles
(G1)
Presiding:
Robin Greenwood
(Harvard University)
Quiet Bubbles [Download Preview] A Model of Shadow Banking [Download Preview] Issuer Quality and the Credit Cycle [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Jeffrey Wurgler
(New York University)
Augustin Landier
(Toulouse School of Economics)
Andrew Metrick
(Yale University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Toronto
American Economic Association Crime and Terrorism
(K4)
Presiding:
Cecilia Rouse
(Princeton University)
The Nonlinear Relationship between Terrorism and Poverty [Download Preview] Terrorism and Patriotism: On the Earnings of U.S. Veterans after September 11, 2001 [Download Preview] The Color of Lynching [Download Preview] Race and Gender Differences under Federal Sentencing Guidelines [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Francisco Rivera-Batiz
(Columbia University)
Marlene Kim
(University of Massachusetts-Boston)
Patrick L. Mason
(Florida State University)
Steven Raphael
(University of California-Berkeley)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus G
American Economic Association Exchange Rates
(F3)
Presiding:
Mario Crucini
(Vanderbilt University)
Does Foreign Exchange Reserve Decumulation Lead to Currency Appreciation? The Forward Premium Puzzle: Beyond Negative Beta [Download Preview] Third-Market Effects of Exchange Rates: A Study of the Renminbi [Download Preview] Exchange Rate Pass-Through, Markups, and Inventories [Download Preview] The RMB Debate: Empirical Analysis on the Effects of Exchange Rate Shocks in China and Japan
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Crystal A
American Economic Association Experiments in Firms
(M5)
Presiding:
Antoinette Schoar
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Once and Done: Leveraging Behavioral Economics to Increase the Bottom Line of Non-Profits Working from Home or Shirking from Home? Evidence from a Chinese Field Experiment [Download Preview] Hoping to Win, Expected to Lose: Theory and Lessons on Micro Enterprise Development [Download Preview] Ex Post (in)efficient Negotiation and Breakdown of Trade
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus EF
American Economic Association Field Experiments in Health Economics
(I1)
Presiding:
Jim Rebitzer
(Boston University)
Using Implementation Intentions Prompts to Enhance Influenza Vaccination Rates [Download Preview] Field Experiments in Global Health: Motivating Voluntary Blood Donations in Argentina Financial Incentives for Weight Loss Pricing of Socially Desirable Goods: On the Joint Effects of Demand and Supply Interventions [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Joseph Price
(Brigham Young University)
Margaret McConnell
(Harvard University)
Jessica Goldberg
(University of Maryland)
Iwan Barankay
(University of Pennsylvania)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Regency B
American Economic Association Fiscal Policy during and after the Financial Crisis
(E6)
Presiding:
Todd Walker
(Indiana University)
The Fiscal Multiplier Morass: A Bayesian Perspective [Download Preview] Fiscal Policy and the Great Recession in the Euro Area [Download Preview] Jointly Optimal Fiscal and Monetary Policy Rules under Liquidity Constraints [Download Preview] Fiscal Policy in a Financial Crisis: Standard Policy vs. Bank Rescue Measures
Discussants:
Christopher Sims
(Princeton University)
Thorsten Drautzburg
(University of Chicago)
Christoper Erceg
(Federal Reserve Board)
Lorenzo Forni
(International Monetary Fund)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Acapulco
American Economic Association Implications of Rational Inattention
(D8)
Presiding:
Mirko Wiederholt
(Northwestern University)
Rational Inattention: A New Foundation for the Multinomial Logit Model and Simple Market Equilibria [Download Preview] Information Processing and Limited Liability [Download Preview] Information Choice Technologies [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Alexander Wolitzky
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Aleh Tsyvinski
(Yale University)
David Myatt
(Oxford University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Grand Suite 3
American Economic Association International Capital Allocation, Portfolio Choice and Capital Flows
(F3)
Presiding:
Marcel Fratzscher
(European Central Bank)
Capital Flow Waves: Surges, Stops, Flight and Retrenchment [Download Preview] Liquidity Management in Global Banks: Internal Capital Markets in the Great Recession [Download Preview] Sovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows, and Global Imbalances [Download Preview] Quantitative Easing and Capital Flows
Discussants:
Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti
(International Monetary Fund)
Philipp Schnabl
(New York University)
Galina Hale
(Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
Marianne Baxter
(Boston University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 260
American Economic Association Liquidity Dynamics
(G1)
Presiding:
Zhiguo He
(University of Chicago)
Market Timing, Investment, and Risk Management [Download Preview] The I-Theory of Money Financial intermediary capital [Download Preview] Inefficient Investment Waves [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Dmitry Livdan
(University of California-Berkeley)
Arvind Krishnamurthy
(Northwestern University)
Douglas W. Diamond
(University of Chicago)
Martin Oehmke
(Columbia University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus KL
American Economic Association Maternity Leave, Family Formation and Caregiving
(Y9)
Presiding:
Terra McKinnish
(University of Colorado-Boulder)
The Effects of Maternity Leave on Children’s Birth and Infant Health Outcomes in the United States [Download Preview] Love and Money by Parental Match-Making: Evidence from Urban Couples in China [Download Preview] Sex Ratios and Family Formation: The Role of the Vietnam Draft Do Couples Self-Insure? The Effect of Informal Care on Joint Labor Supply Decisions
Discussants:
Christine Piette Durrance
(University of North Carolina)
Shoshana Grossbard
(San Diego State University)
Andrea Beller
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Daniel Rees
(University of Colorado-Denver)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Regency C
American Economic Association Model Selection
(C5)
Presiding:
Kenneth Wolpin
(University of Pennsylvania)
To Hold Out or Not to Hold Out [Download Preview] Prediction with Misspecified Models [Download Preview] Capital Punishment and Deterrence: Understanding Disparate Results
Discussants:
Michael Keane
(University of Technology Sydney)
Tao Zha
(University of Minnesota)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Regency D
American Economic Association New Directions in Trade Policy
(F1)
Presiding:
Chad Bown
(World Bank)
Tariff Revenue and Tariff Caps [Download Preview] Profits in the "New Trade" Approach to Trade Negotiations [Download Preview] Trade Agreements and the Nature of Price Determination [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Santanu Roy
(Southern Methodist University)
Arnaud Costinot
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Michele Ruta
(World Trade Organization)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Grand Suite 5
American Economic Association Robustness and Approximation in Mechanism Design
(C6)
Presiding:
Stephen Morris
(Princeton University)
Efficient Auctions and Interdependent Types Robustly Ranking Mechanisms Approximation in Mechanism Design [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Stephen Morris
(Princeton University)
Moritz Meyer-ter-Vehn
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Eric Maskin
(Harvard University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Grand Ballroom CD North
American Economic Association Short-Term and Long-Term Consequences of Tax Reform
(H0) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Joel Slemrod
(University of Michigan)
Alan Auerbach
(University of California-Berkeley)
Gregory Mankiw
(Harvard University)
James Poterba
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Joel Slemrod
(University of Michigan)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Hong Kong
American Economic Association State and Local Public Finance
(H7)
Presiding:
Malcolm Getz
(Vanderbilt University)
Why Is Mobile Capital Taxed? [Download Preview] Unsticking the Flypaper Effect in an Uncertain World: The Role of Precautionary Savings [Download Preview] State of States: A Probit Approach [Download Preview] Destination Taxation, The Road to Economic Success?
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Grand Ballroom B
American Economic Association The 2006 Massachusetts Health Care Reform
(I1)
Presiding:
Adriana Lleras-Muney
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Heuristics and Heterogeneity in Health Insurance Exchanges: Evidence from the Massachusetts Connector [Download Preview] Health Reform, Health Insurance and Selection: Estimating Selection into Health Insurance Using the Massachusetts Health Reform [Download Preview] The Impact of the Massachusetts Health Care Reform on Health Care Use Among Children [Download Preview] The Impact of Massachusetts Health Care Reform on Insurance Premiums
Discussants:
Adriana Lleras-Muney
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Amy Finkelstein
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Day Manoli
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Amitabh Chandra
(Harvard University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Regency A
American Economic Association The Effects of Financial Education and Financial Literacy
(A2)
Presiding:
B. Douglas Bernheim
(Stanford University)
How Financial Literacy Affects Household Wealth Accumulation [Download Preview] Financial Education and Timely Decision Support: Lessons from Junior Achievement [Download Preview] Financial Knowledge and Financial Literacy at the Household Level [Download Preview] Effectiveness of Employer-Provided Financial Information: Hiring to Retiring [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Justine Hastings
(Brown University)
William Walstad
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Urvi Neelakantan
(Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)
Annamaria Lusardi
(George Washington University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Crystal B
American Economic Association The Euro: Challenges to Improve a Currency Union
(F3) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Markus Brunnermeier
(Princeton University)
Axel A. Weber
(University of Chicago)
Olivier Blanchard
(International Monetary Fund)
Jordi Gali
(CREI, Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Athanasios Orphanides
(Central Bank of Cyprus)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Water Tower
American Economic Association Time Away from Work
(J2)
Presiding:
Jungmin Lee
(Sogang University and IZA)
Time use, emotional well-being and unemployment: Evidence from longitudinal data [Download Preview] Retirement and Home Production: A Regression Discontinuity Approach [Download Preview] The Role of Preferences and Opportunity Costs in Determining the Time Allocated to Housework [Download Preview] Aggregate Impacts of a Gift of Time [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Elena Stancanelli
(CNRS)
Leslie Stratton
(Virginia Commonwealth)
Jungmin Lee
(Sogang University and IZA)
Andreas Mueller
(Columbia University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Gold Coast
American Economic Association Very Local House Price Dynamics
(R2)
Presiding:
Fernando Ferreira
(University of Pennsylvania)
Within-city Variation in Urban Decline: The Case of Detroit [Download Preview] Micro-Geography of a Housing Boom Heterogeneity in Neighborhood-Level Price Growth in the U.S., 1993-2009 [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Matthew Notowidigdo
(University of Chicago)
Matthew Kahn
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Christopher Mayer
(Columbia University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Zurich A
American Finance Association Bank Liquidity, Lending, and Collateral
(G2)
Presiding:
Andrew Winton
(University of Minnesota-Twin Cities)
International Liquidity Sharing: Evidence from Financial Crises A Model of Liquidity Hoarding and Term Premia in Inter-Bank Markets Securitization is Not that Evil after All Collateralization, Bank Loan Rates and Monitoring: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Discussants:
Andrew Hertzberg
(Columbia University)
Itay Goldstein
(University of Pennsylvania)
Amit Seru
(University of Chicago)
Sudheer Chava
(Georgia Institute of Technology)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Zurich B
American Finance Association Corporate Governance (Empirical) 2
(G3)
Presiding:
Michael Weisbach
(Ohio State University)
Corporate Political Donations: Investment or Agency? CEO Incentives and Institutional Trader Monitoring are Substitutes: Theory and Evidence Corporate Ownership Structure and Bank Loan Syndicate Structure
Discussants:
Mara Faccio
(Purdue University)
Kai Li
(University of British Columbia)
Taylor Nadauld
(Brigham Young University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Zurich C
American Finance Association Financial Econometrics and Volatilities
(G1)
Presiding:
Yacine Ait-Sahalia
(Princeton University)
Hard Times Intensity of Volatility Linkages in Islamic and Conventional Markets The Baltic Dry Index as a Predictor of Global Stock Returns, Commodity Returns, and Global Economic Activity Jump Robust Two Time Scale Covariance Estimation and Realized Volatility Budgets
Discussants:
Jonathan Parker
(Northwestern University)
Mahmoud El-Gamal
(Rice University)
Lars Lochstoer
(Columbia University)
Dacheng Xiu
(Princeton University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Zurich E
American Finance Association Financial Regulation and Policy
(G2)
Presiding:
Chester Spatt
(Carnegie Mellon University)
Uncovering Hedge Fund Skill from the Portfolio Holdings They Hide Regulatory Sanctions and Reputational Damage in Financial Markets A Network-Based Analysis of Over-the-Counter Markets Competition and Transparency in Financial Markets
Discussants:
Stewart Mayhew
(Cornerstone Research)
Cindy Alexander
(U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission)
Brett Green
(Northwestern University and University of California-Berkeley)
Francesco Sangiorgi
(Stockholm School of Economics)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Zurich F
American Finance Association Fixed Income - Credit
(G1)
Presiding:
Francis Longstaff
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Ambiguity Shifts and the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis Liquidity Risk of Corporate Bond Returns Endogenous Liquidity in Credit Derivatives
Discussants:
Hui Chen
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Joost Driessen
(Tilburg University)
Haitao Li
(University of Michigan)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Zurich G
American Finance Association Mutual Fund Incentives
(G2)
Presiding:
Lubos Pastor
(University of Chicago)
Price Support in the Stock Market Spillover Effects in Mutual Fund Companies Skin in the Game versus Skimming the Game: Governance, Share Restrictions, and Insider Flows
Discussants:
Utpal Bhattacharya
(Indiana University-Bloomington)
Pedro Matos
(University of Southern California)
Bing Liang
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Zurich D
American Finance Association Sovereign Default
(G1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Simon Johnson
(Massachsetts Institute of Technology)
Martin Feldstein
(Harvard University and NBER)
Carmen M. Reinhart
(Peterson Institute of International Economics)
Kenneth Singleton
(Stanford University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Vevey 3
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association Credit Availability and REITs
(G2)
Presiding:
Shaun Bond
(University of Cincinnati)
CoCo Bonds as an Impediment to More Risk-Taking and an Alternative to Bankruptcy in Mortgage Markets Credit Availability and Asset Pricing Spirals in Illiquid Markets REIT Institutional Ownership Dynamics and the Financial Crisis The Supply Side Story: REITs Financing and Investment Decision in Response to the 2007-2009 Credit Crunch
Discussants:
Dwight M. Jaffee
(University of California-Berkeley)
Steve Slezak
(University of Cincinnati)
Eva Steiner
(University of Cambridge)
Soosung Hwang
(Sungkyunkwan University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, St. Gallen 1
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association Low Income Mortgage Performance
(G1)
Presiding:
Amy Cutts
(Equifax Company)
The Effect of Market Liquidity on Subprime Terminations The Differential Access and Pricing of Home Mortgages FHA and Subprime Loan Origination Quality and Performance Over Time Are Black and Hispanic Households More Likely to Default? Evidence from the Recent Crisis
Discussants:
Claudia AyannaSharygin
(New York University)
Avis Devine
(University of Cincinnati)
Nathan George
(University of California-Berkeley)
Samuel Dastrup
(New York University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, St. Gallen 2
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association Real Estate Professionals and Market Behavior
(G1)
Presiding:
Paul Anglin
(University of Guelph)
Screening of Real Estate Professionals and Housing Appreciation Rates The Dependency of the Real Estate Broker�s Response Function on the Homeowner�s Pricing Distribution Real Estate Agents, House Prices, and Liquidity Trends in the Accuracy of Home Owners' Estimates of House Value
Discussants:
Ken Johnson
(Florida International University)
Charles Carter
(University of Baltimore)
Paul Carillo
(George Washington University)
Steven Ehrlich
(Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Buckingham
American Risk & Insurance Association/American Economic Association Insurance Economics
(G2)
Presiding:
Martin Grace
(Georgia State University)
An Industrial Organization Theory of Risk Sharing [Download Preview] Real Effects of Changing Rating Standards for Catastrophic Risks [Download Preview] Asymmetric Information in Automobile Insurance: New Evidence from Telematic Data [Download Preview] The Marginal Cost of Risk, Risk Measures, and Capital Allocation Financial Sector Integration and Information Spillovers:
Effects of Operational Risk Events on U.S. Banks and Insurers [Download Preview]
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Grand Ballroom Salon III
Association for Comparative Economic Studies New Research on Economic Comparisons and Institutions
(P5) (Poster Session)
Presiding:
John Earle
(George Mason University and Central European University)
Financial Development, Government Ownership of Banks and
Firm Innovation Media Freedom and Democracy: Complements or Substitutes in the Fight against Corruption? Fragmentation and Government Spending: Bringing Ideological Polarization into the Picture FDI Spillovers and the Time Since Foreign Entry Microfinance and Microbusiness’ Financing Constraints in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Can State Language Policies Distort Students’ Demand for Higher Education? Understanding the Effect of Shareholder Rights? Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment Conflict in Kyrgyzstan: Evidence from a New Micro-Level Dataset Displacement in Kyrgyzstan: Evidence from a New Micro-Level Dataset Sharing Voice with Employees: A Cross-Country Study of Codetermination The Productivity Race between China and India in Manufacturing throughout the Reform Era The Role of Human Capital in Productivity Spillovers from FDI: An Empirical Analysis on Turkish Manufacturing Firms Migration and Social Networks in Kyrgyzstan: Mutual Insurance in the Sending Communities
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Montreux 1
Association for Evolutionary Economics Fundamental Causes of the Great Crisis: Inequality and Uncertainty
(B5)
Presiding:
Richard Adkisson
(New Mexico State University)
The Consumption Cycle Increasing Inequality, Inadequate Demand, Status Insecurity, Ideology and the Financial Crisis of 2008 The Inherent Uncertainty of Innovative Activity and Its Contribution to Financial Instability Global Imbalances and Financial Crisis Negative Trickle Down and the Financial Crisis of 2008
Discussants:
Philip Mirowski
(Notre Dame University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, St. Gallen 3
Association for Social Economics "Preferences" and the Social Responsibility of Production and Consumption
(Q2)
Presiding:
Martha Starr
(American University)
Consumer Cchoices of Organic and "Green" Products: Evidence from the Canadian Households and the Environment Survey "True Naturals" and Health Seekers": Identifying Types of Environmentalists and Their Policy Preferences Is Corporate Social Responsibility Associated with Lower Wages? Can Ethical Consumption Mitigate Unethical Production? Policy Preferences and the Role of Information
Discussants:
Jayson Lusk
(Oklahoma State University)
Jill McCluskey
(Washington State University)
Martha Starr
(American University)
Michael Carr
(University of Massachusetts-Boston)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Burnham
Association of Christian Economists What Economists/Theologians Wish Theologians/Economists Would Consider When Evaluating Market Economies
(A1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
John Lunn
(Hope College)
D. Stephen Long
(Maraquette University)
Deirdre N. McCloskey
(University of Illinois-Chicago)
Mark Husbands
(Hope College)
Victor V. Claar
(Henderson State University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Vevey 1
Association of Environmental & Resource Economists Environmental Economics, Policy, and Politics
(Q5) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Robert Stavins
(Harvard University)
Joseph Aldy
(Harvard University)
Michael Greenstone
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Robert Hahn
(University of Oxford)
Adele Morris
(Brookings Institution)
Richard Newell
(Duke University)
William Pizer
(Duke University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Soldier Field
Chinese Economists Society Exploring China’s Economic Imbalance
(O5)
Presiding:
Yang Yao
(CCER, Peking University)
Housing Purchase and Rising Saving Rates in Urban China: Evidence from a Quasi-natural Experiment in 1998 Can Rising Housing Prices Explain China's High Household Saving Rate? Social Security Coverage and Household Consumption in China: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Survey Sex Ratios, Savings Rates, and Current Account Imbalances Real Exchange Rate and Economic Growth: Evidence from Chinese Provincial Data
Discussants:
Ronald Mckinnon
(Stanford University)
Xiaobo Zhang
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 265
Cliometrics Society Market Innovations in Historical Perspective
(O3)
Presiding:
Margaret Levenstein
(University of Michigan)
Market Access and Information Technology Adoption. Historical Lessons from the Introduction of the Telephone in Bavaria German-Jewish Emigres and U.S. Invention Stock Market Development in Germany, 1869-1938 World Series of Patents: Quantification and Interpretation in the Long Run of History
Discussants:
Margaret Levenstein
(University of Michigan)
Caroline Fohlin
(Johns Hopkins University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Addams
Econometric Society Analysis and Computation of Large Games and Mechanisms
(C7)
Presiding:
Aaron Bodoh-Creed
(Cornell University)
Strategyproofness for "Price Takers" as a Desideratum for Market Design Robust Comparative Statics in Large Dynamic Economies Mean Field Equilibria of Dynamic Auctions with Learning Approximation of Large Dynamic Games
Discussants:
Eran Shmaya
(Northwestern University)
Fuhito Kojima
(Stanford University)
Joyee Deb
(New York University)
Parag A. Pathak
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, McCormick
Econometric Society Endogeneity and Instrumental Variables
(C2)
Presiding:
Whitney Newey
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Identification and Estimation in Discrete Choice Demand Models when Endogenous Variables Interact with the Error An Instrumental Variable Model of Multiple Discrete Choice Bandwidth Selection for Nonparametric and Semiparametric LATE and Regression Discontinuity Estimators A Discontinuity Test of Endogeneity
Discussants:
Ariel Pakes
(Harvard University)
Steven Berry
(Yale University)
Jack Porter
(University of Wisconsin)
Guido Imbens
(Harvard University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Ogden
Econometric Society Housing and Labor Markets in Spatial Economics
(R1)
Presiding:
Marcus Berliant
(Washington University in St. Louis)
Spatial Competition in Quality, Demand Induced Innovation, and Schumpeterian Growth Trade, Urbanization and Capital Accumulation in a Labor Surplus Economy Urban Business Cycles through a Diamond-Mortensen-Pissarides Lens
Discussants:
Abdullah Yavas
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Klaus Desmet
(Universidad Carlos III)
Satyajit Chatterjee
(Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Frederic Robert-Nicoud
(University of Geneva)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Wright
Econometric Society Matching Markets
(C7)
Presiding:
Matthew Elliot
(CalTech)
Effective Affirmative Action in School Choice Decentralized Market Processes to Stable Job Matchings with Competitive Salaries The Core and Incentive Compatibility of an Ascending Proxy Package Auction
Discussants:
Atila Abdulkadiroglu
(Duke University)
Matthew Elliott
(Stanford University)
Alistair James Wilson
(New York University)
John William Hatfield
(Stanford University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Field
Econometric Society Price Rigidities
(E4)
Presiding:
-- TBD
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Price Setting with Menu Cost for Multi-product Firms Customer Relationship and Sales Best Prices Internet Prices and the Great Recession
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Dusable
Econometric Society Stochastic Dominance Tests to Evaluate Treatment Effects
(C2)
Presiding:
Alberto Abadie
(Harvard University)
Estimation and Inference for Distribution Functions and Quantile Functions in Treatment Effect Models Conditional Stochastic Dominance Testing Testing for Distributional Treatment Effects: A Set Identification Approach Nonparametric Tests of Conditional Treatment Effects
Discussants:
Toru Kitagawa
(University College London)
Sokbae (Simon) Lee
(Seoul National University)
Christoph Sebastian Rothe
(Toulouse School of Economics)
Matias Damian Cattaneo
(University of Michigan)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Atlanta
Economic Science Association Stochastic Choice under Risk: Economic and Psychological Views
(D8)
Presiding:
Nathaniel Wilcox
(Chapman College)
Using Decision Field theory to Account for the Stochastic as Well as the Dynamic Properties of Choice under Risk Stochastic Choice Models and Realistic Decision Processes An Empirical Evaluation of Two Stochastic Choice Models A Comparison of Several Models of Stochastic Binary Choice under Risk
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Vevey 2
Economists for Peace & Security The Economics of Regime Change
(Y9) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Richard Kaufman
(Bethesda Research Group)
Roger Myerson
(University of Chicago)
Local Foundations for Strong Democracy
Linda Bilmes
(Harvard University)
The True Cost of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts: An Analysis of the Ten Years from 2001-2011
Hamid Ali
(American University in Cairo)
The Economics of the Arab Spring: A View from Egypt
Jennifer Olmsted
(Drew University)
Women in Transitions
Mark Weisbrot
(Center for Economic and Policy Research)
Report from the South American Spring
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Alpine Salon I
International Association for Feminist Economics/National Economic Association The Phenomenal Woman: Overworked and Underpaid
(B5)
Presiding:
Susan Williams McElroy
(University of Texas-Dallas)
Black Female Earnings and Income Volatility The Plight of African American Women: The Employed and Unemployed An Analysis of Black-White Wage Differences in Nursing: Wage Gap or Wage Premium? Increasing the Return to "Women’s Work": Women of Color in Social and Service-Sector Worker Cooperatives
Discussants:
Margaret Simms
(Urban Institute)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Alpine Salon II
International Banking, Economics & Finance Association Distortions in Financial Markets
(G2)
Presiding:
George Kaufman
(Loyola University Chicago)
Government Guarantees and Bank Risk Taking Incentives When Monitors Don't Help: The Costs of Collusion-Proof Contracts Systemic Risk Diagnostics: Coincident Indicators and Early Warning Signals Why Do Borrowers Make Mortgage Refinancing Mistakes?
Discussants:
W. Scott Frame
(Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta)
Reint Gropp
(European Business School)
TBA TBA
(TBA)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbian
International Economic & Finance Society Offshoring Theories and Evidence
(F1)
Presiding:
Elias Dinopoulos
(University of Florida)
Gravity in the Weightless Economy Development Paradigms after Globalization's Second Unbundling Immigration, Offshoring, and American Jobs Performance Pay and Offshoring
Discussants:
Mahmut Yasar
(University of Texas-Arlington)
Ronald Jones
(University of Rochester)
Yoto V. Yotov
(Drexel University)
Jacques Cremer
(Toulouse School of Economics)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Wright
International Network for Economic Method Herding Behavior in the Economics Profession
(B4) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
D. Hands
(University of Puget Sound)
David Colander
(Middlebury College)
Mark Thoma
(University of Oregon)
Paola Tubaro
(University of Greenwich)
John B. Davis
(University of Amsterdam and Marquette University)
D. Wade Hands
(University of Puget Sound)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Palmer House Hilton, Salon 12
Labor & Employment Relations Association Giving Meaning to Work: How Conceptualizations of Work Affect Research, Practice, Policy, and Social Justice
(J0) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Daphne Taras
(University of Saskatchewan)
John W. Budd
(University of Minnesota)
Nancy Folbre
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Robert Bruno
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Ellen Dannin
(Pennsylvania State University)
Keith Kelleher
(SEIU HCII)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Palmer House Hilton, Salons 7-9
Labor & Employment Relations Association Innovations in Payroll Fraud
(J3)
Presiding:
Dale Belman
(Michigan State University)
Benefits Fraud Under Prevailing Wage Law Innovations in Payroll Fraud The Impact of Payroll Fraud on the Business Community Federal and State Efforts to Reduce Payroll Fraud
Discussants:
William Canak
(Middle Tennessee State University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Palmer House Hilton, Salon 2
Labor & Employment Relations Association The Role of Staffing Services in the New Economy
(J3)
Presiding:
Stephen Woodbury
(Michigan State University)
Manufacturers' Outsourcing to Staffing Services Temporary Help Work: Compensating Differentials and Multiple Job-Holding Facilitating Labor Market Transitions for Workers Facing Barriers: The Role of Alternative Staffing Organizations
Discussants:
Ken Troske
(University of Kentucky)
Sari Pekkala Ker
(University of Kentucky)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 269
National Association for Business Economics Why Better Measurement is Critical for Financial Stability
(G1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Richard Wobbekind
(University of Colorado at Boulder)
Lewis Alexander
(Nomura)
Richard Berner
(U.S. Department of the Treasury)
John Liechty
(Pennsylvania State University)
Nellie Liang
(Federal Reserve Board)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Palmer House Hilton, Grand Park Parlor
National Economic Association Political Economy of Climate Change
(C2)
Presiding:
Michelle Holder
(New School for Social Research)
An Empirical Examination of Transaction Costs, Price Volatility and Trading Volume of Phase II of the European Carbon Emissions Market Economic Justice and Climate Risk: Poor People and Economic Policy as the Weather Gets Much Worse Is Green Manufacturing Good for Black Africa? The Effect of Carbon Emissions on Manufacturing Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa Climate Policies and Structural Change--Employment and Output Effects of Sustainable Growth
Discussants:
Lawrence Evans, Jr.
(Government Accountability Office)
Susan Ozawa
(New School for Social Research)
Rex McKenzie
(University of Witwatersrand, South Africa)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Grand Ballroom Salons I & II
Omicron Delta Epsilon The John R. Commons Award Lecture: Peter Diamond on "Pensions, Taxes and the Budgetary Process"
(H2)
Presiding:
Mary Ellen Benedict
(Bowling Green State University)
Pensions, Taxes and the Budgetary Process
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Stetson Suite FG
Society for Computational Economics Computational Macro and Financial Market Imperfections
(E5)
Presiding:
Martin Ellison
(University of Oxford)
Government Policy, Credit Markets and Economic Activity Bubbles, Business Cycles and Growth Credit Spreads and Macroeconomic Activity
Discussants:
Matthias Paustian
(Bank of England)
Roger Farmer
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Matteo Iacoviello
(Federal Reserve Board)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 272
Society of Government Economists New Analytical Methods Applied to Fundamental Economic Questions
(A1)
Presiding:
Steven Payson
(Bureau of Economic Analysis)
Combination of “Combinations of P-values” How Does Time Poverty Affect Behavior? A Look at Eating and Physical Activity Job Displacement and the Duration of Joblessness: The Role of Spatial Mismatch Restoring Accounting Constraints in Time Series for the U.S. National Accounts Why Is China's Saving Rate So High? A Comparative Study
Discussants:
Rachel Soloveichik
(Bureau of Economic Analysis)
Rebecca Chenevert
(U.S. Census Bureau)
Wendy Li
(Bureau of Economic Analysis)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, New Orleans
Transportation & Public Utilities Group Topics in Transportation Economics
(L9)
Presiding:
John Brown
(Georgia Southern University)
Endogenous Scheduling Preferences and Congestion Bayesian Model Selection: Examples Relating to Motor Vehicle Fatalities The Cross-Elasticity Between Gasoline Prices and Transit Use: Evidence from Chicago Market Concentration and Price Dispersion; the Role of Asymmetric Spatial Competition
Discussants:
Wesley W. Wilson
(University of Oregon)
James Peoples
(University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Tae Oum
(University of British Columbia)
Steven Trick
(University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Palmer House Hilton, Indiana Room
Union for Radical Political Economists Heterodox Microfoundations of Macroeconomic Issues
(B5)
Presiding:
Tae-Hee Jo
(SUNY Buffalo State College)
The Productivity of the Public Sector: A Classical View Labor Discipline as Price Stabilizing Mechanism in Recession The Regional Benefits of the Employer of Last Resort Program: An Input Output Approach A Basic Microeconomic Model: Foundations for a New Economics Education
Discussants:
Frederic Lee
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Sirisha Naidu
(Wright State University)
Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Palmer House Hilton, Kimball Room
Union for Radical Political Economists Heterodox Monetary Theory
(E1)
Presiding:
James Devine
(Loyola Marymount University)
The Circulation of Bank Capital and the General Rate of Interest Proportionality, the Two-Price Theory, and Monetary Circulation Monetary Expression of Labour Time in Monetary Circuit Approach The New "Voodoo Economics": Fetishism and the Public/Private Divide
Discussants:
Fred Moseley
(Mount Holyoke College)
Mario Seccareccia
(University of Ottawa)
Daniel Saros
(Valparaiso University)
James Devine
(Loyola Marymount University)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Swissotel, Montreux 3
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Environmental Kuznets Curve: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives
(Q5)
Presiding:
C.-Y. Cynthia Lin
(University of California, Davis)
A Theoretical Model of Environmental Kuznets Curve Functional Form of Water Pollutant-Income Relationship under
the EKC Framework Endogeneity in the Environmental Kuznets Curve:
An Instrumental Variables Approach
Discussants:
Richard T. Carson
(University of California-San Diego)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Grand Suite 3
American Economic Association European Economic Association Lecture
(J5)
Presiding:
Jordi Gali
(Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Transaction Costs, Power Abuse, and the Employment Relation--Economic Origins of Authority [Download Preview]
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Grand Ballroom F
American Economic Association/American Finance Association Joint Luncheon -- Fee Event
Presiding:
Raghuram Rajan
(University of Chicago)
Richard Thaler
(University of Chicago)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Swissotel, St. Gallen 2
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association Real Estate Portfolio Issues
(G1)
Presiding:
Austin Jaffe
(Pennsylvania State University)
Liquidity Black Hole and Optimal Behavioral Model Real Estate Portfolio Management: Optimization under Risk Aversion Co-movements Between the Stock Market and Real Estate Market in a Liquidity Trap: Evidence from Japan Daily Data Combining Monte-Carlo Simulations and Options to manage Risk of Real Estate Portfolios
Discussants:
Aleksandar Andonov
(University of Maastricht)
Joseph T.L. Ooi
(National University of Singapore)
Jiro Yoshida
(Pennsylvania State University)
Jacques Gordon
(LaSalle Investment Management)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Soldier Field
Chinese Economists Society The Integration of China into the World Economy
(F4)
Presiding:
Christian Dreger
(DIW Berlin)
Does the Integration of China Affect International Business Cycles? Renminbi Revaluation, Spatial Interprovincial Interactions, and China's Trade Imbalances: A Dynamic Regional Perspective Are Chinese Trade Flows Different? An Empirical Assessment How Did Perceived Yuan Appreciation Affect Global Stock Markets?
Discussants:
Jarko Fidrmuc
(Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, Germany)
Iikka Korhonen
(Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition)
Michael Plummer
(Johns Hopkins University)
Prachi Mishra
(International Monetary Fund)
Tongsan Wang
(Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 265
Cliometrics Society Historical Perspectives on Agriculture Markets
(N5)
Presiding:
Sam Williamson
(University of Illinois-Chicago and Measuring Worth)
Why Europe and Not Asia? Agricultural Productivity and Industrial Revolution around the World before 1879 Moveable Feasts: A New Approach to Endogenizing Tastes The Cost of Railroad Regulation: The Disintegration of American Agricultural Markets in the Interwar Period
Discussants:
Greg Clark
(University of California-Davis)
Sam Williamson
(University of Illinois-Chicago and Measuring Worth)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Buckingham
History of Economics Society David Hume on Normative Economics
(B1)
Presiding:
Robert Dimand
(Brock University)
The Central Importance of Economics in Hume's Moral Philosophy Hume on Economic Well-Being Hume and the Morality of Mutual Advantage Hume on Constitutional Design: Knowledge, Politics and Parliament
Discussants:
Samuel Fleischacker
(University of Illinois-Chicago)
John B. Davis
(Marquette University)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Swissotel, Vevey 2
Industrial Organization Society IOS Young Researchers Session
(L1)
Presiding:
Daniel Ackerberg
(University of Michigan)
Price Negotiation in Differentiated Products Markets: The Case of Insured Mortgages in Canada Demographic Price Discrimination in New Vehicle Sales Equilibria in Health Exchanges: Adverse Selection vs. Re-classification Risk The Welfare Effects of Complementary Bidding Mechanisms: An Empirical Analysis of the Spanish Wholesale Electricity Market
Discussants:
Matthew S. Lewis
(Ohio State University)
Mark R. Jacobsen
(University of California-San Diego)
Kei Kawai
(University of Pennsylvania)
Shaun McRae
(University of Michigan)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Columbian
International Association for Energy Economics Topics in Energy Modeling
(Q4)
Presiding:
Kevin Forbes
(Catholic University of America)
Sustainable Growth with Renewable and Fossil Fuels Energy Sources Comparison of a Clean Energy Standard and a Carbon Tax Phasing in Large-Scale Expansion of Wind Power in the Nordic Countries Asymmetric Volatility in Commodity Markets
Discussants:
Evan Hillebrand
(University of Kentucky)
Madanmohan Ghosh
(Environment Canada)
Charles Mason
(University of Wyoming)
Kevin Forbes
(Catholic University of America)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Swissotel, Alpine Salon I
International Association for Feminist Economics New Thinking In Feminist Economics
(B5)
Presiding:
Sadullah Celik
(Marmara University)
Argentina: The Gender Order and Different Regimes of Accumulation The Crises of Social Reproduction and the Environment: Understanding their Linkages How Family Caregiving Affects International Development: Lessons from the Health and Social Sciences Gender Effects in Environmental Decisions
Discussants:
Marilyn Power
(Sarah Lawrence College)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Swissotel, Alpine Salon II
International Banking, Economics & Finance Association The Effects of Banking Competition and Structure
(G2)
Presiding:
Robert Bliss
(Wake Forest University)
U.S. Banking Integration and State-Level Exports Bank Competition and Stability: Reconciling Conflicting Empirical Evidence Competition in Lending and Credit Ratings The Cross-Market Spillover of Economic Shocks through Multi-market Banks
Discussants:
Douglas Evanoff
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Jakob de Haan
(University of Groningen)
Edward Kane
(Boston College)
Christa Bouwman
(Case Western Reserve University)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Wrigley
International Network for Economic Method Virtue Ethics and Economics
(B5) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Mark White
(College of Staten Island, CUNY)
Deirdre N. McCloskey
(University of Illinois-Chicago)
Economics with All the Virtues Left In
Jennifer A. Baker
(College of Charleston)
Visible Hands
Christian Becker
(Pennsylvania State University)
Aristotelian Virtue Ethics and Economic Rationality: Lessons for the Methodology of Economics
Mark D. White
(College of Staten Island, CUNY)
Might a More Virtuous Economics Come from... Immanuel Kant?
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Stetson Suite FG
International Trade & Finance Association International Trade and Finance
(F1)
Presiding:
Georg Schaur
(University of Tennessee)
Globalization, Human Capital and Labor Income Comparative Advantage and Welfare Impact of European Integration Export Growth and Credit Constraints Core Competencies, Matching, and the Structure of Foreign Direct Investment
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Columbus AB
Middle East Economic Association Middle East Diverse Topics
(Y9) (Poster Session)
Presiding:
Mine Cinar
(Loyola University)
Model to Restructure the ODA Conditionality to Attain Sustainable Development in Recipient Countries: USAID in Egypt Case Study Illegal Insider Trading in the Istanbul Stock Exchange The FED as a Monetary Leader for Emerging Economies Entrepreneurship in a Post-Conflict Society: Iraq A Survey of Courses on the Economics of the Middle East Forecasting Energy Demand in Jordan Using Artificial Neural Network The Impact of Financial Vulnerabilities on the Economic Dynamics and Trade: The Case of European and North Africa Red Meat Price Spike in Turkey during 2009-2010: Supply Deficit and Hoarding The Legal Framework of FDI in Kurdistan Region-Iraq Revisiting the Performance of Consumer Sentiment in Emerging Markets: Employing Wavelet Co-Movement Analysis Why Owning a Home Can be Bad for Turkey The Potential for Violence of "Youth Bulges" in the Middle East-Migration and Terrorism as "Exit" and "Voice" Time-Series Tests of Growth: An Application to MENA Countries
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Atlanta
National Association of Economic Educators High School through College: Economic Education and Observed Outcomes
(A2)
Presiding:
John Swinton
(Georgia College)
High School Grade Inflation and College Outcomes Is it Live or is it Internet? Experimental Estimates of the Effects of Online Instruction on Student Learning Economic Education and Consumer Experience During the Financial Crisis Exploring the Gender Gap in High School Math and Economics: Does the Gap Widen as Students Matriculate from Geometry and Algebra to Economics?
Discussants:
Roger B. Butters
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
KimMarie McGoldrick
(University of Richmond)
Brian W. Sloboda
(University of Phoenix)
Shelby Frost
(Georgia State University)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Palmer House Hilton, Grand Park Parlor
National Economic Association Challenges of Closing the Racial Wealth Gap
(G2)
Presiding:
Charles Betsey
(Howard University)
Spatial Patterns of Economic Segregation in Major Metropolitan Areas in
the United States The Impacts of Gentrification in Washington, DC: The Case of Columbia Heights Saving Attitudes and Behaviors: What Do They Indicate about Financial Literacy Among African-Americans?
Discussants:
Jessica Gordon Nembhard
(City University of New York)
Debbie Lindsey
(Howard University)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Swissotel, Grand Ballroom Salons I & II
Omicron Delta Epsilon/American Economic Association AEA/ODE Graduate-Student Session
(G,H)
Presiding:
Joseph Santos
(South Dakota State University)
Effects of Bank Lending Shocks on Real Activity: Evidence from a Financial Crisis Is Leverage Leveraging Business Start-ups? An Analysis of Business Start-ups Using the Kauffman Firm Survey [Download Preview] The Impact of Personal Income Tax Rates on the Employment Decisions of Small Businesses [Download Preview] Investment-Promotion Policies and Employment by Foreign-Owned Manufacturing Firms in US States
Discussants:
Indu Khurana
(Florida International University)
Xiaohong Wang
(University of Florida)
Chen Wu
(University of Oklahoma)
Katie Sobczyk Player
(Clemson University)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 272
Society of Government Economists Theory and Empirical Evidence in the Labor Market
(J2)
Presiding:
Ted To
(Bureau of Labor Statistics)
The Spending and Debt Response to Minimum Wage Hikes Tasks and Heterogeneous Human Capital Search and Non-wage Job Characteristics Household Search or Individual Search: Does it Matter? Evidence from Lifetime Inequality Estimates
Discussants:
Ted To
(Bureau of Labor Statistics)
John Jones
(State University of New York-Albany)
Peter Arcidiacono
(Duke University)
Paul Carrillo
(George Washington University)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, New Orleans
Transportation & Public Utilities Group Auction Design
(L9)
Presiding:
Eric Ralph
(Federal Communications Commission)
Auction Design for Universal Service Procurement auctions to supply broadband over differing regions with quality differentiation Distributing Universal Service Subsidies by Competitive Bidding
Discussants:
Greg Rosston
(Stanford University)
Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm, Palmer House Hilton, Wabash
Union for Radical Political Economists David Gordon Memorial Lecture
(J1)
Presiding:
Fred Moseley
(Mount Holyoke College)
The Political Economy of Human Capital
Discussants:
Elissa Braunstein
(Colorado State University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Montreux 3
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association The New Normal? The Food and Agricultural Economy
(D1)
Presiding:
Benjamin Senauer
(University of Minnesota)
The New Normal? A Tighter Global Agricultural Supply and Demand Relation U.S. Farm Prosperity and Rural America: The New Normal or Reversion to the Mean? The New Normal? U.S. Food Expenditure Patterns and the Changing Structure of Food
Retailing The New Normal? the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Food Stamps)
Discussants:
Benjamin Senauer
(University of Minnesota)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Hong Kong
American Economic Association Alternative Credit and Consumer Rationality
(G2)
Presiding:
Marianne Bertrand
(Chicago Booth School of Business)
Choosing the Right Bank; Distance, Consumer Behavior and Pawn Lending Underwriting Homogeneity and the Profitability of Payday Lending Costly Credit and Public Program Participation From Pawn Shops to Banks: The Impact of Formal Credit on Informal Households [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Stefano DellaVigna
(University of California-Berkeley)
Mark Jenkins
(University of Pennsylvania)
Annamaria Lusardi
(Dartmouth College)
Anna Paulson
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Crystal A
American Economic Association Causes and Consequences of Unemployment: New Microeconomic Evidence and Perspectives
(J6)
Presiding:
David Lee
(Princeton University)
The Effect of UI Extensions on Job Outcomes Throughout the Non-Employment Spell Unemployment in the Great Recession: Did the Housing Market Crisis Prevent the Unemployed from Moving to Take Jobs? [Download Preview] Contract Form, Wage Flexibility and Employment [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Daniel G. Sullivan
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Bruce D. Meyer
(University of Chicago)
Edward Lazear
(Stanford University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Columbus CD
American Economic Association Credit Rating Agencies: Incentives and Regulation
(G2)
Presiding:
Laura Veldkamp
(New York University)
De-Regulating Markets for Financial Information [Download Preview] The Economics of Solicited and Unsolicited Credit Ratings [Download Preview] Feedback Effects of Credit Ratings [Download Preview] Optimal Rating Contingent Regulation [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Jonathan Parker
(Northwestern University)
Patrick Bolton
(Columbia University)
Zhiguo He
(University of Chicago)
Samuel Lee
(New York University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Grand Ballroom B
American Economic Association Employment Effects of Arizona’s 2007 Legislation Against the Hiring of Unauthorized Immigrants
(F2)
Presiding:
Steven Raphael
(University of California-Berkeley)
The Impact of Enforcement on the Decision to Migrate The Effectiveness of Border Enforcement in Deterring Illegal Crossing Attempts Employment Effects of Arizona’s 2007 Legislation Against the Hiring of Unauthorized Immigrants A Unified Model of the Illegal Immigration System [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Fernando Lozano
(Pomona College)
Pia Orrenius
(Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)
Todd Sorenson
(University of California-Riverside)
Madeline Zavodny
(Agnes Scott College)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Columbus G
American Economic Association Environmental Economics
(Q5)
Presiding:
Richard V. Butler
(Trinity University)
Not Just Hot Air? The Effects of Weather on Mortality in Germany [Download Preview] Optimal Policy Commitment: Investment Deterrence Versus Option Value [Download Preview] The Impacts of Air-Pollution Motivated Tax Adjustments in China Automobile Industry [Download Preview] To Scrap or Not to Scrap: A Dynamic Discrete Choice Model of Vehicle Scrappage
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Grand Suite 3
American Economic Association Expertise
(D8)
Presiding:
Elena Panova
(UQAM)
A Passion for Democracy [Download Preview] Reputational Concern with Endogenous Information Acquisition [Download Preview] Re-election Through Division [Download Preview] Wisdom of the Crowd [Download Preview] Experts, Conflicts of Interest, and Reputation for Ability [Download Preview]
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Regency A
American Economic Association Funding and Market Liquidity
(G1)
Presiding:
Markus Brunnermeier
(Princeton University and NBER)
Liquidity in the Foreign Exchange Market: Measurement, Commonality, and Risk Premiums [Download Preview] Fragility and Restructuring in Trading Networks Liquidity Risk and Mutual-Fund Performance [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Arvind Krishnamurthy
(Northwestern University and NBER)
Tarun Chordia
(Emory University)
Ioanid Rosu
(HEC Paris)
Ashish Tiwari
(University of Iowa)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Gold Coast
American Economic Association Growth Inputs: From Human Capital to Nation Building
(O4)
Presiding:
Linda Goldberg
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Nation Building and Economic Growth [Download Preview] Conditional Cash Transfers, Political Participation and Voting Behavior [Download Preview] Compulsory Schooling in Turkey, Educational Attainment, and the Gender Gap [Download Preview] The Determinants and Consequences of School Choice Errors in Kenya [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Katheryn Russ
(University of California-Davis)
Lori Beaman
(Northwestern University)
Heather Royer
(University of California-Santa Barbara)
Erica Groshen
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Grand Ballroom A
American Economic Association In Remembrance of Alfred E. Kahn: Fred Kahn’s Impact on Deregulation and Regulatory Reform
(L5)
Presiding:
Paul Joskow
(Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
After Airline Deregulation and Alfred E. Kahn [Download Preview] Dynamic Pricing of Electricity [Download Preview] Telecommunications Deregulation [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Sam Peltzman
(University of Chicago)
Roger Noll
(Stanford University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Columbus EF
American Economic Association Incentives and Matching in Marriage and Dating Markets
(J1)
Presiding:
Gary Becker
(University of Chicago)
Matching with a Handicap: The Economics of Marital Smoking Peer Effects in Sexual Initiation: Separating Demand from Supply [Download Preview] Terms of Endearment: An Equilibrium Model Of Sex and Matching [Download Preview] Dating Market Incentives to Improve Physical Appearance
Discussants:
Scott Cunningham
(Baylor University)
Jeremy Fox
(University of Michigan)
Aloysius Siow
(University of Toronto)
John Cawley
(Cornell University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Regency B
American Economic Association Innovation in Insurance Coverage for Higher Value Care: Theory and Evidence
(I1)
Presiding:
Richard Frank
(Harvard University)
Insuring the Health of Behavioral Consumers Patient Cost-Sharing In Low Income Populations: Dispatch From Massachusetts A Randomized Controlled Trial of Copayment Elimination for Blood Pressure Medication Benefit Plan Generosity and Productivity
Discussants:
Richard Frank
(Harvard University)
David Cutler
(Harvard University)
Wesley Yin
(Boston University)
Douglas Staiger
(Dartmouth College)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Regency C
American Economic Association International Trade and Macroeconomics
(F4)
Presiding:
Jonathan Eaton
(Pennsylvania State University)
Linkages across Sovereign Debt Markets Staggered Adjustments and Trade Dynamics Export Dynamics in Large Devaluations Dynamics of Trade and Heterogeneity in General Equilibrium [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Kim Ruhl
(New York University)
Brent Neiman
(University of Chicago)
George Alessandria
(Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Toronto
American Economic Association Investment, Uncertainty, and Capital Structure
(E2)
Presiding:
Francois Gourio
(Boston University)
What Explains the Lagged Investment Effect? [Download Preview] Equity Market Misvaluation and Firm Financial Policies [Download Preview] Uncertainty, Financial Frictions, and Investment Dynamics Stochastic Volatility, Credit Spreads, and the Q Theory of Investment
Discussants:
Rudi Bachmann
(University of Michigan)
Jianjun Miao
(Boston University)
Brent Glover
(University of Pennsylvania and Carnegie Mellon University)
Lukas Schmid
(Duke University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Acapulco
American Economic Association Markov Switching DSGE Models, Theory and Applications
(E1)
Presiding:
Andrew Foerster
(Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City)
Monetary/Fiscal Policy Mix and Agents' Beliefs [Download Preview] Perturbation Methods for Markov Switching Models [Download Preview] Financial Crises, Unconventional Monetary Policy Exit Strategies, and Agents' Expectations [Download Preview] The Fiscal Limit and Non-Ricardian Consumers [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Chris Sims
(Princeton University)
Alejandro Justiniano
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Taeyoung Doh
(Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City)
Seonghoon Cho
(Yonsei University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Regency D
American Economic Association New Challenges for Market Design
(A1)
Presiding:
Muriel Niederle
(Stanford University)
Individual Rationality and Participation in Large Scale, Multi-Hospital Kidney Exchange Holdout in the Assembly of Complements: A Problem for Market Design [Download Preview] Improving Efficiency in Matching Markets with Regional Caps: The Case of the Japan Residency Matching Program [Download Preview] Price Controls, Non-Price Quality Competition, and the Nonexistence of Competitive Equilibrium [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Parag Pathak
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Thomas Palfrey
(California Institute of Technology)
Paul Milgrom
(Stanford University)
Muriel Niederle
(Stanford University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Columbus KL
American Economic Association Research on College and University Economic Education
(A2)
Presiding:
Sam Allgood
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Why Don't Women Pursue a Major in Economics? Does Adding Intermediate Algebra as a Prerequisite for Economics Principles Courses Improve Student Success? [Download Preview] Revisiting How Departments of Economics Evaluate Teaching [Download Preview] "Dude, Who's Your CL Leader?" Characteristics of Effective Collaborative Learning Leaders
Discussants:
Wendy Stock
(Montana State University)
Georg Schaur
(University of Tennessee)
Michael Salemi
(University of North Carolina)
John Swinton
(Georgia College & State University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Columbus IJ
American Economic Association The Economics of Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills
(I2)
Presiding:
James Heckman
(University of Chicago)
The Leaning Tower of PISA – Disentangling Ability and Motivation Skill Segregation in the Swedish Economy Conscientiousness as Human Capital: Perspectives from Research on Health and Life Span Development [Download Preview]
Discussants:
James Heckman
(University of Chicago)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Water Tower
American Economic Association The Global Financial Crisis: Contagion and Cross-Country Linkages
(F3)
Presiding:
Kristin J. Forbes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Capital Flows, Push versus Pull Factors and the Global Financial Crisis [Download Preview] Crisis Transmission: Micro-Evidence from International Mutual Funds [Download Preview] From the Financial Crisis to the Real Economy: Using Firm-Level Data to Identify Transmission Channels [Download Preview] ABS Inflows and the Global Financial Crisis [Download Preview] Leverage Across Firms Banks and Countries [Download Preview]
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Grand Ballroom CD North
American Economic Association The Political Economy of Macroeconomic Crisis Response
(E6)
Presiding:
Steven Davis
(University of Chicago)
The Political Economy of Managing the European Debt Crisis Resolving Debt Overhang: Political Constraints in the Aftermath of Financial Crises [Download Preview] Economists' Capture
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Crystal B
American Economic Association The Political Economy of U.S. Debt and Deficits
(H6) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Alan Auerbach
(University of California-Berkeley)
Alan Blinder
(Princeton University)
Douglas Holtz-Eakin
(American Action Forum)
Rudolph Penner
(Urban Institute)
Alice Rivlin
(Brookings Institution)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Zurich A
American Finance Association Anomalies
(G1)
Presiding:
Kent Daniel
(Columbia University)
Carry A Comprehensive Study of the Chinese Warrants Bubble Innovative Efficiency and Stock Returns
Discussants:
Pierre Collin-Dufresne
(Columbia University)
Jialin Yu
(Columbia University)
Josef Lakonishok
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Zurich B
American Finance Association Capital Structure
(G3)
Presiding:
John Graham
(Duke University)
Caught between Scylla and Charybdis? Regulating Bank Leverage When There is Rent Seeking and Risk Shifting Debt Specialization Empirical Corporate Finance in a Dynamic World Does Cost Structure Matter for Corporate Financial Policies?
Discussants:
Andrew Winton
(University of Minnesota-Twin Cities)
Joshua Rauh
(Northwestern University)
Michael Roberts
(University of Pennsylvania)
Mark Leary
(Washington University in Saint Louis)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Zurich C
American Finance Association Derivatives: Option Pricing
(G1)
Presiding:
Lasse Pedersen
(New York University)
Cross-Section of Option Returns and Stock Volatility Too-Systemic-To-Fail: What Option Markets Imply About Sector-Wide Government Guarantees Pricing Deflation Risk with U.S. Treasury Yields
Discussants:
Andrea Frazzini
(AQR Capital Management, LLC)
Nicolae Garleanu
(University of California-Berkeley)
Kenneth Singleton
(Stanford University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Zurich F
American Finance Association International Corporate Finance
(G3)
Presiding:
Andrew Karolyi
(Cornell University)
Do Local and International Venture Capitalists Play Well Together? A Study of International Venture Capital Investments Shareholder Voting and Corporate Governance Around the World Taxes, Theft, and Firm Performance Every Family Has a White Sheep: Between Vertical and Horizontal Governance
Discussants:
Thomas Hellman
(University of British Columbia)
David Yermack
(New York University)
Rene Stulz
(Ohio State University)
I.J. Dyck
(University of Toronto)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Zurich E
American Finance Association Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts 1
(G3)
Presiding:
B. Eckbo
(Dartmouth College)
Waves of International Mergers and Acquisitions Merger Synergies Along the Supply Chain Do Wealth Creating Mergers and Acquisitions Really Hurt Acquirer Shareholders? Bid Resistance by Takeover Targets: Managerial Bargaining or Bad Faith?
Discussants:
Jarrad Harford
(University of Washington)
Gordon Phillips
(University of Maryland)
Rex Thompson
(Southern Methodist University)
Karin Thorburn
(Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Zurich D
American Finance Association Systemic Risk: Insights from Networks (AFA Lecture)
(G1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Sheridan Titman
(University of Texas-Austin)
Daron Acemoglu
(Massachsetts Institute of Technology)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Vevey 3
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association Affordable Housing
(R2)
Presiding:
Edgar Olsen
(University of Virginia)
Are Markets a Viable Source of Low-Income Housing? Estimates from a "Repeat Income" Model with Housing Turnover Geographical Price Variation, Housing Assistance and Poverty The Impact of Subsidized Rental Housing on Children's Long-Term Employment and Earnings The Long-Run Dynamics of Affordable Rental Housing
Discussants:
Daniel A. Hartley
(Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland)
Kathleen Short
(U.S. Census Bureau)
Daniel B. Gubits
(Abt Associates, Inc.)
David A. Vandenbroucke
(U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, St. Gallen 1
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association Information and Commercial Real Estate
(L7)
Presiding:
Dean Gatzlaff
(Florida State University)
Systematic Determination of Idiosyncratic Risk in Commercial Real Estate Investments Estimating Liquidity Premium in the Commercial Real Estate Market Commercial Real Estate, Information Production and Market Activity Does Uncertainty in Future Tax Treatment Cause "Overbuilding" in the Commercial Real Estate Market? A Real Options View
Discussants:
William Goetzmann
(Yale University)
Anthony Sanders
(George Mason University)
S. McKay Price
(Lehigh University)
David Albouy
(University of Michigan)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, St. Gallen 2
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association Subprime Lending: Theory and Evidence
(G2)
Presiding:
Abdullah Yavas
(University of Wisconsin)
Bad Borrowers or Bad Loans? The Effect of Information Asymmetry on the Choice of Prepayment Mortgage Contract Choice in Subprime Mortgage Markets Risk-Based Pricing, Excess Premium, and Subprime Mortgage Default Subprime Mortgages and the Housing Bubble
Discussants:
Tomasz Piskorski
(Columbia University)
Yan Chang
(Freddie Mac)
Kristopher S. Gerardi
(Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta)
Chester Spatt
(Carnegie Mellon University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Grand Ballroom Salon III
Association for Comparative Economic Studies Analyzing Occupational Licensing across Institutional Settings
(P5)
Presiding:
Morris Kleiner
(University of Minnesota)
The Impact of Immigration on Natives' Wages: Heterogeneity Resulting from Product and Labor Market Regulation Occupational Regulation in the European Legal Market The Incidence and Labor Market Outcomes of Occupational Regulation in the UK Changing Licensing to Permit More Tasks by Nurses: Analyzing Wages and Prices for a Medical Service
Discussants:
Mark Klee
(George Mason University)
Mindy Marks
(University of California-Riverside)
Charles Wheelan
(University of Chicago)
David Harrington
(Kenyon College)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Montreux 1
Association for Evolutionary Economics Institutionalist Approaches to the Development of Contemporary Economies
(F5)
Presiding:
Geoffrey Schneider
(Bucknell University)
Things Fall Apart: Dictatorships, Development and Democracy in Africa The "Social Class" Approach to Market Diversity in Transition: The Case of the States of the Former Soviet Union A Race to the Bottom? Variations between NIC States and Provinces in the Enforcement of Decent Work: A Comparative Study of Indonesia and India The Economic System from Social Science Perspective: Consistency and Viability The Limitations of the Notion of Market Failure in Furthering the Understanding of the Process of Development
Discussants:
Al Campbell
(University of Utah)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, St. Gallen 3
Association for Social Economics/Association for Evolutionary Economics Revisiting the Chicago School after the Financial Crisis
(B4) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Mark D. White
(College of Staten Island/CUNY)
Steven G. Medema
(University of Colorado-Denver)
Varieties of Chicago Price Theory
Marianne A. Ferber
(University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign)
The Chicago School 1944-46 and After
Philip Mirowski
(University of Notre Dame)
Did the Chicago School Emerge from the Crisis Relatively Unscathed?
Gary A. Dymski
(University of California-Riverside)
How Efficient-Financial Market Theory Created Too-Big-to-Fail Mega-Banks and Created a Two-Track Credit System
William K. Black
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Law and Financial Markets and Institutions
Robert D. Auerbach
(University of Texas-Austin)
The Benefits of Capitalism and Freedom Will Survive the Financial Crisis and This Seminar
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Burnham
Association of Christian Economists Experimental Work on the Causes and Consequences of Religion and Virtuous Behavior.
(Z1)
Presiding:
Daniel Hungerman
(University of Notre Dame)
The Role of Religious Preferences, Trust, and Donor Choice in Charitable Giving Religious Identity and Economic Behavior The Parable of the Great Banquet: Insights from Laboratory Economics
Discussants:
Enrico Manlapig
(Hope College)
Daniel Chen
(Duke University)
Daniel Hungerman
(University of Notre Dame)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Vevey 1
Association of Environmental & Resource Economists/American Economic Association The Implications of Recent Behavioral Economics Advances for Environmental Policy
(Q5) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Jinhua Zhao
(Michigan State University)
B. Douglas Bernheim
(Stanford University)
Jack Knetsch
(Simon Fraser University)
John List
(University of Chicago)
Tanya Rosenblat
(Iowa State University)
Jay Shogren
(University of Wyoming)
Jinhua Zhao
(Michigan State University)
V. Kerry Smith
(Arizona State University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Wrigley
Association of Financial Economists M&As around the World
(G3)
Presiding:
Michael Weisbach
(Ohio State University)
Lost in Translation? The Effect of Cultural Values on Mergers Around the World Globalization, Governance, and the Returns to Cross-Border Acquisitions Cross-Border Asset Sales Legal Investor Protection and Takeovers
Discussants:
Isil Erel
(Ohio State University)
Ronald Masulis
(Australian Business School)
S. Abraham David
(Rutgers University and Yeshiva University)
Alex Edmans
(University of Pennsylvania)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Soldier Field
Chinese Economists Society Children’s Health and Education in China
(I1)
Presiding:
John Giles
(World Bank)
Parental Migration and Child Development in China Costly Posturing: Relative Status, Ceremonies and Early Child Development Unattended but not Undernourished: Left-behind Children in Rural China Exactly Enough Time Starting Now: Rural Education and China's Human Capital Crisis in 2025 Economic Transition and College Premium in Urban China
Discussants:
Joyce Chen
(Ohio State University)
Hongbin Li
(Tsinghua University)
Alan de Brauw
(International Food Policy Research Institute)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 265
Cliometrics Society Financial History
(N2)
Presiding:
Peter Rousseau
(Vanderbilt University)
Did Doubling Reserve Requirements Cause the Recession of 1937-1938? A Microeconomic Approach Optimal Delay: Distressed Trading in 18th Century Amsterdam Credit, Investment and Growth in a Dirigist Economy: Medium Term Credit and the French Golden Age, 1950-1974 The First Global Emerging Markets Investor: Foreign and Colonial Investment Trust 1880-1913
Discussants:
Peter Rousseau
(Vanderbilt University)
Marc Weidenmier
(Claremont McKenna College)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Addams
Econometric Society Advances in Optimal Taxation
(H2)
Presiding:
Mikhail Golosov
(Yale University)
Optimal Taxation with Rent-Seeking Optimal Taxation of Capital Income: A Mirleesian Approach to Capital Accumulation Search-Based Theory of Optimal Income Taxation
Discussants:
Matthew C Weinzierl
(Harvard Business School)
Florian Scheuer
(Stanford University)
Borys Grochulski
(Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Field
Econometric Society Family Networks in Developing Countries
(O1)
Presiding:
Matthew O. Jackson
(Stanford University)
Marriage Networks, Nepotism and Labor Market Outcomes in China The Costs and Benefits of Cousin Marriage Risk and Return in Village Economies Networks, Finance, and Development: Evidence from Hunter-Gatherers
Discussants:
Andrew Dudley Foster
(Brown University)
Christopher Udry
(Yale University)
Giacomo De Giorgi
(Stanford University)
Cynthia Georgia Kinnan
(Northwestern University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Dusable
Econometric Society Financial Innovation
(G1)
Presiding:
Joshua Lerner
(Harvard University)
Speculation and Risk Sharing with New Financial Assets Innovations, Renta and Risk A Model of Shadow Banking Collateral-Motivated Financial Innovation
Discussants:
Snehal Banerjee
(Northwestern University)
Zhiguo He
(University of Chicago)
Robert Marquez
(Boston University)
Adriano A Rampini
(Duke University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, McCormick
Econometric Society Macroeconomic Fluctuations and Finance: The Role of Households
(E3)
Presiding:
Amir Sufi
(University of Chicago)
Debt, Deleveraging, and the Liquidity Trap Credit Crises, Precautionary Savings and the Liquidity Trap Household Leverage and the Recession
Discussants:
Robert E. Hall
(Hoover Institution, Stanford University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Ogden
Econometric Society Reputation and Contracts
(D8)
Presiding:
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Progressive Screening: Long-Term Contracting with a Privately Known Stochastic Process Bill Shock: Inattention and Price-Posting Regulation What Shapes Reputation?
Discussants:
Juuso Toikka
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Ned Augenblick
(University of California-Berkeley)
David A. Miller
(University of California-San Diego)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Wright
Econometric Society Selection and Moral Hazard in Health Insurance
(I1)
Presiding:
Amy Finkelstein
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Selection on Moral Hazard in Health Insurance Estimating the Tradeoff Between Risk Protection and Moral Hazard with a Nonlinear Budget Set Model of Health Insurance Adverse Selection and Switching Costs in Health Insurance Markets: When Nudging Hurts
Discussants:
Katherine Ho
(Columbia University)
Hanming Fang
(University of Pennsylvania)
Neale Mahoney
(Stanford University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Atlanta
Economic Science Association Communication, Conscience, and Efficiency
(C7)
Presiding:
Gary Charness
(University of California-Santa Barbara)
Legitimacy, Social Distance, and Leadership in the Turnaround Game The Effect of Communication on Contract Type and Performance Conscience Accounting Chat, Continuous Time, and Public Goods
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Grand Ballroom Salons I & II
Economists for Peace & Security Sustainability
(Y9) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Michael Intriligator
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Robert J. Gordon
(Northwest University)
Sustainable Growth
Teresa Ghilarducci
(New School)
Sustainable Retirement
J. Barkley Rosser
(James Madison University)
Sustainable Energy
Allen Sinai
(Decision Economics)
Sustainable Jobs
Richard Parker
(Havard University)
Sustainable European Union
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 260
Health Economics Research Organization The Effect of Economic Crises on Health and Health Care
(I1)
Presiding:
Katherine Swartz
(Harvard University)
The Health Consequences of the Foreclosure Crisis Labor Market Conditions and Medicare Utilization and Spending: Evidence from Microdata How Did the Recession Affect Health and Related Activities of Americans? The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: Understanding Pro-cyclical Mortality
Discussants:
Craig Garthwaite
(Northwestern University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Buckingham
History of Economics Society/American Finance Association The History of Financial Economics: A Session in Memory of Peter Bernstein
(B2)
Presiding:
Robert Dimand
(Brock University)
The AFA History Project Alfred Cowles and Robert Rhea on the Predictability of Stock Prices The History of Econophysics' Emergence The New Lombard Street
Discussants:
Randall Morck
(University of Alberta)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Vevey 2
Industrial Organization Society Econometric Models of Consumer Search
(L1)
Presiding:
Ali Hortacsu
(University of Chicago)
The Impact of Search Costs on Consumer Behavior: a Dynamic Approach Quantifying Search and Switching Costs in the U.S. Auto Insurance Industry Consumer Search and Prices in the Automobile Market Using Consumer Preferences to Improve upon Popularity Rankings in Online Markets
Discussants:
Matthijs R. Wildenbeest
(Indiana University)
Babur I. De los Santos
(Indiana University)
Stephan Seiler
(Stanford University)
Elisabeth Honka
(University of Texas-Dallas)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Columbian
International Association for Energy Economics/American Economic Association Energy Commodity Prices, Capital Flows and Balance of Payments
(Q4) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Kenneth Medlock
(Rice University)
Pier Carlo Padoan
(Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development)
Mahmoud El Gamal
(Rice University)
Francis E. Warnock
(University of Virginia)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Alpine Salon I
International Association for Feminist Economics Feminist Labor Market Analyses
(B5)
Presiding:
June Lapidus
(Roosevelt University)
Affirmative Action and the Occupational Advancement of Women and Minorities during 1973-2003 Labour Market Policy Approaches to Intimate Partner Abuse: A Comparative Analysis of Three Canadian Provinces Is Being Single Better? Analysis of the Structure of Employment and Wages of Female Japanese Workers, 1993-2007 What Drives Women's Employment in the Cities of India? Retirement Decisions: Evidence on Gender Effects
Discussants:
Corina Rodriguez-Enriquez
(Conicet-Ciepp)
Jeannette Wicks-Lim
(University of Massachusetts)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Stetson Suite FG
International Trade & Finance Association Round Table on Trade and Development
(F1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Mordechai Kreinin
(Michigan State University)
Don P. Clark
(University of Tennessee)
Alan Deardorff
(University of Michigan)
Maria E. deBoyrie
(New Mexico State University)
Anne Krueger
(Johns Hopkins University-SAIS)
Michael Michaely
(Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Raul Moncarz
(Florida International University)
Michael Plummer
(OECD)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Palmer House Hilton, Salon 12
Labor & Employment Relations Association Alternative Forms of Worker Representation: Lessons from Selected Sectors and Countries
(J5)
Presiding:
Gordon Pavy
(AFL-CIO)
Individual Affiliate Unions (IAUs) and Labor Non Profit Organizations in Japan Trends in Alternative Forms of Worker Representation in the US Organizing and Representation by the National Domestic Workers Alliance Expanding Union Influence
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Palmer House Hilton, Salon 2
Labor & Employment Relations Association Chicago LERA Chapter: Social Media and the National Labor Relations Act
(J5) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Charles Muhl
(National Labor Relations Board)
Wesley Kennedy
(Allison, Slutsky & Kennedy, P.C.)
Social Media and the NLRA: A Labor Perspective
Lisa McGarrity
(Franczek Radelet P.C.)
Social Media and the NLRA: A Management Perspective
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Palmer House Hilton, Salons 7-9
Labor & Employment Relations Association The Impact of Sports Collective Bargaining on Labor Relations in Society (Workshop)
(J1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Gabriel Gershenfeld, Cleveland Indians, and Michael Wasser
(American Rights at Work)
DeMaurice Smith
(NFL Players Association)
Sports Collective Bargaining: Sports Labor Perspective
Rob Manfred
(Major League Baseball)
Sports Collective Bargaining: Sports Management Perspective
Arlene Holt-Baker
(AFL-CIO)
Impact of Sports Collective Bargaining on Labor in America
Martin Mulloy
(Ford Motor Company)
Impact of Sports Collective Bargaining on Management in America
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, New Orleans
Middle East Economic Association The Arab Spring: Economic Causes, Consequences, and Lessons Learned
(O5)
Presiding:
H.E. Gouda Abdel-Khaleq
(Ministry of Solidarity and Social Justice, Egypt)
Real Exchange Rate, External Competitiveness, and Arab Spring: Evidences from Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia The Arab Revolutions and the EU-Arab Cooperation: What Lessons Can Be Learned From European Integration After 1989 Examining Attitudes towards Peace in Light of Economic Development Incalculable Political Risk, Technological Upgrading and Economic Growth: The MENA Countries Economic Reform, Political Liberalization and Democratization: Where Algeria Stands in the Arab World
Discussants:
Adel Boughrara
(University of Sousse)
Edward A Sayre
(University of South Mississippi)
Karima Korayen
(Al Azhar University, Egypt)
Sohrab Behdad
(Denison University)
Ashraf Al Araby
(Ministry of Planning, Egypt)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 269
National Association for Business Economics/American Economic Association The U.S. and Global Economic Outlook
(E6) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Kevin Kliesen
(Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
Don Johnson
(Caterpillar)
Sara Johnson
(IHS Global Insight)
Catherine L. Mann
(Brandeis University)
John Silvia
(Wells Fargo)
Charles Steindel
(New Jersey Department of the Treasury)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Alpine Salon II
National Association of Forensic Economics Forensic Economics I: Ethics and the Economist as an Expert Witness in Litigation
(K1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Steven Shapiro
(New York Institute of Technology)
Richard A. Posner
(United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit)
George F. DeMartino
(University of Denver)
Robert Thornton
(Lehigh University)
John O. Ward
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Palmer House Hilton, Grand Park Parlor
National Economic Association Race, Ethnicity, Immigration and Entrepreneurship
(J1)
Presiding:
Patrick Mason
(Florida State University)
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Technology Usage among Small Business Owners Hispanic Entrepreneurship: An Analysis of Industry Choice and Entrepreneurial Success Discrimination in the Credit Market: A Focus on African American-Owned Small Businesses Do Immigrants from Developed Countries Have an Advantage in Self-employment in the U.S? Home Bias? Evidence from U.S. Immigrants
Discussants:
John Karikari
(Government Accountability Office)
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
(Georgia Institute of Technology)
Marie Mora
(University of Texas-Pan American)
Una Okonkwo Osili
(Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis)
Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong
(University of South Florida)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Zurich G
Society for Policy Modeling/American Economic Association A New International Monetary Order?
(F3)
Presiding:
Dominick Salvatore
(Fordham University)
Implications of the Euro's Crisis for International Monetary Reform [Download Preview] Worldwide Inflation and International Monetary Reform: Exchange Rates or Interest Rates? [Download Preview] The Case for a World Currency The Dollar, Euro, and Yuan in the International Monetary System
Discussants:
Dominick Salvatore
(Fordham University)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 272
Society of Government Economists New Challenges for Measurement and Analysis in Government Economics
(C1)
Presiding:
Daniel Newlon
(American Economic Association)
Identifying Financial Sector Trends and Trouble Spots: The Federal Reserve's Flow of Funds and the Insights Gleaned from their Data Economic Downturns and Doubled-Up Households, 1988-2010 Measuring and Assessing Patterns in Household Finances Feasible Methods to Estimate Disease Based Price Indexes Wage Dynamics along the Life-Cycle of Manufacturing Plants
Discussants:
Adam Hersh
(Center for American Progress)
Nadia Karamcheva
(Urban Institute)
Sherrie L.W. Rhine
(Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
Richard Spivack
(National Institute for Standards and Technology)
Mark Regets
(National Science Foundation)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Palmer House Hilton, Kimball Room
Union for Radical Political Economists Heterodox International Economics
(F5)
Presiding:
Mehrene Larudee
(AlQuds-Bard Honors College)
Uneven Growth and Development in the World Political Economy 1950-2010 Neoliberalism and Ethnic Conflict Institutional Differences and the Direction of Bilateral FDI Flows: Are South-South Flows Any Different Than the Rest? Fair Trade and Justice: An Examination of Fair Trade and Its Effect on Indigenous Women and Globalization The Lessons of the Eurozone Sovereign Debt Crisis
Discussants:
Pascal Petit
(Centre d'Economie de Paris Nord)
Omar Dahi
(Hampshire College)
Mehrene Larudee
(AlQuds-Bard Honors College)
Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Palmer House Hilton, Indiana Room
Union for Radical Political Economists The End of the Chinese Model: Economic Crisis, Climate Change, and Class Struggle
(P3)
Presiding:
Steve Cohn
(Knox College)
Lessons from the Chinese Rural Collectives: Reevaluating Maoist Socialism Class Power and China's Productivity Miracle: Applying the Labor Extraction Model to China's Industrial Sector Financial Restructuring, State Capitalism, and the Potential for Macroeconomic Crises in China Climate Change and the Limits to China's Economic Growth
Discussants:
Satya Gabriel
(Mount Holyoke College)
Zhaochang Peng
(Rollins College)
Steve Cohn
(Knox College)
Ellen Houston
(Marymount Manhattan College)
Jan 06, 2012 4:45 pm, Hyatt Regency, Grand Ballroom F
American Economic Association Richard T. Ely Lecture
Presiding:
Christopher Sims
(Princeton University)
Maurice Obstfeld
(University of California - Berkeley)
Jan 06, 2012 5:00 pm, Swissotel, Grand Ballroom Salons I & II
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association TW Schultz Memorial Lecture and Reception
Roger Myerson
(University of Chicago)
Jan 06, 2012 5:15 pm, Swissotel, St. Gallen 1
International Banking, Economics & Finance Association Annual Membership Meeting and Presidential Address
Jan 06, 2012 8:00 pm, Hyatt Regency, Crystal B
American Economic Association Music Session
(Z1)
Presiding:
Christopher Sims
(Princeton University)
8:00 PM, (Neo) Classical Trio 9:00 PM, Outliers Jazz 10:00 PM, The Contractions Rock Jan 07, 2012
Jan 07, 2012 7:45 am, Swissotel, Grand Ballroom Salon I
Association for Social Economics Presidential Address
Presiding:
Martha Starr
(American University)
Zoreh Emami
(Alverno College)
Social Economics and Evolutionary Learning
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Montreux 3
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Theoretical and Empirical Innovations in Technology Adoption Modeling
(Q1)
Presiding:
Bradford Barham
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Trait-Based Adoption Models Using Ex-Ante and Ex-Post Approaches Experimental Auctions and Willingness-to-Pay for Laser-Land Leveling for
Irrigated Agriculture in Eastern Uttar Pradesh Bundling Technology and Insurance: Joint Packages versus Technology Traits Empirical Methods for Identifying Social Network Effects on Technology
Adoption
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Atlanta
American Economic Association AEA Committee on the Status of Minority Groups in the Economics Profession--Dissertation Session
(J1)
Presiding:
Marie Mora
(University of Texas-Pan American)
Debt, Cohabitation and Marital Timing in Young Adulthood Do Women's Autonomy, Decision-Making Ability and Attitudes Matter as Deterrents for Domestic Violence? Evidence from the Dominican Republic The Effectiveness of Abstinence-Only Sex Education in Alabama [Download Preview] Marital Separation and Women's School Investment [Download Preview] The Role of Liquidity on the Price Discovery of ADRs: Evidence from Latin America [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Mark Hugo Lopez
(Pew Hispanic Center)
Gary Hoover
(University of Alabama)
Sue Stockly
(Eastern New Mexico University)
Don Fullerton
(University of Illinois)
Fernando Lozano
(Pomona College)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Grand Suite 3
American Economic Association Consumer Rationality and Financial Decision Making
(D1)
Presiding:
Christopher Carroll
(Johns Hopkins University)
Self Control and Liquidity: How to Design a Commitment Contract [Download Preview] Borrowing High vs. Borrowing Higher: Sources and Consequences of Dispersion in Individual-Level Borrowing Costs [Download Preview] Why Do Women Not Say No? Why Do Consumers Use Debit Cards When They Have Credit Cards?
Discussants:
Stefano DellaVigna
(University of California-Berkeley)
John Driscoll
(Federal Reserve Board)
Molly Lipscomb
(University of Notre Dame)
Jonathan Zinman
(Dartmouth College)
Rachel Croson
(University of Texas-Dallas)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus CD
American Economic Association Correct Measurement of International Financial and Trade Flows
(F1)
Presiding:
Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan
(Koc University and University of Houston)
External Wealth of Nations: What Are We Missing? On Returns Differentials How to Measure FDI and Portfolio Equity Investment? Integrating Micro and Macro Data The Value-added Structure of Gross Exports:Measuring Revealed Comparative Advantage by Domestic Content in Exports [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Andrew Rose
(University of California-Berkeley)
Ralph Koijen
(University of Chicago)
Alp Simsek
(Harvard University)
Robert C. Johnson
(Dartmouth College)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Toronto
American Economic Association Credit Frictions and Time-Variant Uncertainty
(E2)
Presiding:
Nathan Balke
(Southern Methodist University and Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)
Privately Optimal Contracts and Sub-optimal Outcomes in a Model of Agency Costs [Download Preview] Really Uncertain Business Cycles [Download Preview] Credit-Uncertainty Cycle [Download Preview] Fiscal Uncertainty and Economic Activity [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Enrique Martinez-Garcia
(Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)
Sami Alpanda
(Bank of Canada)
Egon Zakrajsek
(Federal Reserve Board)
Nathan Balke
(Southern Methodist University and Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Regency C
American Economic Association Digitization and New Research Directions: Copyright, Privacy, and User-Generated Content
(O3)
Presiding:
Joel Waldfogel
(University of Minnesota)
Copyright in the Digital Age: Moving from Piracy to the Supply of New Products [Download Preview] Is Wikipedia Biased? [Download Preview] Technology, Age, and Shifting Privacy Concerns [Download Preview]
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Acapulco
American Economic Association Endogenous Legal and Regulatory Institutions: Theory and Evidence
(K1)
Presiding:
Carmine Guerriero
(ACLE and University of Amsterdam)
The Good Faith Purchaser: Markets, Culture and the Legal System [Download Preview] On the Benefits and Costs of Legal Expertise: Adjudication in Ancient Athens [Download Preview] Regulation versus Taxation [Download Preview] Democratization and civic capital [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Paolo Pinotti
(Bank of Italy)
Francesco Passarelli
(Bocconi University)
Carmine Guerriero
(ACLE and University of Amsterdam)
Andy F. Hanssen
(Clemson University)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Regency B
American Economic Association Exploiting Experiments and Quasi-Experiments to Identify Gender Related Outcomes
(Y9)
Presiding:
Tracy Regan
(University of Arizona)
Identification of the Effect of Depression on Risky Sexual Behavior: Exploiting a Natural Experiment [Download Preview] The Effects of Intrauterine Malnutrition on Birth and Fertility Outcomes: Evidence from the 1974 Bangladesh Famine [Download Preview] Who's the Boss at Home after Receiving Conditional Cash Transfers? [Download Preview] Does Gender Matter for Academic Promotion? Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Catalina Almuedo-Dorantes
(San Diego State University)
Martha Bailey
(University of Michigan)
Todd Sorensen
(University of California-Riverside)
Dina Shatnawi
(U.S. Naval Postgraduate School)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Grand Ballroom B
American Economic Association Financial Reform - What's Really Needed?
(G2)
Presiding:
Neil Wallace
(Pennsylvania State University)
The Safe-Asset Share [Download Preview] Three Principles for Market-Based Credit Regulation [Download Preview] Limited Purpose Banking -- Moving from Trust Me to Show Me Banking [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Robert Shiller
(Yale University)
Neil Wallace
(Pennsylvania State University)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Stetson Suite FG
American Economic Association Formation of Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills and Social Preferences
(C9)
Presiding:
William Harbaugh
(University of Oregon)
Effects of Parental Background on Other-Regarding Preferences in Children [Download Preview] Impatience and Uncertainty: Experimental Decisions Predict Adolescents' Field Behavior [Download Preview] Explaining Gender Differences in Competitiveness [Download Preview] Patience and Coordination in the Repeated Stag Hunt [Download Preview]
Discussants:
William Harbaugh
(University of Oregon)
David Cooper
(Florida State University)
Colin Camerer
(California Institute of Technology)
Shane Frederick
(Yale University)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Grand Suite 5
American Economic Association Insights from Financial History
(N2)
Presiding:
Michael Bordo
(Rutgers)
Domestic Exchange Rate Determination in Early Renaissance Florence [Download Preview] A Unified Italy? Sovereign Debt and Investor Scepticism [Download Preview] 130 Years of Fiscal Vulnerabilities and Currency Crashes in Advanced Economies [Download Preview] Monetary policy without interest rates. An evaluation of quantitative controls during France's Golden Age, 1945-1973 [Download Preview] If financial development matters, then how? National banks in the United States 1870--1900 [Download Preview]
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus G
American Economic Association Labor Economics
(J0)
Presiding:
Virginia Wilcox-Gok
(Northern Illinois University)
How Does Share Ownership Affect Employee Behaviour? Evidence from a Multinational Corporation [Download Preview] The Sources of Wage Variation: A Three-Way High-Dimensional Fixed Effects Model [Download Preview] The Effect of Endogenous Human Capital Accumulation on Optimal Taxation [Download Preview]
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Water Tower
American Economic Association Labor Market Analysis with Linked-Employer-Employee-Data
(J3)
Presiding:
Jean Marc Robin
(Sciences Po and University College London)
Tenure, Experience, Human Capital and Wages: A Tractable Equilibrium Search Model of Wage Dynamics [Download Preview] Returns to Tenure or Seniority? [Download Preview] Sorting and Earnings Dispersion Within and Between Firms [Download Preview] Understanding the Sources of Long-Term Earnings Losses after Job Loss
Discussants:
Joseph Altonji
(Yale University)
Francis Kramarz
(CREST-INSEE and Ecole Polytechnique)
Jeremy Lise
(University College London)
Fabien Postel-Vinay
(Bristol University)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Gold Coast
American Economic Association Macroeconomic Effects of Households Heterogeneity
(E2)
Presiding:
Marco Cozzi
(Queen's University)
Risk Aversion Heterogeneity, Risky Jobs and Wealth Inequality [Download Preview] A Quantitative Analysis of Unemployment Benefit Extensions [Download Preview] Durable Goods, Borrowing Constraints and Consumption Insurance [Download Preview] Household Responses to Individual Shocks: Disability, Labour Supply and Marriage [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Josep Pijoan Mas
(CEMFI)
Marco Cozzi
(Queen's University)
Makoto Nakajima
(Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Eric French
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus EF
American Economic Association Monetary Policy Decision-Making by Committees: Managing Risks versus Managing Uncertainty
(E5)
Presiding:
Francesco Mongelli
(European Central Bank and Goethe University Frankfurt)
Monetary Policy Decision-Making by Committees: Normal Times versus Crisis Times Dissent at the FOMC Member Type and Tenure Effects in the Bank of England's MPC [Download Preview] An International Comparison of Voting by Committees [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Alexander Jung
(European Central Bank)
Francisco Ruge-Murcia
(University of Montreal)
Jan-Marc Berk
(De Nederlandsche Bank)
Beata Bierut
(De Nederlandsche Bank)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Hong Kong
American Economic Association Philanthropy
(L3)
Presiding:
Jessica Holmes
(Middlebury College)
Transactions Costs and Social Distance in Philanthropy: Evidence from a Field Experiment [Download Preview] Do Charitable Subsidies Crowd Out Political Giving? The Missing Link between Charitable and Political Contributions [Download Preview] The impact of charitable subsidies on religious giving and attendance: Evidence from panel data [Download Preview] Charity Hazard in Crop Insurance [Download Preview] How Do Nonprofits Respond to Quality Disclosure? Evidence from Nonprofit Nursing Homes [Download Preview]
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus KL
American Economic Association Price Theory and Market Design
(D4)
Presiding:
Eric Budish
(University of chicago)
Market Power Screens Willingness-to-Pay [Download Preview] The Form of Incentive Contracts: Agency with Moral Hazard, Risk Neutrality, and Limited Liability [Download Preview] A Supply and Demand Framework for Two-Sided Matching Markets [Download Preview] Multilateral Matching [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Pierre-Andre Chiappori
(Columbia University)
David Sraer
(Princeton University)
Theodore Bergstrom
(University of California-Santa Barbara)
Ali Hortacsu
(University of Chicago)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Buckingham
American Economic Association Quality, Information, and Regulation
(L5)
Presiding:
Marc Santugini
(Institute of Applied Economics and CIRPEE, HEC Montreal)
Privacy Regulation and Market Structure [Download Preview] Regulating a Monopolist with Unverifiable Quality [Download Preview] Competitive Investment in Clean Technology and Uninformed Green Consumers [Download Preview] Information in Cournot: Signaling with Incomplete Control [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Kevin Pflum
(Ohio State University)
Aditi Sengupta
(Southern Methodist University)
Marc Santugini
(Institute of Applied Economics and CIRPEE, HEC Montreal)
James Campbell
(University of Toronto)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Grand Ballroom A
American Economic Association The Effects of Personality on Labor Market and Health Outcomes
(J1)
Presiding:
James Heckman
(University of Chicago)
Transmission of Inequality - Maternal Skills, Behavior and Birth Outcomes Conscientiousness, Education, and Longevity of High-Ability Individuals [Download Preview] Constructing Economically Justified Aggregates: An Application to the Early Origins of Health The Effects of Education, Personality, and IQ on Earnings of High-Ability Individuals
Discussants:
Heather Royer
(University of California-Santa Barbara)
Donald Kenkel
(Cornell University)
Frank Windmeijer
(University of Bristol)
Deborah Cobb-Clark
(University of Melbourne)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Crystal A
American Economic Association Trade and Labor Markets: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data
(F1)
Presiding:
Robert Feenstra
(University of California-Davis)
Trade Liberalization, Firm Heterogeneity, and Wages: New Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data Offshoring, Transition, and Training: Evidence from Danish Matched Worker-Firm Data [Download Preview] Liberalized Trade and Worker-Firm Matching [Download Preview] Exports and Wage Premia: Evidence from Mexican Employer-Employee Data
Discussants:
Oleg Itskhoki
(Princeton University)
Mine Z. Senses
(Johns Hopkins University)
Kerem Cosar
(University of Chicago)
Marc Muendler
(University of California-San Diego)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus IJ
American Economic Association What Economics Should We Teach Before Students Enter College: The Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics and the AP?
(A2) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
David Colander
(Middlebury College)
James Gwartney
(Floriday State University)
Richard MacDonald
(St. Cloud State University)
Stephen Marglin
(Harvard University)
Deirdre McCloskey
(University of Illinois-Chicago)
John Siegfried
(Vanderbilt University)
Helen Roberts
(University of Illinois-Chicago)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Zurich A
American Finance Association Asset Pricing Theory (Liquidity)
(G1)
Presiding:
Dimitri Vayanos
(London School of Economics & Political Science)
Asset Prices in General Equilibrium with Transactions Costs and Recursive Utility Amplification of Uncertainty in Illiquid Markets A Structural Model of Short-Term Reversals
Discussants:
Stavros Panageas
(University of Chicago)
Nicolae Garleanu
(University of California-Berkeley)
Thierry Foucault
(HEC Paris)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Zurich B
American Finance Association Corporate Finance and Product and Labor Markets
(G3)
Presiding:
Sudipto Dasgupta
(Hong Kong University of Science & Technology)
The Bright Side of Corporate Diversification: Evidence from Internal Labor Markets Corporate Hedging, Financial Distress, and Product Market Competition Equity Ownership and Product Prices Capital Allocation and Product Market Competition During a Financial Crisis
Discussants:
Belen Villalonga
(Harvard University)
Tim Adam
(Humboldt Univeristy of Berlin)
David Matsa
(Northwestern University)
Murillo Campello
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Zurich C
American Finance Association Corporate Governance and Informational Frictions
(G3)
Presiding:
Todd Milbourn
(Washington University in Saint Louis)
Competition for Managers, Corporate Governance and Incentive Compensation Corporate Governance and the Timing of Earnings Announcements Information Externalities in Corporate Governance
Discussants:
Jeffrey Coles
(Arizona State University)
Gerald Garvey
(BlackRock)
Antonio Falato
(Government of the United States of America)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Zurich E
American Finance Association Empirical Implications of Market Microstructures
(G1)
Presiding:
Lawrence Harris
(University of Southern California)
The Dark Side of Trading Subsidizing Liquidity: The Impact of Make/Take Fees on Market Quality Failures to Deliver, Short Sale Constraints, and Stock Overvaluation
Discussants:
Jonathan Karpoff
(University of Washington)
Robert Battalio
(University of Notre Dame)
Adam Reed
(University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Zurich F
American Finance Association Financial Intermediation and the Cost of Debt
(G2)
Presiding:
Philip Strahan
(Boston College)
On the Non-Exclusivity of Loan Contracts: An Empirical Investigation Did Securitization Affect the Cost of Corporate Debt? The Spillover Effects of Hurricane Katrina on Corporate Bonds and the Choice between Bank and Bond Financing
Discussants:
Mitchell Petersen
(Northwestern University)
Joao Santos
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Darren Kisgen
(Boston College)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Zurich G
American Finance Association Mutual Fund Performance 2
(G2)
Presiding:
William Goetzmann
(Yale School of Management)
Are Mutual Funds Sitting Ducks? The Mutual Fund Industry Worldwide: Explicit and Closet Indexing, Fees, and Performance Agency Problems in Target-Date Funds
Discussants:
Dong Lou
(London School of Economics & Political Science)
Henri Servaes
(London Business School)
Daniel Bergstresser
(Harvard Business School)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, St. Gallen 1
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association House Price Volatility
(R3)
Presiding:
Thomas Thibodueau
(University of Colorado-Boulder)
A Consistent Estimate of Land Price, Structure Price and Depreciation Factor The Evolution of House Price Capitalization and the Yield Curve Liquidity and the Volatility of House Prices
Discussants:
Steve Billings
(University of North Carolina-Charlotte)
Peter Zorn
(Freddie Mac)
Liang Peng
(University of Colorado-Boulder)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Vevey 3
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association Loan Modifications
(G3)
Presiding:
Lynn Fisher
(University of North Carolina)
Beyond the Transaction: Depository Institutions and Reduced Mortgage Default for Low Income Homebuyers Determinants of the Outcomes of Loan Modifications Do Foreclosure Delays Improve Borrower Outcomes? Second Lien Investors and the Holdup Problem in Mortgage Renegotiation
Discussants:
Robert Van Order
(George Washington University)
Brent Ambrose
(Pennsylvania State University)
Karen Pence
(Federal Reserve Board)
Chris Foote
(Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, St. Gallen 2
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association Pricing and Commercial Real Estate
(L7)
Presiding:
James Shilling
(DePaul University)
Commercial Real Estate Rental Index: A Dynamic Panel Data Model Estimation Do We Need Non-Linear Models to Predict REIT Returns? Univariate and Multivariate Evidence from Density Forecasts Managerial Incentives and risk-taking-evidence from REITs Market Timing and Investment Selection: Evidence from Real Estate Investors
Discussants:
Jay Hartzell
(University of Texas-Austin)
Dean Gatzlaff
(Florida State University)
David Geltner
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
J. Sa-Aadu
(University of Iowa)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Vevey 2
Association for Comparative Economic Studies Post-Crisis Policies in East European and CIS Countries
(P5)
Presiding:
Josef Brada
(Arizona State University)
Recent Financial Crisis and Capital Flight from Central and East European Countries: Estimates and Causes Fiscal Policy and Sovereign Risk in Central and Eastern Europe Exchange Rates in Central and East European Countries: Evidence from the Pre- and Post-Crisis Periods The Role of the National Oil Fund and Samruk Kazyna in Economic Stabilization and Recovery in Kazakhstan: Is the Future Now?
Discussants:
William T. Gavin
(Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
Jürgen von Hagen
(University of Bonn)
Julius Horváth
(Central European University)
Gian Cesare Romagnoli
(University of Rome III)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Montreux 1
Association for Evolutionary Economics Money, Banking and Bailouts
(E5)
Presiding:
Gary Dymski
(University of California-Riverside)
The Roots of the Neoliberal Financialization: 1946 to 1980 Will Basel III Succeed Where Basel II and Basel I Failed? Financialization and Global Financial Crisis in Latin American Countries Following the Money: An Empirical Analysis of the Fed's Bailout Bosnia's Microfinance Meltdown
Discussants:
Marshall Auerback
(Roosevelt Institute)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Vevey 1
Association of Environmental & Resource Economists Environmental Regulation
(Q5)
Presiding:
Tom Lyon
(University of Michigan)
The Accuracy of Selfâ€Reported Pollution Data: Evidence from the Clean Water Act The Influence of Financial Status on the Effectiveness of Environmental Enforcement Hitting where it hurts? Stock market reaction to USEPA press releases A Hedonic Analysis of Water Quality in the Adirondack Park
Discussants:
Sheila Olmstead
(Resources for the Future)
Anna Alberini
(University of Maryland)
Tom Lyon
(University of Michigan)
Kevin Boyle
(Virginia Tech)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Dusable
Econometric Society Econometrics of High Frequency Financial Data
(C5)
Presiding:
-- TBD
()
Realized Laplace Transforms for Estimation of Jump Diffusive Volatility Models Fact or friction: Jumps at Ultra High Frequency The Estimation of Leverage effect with High Frequency Data Identifying the Successive Blumental-Getoor Indices of a Discretely Observed Process
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Addams
Econometric Society Inference in Non-Standard Problems
(C1)
Presiding:
Matias Cattaneo
(University of Michigan)
Generalized Jackknife Estimators of Weighted Average Derivatives Contributions to the Theory of Similar Tests Semiparametric Estimation with Generated Covariates Out-of-Sample Comparisons of Overfit Models
Discussants:
Christoph Sebastian Rothe
(Toulouse School of Economics)
Gray Calhoun
(Iowa State University)
Matias Damian Cattaneo
(University of Michigan)
Humberto Moreira
(EPGE Getulio Vargas Foundation)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 260
Econometric Society Innovation and Economic Growth
(O4)
Presiding:
-- TBD
()
Back to Basics: Private and Public Investment in Basic R&D and Macroeconomic Growth Identifying Technology Spillovers and Product Market Rivalry Skill Composition, Outsourcing, and the Direction of Innovation Knowledge Linkages and Multi-Sector Firm Innovations
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Regency D
Econometric Society Invited Lectures: Behavioral Economics
(D0)
Presiding:
Jonathan Levin
(Stanford University)
Invited Lectures: Behavioral Economics Invited Lectures: Behavioral Economics
Discussants:
Andrei Shleifer
(Harvard University)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Field
Econometric Society Sovereign Bond Risk
(F3)
Presiding:
Sergio Rebelo
(Northwestern University)
Default and the Maturity Structure in Sovereign Bonds Systemic Sovereign Credit Risk: Lessons from the U.S. and Europe Sovereign Default Risk and Bank Fragility in Financially Integrated Economies Common Factors and Commonality in Sovereign CDS Spreads: A consumption-based explanation
Discussants:
Mark Aguiar
(University of Rochester)
Adrien Verdelhan
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Philipp Schnabl
(New York University)
Anna Cieslak
(Northwestern University)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Wrigley
Health Economics Research Organization Contributed Papers in the Economics of Specialist Care, Agents and Brokers in Health Insurance, and Quality in the Nursing Home Market
(I1)
Presiding:
J. Fitzmaurice
(Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
The Role of Agents and Brokers in the Market for Health Insurance Returns to Specialist Care: Evidence from Supply Shocks Quality Disclosure and Demand Rationing: Evidence from the Nursing Home Market
Discussants:
Philip Cooper
(Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
John A. Graves
(Harvard University)
Al Dobson
(Dobson DaVanzo & Associates)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, St. Gallen 3
International Banking, Economics & Finance Association Liquidity in Financial Markets
(G2)
Presiding:
Mahmood Zaidi
(University of Minnesota)
Liquidity Effects on Asset Prices, Financial Stability and Economic Resilience The Basel III Net Stable Funding Ratio and Bank Liquidity Mismatches Liquidity Hoarding and the Financial Crisis: An Empirical Evaluation Transmission of Bank Liquidity Shocks in Loan and Deposit Markets: The Role of Interbank Borrowing and Market Monitoring
Discussants:
Robert R. Bliss
(Wake Forest University)
Alistair Milne
(Loughborough University)
Pierre Siklos
(Wilfrid Laurier University)
Lamont Black
(Federal Reserve Board)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, McCormick
International Health Economics Association Inefficiency in Health Care Markets
(I1)
Presiding:
James Burgess
(Boston University)
Inefficiency and Health Insurance Inefficiency and Spending Growth Inefficiency and the Public and Private Sectors
Discussants:
Mark Pauly
(University of Pennsylvania)
Michael Chernew
(Harvard University)
Stephen T. Parente
(University of Minnesota)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Burnham
International Society for Inventory Research Inventories and Business Cycles
(E3)
Presiding:
James Kahn
(Yeshiva University)
The Response of Capital Goods Shipments to Demand over the Business Cycle:
A Stylized Fact and Some Potential Explanations Pervasive Lumpiness When Do Inventories Destabilize the Economy? An Analytical Approach to (S,s) Policies Durable Goods Productin and Inventory Dynamics: An Application to the Automobile Industry
Discussants:
Jon Willis
(Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City)
Francois Gourio
(Boston University)
Daniele Coen-Pirani
(University of Pittsburgh)
Pierre-Daniel Sarte
(Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Palmer House Hilton, Salons 7-9
Labor & Employment Relations Association Job Quality: Trends and Challenges
(J4)
Presiding:
Ruth Milkman
(City University of New York Graduate Center)
Career Ladders: Prospects and Challenges All Work and No Pay: Violations of Employment and Labor Laws in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City Improving Job Quality in Health Care and Hospitality
Discussants:
Ruth Milkman
(City University of New York Graduate Center)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Palmer House Hilton, Crystal Room
Labor & Employment Relations Association LERA Poster Session
(J5) (Poster Session)
Presiding:
Robert Hoell
(Georgia Southern University)
Does Meeting Employees' Preference of Hours Pay off: An Empirical Study of Canadian Workers Understanding the Differences in Longevity Expectancy between Older American Entreprensurs and Their Peers Following the Work: Case Studies of Public Sector Unions Organizing in the Private Sector High School Employment and the Development of Occupation-Specific Human Capital Does Unions' Voice Matter in Chinese Workplace? Evidence from 1268 firms in China Certification Elections in Hospital and Non-Hospital Healthcare Industry Segments Factors Related to Employment Spells Spillover of Domestic Violence into the Workplace: Where We Stand From Breach to Violation: An Examination of the Moderating Role of Union Instrumentality upon Perceptions of Psychological Contract Breach and Violations Antecedents of Union Loyalty and Membership: The Impact of Pro-Union Attitudes, Union Instrumentality, and Procedural Justice Who Stays and Who Leaves: CEO Change and Non-CEO Top Executive Turnover High Involvement Work Practices From Employees' Perspectives: The Relationship Among Individual Practices and Performance Effect on High Involvement Work Practice Indices Card-Check Laws and Public Sector Union Membership Labour Rights and Export Performance Developing A Canadian Economic Dashboard: A US-Canadian Comparison Blocking Unions and Breaking Strikes: Employers' Use of Temps during Labor Disputes Analysis of Labor Arbitration Decisions Regarding Workplace Safety & Health: 1979-2010 America Needs a New Set of Labor Laws Solidarity for Never: Does the Sherman Antitrust Act Subvert Collective Bargaining in Professional Sports? Unions, Innovation, and Technology Adoption: New Insights from the Cross-Country Evidence New Technologies Demand New Sociotechnical Work Design and Capabilities Beyond Commitment Conflict: An Investigation of the Relationships between Union, Career and Organizational Commitments
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Palmer House Hilton, Salon 12
Labor & Employment Relations Association Skills, Work, and Technology: The Increased Supply of Global Graduates and its Implications
(J1)
Presiding:
Charles J. Whalen
(Congressional Budget Office)
India's Talent-led Growth Model China's Ten-Fold Increase in Graduates: Will Labor Demand Absorb Them? Changes in the UK Graduate Labor Market Global Talent Arbitrage and Its Implications for the US
Discussants:
Richard B. Freeman
(Harvard University)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Montreux 2
National Association of Forensic Economics Forensic Economics II
(K1)
Presiding:
Marc Weinstein
(Team Economics, LLC)
Years of Worklife Capacity under the Traditional Markov Model A Scientific Approach to Mitigation of Economic Damages in Discrimination and Wrongful Discharge Cases Household Services Production in Mexico
Discussants:
David I. Rosenbaum
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
David D. Jones
(Economic Consulting Services, LLC)
Rick Gaskins
(Gaskins Associates, PC)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Palmer House Hilton, Grand Park Parlor
National Economic Association/African Finance & Economics Association Macro Issues on African Development
(O1)
Presiding:
Gregory Price
(Morehouse College)
Higher Education, Private Sector Development and Economic Development in Africa Sustaining Growth of African Economies: Ethnicity, Policy Syndromes and Governance The Implications of Capital Flight for Growth and Economic Development in Africa Effect of HIV/AIDS on FDI: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa The Role of Fiscal Policy in Tackling the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Southern Africa
Discussants:
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
(Georgia Institute of Technology)
Juliet Elu
(Morehouse College)
Mina Baliamoune-Lutz
(University of North Florida)
John Karikari
(Government Accountability Office)
Isaac Kanyama
(University of Kansas)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, New Orleans
Society for Economic Dynamics The Zero Lower Bound
(E5)
Presiding:
Emmanuel Farhi
(Harvard)
Unconventional Fiscal Policy at the Zero Bound Debt, Deleveraging, and the Liquidity Trap Does the Zero Lower Bound Cause High Unemployment? A Harder Question than You Think Crises, Precautionary Savings, and the Liquidity Trap
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 272
Society of Government Economists Food Stamps: Participation and Food Insecurity
(I3)
Presiding:
Timothy Smeeding
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
The Role of Information in SNAP Caseloads Trends in Income Volatility and Food Insufficiency Among U.S. Households: The Effects of Imputed Income in the Survey of Income and Program Participation Downloading Benefits: The Impact of Online Food Stamp Applications on Participation Partially Identifying the Impact of Food Stamps on Food Insecurity Among Children: Addressing Endogeneity and Misreporting Using the SIPP
Discussants:
Hilary Hoynes
(University of California-Davis)
Scott Cody
(Mathematica Policy Research)
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Palmer House Hilton, Indiana Room
Union for Radical Political Economists Exploitation and Class, Thirty Years after "A General Theory"
(D3)
Presiding:
Frank Thompson
(University of Michigan)
Class, Exploitation and the Shmoo The Facets of Exploitation Exploitation as the Unequal Exchange of Labour: An Axiomatic Approach
Discussants:
John Roemer
(Yale University)
Gil Skillman
(Wesleyan University)
Roberto Veneziani
(Queen Mary University of London)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Horner
African Finance & Economics Association African Economic Development I
(O1)
Presiding:
Diery Seck
(Center for Research on Political Economy, Senegal)
Do African Monetary Arrangements Make Sense? Evidence Based on Business Cycle Symmetry Non Tariff Barriers (NTB) to Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa A Cost-Benefit Framework for Evaluating Conditional Cash Transfer Programs with an Application to Cash Transfers for OVCs in Kenya Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard in Health Insurance: The Case of Ghana East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa: Growth Comparison Financial Development and Economic Growth: Empirical Study of Ghana
Discussants:
Akpan Ekpo
(West African Institute for Financial & Economic Management)
Jane KARONGA
(Economic Commission for Africa)
John Anyanwu
(African Development Bank)
Oladele Omosegbon
(Indiana Wesleyan University)
Augustin Fosu
(UN University-WIDER and University of Ghana-Legon)
Désiré Vencatachellum
(African Development Bank)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Montreux 3
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Why Peers Matter: Social Networks in Status, Learning and Influence
(J2)
Presiding:
Alex Winter-Nelson
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Standing Together: Social Networks, Female Empowerment, and
Child Welfare in India The Pursuit of Happiness: A Model of Peers, Status, and Labor
Supply As Good as the Networks They Keep?: Expanding Farmer's Social
Networks via Randomized Information Exchange in Rural Uganda
Discussants:
Laura Schechter
(Michigan State University)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Crystal A
American Economic Association Attention and Choice
(D8)
Presiding:
David Laibson
(Harvard University)
Inattentive Choice [Download Preview] Sparsity-Based Modeling of Bounded Rationality: A Simple Formulation for Empirical Work [Download Preview] Salience in Experimental Tests of the Endowment Effect [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Daniel Kahneman
(Princeton University)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus G
American Economic Association Bank Risk
(G2)
Presiding:
Karlyn Mitchell
(North Carolina State University)
Success-Driven Skill-Inferences and Financial Crises [Download Preview] The Role of Interbank Relationships and Liquidity Needs [Download Preview] Information Acquisition in Rumor-Based Bank Runs [Download Preview] (Inter-state) Banking and (Inter-state) Trade: Does Real Integration Follow Financial Integration? [Download Preview] Syndication, Interconnectedness, and Systemic Risk [Download Preview]
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus CD
American Economic Association Coping with Economic and Environmental Shocks: Institutions and Outcomes
(N6)
Presiding:
Robert Fogel
(University of Chicago and NBER)
Migration and Natural Disasters: Evidence from the 1920s [Download Preview] Nature versus Nurture: The Environment's Persistent Influence through the Modernization of American Agriculture [Download Preview] Adaptation to Climate Change in pre-industrial Iceland [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Joseph Ferrie
(Northwestern University)
Robert Topel
(University of Chicago)
David Zilberman
(University of California-Berkeley)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Regency B
American Economic Association Currency Unions and Macroeconomic Policies
(F4)
Presiding:
Kenneth West
(University of Wisconsin)
Real Exchange Rate Adjustment In and Out of the Eurozone [Download Preview] Fiscal Consolidation in an Open Economy [Download Preview] Optimal Capital Controls in a Currency-Peg Economy
Discussants:
Brent Neiman
(University of Chicago)
Jordi Gali
(Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Andrew Rose
(University of California-Berkeley)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Grand Ballroom B
American Economic Association Empirical Evidence on Exchange Rates
(F3)
Presiding:
Marcel Fratzscher
(European Central Bank)
Can Oil Prices Forecast Exchange Rates? [Download Preview] Conditional Exchange Rate Risk Premia Can International Macroeconomic Models Explain Low-Frequency Movements of Real Exchange Rates? [Download Preview] The Contributions of Economic Fundamentals to Movements in Exchange Rates [Download Preview] Market News, Central Bank Priorities, and Exchange Rates
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Toronto
American Economic Association Family Structure and Intra-household Bargaining: Causes and Consequences
(Y9)
Presiding:
Erica Field
(Duke University)
Kinship and Financial Networks, Formal Financial Access and Risk Reduction [Download Preview] Female Labor Supply and Intra-Household Bargaining Power [Download Preview] Credit to Women Entrepreneurs: The Curse of the Trustworthier Sex [Download Preview] Property Rights and Intra-household Bargaining [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Santosh Anagol
(University of Pennsylvania)
Elizabeth Brainard
(Brandeis University)
Margaret McConnell
(Harvard University)
Nancy Qian
(Yale University)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Acapulco
American Economic Association Financial Frictions and the Business Cycle
(E4)
Presiding:
Markus Brunnermeier
(Princeton University)
Asset markets with heterogenoeus information [Download Preview] Maturity Rationing [Download Preview] Aggregate Implications of a Credit Crunch [Download Preview] Which Financial Frictions? Parsing the Evidence from the Financial Crisis of 2007-9 [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Peter Kondor
(Central European University)
Zhiguo He
(University of Chicago)
Guido Lorenzoni
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Simon Gilchrist
(Boston University)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus KL
American Economic Association Health Insurance and Health Care Practice
(I1)
Presiding:
Amy Finkelstein
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
The Oregon Medicaid Experiment: Evidence from the first year [Download Preview] Bankruptcy as Implicit Health Insurance [Download Preview] Distinguishing Overuse, Underuse, and Expertise in Health Care
Discussants:
Mark Duggan
(University of Maryland)
Tal Gross
(Columbia University)
Matthew Notowidigdo
(University of Chicago)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Regency D
American Economic Association Innovation and Growth
(O4)
Presiding:
Daron Acemoglu
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
The Allocation of Talent and U.S. Economic Growth [Download Preview] Cyclical Macro Policy and Industry Growth Innovation, Reallocation and Growth The Slow Growth of New Plants: Learning about Demand? [Download Preview]
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Water Tower
American Economic Association Measurement Issues in Finance and Productivity
(G2)
Presiding:
Randall Kroszner
(University of Chicago and NBER)
Discovering the Universe: Measuring the Role of Finance Companies in the U.S. Economy The Measurement of Banking Services in the System of National Accounts [Download Preview] Measuring Non-Production and Supervisory Hours for Productivity Measurement Measuring State-Level Productivity in the Private Business Sector
Discussants:
Peter Rousseau
(Vanderbilt University)
Robert Inklaar
(University of Groningen)
Jason Faberman
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
John Fernald
(Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Grand Ballroom CD North
American Economic Association Measuring Systemic Risk
(G1)
Presiding:
Lars Peter Hansen
(University of Chicago)
An Agent Based Model of the Household Sector New Issues in Systemic Risk Rankings Privacy-Preserving Methods for Sharing Financial Risk Exposures [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Bryan Kelly
(University of Chicago)
Paul Kupiec
(Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
Stefano Giglio
(Harvard University)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus EF
American Economic Association Merger Analysis and Policy
(L4)
Presiding:
Allan Collard-Wexler
(New York University)
The First-Order Approach to Merger Analysis [Download Preview] Merger Policy in a Dynamic Industry Model Practical Merger Analysis PRICE COMPETITION AND CONCENTRATION IN SEARCH AND NEGOTIATION MARKETS: EVIDENCE FROM MORTGAGE LENDING [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Timothy F. Bresnahan
(Stanford University)
Ariel Pakes
(Harvard University)
Matthew Gentzkow
(University of Chicago)
Liran Einav
(Stanford University)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus IJ
American Economic Association Mortgage Markets and Policy Response
(G3)
Presiding:
John Campbell
(Harvard University)
Going for Broke: New Century Financial Corporation, 2004-2006 Lemons and CDOs: Why Did So Many Lenders Issue Poorly Performing CDOs? [Download Preview] Can Owning a Home Hedge the Risk of Moving? [Download Preview] Can Government Intervention Improve Market Outcome? Evidence from HAMP Modification Program
Discussants:
Gadi Berlevy
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Victoria Ivashina
(Harvard University)
Tom Davidoff
(University of British Columbia)
Francesco Trebbi
(University of British Columbia)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Regency A
American Economic Association Panel Discussion: Using Blogs to Teach Undergraduate Economics
(A2)
Presiding:
Gail Hoyt
(University of Kentucky)
Economics for Teachers Grasping Reality with a Sharp Beak: The Semi-Daily Journal of Economist J. Bradford Delong Freakonomics Marginal Revolution Economists Do It with Models
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Grand Ballroom A
American Economic Association Personality Theory, Decision Theory and Economics
(D8)
Presiding:
James Heckman
(University of Chicago)
Personality, Psychology and Economics An Economic Model of Virtue, Self Control and Addiction Toward the Integration of Personality Theory and Decision Theory in the Explanation of Economic and Health Behavior [Download Preview] Who Reacts the Most Strongly Following Economic Events? Personality/Environmental Interactions as Predictors of Change in Life Satisfaction Following Unemployment, Disability, and Income Gains The Heritability of Personality and Gene-Environment Interactions
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Gold Coast
American Economic Association Sovereign Wealth Funds: Threat or Salvation?
(G2)
Presiding:
Will Goetzmann
(Yale University)
The Investment Strategies of Sovereign Wealth Funds [Download Preview] Sovereign Wealth Fund Portfolios [Download Preview] Sovereign Wealth Investing from a National Balance-Sheet Perspective [Download Preview] Determinants of Sovereign Wealth Fund Investment in Private Equity [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Josh Rauh
(Northwestern University)
Patrick Bolton
(Columbia University)
Udaibir Saran Das
(International Monetary Fund)
Re-Jin Guo
(University of Illinois-Chicago)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Crystal B
American Economic Association The United States and China in the World Economy
(F4)
Presiding:
Dominick Salvatore
(Fordham University)
Growing Human Capital Investment in China Compared to Falling Investment in the United States U.S. and China in the World Economy: The Balance of Payments and the Balance of Power China: Imposing Economic Threat or Unprecedented Growth Opportunity? The United States and China in the World Economy
Discussants:
Gary Becker
(University of Chicago)
Robert Mundell
(Columbia University)
Lawrence Summers
(Harvard University)
Robert Zoellick
(World Bank)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Regency C
American Economic Association Unconventional Monetary Policies in Crisis Times: Which Impact and What Legacy?
(E5)
Presiding:
Philippe Moutot
(European Central Bank)
What Happens If "Unconventional" Monetary Policies Become More Conventional? QE, CE, and Their Impacts Where to Inject Liquidity? A General-Equilibrium Analysis of a Financial Crisis An Unconventional Comparison of the Fed, the ECB and the Bank of Japan in Crisis Times
Discussants:
James J McAndrews
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Dieter Gerdesmeier
(European Central Bank and Frankfurt School of Finance and Management)
Ricardo Reis
(Columbia University)
Barbara Roffia
(European Central Bank)
Francesco P. Mongelli
(European Central Bank and Goethe University Frankfurt)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Grand Suite 3
American Economic Association Unemployment and the Business Cycle: The Role of Firm Heterogeneity
(E2)
Presiding:
William Hawkins
(University of Rochester)
Marginal Jobs, Heterogeneous Firms, and Unemployment Flows [Download Preview] Do Large-Firm Bargaining Models Amplify and Propagate Aggregate Productivity Shocks? [Download Preview] Efficient Firm Dynamics in a Frictional Labor Market [Download Preview] Uncertainty, Productivity and Unemployment during the Great Recession [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Marcelo Veracierto
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Veronica Guerrieri
(University of Chicago)
Richard Rogerson
(Princeton University)
Guido Menzio
(University of Pennsylvania)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Zurich B
American Finance Association Asset Pricing Theory I
(G1)
Presiding:
Leonid Kogan
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
An Epidemiological Approach to Opinion and Price-Volume Dynamics Information Acquisition, Social Network and Asset Prices Skewness in Stock Returns: Reconciling the Evidence on Firm versus Aggregate Returns
Discussants:
Alp Simsek
(Harvard University)
Dimitri Vayanos
(London School of Economics & Political Science)
Johan Walden
(University of California-Berkeley)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Zurich E
American Finance Association Equity Risk Premium
(G1)
Presiding:
Wayne Ferson
(Boston College)
What is the Consumption-CAPM Missing? An Information-Theoretic Framework for the Analysis of Asset Pricing Models On the Timing and Pricing of Dividends The Stock Market Price of Commodity Risk
Discussants:
John Heaton
(University of Chicago)
Paul Schultz
(University of Notre Dame)
Timothy Simin
(Pennsylvania State University)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Zurich C
American Finance Association Executive Compensation 1
(G3)
Presiding:
Robert Parrino
(University of Texas-Austin)
Blockholders on Boards and CEO Compensation, Turnover and Firm Valuation Relative Performance Evaluation in CEO Compensation: Evidence from the 2006 Disclosure Rules Promoting the Quiet Life or Risk-Taking? CEO Severance Contracts and Managerial Decision-Making
Discussants:
Mark Huson
(University of Alberta)
Todd Milbourn
(Washington University in Saint Louis)
David Yermack
(New York University)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Zurich F
American Finance Association Individual Investor Behavior
(G1)
Presiding:
Gideon Saar
(Cornell University)
Beyond the Disposition Effect: Do Investors Really Like Realizing Gains More than Losses? Political Climate, Optimism, and Investment Decisions From Customers to Shareholders: The Effect of Product Market Choices on Investment Decisions
Discussants:
Wei Xiong
(Princeton University)
Tyler Shumway
(University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)
Lauren Cohen
(Harvard Business School)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Zurich G
American Finance Association Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts 2
(G3)
Presiding:
David Robinson
(Duke University)
Economic Nationalism in Mergers and Acquisitions Acquiring Innovation Corporate Innovations and Mergers and Acquisitions Shopping for Information? Diversification and the Network of Industries
Discussants:
Randall Morck
(University of Alberta)
Gordon Phillips
(University of Maryland)
Amit Seru
(University of Chicago)
Kenneth Ahern
(University of Michigan)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Zurich A
American Finance Association Mutual Fund Performance 1
(G2)
Presiding:
Russell Wermers
(University of Maryland)
Investor Learning and Mutual Fund Flows Caught in the Act: How Hedge Funds Manipulate Their Equity Positions Mutual Fund Families and Performance Evaluation Know When to Hold 'Em and Know When to Fold 'Em: The Success of Frequent Hedge Fund Activists
Discussants:
David Musto
(University of Pennsylvania)
Nicolas P.B. Bollen
(Vanderbilt University)
Lubos Pastor
(University of Chicago)
K. J. Martin Cremers
(Yale School of Management)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Vevey 3
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association Capitalization of Local Amenities
(R3)
Presiding:
Leah Brooks
(University of Toronto)
How Are Homeowners Associations Capitalized into Property Values? Ethnic Diversity and the Spatial Pattern of Neighborhood House Prices Historic Preservation and Residential Property Values: Evidence from Quantile Regression Residential Energy Literacy and Capitalization
Discussants:
Benoy Jacob
(University of Colorado-Denver)
Kathy O'Regan
(New York University)
Douglas Noonan
(Georgia Institute of Technology)
Elliot Anenberg
(Federal Reserve Board)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, St. Gallen 1
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association Labor and Housing Impacts of the Recent Crisis
(R2)
Presiding:
Edward Coulson
(Pennsylvania State University)
Caught in the Housing Bubble: Immigrants' Housing Outcomes in Traditional Gateways and Newly Emerging Destinations Locked in the House: Do Underwater Mortgages Reduce Labor Market Mobility? Mortgage Default Risk and Local Unemployment On The Effects of the Foreclosure Crisis on Family's Living Arrangements
Discussants:
Herman Li
(Pennsylvania State University)
Lynn Fisher
(University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Xun Bian
(Pennsylvania State University)
Raven Molloy
(Federal Reserve Board)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Wright
American Society of Hispanic Economists Topics in Immigration, Employment, and Health
(J3)
Presiding:
Ronald Oaxaca
(University of Arizona)
The Impact of Mandated Employment Verification Systems on Labor Market Outcomes:
Does E-Verify Affect Hiring Practices? Temporary Immigrant Worker Programs in the U.S. Selectivity and Immigrant Employment The Health Paradox and the Selectivity of Mexican Migrants to the U.S.
Discussants:
Marie Mora
(University of Texas-Pan American)
Alberto Davila
(University of Texas-Pan American)
David J Molina
(University of North Texas)
Andres Vargas
(Texas Tech University)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Vevey 2
Association for Comparative Economic Studies Institutions, Investment, and Innovation
(P5)
Presiding:
Jan Svejnar
(University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)
Does Foreign Entry Spur Innovation? Do Institutions Matter for FDI Spillovers? The Implications of China's "Special Characteristics" Dividing the Spoils: Party Nationalization, Credibility, and Foreign Direct Investment Does Corruption Discourage Investment in Human Capital?: Evidence from Post-Soviet Economies
Discussants:
John P. Bonin
(Wesleyan University)
Daniel Berkowitz
(University of Pittsburgh)
Olesya Tkacheva
(University of Rochester)
Klara Sabirianova Peter
(University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Montreux 1
Association for Evolutionary Economics Veblenian Roots and Implications of the Great Crisis
(B1)
Presiding:
James Sturgeon
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Agency, Identity and the Great Crisis Social Transformations in Post Industrial Societies: On the Highway to the First Great Financial Crisis of the 21st Century Deja Vu: It Happened Again The Veblenian Predator and Financial Crises: A View from 1923 Veblen’s Predator and the Great Crisis
Discussants:
James I. Sturgeon
(University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Christoph von Freydorf
(University of Erfurt)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, St. Gallen 3
Association for Social Economics The Economics of Corporate Social Responsibility I: Communities, Countries, and Cultures
(L2)
Presiding:
Wilfred Dolfsma
(University of Groningen)
Corporate Social Responsibility and National Competitive Advantage A Stakeholder Framework Represents Corporate Social Performance as Social and Ethical Responsibilities: The Case of BP and Shell Welfare Implications of Preference Externalities: Implications for Estimating Wal-Mart's Effects Corruption and Social Responsibility
Discussants:
Wilfred A. Dolfsma
(University of Groningen)
Darline Augustine
(Baruch College, CUNY)
Emek Basker
(University of Missouri)
Phillip A. O'Hara
(Curtin University)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 269
Association for the Study of Cuban Economy The Cuban Economy
(P2)
Presiding:
Deirdre McCloskey
(University of Illinois-Chicago)
Recession and Policy Transmission to Latin American Tourism: Does Expanded Travel to Cuba Offset Crisis Spillovers? Cuban Household Consumption: An Update Cuba's Evolving Output Gap
Discussants:
Deirdre McCloskey
(University of Illinois-Chicago)
Oscar Mitnik
(University of Miami)
Luis Locay
(University of Miami)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Ogden
Association for the Study of Grants Economy/International Association for Feminist Economics Not Markets Alone: Caregiving, Well Being, and Public Goods
(J4)
Presiding:
Agneta Stark
(Dalarna University)
Focal Points, Gender Norms and Reciprocation in Public Goods Games Why Care? Social Norms, Relative Income and the Supply of Unpaid Care What Do We Learn about Unpaid Care Work from China's First-Time Use Survey? Who Cares for Parents in Need? Evidence from China
Discussants:
Laura Gee
(University of California-San Diego)
Agneta Stark
(Dalarna University)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Vevey 1
Association of Environmental & Resource Economists Current Issues in Climate Policy
(Q5)
Presiding:
Lawrence Goulder
(Stanford University)
Comparing the Costs of Alternative Policies for Climate Finance Designing Efficient Markets for Carbon Offsets with Distributional Constraints Optimal Global Dynamic Carbon Abatement Why Don’t More Firms Buy Cheaper Carbon Offsets in the EU ETS?
Discussants:
Lawrence Goulder
(Stanford University)
Juan-Pablo Montero
(PUC-Chile)
Harrison Fell
(Resources for the Future)
William Pizer
(Duke University)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Wrigley
Association of Financial Economists/American Economic Association Banking and Systematic Risk
(G2)
Presiding:
Gregory Udell
(Indiana University)
A New Theory of Banking Inefficiency [Download Preview] Loan Prospecting [Download Preview] A Pyrrhic Victory? Bank Bailouts and Sovereign Credit Risk [Download Preview] On the Network Topology of Variance Decompositions: Measuring the Connectedness of Financial Firms [Download Preview]
Discussants:
David Ross
(Columbia University)
Robert Marquez
(Boston University)
Ernst-Ludvig von Thadden
(Universitat Mannheim)
Blake LeBaron
(Brandeis University)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Stetson Suite BC
Association of Indian Economics & Financial Studies Topics in Economic Development
(O1)
Presiding:
Sushanta Mallick
(Queen Mary University of London)
Goods Allocation by Queuing and the Occurrence of Violence: A Probabilistic Analysis Bad Advice: Explaining Persistence of Whole Life Insurance Do Natural Resource Revenues Hinder Financial Development? The Role of Political Institutions How Does Targeting Emission Embedded in Consumption rather than Production alter Welfare Implications in Developed and Developing Economies? Government Bias in Education, Schooling, Attainment and Growth
Discussants:
Parag Waknis
(University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth)
Amit Ghosh
(Illinois Wesleyan University)
Kusum Mundra
(Rutgers University)
Valaerie Cerra
(International Monetary Fund)
Shailendra Gajanan
(University of Pittsburgh)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, New Orleans
Chinese Economic Association in North America/American Economic Association Macroeconomics of Financial Markets
(G1)
Presiding:
Lee Ohanian
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Credit Checks and Labor Market Outcomes [Download Preview] Is the Volatility of the Market Price of Risk Due to Intermittent Portfolio Re-balancing? Financial Markets and Unemployment [Download Preview] The Limited Contribution of Financial Crises to Depressions
Discussants:
Been-Lon Chen
(Academia Sinica)
Shu-Chun Susan Yang
(International Monetary Fund)
Yi-Chan Tsai
(University of Tokyo)
Tzu-Ying Daphne Chen
(Florida State University)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Dusable
Econometric Society Business Cycles, Volatility and Uncertainty
(E3)
Presiding:
Steven J. Davis
(University of Chicago)
Houses as ATMs? Mortgage Refinancing and Macroeconomic Uncertainty Measuring Economic Policy Uncertainty The Cyclicality of Productivity Dispersion Inflation Expectations and Readiness to Spend: Cross-Sectional Evidence
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Field
Econometric Society Intermediation and Transport Costs in International Trade
(F1)
Presiding:
Amit Kandelwal
(Columbia Business School)
Quality Uncertainty and Intermediation in International Trade Carry-Along Trade The Tip of the Iceberg: A Quantitative Framework for Estimating Trade Costs Estimating Productivity with Multi-product Firms, Pricing Hheterogeneity and the Role of International Trade
Discussants:
Robert Christopher Johnson
(Dartmouth College)
Stefania Garetto
(Boston University)
Marc-Andreas Muendler
(University of California-San Diego)
Amit Khandelwal
(Columbia Business School)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Stetson Suite FG
Econometric Society Journal of Business and Economic Statistics Invited Address
(C1)
Presiding:
Keisuke Hirano
(University of Arizona)
Identification of Peer Effects with Network Data
Discussants:
Yann Bramoulle
(Laval University)
Bryan Graham
(University of California-Berkeley)
Matthew Jackson
(Stanford University)
Charles Manski
(Northwestern University)
Bruce Sacerdote
(Dartmouth College)
Elie Tamer
(Northwestern University)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Addams
Econometric Society Macroeconomic Fluctuations and Frictions
(E3)
Presiding:
-- TBD
()
A World Macro Saving Fact and an Explanation On the Individual Optimality of Economic Integration Selection and Monetary Non-Neutrality in Time-Dependent Pricing Models Bubbles and Credit Constraints
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, McCormick
Econometric Society Productivity of Firms and Workers in Developing Countries
(O1)
Presiding:
-- TBD
()
Development Uncorked: Reputation Acquisition in the New Markets for Chilean Wines in the UK Ownership Structure and Economic Outcomes: The Case of Sugarcane Mills in India Can IT Improve Work-Life Balance? A Randomized Experiment on Chinese Workers Structural vs. Experimental Estimates of the Return to Capital in Microenterprises
Discussants:
Marianne Bertrand
(University of Chicago)
Ulrike Malmendier
(University of California-Berleley)
Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak
(Yale University)
Aviv Nevo
(Northwestern University)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Buckingham
Health Economics Research Organization Innovations in Provider Payment and Organization
(I1)
Presiding:
Michael Chernew
(Harvard University)
Effect of the Alternative Quality Contract on Health Care Spending and Quality Bending the Cost Curve? Results from a Medical Home Pilot Using Risk-Based Comprehensive Payment Impact of Primary Care Reforms on Use of Inpatient and Emergency Department Services
Discussants:
Darius Lakdawalla
(University of Southern California)
Jonathan Kolstad
(University of Pennyslvania)
Robert Town
(University of Minnesota)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 260
History of Economics Society/Economic Science Association Reflecting on Twenty-Five Years of the Economic Science Association
(B2)
Presiding:
Harro Maas
(University of Utrecht)
Historical Perspective on ESA's First Quarter Century The Prologue to ESA from Today's Perspective Structural Changes to ESA in 1995-1997: The Journal and International Meetings Making ESA International
Discussants:
Vernon Smith
(Chapman University)
Steven Medema
(University of Colorado-Denver)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Zurich D
International Banking, Economics & Finance Association/American Economic Association Federal Government Tax Reform: The Andrew Brimmer Policy Forum
(H6)
Presiding:
Andrew Brimmer
(Brimmer & Company and University of Massachusetts-Amherst )
Tax Reform Proposals of the Obama Administration The Domenici-Rivlin Tax Reform Proposal [Download Preview] Alternative Tax Reform Proposals Promising Approaches to Tax Reform The Macroeconomic Effects of Tax Reform
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Burnham
International Economic & Finance Society Financial Integration and Global Rebalancing
(F3)
Presiding:
Menzie Chinn
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
The Effect of Capital Controls on Portfolios and Global Rebalancing International Capital Allocation, Sovereign Borrowing and Growth Current Account Imbalances Coming Back The Persistence and Determinants of Current Account Balances: The Implications for Global Rebalancing
Discussants:
Helen Popper
(Santa Clara University)
Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti
(International Monetary Fund)
Steven Kamin
(Federal Reserve Board)
Atish Ghosh
(International Monetary Fund)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Grand Suite 5
Korea-America Economic Association New Developments in Econometrics
(C1)
Presiding:
Bong-Soo Lee
(Florida State University)
Testing Functional Inequalities Identification of Panel Data Models with Endogeneous Censoring Identification and Estimation of a Nonparametric Transformation Model Nonstationarity in Time Series of State Densities
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Palmer House Hilton, Salon 12
Labor & Employment Relations Association Employment Relations and Alternative Organizing Strategies for Workers in High-Tech Occupations
(J1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Daniel Marschall
(George Washington University)
Chris Benner
(University of California-Davis)
Craft Guilds and Social Networking to Organize High-Tech Workers
Danielle van Jaarsveld
(University of British Columbia)
WashTech and Mutual Aid Logic in Organizing High-Tech Workers
Johanna Weststar
(Saint Mary's University)
Occupational Community: Opportunity or Threat to Collective Action among Video Game Developers?
Chip McCormick
(CommerceHub)
Alternative Organizational Forms of Open Source Software Developers
Paul Almeida
(AFL-CIO)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Palmer House Hilton, Salons 7-9
Labor & Employment Relations Association The Great Debate about the Public Sector
(J1)
Presiding:
David Lewin, University of California-Los Angeles, and Harry Katz
(Cornell University)
Teacher Pay and Health Benefits: Evidence from Wisconsin and Illinois Public-Private Sector Compensation Comparisons and Differentials: National and State Level Evidence How Policymakers and State Pension Funds Can Help Prevent the Coming Retirement Income Crisis Labor-Management Innovation in the Public Sector Transformational Strategy for Public Sector Labor, Management and Policy Makers
Discussants:
Bonnie Castrey
(Mediator/Arbitrator)
Lisa M. Lynch
(Brandeis University)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Palmer House Hilton, Salon 2
Labor & Employment Relations Association The Historical Development of HRM Across Nations: Patterns and Implications (Symposium)
(J8)
Presiding:
James Hayton
(University of Newcastle (UK))
The Development of the HRM Function - France The Development of the HRM Function - Israel The Development of the HRM Function - Sweden The Development of the HRM Function - Turkey The Development of the HRM Function - USA Overview of 17 Countries: Lessons Learned Regarding the Roots of HRM
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Stetson Suite E
Middle East Economic Association Middle East Economies: Applied Microeconomics Topics
(D2)
Presiding:
Jeffery Nugent
(University of Southern California)
Technical Efficiency Measures and its Determinants for Textile Firms in Egypt The Impact of Climate Change on Coastal Tourism in MENA Countries Is Regulation Better than Liberalization? Challenge Revisited The Dynamic of Oil Curse in GCC-SVAR Approach On the Determinants of Trade in Services: Evidence from the MENA Region
Discussants:
Mohamed CHAFFAI
(Sfax University)
Mahmoud AbdelBaky
(University of Dubai)
Jeffery B. Nugent
(University of Southern California)
Mustapha Djennas
(Tlemcen University)
Wasseem Mina
(United Arab Emirates University)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Atlanta
National Association of Economic Educators Financial Education for Undergraduates: Just in Time? Too Late?
(A2) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Brenda Cude
(University of Georgia)
Brenda J. Cude
(University of Georgia)
Thomas L. Harnisch
(American Association of State Colleges and Universities)
Annamaria Lusardi
(George Washington University)
Cliff Robb
(University of Alabama)
William B. Walstad
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Montreux 2
National Association of Forensic Economics Forensic Economics III
(K1)
Presiding:
William Pearson
(Spectrum Economics, Inc.)
Transitions Into and Out of Disability Forensic Economics in the State of Oklahoma The Relationship between Work Decisions and Location Later in Life
Discussants:
Edward Foster
(University of Minnesota)
James D. Rodgers
(Pennsylvania State University)
Scott Gilbert
(Southern Illinois University)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Palmer House Hilton, Grand Park Parlor
National Economic Association Low Wage Work and Marginality
(J7)
Presiding:
Jessica Gordon Nembhard
(John Jay College, CUNY)
Occupational Segregation and the Lower Wages of Black Men The Low Wages of Black Immigrants: Wage Penalties for U.S.-Born and Foreign-Born Black Workers Immigration, Neighborhoods, and Gang Activity: An Analysis of Causal Relationships between Ethnicity and Crime in Los Angeles Using Administrative Law Enforcement Data The Logic of the Whip: Mass Incarceration as Labor Discipline in the Neoliberal Social Structure of Accumulation
Discussants:
William A. Darity, Jr.
(Duke University)
Jessica Gordon Nembhard
(John Jay College, CUNY)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 265
Peace Science Society International/American Economic Association Conflict, Violence and Power
(H5)
Presiding:
Solomon Polachek
(State University of New York-Binghamton)
The Strategy of Manipulating Conflict Monopolizing Violence and Consolidating Power Violent Conflict: The Costs of the Many Outweigh the Benefits to the Few Wars and Child Health: Evidence from the Eritrean-Ethiopian Conflict [Download Preview] International Prices and Continuing Conflict [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Michael D. Intriligator
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Carlos Seiglie
(Rutgers University-Newark)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 272
Society of Government Economists Tax Policy Effects on Low Income Households
(H2)
Presiding:
Ithai Lurie
(U.S. Department of the Treasury)
The Dynamics of Earned Income Tax Credit Receipt among Single Mothers To Include or Not to Include? The Optimal Use of Combat Pay in the Earned Income Tax Credit How Does the Housing Market Affect Tenant Outcomes? Regression Discontinuity Evidence from the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program The Role of Federal Government Economists in Tax Policy and Enforcement
Discussants:
Jonathan A. Schwabish
(Congressional Budget Office)
Shanthi P. Ramnath
(U.S. Department of the Treasury)
Sebastien Bradley
(University of Michigan)
Norton Francis
(District of Columbia Office of Revenue Analysis)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Palmer House Hilton, Kimball Room
Union for Radical Political Economists Political Economy of Revolutionary Middle East
(O5)
Presiding:
Cyrus Bina
(University of Minnesota-Morris)
The Arab Spring, Neoliberalism and the Rocky Road to Democracy in Turkey: A Tale of Two Modernization Experiments. Post-Neoliberal Economic Policies for Tunisia Can a Small Country be Economically Independent? Options for a Palestinian State in a Changed Arab World From Welfare to Predatory States: The Political Economy of Development in Syria and the Arab Middle East
Discussants:
Cyrus Bina
(University of Minnesota-Morris)
Yavuz Yasar
(University of Denver)
Basam Yousif
(Indiana State University)
Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Palmer House Hilton, Indiana Room
Union for Radical Political Economists/International Association for Feminist Economics Unintended Consequences? Unexpected Gendered Impacts of Economic Policies, Growth and Measures
(B5)
Presiding:
Linda Lucas
(University of South Florida)
Comercio Justo and Justice: An Examination of Fair Trade and its Impact on Women and the Family Is Female Labour Force a Buffer Stock? An Analysis of Female Labor Trajectories in Argentina A Stimulus for Affirmative Action?: Impact of ARRA Infrastructure Spending on Women in the Construction Industry Equivalence Scales and the Relative Well-Being of Parents: A Sensitivity Analysis
Discussants:
Linda Lucas
(University of South Florida)
Laurie Nisonoff
(Hampshire College)
Jan 07, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Grand Ballroom F
American Economic Association Nobel Laureate Luncheon
Presiding:
Christopher Sims
(Princeton University)
Robert E. Hall
(Stanford University)
Jan 07, 2012 12:30 pm, Swissotel, Grand Ballroom Salons II & III
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association Presidential Luncheon
Presiding:
Timothy Riddiough
(University of Wisconsin)
William C. Strange
(University of Toronto)
Jan 07, 2012 12:30 pm, Swissotel, Zurich D
Association for Evolutionary Economics Institutionalism and the Great Crisis
(G1)
Presiding:
Janice Peterson
(California State University-Fresno)
Why Good Economics is a Modest Economics: Keynes and Paul Davidson’s
Contribution to This Conclusion What We Found Uneven Global Development, Institutional Regimes and the Great Crisis and Recession of 2008-2011 Banking, Financial Markets and the Great Recession
Discussants:
Paul Davidson
(Journal of Post Keynesian Economics)
James K. Galbraith
(University of Texas-Austin)
Jan 07, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Ogden
Association for the Study of Grants Economy Kenneth Boulding and Interdisciplinary Economics: Economics, Evolution, and Society
(B3) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Theodore Tsukahara
(Saint Mary's College of California)
Wilfred Dolfsma
(University of Gronigen)
Deirdre McCloskey
(University of Illinois-Chicago)
Dennis Mueller
(University of Vienna)
Janos Horvath
(Hungarian Parliament)
Theodore Tsukahara
(Saint Mary's College of California)
Jan 07, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Stetson Suite BC
Association of Indian Economics & Financial Studies Inequalities, Caste, Gender and Migration in Development
(O1)
Presiding:
Kusum Ketkar
(AIEFS)
Wealth Accumulation among High-Skilled Immigrants: A Study of Chinese and Asian Indian Immigrants Half the Sky? The Status of Women in India Tamil Names, Castes, Identity and Economic Outcomes Electoral Competition, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth in Indian States Regional Development Policies and Regional Income Inequalities
Discussants:
Suhas L. Ketkar
(Vanderbilt University)
Satis Devkota
(Wayne State University)
Mukti Upadhyay
(Eastern Illinois University)
Zahara Siddique
(IZA)
Madanmohan Ghosh
(Environment Canada)
Jan 07, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 265
Economic History Association Long-Run Trends in Economic Development
(N1)
Presiding:
Joel Mokyr
(Northwestern University)
Military Burden and the Democracy Puzzle Persecution Perpetuated: The Medieval Origins of Anti-Semitic Violence in Interwar Germany Historical House Market in Beijing, 1645 to 1845
Discussants:
Michael Bordo
(Rutgers University)
Roy Mill
(Stanford University)
Jari Eloranta
(Appalachian State University)
Jan 07, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Hong Kong
Economic Science Association Market Dynamics
(D4)
Presiding:
Ryan Oprea
(University of British Columbia)
The Nature of Excess: Using Randomized Treatments to Investigate Price Dynamics Marshall and Walras: The Dynamics of Equilibration in the Continuous Double Auction Market A Dynamic General Equilibrium Approach to Asset Pricing Experiments Market Dynamics and Strategic Dynamics
Jan 07, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Buckingham
Health Economics Research Organization Behavioral Economics and Health
(I1)
Presiding:
Michael Chernew
(Harvard University)
Using Active Choice to Improve Medical Adherence Using Team-Based Incentive Schemes to Induce Weight Loss: Evidence from a Large Scale Natural Field Experiment Financial Incentives and Weight Loss
Discussants:
Kate Bundorf
(Stanford University)
Leslie John
(Harvard University)
Justin Sydnor
(Universit of Wisconsin)
Jan 07, 2012 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Grand Suite 5
Korea-America Economic Association Recent Developments in Applied Microeconomics
(D4)
Presiding:
Byung-Joo Lee
(University of Notre Dame)
A Theory-Based Approach to Hedonic Price Regressions with Time-Varying Unobserved Product Attributes: The Price of Pollution Local Identity and Persistent Leadership in Market Share Dynamics: Evidence from Deregulation in the Korean Soju Industry Wage Dynamics with Private Learning-by-Doing and On-the-Job Search Private Tutoring and Income Inequality
Jan 07, 2012 12:30 pm, Palmer House Hilton, Empire Room
Labor & Employment Relations Association Presidential Luncheon and Address
Presiding:
David Lewin
(University of California - Los Angeles)
Gordon R. Pavy
(AFL-CIO)
Jan 07, 2012 12:30 pm, Swissotel, Montreux 1
Society for Policy Modeling The Euro Crisis: Causes, Effects, Prospects
(F3)
Presiding:
Lucjan Orlowski
(Sacred Heart University)
Euroland: Has the Periphery Cheated the Core? How Stable Is the Euro Financial Market Stability and Sovereign Risk in the Eurozone The Fundamentally Crisis-Prone Euro
Discussants:
Fred Campano
(Fordham University)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Horner
African Finance & Economics Association African Economic Development II
(O1)
Presiding:
Christopher Udry
(Yale University)
Credit Constraints and Entrepreneurship in Africa: The Impact of Policies The Impact of Migrants and Remittances on Credit Markets: Evidence from Senegal The Impact of Microfinance on Rural Poor Households Income and Vulnerability to Poverty: Case Study Corruption and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Growth in Cameroon New Investment and Production Models for Africa's Agriculture: From Investment Funds and Value-Chains to Peasant-Related Questions Agricultural Technology, Schooling Participation and Child Labor in Developing Countries: Cotton Expansion in Burkina Faso
Discussants:
Innocent Matshe
(African Economic Research Consortium, Kenya)
Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong
(University of South Florida)
Thouraya Triki
(African Development Bank)
Fekru Debebe
(ETS)
Harounan Kazianga
(Oklahoma State University)
Abebe Shimeles
(African Development Bank)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 269
American Committee on Asian Economic Studies/American Economic Association Issues in Asian Economic Integration and Cooperation
(F4)
Presiding:
Mordechai Kreinin
(Michigan State University)
Cautionary Notes on Asian Economic Integration [Download Preview] How Close is ASEAN to a Common Global-Currency Basket? Modelling East Asian economies in a small open economy VECM: the influence of international and domestic shocks [Download Preview] The Economics of the Trans-Pacific Partnership [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Steven Husted
(University of Pittsburgh)
Manoranjan Dutta
(Rutgers University)
James P. Vere
(University of Hong Kong)
James C. Riedel
(Johns Hopkins University, SAIS)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Columbus AB
American Economic Association Annual Poster Session on Active Learning Strategies
(A2)
Presiding:
William Bosshardt
(Florida Atlantic University)
Just in Time Teaching in Intermediate Microeconomics [Download Preview] The Economics of The Office Auctions The Use of Popular Music to Teach Introductory Economics in a Live and Online Environment [Download Preview] Improving Community College Economics Instruction: What Can We Learn from Other Disciplines? [Download Preview] Classroom Market Simulation using a Computer Network [Download Preview] Two Dollar Challenge: Beginning to Learn How the Other Half Lives [Download Preview] Teaching Dynamic Aggregate Supply-Aggregate Demand Model in an Intermediate Macroeconomics Class Using Interactive Spreadsheets [Download Preview] Starting Point: Pedagogical Resources for Teaching and Learning Economics [Download Preview] Issues in Economic Freedom: How a Topics Course Can Popularize the Dismal Science [Download Preview] Don't Touch My Medicare Using Peer Assessment to Improve Literative Reviews in Economics [Download Preview] Promoting Active Learning through Undergraduate Economics Journals [Download Preview] How Does Economic Instruction Vary in Community Colleges across Four Regions? [Download Preview] Monopoly and the Realm of Imperfection: Oligopoly and Monopolistic Competition [Download Preview] Is Your CFO Smarter Than a Sophomore? Applying Economics to University Managerial Decisions [Download Preview] TeachingWithData.org: Online Resources for Bringing Data into the Classroom Using Macroeconomic Indicators in Managerial Decision-Making A Web-Based Interactive Macro-Econ Learning System Socratic Discussion [Download Preview] Using Collective Action Experiments to Teach the Economics of Social Issues [Download Preview] Community Based Design Approach to Computer Aided Teaching and Learning Applications [Download Preview] Utilizing Economic Modules for Undergraduate Teaching though Internship Program Big Think: A Model for Critical Inquiry in Economics Courses
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Grand Suite 3
American Economic Association Autos, Fuel Economy, and the Environment
(Q4)
Presiding:
Erich Muehlegger
(Harvard University)
Gasoline Taxes and Consumer Behavior [Download Preview] Beliefs and Consumer Choice How Do Consumers Respond to Gasoline Price Shocks? Heterogeneity in Vehicle Choice and Driving Behavior [Download Preview] Product Design Response to Industrial Policy: Evaluating Fuel Economy Standards Using an Engineering Model of Endogenous Product Design [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Antonio Bento
(Cornell University)
Beia Spiller
(Duke University/Resources for the Future)
Mark Jacobsen
(University of California-San Diego)
James Sallee
(University of Chicago)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Crystal B
American Economic Association Behavioral Welfare Economics
(D6)
Presiding:
Joshua Schwartzstein
(Dartmouth College)
Bayesian Welfare Economics Bounds on Elasticities with Optimization Frictions: A Synthesis of Micro and Macro Evidence on Labor Supply Eliciting Welfare Preferences from Behavioral Datasets [Download Preview] The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: An Application of Behavioral Welfare Economics to the Problem of Optimal Defaults in 401(k) Plans
Discussants:
Richard Thaler
(University of Chicago)
David Laibson
(Harvard University)
Botond Koszegi
(University of California-Berkeley)
Tomasz Strzalecki
(Harvard University)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Regency A
American Economic Association Education Management and Economic Growth
(L3)
Presiding:
Stephen Machin
(University College London)
Teaching Practices and Social Capital [Download Preview] Management Practices in Education: Descriptive Evidence [Download Preview] The Management of Universities Changing School Autonomy: Academy Schools and Their Introduction to England’s Education
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Toronto
American Economic Association Estimating Trade Elasticities
(F1)
Presiding:
Robert Feenstra
(University of California-Davis)
In Search of the Armington Elasticity Different Trade Models, Different Elasticities? Trade Elasticities [Download Preview] Estimating Trade Elasticities: Demand Composition and the Trade Collapse of 2008-09 [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Kim Ruhl
(New York University)
Dennis Novy
(University of Warwick)
John Romalis
(University of Chicago)
Andrei Levchenko
(University of Michigan)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Regency B
American Economic Association Funding Markets and the Financial Crisis
(E5)
Presiding:
Viral Acharya
(New York University)
Is Libor Accurate? Micro Evidence from Term Funding Markets Knightian Uncertainty and Interbank Lending [Download Preview] Dealer Financial Conditions and the Term Securities Lending Facility: Was Bagehot Right After All? [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Darrell Duffie
(Stanford University)
Adam Zawadowski
(Boston University)
Douglas Diamond
(University of Chicago)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Columbus EF
American Economic Association Household Finance and Risk Management
(E2)
Presiding:
Christopher Mayer
(Columbia University)
A Model of Mortgage Default [Download Preview] Household Risk Management [Download Preview] Health and Mortality Delta: Assessing the Welfare Cost of Household Insurance Choice [Download Preview] Houses as ATMs? Mortgage Refinancing and Macroeconomic Uncertainty
Discussants:
John Heaton
(University of Chicago)
Tomasz Piskorski
(Columbia University)
Alexander Michaelides
(University of Cyprus)
Francis Longstaff
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Columbus KL
American Economic Association International Monetary Reform
(F3)
Presiding:
Raghuram Rajan
(University of Chicago)
Can Asia Overcome the IMF Stigma? Capital Flow Management International Liquidity in a Multipolar World [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Kristen Forbes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Jean Pisani-Ferry
(University of Paris-Dauphine)
Raghuram Rajan
(University of Chicago)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Columbus G
American Economic Association International Trade
(F1)
Presiding:
Richard Pomfret
(University of Adelaide)
Learning Versus Stealing: How Important are Market-Share Reallocations to India's Productivity Growth? [Download Preview] The Border Effect Through the Rearview Mirror: Would the puzzle have existed if today's tools had been used? [Download Preview] Roads and Trade: Evidence from the U.S. [Download Preview] Labor Market Frictions, Firm Growth, and International Trade
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Water Tower
American Economic Association International Trade and Trade Policy: In Memory of Robert E. Baldwin
(F1)
Presiding:
J. David Richardson
(Syracuse University)
Born-to-Export Firms Optimal Design of Trade Agreements in the Presence of Renegotiation Trade and Assortative Matching: Theory and Evidence [Download Preview] Terms of Trade and Global Efficiency Effects of Free Trade Agreements: 1990-2002 [Download Preview]
Discussants:
K.C. Fung
(University of California-Santa Cruz)
Chad Bown
(World Bank)
Stephen Yeaple
(Pennsylvania State University)
Jeffrey Bergstrand
(University of Notre Dame)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Columbus CD
American Economic Association Macroeconomic Surprises, Measurement and Spill-overs
(E4)
Presiding:
Alan Blinder
(Princeton University)
The Identification of the Response of Interest Rates to Monetary Policy Actions Using Market-Based Measures of Monetary Policy Shocks [Download Preview] Market Perceptions of International Monetary Policy Dependence [Download Preview] Do Energy Prices Respond to U.S. Macroeconomic News? A Test of the Hypothesis of Predetermined Energy Prices [Download Preview] Does the Kiwi Fly When the Kangaroo jumps? The Effect of Australian Macroeconomic News on the New Zealand Dollar [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Eli Remolona
(Bank of International Settlements)
Jonathan Kearns
(Reserve Bank of Australia)
Dean Scrimgeour
(Colgate University)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Gold Coast
American Economic Association Macroeconomics and Corporate Finance
(G3)
Presiding:
Roc Armenter
(Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
The Effects of Rare Economic Crises on Credit Spreads and Leverage [Download Preview] Credit Spreads and Business Cycle Fluctuations A Quantitative Dynamic Agency Model of Financing Constraints The Macroeconomics of Firms' Savings [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Lars-Alexander Kuehn
(Carnegie Mellon University)
Vincenzo Quadrini
(University of Southern California)
Toni Whited
(University of Rochester)
François Gourio
(Boston University)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Grand Ballroom A
American Economic Association Measuring and Explaining the Collapse of the Labor Market in the Great Recession
(J4)
Presiding:
John Haltiwanger
(University of Maryland)
Hiring, Churn and the Business Cycle [Download Preview] Job-to-Job Flows in the Great Recession [Download Preview] Recruiting Intensity during and after the Great Recession: National and Industry Evidence [Download Preview] Did the Housing Price Bubble Clobber Local Labor Market Job and Worker Flows When It Burst? [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Aysegul Sahin
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Christopher J. Nekarda
(Federal Reserve Board)
Michael Elsby
(University of Edinburgh)
Bruce Fallick
(Federal Reserve Board)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Regency C
American Economic Association New Directions in Trade and Geography
(F1)
Presiding:
Robert Townsend
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Villages as Small Open Economies Innovation in Space [Download Preview] Ricardo's Theory of Comparative Advantage: Old Idea, New Evidence [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Chang Tai Hsieh
(University of Chicago)
Francisco Buera
(Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
Pol Antras
(Harvard University)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Grand Suite 5
American Economic Association News
(E3)
Presiding:
Jae Won Lee
(Rutgers University)
Bad News for News Shocks? The E-Stability and Comovement Tradeoff in a News-Driven Business Cycle Model [Download Preview] On the nature of the financial system in the Euro Area: a Bayesian DSGE approach [Download Preview] Handling Non-Invertibility: Theory and Applications [Download Preview] Asset Prices, News Shocks and the Current Account [Download Preview] News Shocks, Price Levels, and Monetary Policy [Download Preview]
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Columbus IJ
American Economic Association Regulating Large, Global and Complex Financial Institutions
(G2) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Anat Admati
(Stanford University)
Anil Kashyap
(University of Chicago)
Nellie Liang
(Federal Reserve Board)
Kostas Tsatsaronis
(Bank of International Settlements)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Grand Ballroom B
American Economic Association The Dynamics of Health and Wealth among the Elderly
(I1)
Presiding:
James Poterba
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER)
Medicaid Insurance in Old Age [Download Preview] Income, Wealth, and Health Care during Retirement The Asset Cost of Poor Health [Download Preview] The Effect of the Risk of Out-of-Pocket Spending for Health Care on Economic Preparation for Retirement
Discussants:
Amy N. Finkelstein
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Courtney C. Coile
(Wellesley College)
Serdar Ozcan
(Federal Reserve Board)
John Sabelhaus
(Federal Reserve Board and University of Maryland)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Regency D
American Economic Association What Determines the Performance of US and International Healthcare?
(I1)
Presiding:
John Van Reenen
(London School of Economics and Centre for Economic Performance and CEPR)
Expertise, Underuse, and Overuse in Healthcare The Impact of Competition on Management Quality: Evidence from Public Hospitals [Download Preview] Fight or Flight: The Threat of Specialty Competition and the Service Offerings of General Hospitals [Download Preview] Will Risk Adjustment Decrease Health Care Costs? New Evidence from the Medicare Advantage Program [Download Preview]
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Zurich A
American Finance Association Anomalies and Inefficiency 1
(G1)
Presiding:
Tobias Moskowitz
(University of Chicago)
Asymmetric Attention and Stock Returns The Dynamics of Limits to Arbitrage: An Empirical Investigation Geographic Dispersion and Stock Returns
Discussants:
Christopher Malloy
(Harvard Business School)
Jakub Jurek
(Princeton University)
Lauren Cohen
(Harvard Business School)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Zurich B
American Finance Association Asset Pricing Theory 2
(G1)
Presiding:
Pietro Veronesi
(University of Chicago)
The Social Cost of Near-Rational Investment The Relative Leverage Premium Seasonally Varying Preferences: Support from an Asset Pricing Model Capital Reallocation Exposure Risk in Equity Returns
Discussants:
Dimitri Vayanos
(London School of Economics)
Juhani Linnainmaa
(University of Chicago)
Vito Gala
(London Business School)
Andrea L. Eisefeldt
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Zurich C
American Finance Association Banks: Risk-Taking and Opaqueness
(G2)
Presiding:
Francesca Cornelli
(London Business School)
Sources of Liquidity and Liquidity Shortages Risk-Taking by Banks: What Did We Know and When Did We Know It? Implicit Guarantees and Risk Taking This Time Is the Same: Using Bank Performance in 1998 to Explain Bank Performance During the Recent Financial Crisis
Discussants:
Guillaume Plantin
(University of Toulouse 1)
Victoria Ivashina
(Harvard Business School)
Amit Seru
(University of Chicago)
Charles Calomiris
(Columbia University)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Zurich E
American Finance Association Executive Compensation 2
(G3)
Presiding:
Laura Starks
(University of Texas-Austin)
CEO Compensation and Corporate Risk-Taking: Evidence from a Natural Experiment The Optimal Duration of Executive Compensation: Theory and Evidence Paying for Risk or Shareholder Rip-Off? An Analysis of Ex-Ante Severance Pay Contracts Generalists Versus Specialists: Managerial Skills and CEO Pay
Discussants:
Charles Hadlock
(Michigan State University)
Katharina Lewellen
(Dartmouth College)
Jay Hartzell
(University of Texas-Austin)
Yuhai Xuan
(Harvard Business School)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Zurich F
American Finance Association Information Release By Firms and Its Implications
(G3)
Presiding:
Joel Peress
(INSEAD)
Accounting Transparency, Tax Pressure and Access to Finance Accruals and Momentum Earnings Announcements and Systematic Risk Signaling Via Stock Splits: Evidence from Short Interest
Discussants:
I.J. Dyck
(University of Toronto)
Michael Verardo
(London School of Economics & Political Science)
Ronnie Sadka
(Boston College)
Joseph Engelberg
(University of California-San Diego)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Zurich G
American Finance Association Law and Finance
(G3)
Presiding:
Vojislav Maksimovic
(University of Maryland)
The U.S. Left Behind: The Rise of IPO Activity Around the World Do Anti-Takeover Provisions Spur Corporate Innovation? Litigation in Mergers and Acquisitions Individual Political Contributions and Firm Performance
Discussants:
Jay Ritter
(University of Florida)
Josh Lerner
(Harvard University)
B. Espen Eckbo
(Dartmouth College)
Tracy Wang
(University of Minnesota-Twin Cities)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, St. Gallen 1
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association Current Issues in Real Estate
(R1)
Presiding:
Anthony Yezer
(George Washington University)
Reverse Discrimination in Mortgage Lending: Do Minorities Who Buy Homes in Minority Congressional Districts Receive Special Deals? Central Cities and Housing Supply Redux, or What on Earth Happened in Detroit? State Bankruptcy Law and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from a Border Analysis Do We Need the 30 Year Fixed Rate Mortgage?
Discussants:
Joseph Nichols
(Federal Reserve Board)
William Larson
(George Washington University)
Thesia Garner
(Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Chao Yue Tian
(University of North Carolina)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Vevey 3
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association/American Economic Association Housing and the Macroeconomy
(E3)
Presiding:
Francois Ortalo-Magne
(University of Wisconsin)
Homework in Monetary Economics: Inflation, Home Production, and the Production of Homes [Download Preview] Understanding Booms and Busts in Housing Prices [Download Preview] House Price Booms and the Current Account [Download Preview]
Discussants:
David Andolfatto
(Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
Erwan Quintin
(University of Wisconsin)
Aurel Hizmo
(New York University)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, St. Gallen 2
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association Topics in Urban Economics
(R1)
Presiding:
Scott Frame
(Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta)
Risk Attitude and Housing Wealth Effect Metropolitan Land Values and Housing Productivity Option Value and the Price of Teardown Properties Mixed Incomes in a Monocentric City: An Explanation of Empirical Puzzles
Discussants:
Christopher Carroll
(Johns Hopkins University)
Jordan Rappaport
(Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City)
Christopher Cunningham
(Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta)
Shane Sherlund
(Federal Reserve Board)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Vevey 2
Association for Comparative Economic Studies Institutions and Globalization
(P5)
Presiding:
Sugata Ghosh
(Brunel University)
Bridging the Gap? Institution and Foreign Ownership Corporate Social Responsibility, Smoking Bans and Market Seeking FDI in the Tobacco Industry Does Outsourcing Increase Productivity? Sovereign Debt Sustainability Assessments Based on Estimated DSGE Models
Discussants:
Randolph Bruno
(Birmingham University)
Jan Fidrmuc
(Brunel University)
Miriam Manchin
(SSEES, University College London)
John Bonin
(Wesleyan University)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Hong Kong
Association for Economic & Development Studies in Bangladesh Human Capital, Firm’s Hiring Policy, and Gender Issues in a Developing Economy
(O1)
Presiding:
Mahmudul Anam
(York University)
Why Do Firms Hire using Referrals? Evidence from Bangladeshi Garment Factories Microfinance and Gender Empowerment Ramadan School Holidays as a Natural Experiment: Impacts of Seasonality on School Dropout in Bangladesh Human Capital Investment and the Gender Division of Labor in a Brawn-Based Economy
Discussants:
Tanjim Hossain
(University of Toronto)
Karna Basu
(Hunter College, CUNY)
Yasuyuki Sawada
(University of Tokyo)
Rajeev Dehejia
(Tufts University)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Montreux 1
Association for Evolutionary Economics The Great Crisis and the Future of Economic Theory
(B4)
Presiding:
James Galbraith
(University of Texas-Austin)
Intellectual Roots of the Economic and Financial Crisis A New Micro-Foundations for Keynesian Economics A Minsky-Kindleberger Perspective on the Three Forms of Speculative Bubble Crashes and their Role in the Great Recession Income Concentration, Financial Liberalization, and Decoupling between North and South A Common Framework for Evolutionary and Institutional Economics
Discussants:
Ping Chen
(Fudan University)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, St. Gallen 3
Association for Social Economics The Economics of Corporate Social Responsibility II: Critical Views
(L2)
Presiding:
Bruce Pietrykowski
(University of Michigan-Dearborn)
Corporate Social Responsibility: A Smokescreen? Social Responsibility: Philanthropy or Civic Obligation? Heterodox Critiques of So-Called "Corporate Social Responsibility" Morality and the Market: Contributions and Critique of the Western Economic Model
Discussants:
William Redmond
(Indiana State University)
David George
(LaSalle University)
Christopher Gunn
(Hobart and William Smith Colleges)
Amitava Dutt
(University of Notre Dame)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Ogden
Association for the Study of Grants Economy Current Issues in Financing Higher Education
(I2) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Eleanor Brown
(Pomona College)
Catharine Hill
(Vassar College)
Burton Weisbrod
(Northwestern University)
Claire Callender
(University of London)
Robert Shireman
(California Competes: Higher Education for a Strong Economy)
Cecilia Conrad
(Pomona College)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Vevey 1
Association of Environmental & Resource Economists Environmental Constraints and Land-Use Decisions
(Q1)
Presiding:
Maximilian Auffhammer
(University of California-Berkeley)
When the Levee Breaks: Land, Labor, and Capital in the Deep South The Impact of Climate Change on Crop Choice in the United States Climate and the Locations of Crops Economic Impacts of Climate Variability and Climate Change: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment with Great Lakes Water Levels
Discussants:
Jeffrey Vincent
(Duke University)
Jarrod Welch
(University of California-San Diego)
Maximilian Auffhammer
(University of California-Berkeley)
Olivier Deschenes
(University of California-Santa Barbara)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Wrigley
Association of Financial Economists Anchoring and Reference Points
(G1)
Presiding:
Jeffrey Wurgler
(New York University)
Anchoring and the Cost of Capital Dividends as Reference Points: A Behavioral Signaling Model Confusion of Confusions: A Test of the Disposition Effect and Momentum
Discussants:
Stefan Nagel
(Stanford University)
Roni Michaely
(Cornell University)
Markku Kaustia
(Aalto University School of Economics)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Stetson Suite BC
Association of Indian Economics & Financial Studies Trade, Exchange Rates and Economic Development
(F3)
Presiding:
Amitrajeet Batabyal
(Rochester Institute of Technology)
Evaluating Exhange Rate Assessment and Sustainable Policies Productivity Performance of Export Entry and Exit: Evidence from Indian Firms China and India Prospects: An Endogenous Growth Perspective Capital Controls, Exchange Rate Regime and Monetary Policy in India Effect of Economic Development on Corruption: Cross-country and Regional Results What Can Colonial Indian Sowcars Teach Us about Modern Microfinance?
Discussants:
Chandana Chakraborty
(Montclair State University)
Arun Sarkar
(University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
T. Krishna Kumar
(Indian Statistical Institute-Bangalore (Retired))
Bidhudutta Panda
(Louisiana State University)
Atrayee Ghosh Roy
(Minnesota State University)
Swarnjit Arora
(University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, New Orleans
Chinese Economic Association in North America Exchange Rates and the Macroeconomy
(F4)
Presiding:
Ben-Chieh Liu
(Chicago State University)
Exchange Rates in a World of ZIRP, and After Pegs and Pain Risk versus Expectations in Exchange Rate Determination: A Macro-Finance Approach Can Credit Constraints Amplify Macroeconomic Fluctuations?
Discussants:
Wan-Jiun P. Chiou
(Shippensburg University)
Masanori Kashiwagi
(National Taiwan University)
Yong Bao
(Purdue University)
Sharon G. Harrison
(Barnard College, Columbia University)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Addams
Econometric Society Bilateral Contracting
(D8)
Presiding:
Pierre Dubois
(Toulouse School of Economics)
Vertical Integration in Multichannel Television Markov-Perfect Network Formation: An Applied Framework for Bilateral Oligopoly and Bargaining in Buyer-Seller Networks Non Linear Contracting and Endogenous Buyer Power between Manufacturers and Retailers: Empirical Evidence on Food Retailing in France
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Dusable
Econometric Society Economic Growth
(O4)
Presiding:
John Seater
(North Carolina State University)
The History Augmented Solow model Growth on a Finite Planet Rethinking Directed Technical Change with Endogenous Market Structure The Classical Model of Growth and Technological Change
Discussants:
Charles I. Jones
(Stanford University)
Scott Taylor
(University of Calgary)
Daron Acemoglu
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Guido Cozzi
(University of Durham)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Field
Econometric Society Liquidity and Financial Crises
(G0)
Presiding:
Veronica Guerrieri
(University of Chicago)
Collateral Crises Crises in Repo Markets with Adverse Selection Liquidity Constraints and the Threat of Fraudulent Assets Dynamic Adverse Selection: A Theory of Illiquidity, Fire Sales, and Flight to Quality Inefficient Provision of Inside Money
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, McCormick
Econometric Society Network Models: Identification and Estimation
(C1)
Presiding:
Francesca Molinari
(Cornell University)
A New Class of Estimable Network Models An Empirical Model for Strategic Network Formation Linear Social Network Models
Discussants:
Lawrence Blume
(Cornell University)
Elie Tamer
(Northwestern University)
Charles F. Manski
(Northwestern University)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Wright
Econometric Society Revealed Preferences: Modeling and Inference
(C1)
Presiding:
Richard Blundell
(University College London)
Noncooperative household consumption with caring Distribution-Free Testing of Random Utility Models Multiple Goods, Multiple Tastes and Revealed Preference
Discussants:
Ian Crawford
(Oxford University)
Rosa Liliana Matzkin
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Yuichi Kitamura
(Yale University)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 265
Economic History Association Issues of Health and Well Being
(N3)
Presiding:
Joseph Ferrie
(Northwestern University)
Future Lessons from Past Epidemics? The Economics of Smallpox Vaccination in 19th Century Germany and France Careers, Family, and Satisfaction: Change over Time in Correlates of Women’s Subjective Well-being In-utero Exposure to the Korean War and Its Long-Term Effects on Economic and Health Outcomes Public Health, Poverty Relief and Declining Fertility in American Cities: 1923 to 1932
Discussants:
Joseph Ferrie
(Northwestern University)
Yannay Spitzer
(Northwestern University)
Chris Vickers
(Northwestern University)
Louis Cain
(Loyola University-Chicago and Northwestern University)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Crystal A
Health Economics Research Organization/American Economic Association Medicare and Prescription Drugs
(I1)
Presiding:
Donald Yett
(University of Southern California)
Plan Selection in Medicare Part D: Evidence from Administrative Data Market Design When Firms Interact with Inertial Consumers: Evidence from Medicare Part D [Download Preview] Drug Shopping and Use in the Donut Hole
Discussants:
Mark Duggan
(University of Pennsylvania)
Martin Gaynor
(Carnegie Mellon University)
Jay Bhattacharya
(Stanford University)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 260
History of Economics Society Chicago and Democracy
(B2)
Presiding:
Edward Nik-Khah
(Roanoke College)
The Chicago School(s) of Democratic Capitalism Positive Economics for Democratic Policy: Milton Friedman and the Rationalization of Political Life Stigler on Science and Democracy
Discussants:
Tiago Mata
(Duke University)
Daniel Hammond
(Wake Forest University)
Steven Medema
(University of Colorado-Denver)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Montreux 3
International Banking, Economics & Finance Association International and Fiscal Dimensions of Systemic Risks
(G1)
Presiding:
Robert R. Bliss
(Wake Forest University)
Chinese Reserves Accumulation and US Monetary Policy: Will China Go on Buying US Financial Assets? Fiscal Policy Rules and the Pricing of Defaultable Debt International Fropagation of the Credit Crisis Mapping Systemic Risk in the International Banking Network
Discussants:
Xinxin Li
(Observatory Group)
TBA TBA
(TBA)
Tomasz Michalski
(HEC Paris, France)
Lamont Black
(Federal Reserve Board)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Buckingham
International Society for New Institutional Economics Contracts and Institutions
(K2)
Presiding:
Oliver Williamson
(University of California-Berkeley)
The Role of Contractual Publicity in Impersonal Trade Relational Renegotiation: Theory and Evidence from the Movie Industry Fixed versus Open Prices: A Choice between Countering Opportunism and Creating Value Business Associations and Private Ordering
Discussants:
Oliver Williamson
(University of California-Berkeley)
Jonathan Levin
(Stanford University)
Steve Tadelis
(University of California-Berkeley)
Bentley Macleod
(Columbia University)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Palmer House Hilton, Salon 12
Labor & Employment Relations Association Bargaining for Quality: Labor Management Relations and the Delivery of High Quality Health Care
(J1)
Presiding:
Jody Hoffer Gittell
(Brandeis University)
Providing Socialized Health Care: Unions in the Indian Health Service and Veterans' Administration Partnering for Patients: A Case Study of Unit-based Collaboration in Health Care Why Labor-Management Partnerships Have Made A Difference Strategy or Tactics? Factors Associated with the Growth of RN Unions
Discussants:
Stephen Bach
(Kings College London)
Mary McDonald
(AFT HealthCare)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Palmer House Hilton, Salon 2
Labor & Employment Relations Association Comparative Perspectives on Investment Funds and their Impact on Employment and Labor Relations
(J5)
Presiding:
Sanford Jacoby
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Impact of Investment Funds on Firm Restructuring and Employment in Europe Alternative Investment Funds and Their Impact on US Labor and Employment Relations Finance Capitalism 2.0: How Fidelity Became the New JP Morgan
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Palmer House Hilton, Salons 7-9
Labor & Employment Relations Association Union Strategic Research: A Closer Look
(J1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Jack Fiorito
(Florida State University)
Emily E. LaBarbera Twarog
(University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Mathias Bolton
(Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union)
Chris Tilly
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Henry Tamarin
(UNITE-HERE Local 1)
Iain D. Gold
(Intl Brotherhood of Teamsters)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Stetson Suite E
Middle East Economic Association Exchange Rate Regimes in the Middle East: Analysis and Ramifications
(E5)
Presiding:
Ali Kutan
(Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville)
Exchange Rate Pass-Through in Turkey: Asymmetric Cointegration Analysis The Impact of Monetary Policy on Exchange Rates in the Meghreb Countries Export Demand: Asymmetric Effect of Exchange Rates Across Different Exchange Rates Can Productivity Increase Explains the Lira Appreciation: Questions to the Central Bank of Turkey Productivity Growth Under Exchange Rate Shocks: Does Access to Domestic or Foreign Capital Markets Matter?
Discussants:
Ali M. Kutan
(Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville)
Samir Ghazouani
(University of Carthage, Tunisia)
Mahmoud Abdelbaky
(University of Dubai, UAE)
Ahmet F. Aysan
(Bogazici University, Turkey)
Mohamed E. Chaffai
(Sfax University, Tunisia)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Atlanta
National Association of Economic Educators Every Little Bit Counts: Factors that Influence Student Learning in Economics
(A1)
Presiding:
Christopher Clark
(Georgia College)
The Effects of Community Social Capital on School Performance: A Spatial Approach Making Extra Credit Count: Program Design, Drivers of Participation, and Impact on Student Performance Does a Mandate Matter? The Impact of State Level Mandates on Economic Literacy Economics Effects of Absenteeism on Exam Performance: Empirical Evidence and Implications
Discussants:
John R. Swinton
(Georgia College)
Paul W. Grimes
(Pittsburg State University)
Doug Walker
(College of Charleston)
Brent A. Evans
(Mississippi State University)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Swissotel, Montreux 2
National Association of Forensic Economics Forensic Economics IV
(K1)
Presiding:
Craig Allen
(Commonwealth Research Group, Inc.)
Worklife Expectancy Reductions for Medical Conditions Inflation Persistence and the Present Value of Future Income To be determined
Discussants:
Stephen M. Horner
(Economic Consulting)
Arthur A. Eubank, Jr.
(Eubank Economics, Inc.)
David Tabak
(NERA)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Palmer House Hilton, Grand Park Parlor
National Economic Association/American Economic Association The Status of Blacks in the Economics Profession
(J4)
Presiding:
Juliet Elu
(Morehouse College)
The Scholary Status of Blacks In The Economics Profession: Has The National Economic Association and The Review of Black Political Economy Mattered? [Download Preview] The Status of Black Economists on economics faculties African Americans and their contribution to the Creation and Execution of Monetary Policy, Financial Regulation, and Economic Research within the Federal Reserve System The Status of Black Economists in Government The Status of Black Economists in Public Policy Programs The Contemporary and Historical Pipeline of Black Economists
Discussants:
James Peoples
(University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
William Spriggs
(Howard University)
Linda Loubert
(Morgan State University)
Margaret Simms
(Urban Institute)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 272
Peace Science Society International Empirical Aspects of the Cause and Effects of Terrorism
(H5)
Presiding:
Carlos Seiglie
(Rutgers University-Newark)
Where to Spend Foreign Aid to Counter Terrorism Preferences for Information When Disclosures Influence Terrorist Threats Do Drone Strikes Affect Terrorism in Pakistan and Afghanistan? The Psychological Costs of War: Military Combat and Mental Health
Discussants:
Walter Enders
(University of Alabama)
Solomon W. Polachek
(State University of New York-Binghamton)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Burnham
Society for Economic Dynamics New Business-Cycle Models
(E2)
Presiding:
Kjetil Storesletten
(Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
Decentralization, Communication, and the Origins of Fluctuations Conï¬dence, Crashes and Animal Spirits Wealth and Volatility Demand Shocks as Productivity Shocks
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Stetson Suite FG
Society of Government Economists Improving Professional Ethics in Economics in the Aftermath of the Last Crisis: Hype, Lip-Service, or Progress?
(A1)
Presiding:
George DeMartino, University of Denver, and Farhad Niami
(DC Office of Revenue Analysis)
Ethics in Economics: Government Service Creating Humble Economist Contributions of Economists to the Housing-Price Bubble Pandering to Power: The Economist as Apologist for Elite Frauds
Discussants:
Brooks Robinson
(US Pacific Command)
Deirdre McCloskey
(University of Illinois-Chicago)
Edward Leamer
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Bryan Roberts
(Nathan Associates)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Acapulco
Transportation & Public Utilities Group/American Economic Association Economics of Nuclear Energy Post Fukushima
(L5)
Presiding:
David Gabel
(Queens College)
The Future of Nuclear Power After Fukushima (Paul Joskow and John Parsons) [Download Preview] Capacity Factor Risk at Nuclear Power Plants [Download Preview] Will Fukushima Be the Final Straw for the Nuclear Renaissance?
Discussants:
Kenneth Rose
(Ohio State University)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Palmer House Hilton, Indiana Room
Union for Radical Political Economists Climate and Energy Policy
(Q5)
Presiding:
Kristen Sheeran
(Economics for Equity and the Environment Network)
Integrating Co-Pollutants into Climate Policy Design Biases in the Economic Evaluation of Climate Change The Economic Implications of Downscaling Climate Impacts to the Local And Regional Level U.S. Climate and Energy Policy: 2012 and beyond
Discussants:
Kristen Sheeran
(Economics for Equity and the Environment Network)
Rachel Cleetus
(Union of Concerned Scientists)
Michael Hanemann
(Arizona State University)
James Boyce
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Jan 07, 2012 2:30 pm, Palmer House Hilton, Kimball Room
Union for Radical Political Economists/International Association for Feminist Economics Gender Disparities in Debt, Health Outcomes and Poverty
(B5)
Presiding:
Elaine McCrate
(University of Vermont)
Female Mortality Disadvantage in India: A Regional Analysis Gender Differences in Consumer Debt Stress Evidence of Health Outcomes Disparities Between Men and Women in the U.S. The Gendered Nature of Multidimensional Poverty in the EU
Discussants:
Elaine McCrate
(University of Vermont)
Farida Khan
(University of Wisconsin-Parkside)
Jan 07, 2012 4:40 pm, Hyatt Regency, Grand Ballroom F
American Economic Association Awards Ceremony and Presidential Address
Presiding:
Christopher Sims
(Princeton University)
Orley Ashenfelter
(Princeton University)
Cross Country Wage Comparisons
Jan 07, 2012 4:45 pm, Swissotel, Montreux 1
Association for Evolutionary Economics Presidential Address
Jan 07, 2012 5:45 pm, Swissotel, Grand Ballroom
American Finance Association Business Meeting and Presidential Address
Jan 07, 2012 5:45 pm, Swissotel, Vevey 2
Association for Comparative Economic Studies Membership Meeting and Presidential Address
John S. Earle
(George Mason University)
Jan 07, 2012 6:00 pm, Hyatt Regency, Grand Ballroom F
American Economic Association Business Meeting
Jan 07, 2012 7:30 pm, Palmer House Hilton, Adams Room
National Economic Association Presidential Address and Reception
Jan 07, 2012 8:00 pm, Hyatt Regency, Crystal B
American Economic Association The Economics Humor Session in Honor of Caroline Postelle Clotfelter
(Z1)
Presiding:
Orley Ashenfelter
(Princeton University)
S*** Happens: The Economics Version Potterian Economics Diamond Jim Hyperplanic Quantile Utility Optimization under Separating Auction Equilibria A Theory of Interstellar Trade Jan 08, 2012
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Atlanta
American Economic Association Advance in the Theory of Contests and Tournaments
(C7)
Presiding:
Ron Siegel
(Northwestern University)
Head Starts in Contests [Download Preview] Contests with Endogenous and Stochastic Entry [Download Preview] Sequential All-Pay Auctions with Head Starts and Noisy Outputs [Download Preview] The Optimal Design of Rewards in Contests [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Ron Siegel
(Northwestern University)
Qiang Fu
(National University of Singapore)
Ella Segev
(Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
Todd R. Kaplan
(University of Exeter and University of Haifa)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus EF
American Economic Association Bubbles and Financial Crisis
(E3)
Presiding:
Pengfei Wang
(HKUST)
Bubbly Liquidity Bubbles and Credit Constraints [Download Preview] Equilibrium Debt Financing [Download Preview] Bubbly Business Cycles
Discussants:
Zheng Liu
(Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
Alberto Martin
(CREI and Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Pengfei Wang
(HKUST)
Christian Hellwig
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Buckingham
American Economic Association Communication in Experiments
(C9)
Presiding:
Dietmar Fehr
(WZB Berlin)
Ignorance is bliss: an experimental study of the use of ambiguity and vagueness in the coordination games with asymmetric payoffs [Download Preview] Inefficient Markets Managing Credibility Endogenous Communication and Coordination
Discussants:
Julian Jamison
(Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)
John Duffy
(University of Pittsburgh)
David Huffman
(Swarthmore College)
Svetlana Pevnitskaya
(Florida State University)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Soldier Field
American Economic Association Competition and Productive Efficiency
(L1)
Presiding:
Timothy Bresnahan
(Stanford University)
The Shrinking Hand: Why Information Technology Leads to Smaller Firms Profitability, Trade Credit and Institutional Structure of Production [Download Preview] Ownership and Performance in Vertical Relations: Satellite-Tracked Evidence [Download Preview] Competition and Price Dispersion in Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market Do Cartels Undermine Economic Efficiency? [Download Preview]
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus CD
American Economic Association Disability Programs and Employment
(J1)
Presiding:
John Pepper
(University of Virginia)
Cohort Trends in Employment and Use of Work Incentives for Participants in the Supplemental Security Income Program The Importance of State Anti-Discrimination Laws on Employer Accommodation and the Movement of their Employees onto Social Security Disability Insurance [Download Preview] What Are the Real Application Costs of SSDI? The Effect of Waiting Time on Labor Force Participation and Earnings The Effect of Vocation Rehabilitation for People with Mental Illness [Download Preview]
Discussants:
David Autor
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
David Stapleton
(Mathematica)
Eric French
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Jeffrey Smith
(University of Michigan)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Hong Kong
American Economic Association Economics of Families
(J1)
Presiding:
Anne Winkler
(University of Missouri-St.Louis)
Maternity Leave, Effort Allocation and Post-Motherhood Earnings [Download Preview] Paternity Leave [Download Preview] Selection, Heterogeneity and the Gender Wage Gap [Download Preview] I Will Divorce If You Cannot Give Me More Children and At Least a Son: Evidence from Vietnam [Download Preview] Engaging Absent Fathers: Lessons from Paternity Establishment Programs [Download Preview]
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Grand Suite 5
American Economic Association Fiscal Empirics
(E6)
Presiding:
Francesco Bianchi
(Duke University)
Optimal State-Contingent Fiscal Policy [Download Preview] Fiscal Policy and Lending Relationships [Download Preview] How Bad was Lehman Shock?: Estimating a DSGE model with Firm and Bank Balance Sheets in a Data-Rich Environment [Download Preview] Toward a Taylor Rule for Fiscal Policy [Download Preview] Rethinking the Effects of Fiscal Policy on Macroeconomic Aggregates: A Disaggregated SVAR Analysis [Download Preview]
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Grand Suite 3
American Economic Association Fiscal Policy Analysis
(H3)
Presiding:
Adam Hoffer
(West Virginia University)
State Pension Contributions and Fiscal Stress [Download Preview] Term Limits, Seniority, and Government Spending: Theory and Evidence from the U.S. States [Download Preview] Beyond Tax Smoothing [Download Preview] Preference Policies [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Adam J. Hoffer
(West Virginia University)
Peter Berck
(University of California-Berkeley)
David Splinter
(Rice University)
Yasushi Asako
(Bank of Japan)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Acapulco
American Economic Association Funding of Shadow Banks
(G2)
Presiding:
Stefan Nagel
(Stanford University)
Shadow Banking Sizing Up Repo [Download Preview] Repo runs: Evidence from the tri-party repo market [Download Preview] Securitization Without Risk Transfer [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Viral V. Acharya
(New York University)
Gary B. Gorton
(Yale University)
Suresh Sundaresan
(Columbia University)
Philip E. Strahan
(Boston College)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus G
American Economic Association Implications of Nonstandard Models of Decision Making
(E)
Presiding:
Lars Peter Hansen
(University of Chicago)
A Prior Predictive Analysis of the Effects of Loss Aversion/Narrow Framing in a Macroeconomic Model for Asset Pricing [Download Preview] Monetary Policy, Doubts and Asset Prices [Download Preview] Life-Cycle Asset Allocation with Ambiguity Aversion and Learning [Download Preview] Robust Control, Informational Frictions, and International Consumption Correlations [Download Preview] Reflexive Expectation Formation [Download Preview]
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus H
American Economic Association Including Communities in the Development Process
(O1)
Presiding:
Rema Hanna
(Harvard University)
Targeting the Poor: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia Community Based Monitoring: Experimental Evidence on Design and Long Run Impact [Download Preview] Does Direct Democracy Limit Resource Capture? Experimental Evidence from Afghanistan [Download Preview] Improving Educational Quality through Enhancing Community Participation: Results from a Randomized Field Experiment in Indonesia” [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Chris Blattman
(Yale University)
Sandip Sukhtankar
(Dartmouth College)
Martina Bjorkman-Nyqvist
(Universita Bocconi)
Rema Hanna
(Harvard University)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Toronto
American Economic Association Informing Household Saving Decisions: Plan Features and Interventions
(H3)
Presiding:
Annamaria Lusardi
(Dartmouth College)
What’s My Account Really Worth? The Effect of Lifetime Income Disclosure on Retirement Savings [Download Preview] The Impact of a Roth Option on Outcomes in Employer-Sponsored Savings Plans [Download Preview] How Financial Literacy and Impatience Shape Retirement Wealth and Investment Behaviors [Download Preview]
Discussants:
James Choi
(Yale University)
Scott Weisbenner
(University of Illinois)
Anya C. Savikhin
(University of Chicago)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus KL
American Economic Association Legal and Economic Foundations of Organization
(L2)
Presiding:
Scott Masten
(University of Michigan)
What is Law? A Coordination Model of the Characteristics of Legal Order [Download Preview] On the Evolution of Collective Enforcement Institutions: Communities and Courts [Download Preview] Theories of Firm and Market Organization: Focal Transactions, Empirical Testing, and Scaling Up [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Robert Gibbons
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Scott E. Masten
(University of Michigan)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Grand Ballroom A
American Economic Association Markets with Frictions
(D4) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Christopher Sims
(Princeton University)
Dale T. Mortensen
(Northwestern University)
Peter A. Diamond
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Robert Shimer
(University of Chicago)
Philipp Kircher
(London School of Economics)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 260
American Economic Association Producer Pricing in International Macroeconomics and Trade
(F4)
Presiding:
Katheryn Russ
(University of California-Davis and NBER)
Trade Wedges, Inventories, and International Business Cycles [Download Preview] Export Prices of U.S. Firms [Download Preview] Pricing-to-Market: Evidence From Plant-Level Prices [Download Preview] Teams of Rivals [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Mario Crucini
(Vanderbilt University)
Kalina Manova
(Stanford University)
Jaromir Nosal
(Columbia University)
Kanda Naknoi
(Purdue University)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Wrigley
American Economic Association Returns to Schooling
(I2)
Presiding:
Marian Vidal-Fernandez
(University of New South Wales and IZA)
Nature vs. Nurture in the Transmission of Economic Status Are Returns to Education on the Decline in Venezuela and Does Mission Sucre Have a Role to Play? [Download Preview] Additional Returns to Investing in Girls' Education: Impact on Younger Sibling Human Capital [Download Preview] ABC 123: Can Mobile Phones Improve Learning: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Niger. [Download Preview]
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbian
American Economic Association Robust Dynamic Contracting
(C7)
Presiding:
Sylvain Chassang
(Princeton University)
Aligned Delegation [Download Preview] Calibrated Incentive Contracts [Download Preview] Dynamic Contracts: Approximate Efficiency and Flexibility Insurance and Taxation over the Life Cycle [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Sylvain Chassang
(Princeton University)
Xavier Gabaix
(New York University)
Jason Hartline
(Northwestern University)
Rakesh Vohra
(Northwestern University)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus IJ
American Economic Association The Economic Implact of Global Banking
(G1)
Presiding:
Alexander Popov
(European Central Bank)
'When the Cat's Away the Mice Will Play': Does Regulation at Home Affect Bank Risk-Taking Abroad? [Download Preview] Government Guarantees and Bank Risk Taking Incentives [Download Preview] Do Banks Benefit from Internationalization? Revisiting the Market Power-Risk Nexus [Download Preview] Shocks Abroad, Pain at Home? Bank-Firm Level Evidence on Financial Contagion during the Recent Financial Crisis [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Jorg Rocholl
(European School of Management and Technology)
Claudia Buch
(University of Tubingen)
Steven Ongena
(Tilburg University)
Florian Heider
(European Central Bank)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Water Tower
American Economic Association The Impact of Negative Emotions on Economic Decisions
(D1)
Presiding:
Robert Frank
(Cornell University)
Bad Moods and Overconfidence [Download Preview] Emotion Regulation Modulates Inequity Aversion in an Ultimatum Game New Survey Evidence on the Components of a National Well-Being Index
Discussants:
Daniel Houser
(George Mason University)
Shane Frederick
(Yale University)
Angus Deaton
(Princeton University)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Gold Coast
American Economic Association Water Rights: Historical Perspectives and Emerging Issues
(N5)
Presiding:
Zeynep Hansen
(Boise State University and NBER)
The Evolving Impact of the Ogallala Aquifer: Agricultural Adaptation to Groundwater and Climate [Download Preview] The Political Economy of Major Water Infrastructure Investments in the Western United States and the Impact on Agriculture [Download Preview] An Econometric Test of Water Market Structure in the Western United States [Download Preview] Property Rights and Conjunctive Management: The Implications of Hydraulic Connectivity between Surface and Ground Water [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Joseph Cullen
(Washington University)
Pinar Keskin
(Wellesley College)
Jason Hansen
(Naval Postgraduate School)
Carl Kitchens
(University of Arizona)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Zurich F
American Finance Association Analysts: Forecasts, Following, etc.
(G2)
Presiding:
Kent Womack
(Dartmouth College)
Does Correlated Analyst Coverage Explain Excess Comovement? Projected Earnings Accuracy and Profitability of Stock Recommendations Are Analysts Whose Forecast Revisions Correlate Less with Prior Stock Price Changes Better Information Producers and Monitors? The Lure of the Slant: Analyst Optimism and Asset Prices
Discussants:
Michael Verardo
(London School of Economics & Political Science)
Evgeny Lyandres
(Boston University)
Lily Fang
(INSEAD)
Roger Loh
(Singapore Management University)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Zurich A
American Finance Association Behavioral Finance - Markets
(G1)
Presiding:
David Hirshleifer
(University of California-Irvine)
Word Power: A New Approach for Content Analysis Frog in the Pan: Continuous Information and Momentum Momentum, Reversal, and Investor Overconfidence: An Empirical Investigation of Mutual Fund Managers Quiet Bubbles
Discussants:
Joel Peress
(INSEAD)
Dongmei Li
(University of California-San Diego)
Dong Lou
(London School of Economics)
Nina Boyarchenko
(University of Chicago)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Zurich B
American Finance Association Capital Structure and Firm Organization
(G3)
Presiding:
Antoinette Schoar
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Innovation, Capital Structure, and the Boundaries of the Firm Taxes, Valuation, and Organizational Structure Block Ownership and the Role of Reputation in the Debt Market Wealth Transfers Among and Between Bond Issues in Mergers and Acquisitions: Evidence from Bond Tender Offers
Discussants:
Ilya Strebulaev
(Stanford University)
James Hines
(University of Michigan Law School)
Jarrad Harford
(University of Washington)
Yaniv Grinstein
(Cornell University)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Zurich C
American Finance Association IPOs and SEOs
(G3)
Presiding:
Jay Ritter
(University of Florida)
The Exit Choices of Entrepreneurial Firms Laddering in Initial Public Offering Allocations Market Reaction, Managerial Response, and the Classification of SEOs
Discussants:
Bill Francis
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Grace Hao
(University of Missouri-Columbia)
Rongbing Huang
(Kennesaw State University)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Zurich E
American Finance Association Liquidity, Trading, and Frictions - Empirical
(G1)
Presiding:
Albert Kyle
(University of Maryland)
How Does Portfolio Disclosure Affect Institutional Trading? Evidence from Their Daily Trades Smooth Plaid Models: A Dynamic Clustering Algorithm with Application to Electronic Financial Markets Shorting at Close Range: A Tale of Two Types Dark Pool Trading Strategies
Discussants:
TBA TBA
(TBA)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Zurich G
American Finance Association Portfolio Construction
(G1)
Presiding:
Ravi Jagannathan
(Northwestern University)
Dynamic Correlation or Tail Dependence Hedging for Portfolio Selection Beyond Visibility and Transparency: What Distinguishes Investment Decisions of Foreign and Domestic Investors? Dynamic Hedging in Incomplete Markets: A Simple Solution
Discussants:
Rossen Valkanov
(University of California-San Diego)
Pengjie Gao
(University of Notre Dame)
Mark Schroder
(Michigan State University)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, St. Gallen 1
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association Green Buildings and Residential Leases
(L7)
Presiding:
David Ling
(University of Florida)
The Value of Green Buildings New Evidence from the United Kingdom The Impact of the Mortgage Credit Expansion on the Performance of Residential Leases Energy Factors, Leasing Structure and the Market Price of Office Buildings in the U.S. Lease Rates and Option to Terminate: An Empirical Investigation
Discussants:
Andy Naranjo
(University of Florida)
Stuart Rosenthal
(Syracuse University)
Piet Eichholtz
(Maastricht University)
Nai Jia Lee
(National University of Singapore)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, St. Gallen 2
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association Housing Choices over the Life Cycle
(R2)
Presiding:
Stephen Malpezzi
(University of Wisconsin)
Does Home Owning Smooth the Variability of Future Housing Consumption? Interest Accumulation in Home Equity Loans to Retirees Medicaid and the Housing and Asset Decisions of the Elderly: Evidence from Estate Recovery Programs The Role of Anchoring in Homeownership Choice: A Survival Analysis under a Natural Experiment Framework
Discussants:
Stanley Longhofer
(Wchita State University)
Geng Li
(Federal Reserve Board)
Jay Sa-Aadu
(University of Iowa)
Tammie Simmons-Mosley
(California State University-East Bay)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Vevey 2
Association for Comparative Economic Studies Economic Development from a Historical Perspective
(P5)
Presiding:
Azim Essaji
(Wilfrid Laurier University)
Peculiar Institutions: The Effect of Slaveowner Property Rights on Agricultural and Manufacturing Productivity How the West "Invented" Fertility Restriction The Long-Run Effects of the Scramble for Africa Resources and Conflict in the Run-Up to Modern Europe
Discussants:
Melinda Miller
(U.S. Naval Academy)
Quamrul H. Ashraf
(Williams College)
Azim Essaji
(Wilfrid Laurier University)
Noel Johnson
(George Mason University)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Montreux 1
Association for Evolutionary Economics Policy Implications of the Great Recession
(E2)
Presiding:
Howard Stein
(University of Michigan)
Macroeconomic Policies and the Great Recession The Neoliberal Policy Paradigm and the Great Recession The Minsky Moment: Lessons for Firm Innovation in the U.S The Fight over Reforms of the ‘International Monetary Fund’ System
Discussants:
Luiz Carlos Bresser Pereira
(Getulio Vargas Foundation)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, St. Gallen 3
Association for Social Economics The Ethics of Economic Policies and Institutions: Environment, Health, Wages, Finance, and Cooperatives
(D6)
Presiding:
George DeMartino
(University of Denver)
Entrepreneurship, Homoeconomicus, and Homoecologicus: Interrogating the Disjuncture between Environmental Ethics and Entrepreneurship Discourses in the Sahel A Socially Responsible Health Economics? On the Emotional Landscape of Health Economics L.T. Hobhouse, the New Liberalism, and the Ethics and Economics of a Living Wage The Social Costs of Business Enterprise Today Do Cooperatives Benefit the Poor?
Discussants:
Frederic Jennings, Jr.
(Center for Ecological Economic and Ethical Education)
Evelyn L. Forget
(University of Manitoba)
Jeannette Wicks-Lim
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Sebastian Berger
(Dickinson College)
Tonia Warnecke
(Rollins College)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Vevey 1
Association of Environmental & Resource Economists Voluntary and Information Based Environmental Management
(Q5)
Presiding:
Mark Cohen
(Resources for the Future)
The Behavioral Response to Voluntary Provision of an Environmental Public Good: Evidence from Residential Electricity Demand Environmental Policy and Giving: Does Government Spending Affect Charitable Donations? Voluntary Pollution Abatement and Regulation Informing Averting Behavior: Effects of Ozone Alerts across U.S. Cities
Discussants:
David Rapson
(University of California-Davis)
Laura Grant
(University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Mark Cohen
(Resources for the Future)
Katrina Jessoe
(University of California-Davis)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Dusable
Econometric Society Advances in International Trade
(F1)
Presiding:
Gene Grossman
(Princeton University)
Importing Skill-Biased Technology Intertemporal Trade Policy The Impact of Trade on Organization and Productivity A Linder Hypothesis for Foreign Direct Investment
Discussants:
Stephen Ross Yeaple
(Pennsylvania State University)
Robert W. Staiger
(Stanford University)
Samuel Kortum
(University of Chicago)
Costas Arkolakis
(Yale University)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Field
Econometric Society Applications of the Synthetic Control Method
(C2)
Presiding:
Caroline Hoxby
(Harvard University)
The Value of Political Connections in the United States Catastrophic Natural Disasters and Economic Growth The Economic Consequences of Organized Crime: Evidence from Southern Italy Emissions Targets and Domestic Actions: Dead End or Last Resort?
Discussants:
Caroline Hoxby
(Harvard University)
Edward Miguel
(University of California-Berkeley)
Alberto Abadie
(Harvard University)
Michael Greenstone
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Addams
Econometric Society Inference in Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Models
(C0)
Presiding:
-- TBD
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Maximum Likelihood Inference in Weakly Identified DSGE Models Inference and Specification Testing in DSGE Models with Possible Weak Identification Estimating Dynamic Equilibrium Models using Macro and Financial Data Measuring Prior Sensitivity and Prior Informativeness in Large Bayesian Models
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Wright
Econometric Society Modeling Incomplete Information Games
(C7)
Presiding:
Xavier Vives
(IESE Business School)
Limited Records and Reputation A Robustly Efficient Auction and Informational Size Common Value Auctions with Bidder Solicitation
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, McCormick
Econometric Society Trade, FDI and Recessions
(F3)
Presiding:
Peter Schott
(Yale University)
Productivity versus Competition Effects of Foreign Investment Within and Across Countries International Competition and Industrial Evolution: Evidence from the Impact of Chinese Competition on Mexican Maquiladoras The Surprisingly Swift Decline of U.S. Manufacturing Employment During the 2001 Recession The Role of Inventories and Speculative Trading in the Global Market for Crude Oil
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Burnham
Econometric Society Unemployment Insurance Over the Business Cycle
(J6)
Presiding:
Raj Chetty
(Harvard University)
Should Unemployment Vary with the Business Cycle? Theory and Evidence The Effect of Extended Unemployment Insurance Over the Business Cycle: Evidence from Regression Discontinuity Estimates over Twenty Years Unemployment Insurance and Job Search in the Great Recession
Discussants:
Raj Chetty
(Harvard University)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Swissotel, Vevey 3
International Banking, Economics & Finance Association The Effects of Credit Risk on Bank Lending
(G2)
Presiding:
Douglas Evanoff
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Risk Overhang and Loan Portfolio Decisions: The Supply of Small Business Loans before and during the Financial Crisis Credit Market Architecture and the Boom and Bust in US Consumption Reexamining the Empirical Relation between Loan Risk and Collateral: The Roles of Collateral Types and Characteristics When Good Investments Go Bad: The Contraction in Community Bank Lending after the 2008 GSE Takeover
Discussants:
Tara Rice
(Federal Reserve Board)
Evren Ors
(HEC Paris, France)
TBA TBA
(TBA)
TBA TBA
(TBA)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Palmer House Hilton, Salons 7-9
Labor & Employment Relations Association The Impact of the Great Recession on Public Sector Employment: LERA Research Volume Preview (Symposium)
(J3)
Presiding:
Daniel Mitchell
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Trends in the Compensation of State and Local Employees Public Pension and Employment Relations in the Public Sector after the Great Recession Privatization and the Great Recession Effects of Deep Recession on Public Sector Pay, Benefits and Employment
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Palmer House Hilton, Salon 2
Labor & Employment Relations Association The Outcome Effects of Unionization on Care Workers
(J1)
Presiding:
J. Ryan Lamare
(University of Manchester)
Unionized Home-Based Child Care Providers in New Jersey Impact of Training on License Exempt Child Care Providers Effects of Unions in Nursing Homes The Effect of Hospital Unions on Nurse Staffing and Patient Outcomes
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Palmer House Hilton, Salon 12
Labor & Employment Relations Association Vulnerable Workers; Precarious Work: A Global Perspective
(J5)
Presiding:
Janice Bellace
(University of Pennsylvania)
Young Workers in Recessionary Times: The European Experience Older Workers in Recessionary Times: The American Experience How Precarious Employment Damages Health: Evidence from Australia
Discussants:
Ryan Lamare
(University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Regency B
Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics/American Economic Association Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Publication of Gary Becker's Treatise on the Family
(D1)
Presiding:
Aloysius Siow
(University of Toronto)
The Economics of the Family and the Economics of Child Development Equilibrium Models of the Marriage Market: Theory and Some Applications Gender, Culture and Division of Labor Household Production and Racial Intermarriage [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Gary S. Becker
(University of Chicago)
Jan 08, 2012 8:00 am, Palmer House Hilton, Indiana Room
Union for Radical Political Economists/International Association for Feminist Economics Asset Ownership, the Intra-Household Distribution of Wealth and Household Decision-Making in Ecuador, Ghana and India
(O5)
Presiding:
Carmen Diana Deere
(University of Florida)
The Impact of Wealth and Asset Ownership on Household Decision-Making in Ecuador Women’s Decision-Making Role and Asset Ownership in Ghana Effective vs. Nominal Ownership: Evidence from Karnataka The Gender-Asset Gap and Household Decision-Making: Lessons from Ghana, Ecuador, India and Uganda
Discussants:
Kathleen Beegle
(World Bank)
Carmen Diana Deere
(University of Florida)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Grand Suite 5
American Economic Association Aspects of the Labor Market during the Great Recession
(J6)
Presiding:
Till Von Wachter
(Columbia University)
Did Leisure Increase Following the 2008 Tax Rebates? Evidence from Daily Data. Employment, Earnings, and Deferred Compensation During the Great Recession [Download Preview] Financing Constraints and Unemployment: Evidence from the Great Recession [Download Preview] Has the Great Recession Raised U.S. Structural Unemployment Rate? [Download Preview] Immigration, Remittances and Business Cycles [Download Preview]
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Toronto
American Economic Association Consumer Credit
(G2)
Presiding:
Simon Firestone
(Federal Reserve Board)
Credit Supply to Bankrupt Consumers: Evidence from Credit Card Mailings [Download Preview] Does Bankruptcy Reduce Foreclosure? [Download Preview] Information Asymmetries in Consumer Credit Markets [Download Preview] Race, Ethnicity, and Credit Card Marketing [Download Preview]
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus EF
American Economic Association Corruption
(O1)
Presiding:
Sendhil Mullainathan
(Harvard University)
Corrupting Learning: Evidence from Missing Federal Education Funds in Brazil [Download Preview] The Dynamic Effects of Information on Political Corruption: Theory and Evidence from Puerto Rico [Download Preview] Decentralization and the Political Economy of Water Pollution: Evidence from the Re-drawing of County Borders in Brazil [Download Preview] The Marginal Rate of Corruption in Public Programs [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Paul Niehaus
(University of California-San Diego)
Claudio Ferraz
(PUC-Rio)
Gustavo Bobonis
(University of Toronto)
Mushfiq Mobarak
(Yale School of Management)
Sandip Sukhtankar
(Dartmouth College)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus IJ
American Economic Association Does Uncertainty Matter for Business Cycles?
(E3)
Presiding:
Giuseppe Moscarini
(Yale University)
Financial Markets and Fluctuations in Uncertainty Estimating the Causal Effect of Uncertainty from Disaster Shocks [Download Preview] Financial Factors in Economic Fluctuations Business Cycles and Endogenous Uncertainty [Download Preview]
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus KL
American Economic Association Educational Choices and Returns to Skills
(J3)
Presiding:
Sergio Urzua
(Northwestern University)
Early and Late Human Capital Investments, Borrowing Constraints, and the Family [Download Preview] The Changing Roles of Education and Ability in Wage Determination [Download Preview] The Effects of Schooling on Labor Market and Health Outcomes The Impact of Early Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills on Later Outcomes [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Baris Kaymak
(Université de Montréal)
Philippe Belley
(Kansas State University)
Gregorio Caetano
(University of Rochester)
Joshua Kinsler
(University of Rochester)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Acapulco
American Economic Association Family and Finance
(D1)
Presiding:
Pierre-André Chiappori
(Columbia University)
Insurance and Investment within Family Networks Exponential Individuals, Hyperbolic Households [Download Preview] Intrahousehold Preference Heterogeneity, Commitment, and Strategic Savings [Download Preview] Financing from Family and Friends [Download Preview]
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Regency A
American Economic Association Household Finance and the Macro Economy
(G1)
Presiding:
Antoinette Schoar
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Household Balance Sheets, Consumption, and the Economic Slump [Download Preview] Credit Supply and House Prices: Evidence from Mortgage Market Segmentation [Download Preview] What Kinds of Annuities Do People Want?
Discussants:
Ivan Werning
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Nicholas Souleles
(University of Pennsylvania)
Annette Vissing Jorgensen
(Northwestern University)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Regency B
American Economic Association Information, Financial Crisis and the Real Economy
(G2)
Presiding:
Olivier Blanchard
(International Monetary Fund)
Interconnections and Volatility in Networks A Macroeconomic Model with a Financial Sector Real and Financial Crises: The Role of Irreversibility and News in Micro-Macro Linkages A Model of Shadow Banking [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Viral Acharya
(New York University)
Itay Goldstein
(University of Pennsylvania)
Gary Gorton
(Yale University)
Nobuhiro Kiyotaki
(Princeton University)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Water Tower
American Economic Association Innovation and Public Policy
(O3)
Presiding:
Joshua Gans
(University of Toronto)
The Two Faces of Innovation [Download Preview] A Simple Model of Copyright Levies: Implications for Harmonization [Download Preview] Knowledge Linkages and Multi-Sector Firm Innovations Science-Based Business: Knowledge Capital or Entrepreneurial Ability? Theory and Evidence from a Survey of Biotechnology Start-ups [Download Preview] Maximizing the Value of Science: No News Can Be Good News [Download Preview]
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus G
American Economic Association International Finance
(F3)
Presiding:
Abigail Hornstein
(Wesleyan University )
Foreign Exchange Intervention When Interest Rates Are Zero: Does the Portfolio Balance Channel Matter After All? [Download Preview] Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt Cost in a World with Liquidity Crises [Download Preview] Financial Markets as a Commitment Device for the Government [Download Preview] Did Unconventional Interventions Unfreeze the Credit Market? Some International Evidence
Discussants:
Tanseli Savaser
(Williams College)
Bill Craighead
(Wesleyan University)
Ergys Islamaj
(Vassar College)
Abigail Hornstein
(Wesleyan University)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Regency C
American Economic Association International Trade Agreements
(F1)
Presiding:
Mostafa Beshkar
(University of New Hampshire)
Tariff Binding and Overhang: Theory and Evidence [Download Preview] The Theory Of Optimal Delegation With An Application To Tariff Caps [Download Preview] Exporting under Trade Policy Uncertainty: Theory and Evidence [Download Preview] Uncertainty and Trade Agreements
Discussants:
Meredith Crowly
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Jee-Hyeong Park
(Seoul National University)
Taiji Furusawa
(Hitotsubashi University)
Mostafa Beshkar
(University of New Hampshire)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Regency D
American Economic Association Lessons from the Past for Today's Fiscal Adjustment Plans
(H6)
Presiding:
Paolo Mauro
(International Monetary Fund)
The Liquidation of Government Debt [Download Preview] When and Why Fiscal Adjustments are Successful From First-Release to Ex-Post Fiscal Data: Exploring the Sources of Revision Errors in the EU [Download Preview] Chipping Away at the Public Debt—A Statistical Analysis of Large Fiscal Adjustment Plans in European Union Member Countries, 1991-2007 [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Antonio Fatas
(INSEAD, France)
Philip Lane
(Trinity College, Dublin)
Glenn Follette
(Federal Reserve Board)
Eric M. Leeper
(Indiana University)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus H
American Economic Association Multi-Product Firms and Product Quality in International Trade
(F1)
Presiding:
Kalina Manova
(Stanford University)
Trading Away Wide Brands for Cheap Brands Exports, Export Destinations, and Skills Multi-Product Firms and Product Quality [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Marc Muendler
(University of California-San Diego)
Robert Johnson
(Dartmouth College)
Jim Tybout
(Pennsylvania State University)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Hong Kong
American Economic Association Real-Time Density Forecasting
(C5)
Presiding:
Simon van Norden
(HEC Montreal, CIRANO and CIREQ)
Real-Time Forecasting with a Mixed Frequency VAR [Download Preview] Density Forecasts in the Presence of Instabilities Nowcasting GDP in Real Time: A Density Combination Approach [Download Preview] Analyzing the Effect of Data Revisions on Predictive Densities in a Small-Scale DSGE Model
Discussants:
Jonathan Wright
(Johns Hopkins University)
Francis X. Diebold
(University of Pennsylvania)
Ed Herbst
(University of Pennsylvania)
Simon van Norden
(HEC Montreal, CIRANO and CIREQ)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 260
American Economic Association Structural Change, Growth and Welfare in the Global Economy
(F4)
Presiding:
Kei-Mu Yi
(Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
Structural Change in Open Economies [Download Preview] International Trade: Linking Micro and Macro A Global View of Productivity Growth in China [Download Preview] The Evolution of Comparative Advantage [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Rachel Ngai
(London School of Economics)
Diego Restuccia
(University of Toronto)
Francisco Buera
(Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
Michael Waugh
(New York University)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Gold Coast
American Economic Association The International Transmission of Financial Shocks: Bank-Level Evidence from the 2007-2009 Crisis
(F3)
Presiding:
Erik Berglöf
(European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD))
Foreign Banks in the Great Recesssion: Diversity in Internal and External Lending [Download Preview] Flight Home, Flight Abroad, and International Credit Cycles [Download Preview] From Financial Crisis to Great Recession: The Transmission Role of Globalized Banks [Download Preview] Bank Funding Constraints and International Shock Transmission during the 2007-09 Crisis [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Jeromin Zettelmeyer
(European Bank for Reconstruction and Development)
Nicola Cetorelli
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Neeltje Van Horen
(De Nederlandsche Bank)
Mariassunta Giannetti
(Stockholm School of Economics)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Grand Suite 3
American Economic Association The Role of Information in Decisions about Public Education
(I2)
Presiding:
Diane Schanzenbach
(Northwestern University)
Private Contracting by Public Schools: Evidence from the Market for Comprehensive School Reform [Download Preview] Principal Quality and the Labor Market for Public School Administrators School Quality and Information Disclosure: Evidence from the Housing Market [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Jacob Vigdor
(Duke University)
Jesse Rothstein
(University of California-Berkeley)
David Figlio
(Northwestern University)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Grand Ballroom A
American Economic Association What Happened to the U.S. Employment Miracle?
(J6) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Janice Eberly
(Northwestern University)
Steven J. Davis
(University of Chicago)
Henry Farber
(Princeton University)
Lawrence Katz
(Harvard University)
Robert Shimer
(University of Chicago)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus CD
American Economic Association Women and the Firm
(Y9)
Presiding:
Marjorie McElroy
(Duke University)
Affirmative Action in Korea: Its Impact on Women’s Employment, Corporate Performance and Economic Growth [Download Preview] Business Cycles and Gender Diversification: An Analysis of Staffing Patterns by Industry and Firm Size Layoff Decisions at Women-Owned Businesses in the United States [Download Preview] Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus: Gender and Mergers and Acquisitions [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Sabrina Pabilonia
(Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Julie Smith
(Lafayette College)
Cristian Bartolucci
(Collegio Carlo Alberto)
Johanna L. Francis
(Fordham University)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Zurich G
American Finance Association/Association of Financial Economists Acquisitions: Novel Aspects
(G3)
Presiding:
Kose John
(New York University)
Advisor Skill and Acquisition Performance: Do Investment Bankers Make a Difference? Economic Nationalism in Mergers and Acquisitions Waves of Financial Buyers vs. Strategic Buyers Cash Stockpiles and Investment: Do Cash-Rich Firms Use Cash in Acquisitions?
Discussants:
Jayant Kale
(Georgia State University)
Randall Morck
(University of Alberta)
Per Stromberg
(Stockholm School of Economics)
Amy Dittmar
(University of Michigan)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Zurich F
American Finance Association Behavioral Finance - Corporate
(G3)
Presiding:
Jeffrey Wurgler
(New York University)
The WACC Fallacy: The Real Effects of Using a Unique Discount Rate Financial Constraints on Corporate Goodness Cross-Market Timing in Security Issuance CEO Narcissism and the Takeover Process: From Private Initiation to Deal Completion
Discussants:
Oliver Spalt
(University of Texas-Austin)
Dirk Jenter
(Stanford University)
Borja Larrain
(Universidad Catolica de Chile)
Matthias Kahl
(University of Colorado-Boulder)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Zurich A
American Finance Association International Financial Markets
(G1)
Presiding:
John Griffin
(University of Texas-Austin)
The European Union, the Euro, and Equity Market Integration Liquidity Biases and the Pricing of Cross-Sectional Idiosyncratic Volatility: International Evidence Investing in a Global World
Discussants:
Michael Melvin
(BlackRock)
Allaudeen Hameed
(National University of Singapore)
Miguel erreira
(Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Zurich C
American Finance Association Macro Finance
(G1)
Presiding:
Amir Yaron
(University of Pennsylvania)
Innovation, Growth, and Asset Pricing The Good, Bad, and Volatility Beta: A Generalized CAPM Asset Pricing in Production Economies with Extrapolative Expectations Sources of Entropy in Representative Agent Models
Discussants:
Stavros Panageas
(University of Chicago)
Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
(New York University)
Lars Lochstoer
(Columbia University)
Hanno Lustig
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Zurich B
American Finance Association Portfolio Choice
(G1)
Presiding:
Nicolae Garleanu
(University of California-Berkeley)
Capitalizing on Capitol Hill: Informed Trading by Hedge Fund Managers Home Away From Home: Economic Relevance and Local Investors Investor Networks in the Stock Market
Discussants:
Christopher Malloy
(Harvard Business School)
Tobias Moskowitz
(University of Chicago)
Joel Hasbrouck
(New York University)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Zurich E
American Finance Association Real Estate and Mortgages
(G2)
Presiding:
Timothy Riddiough
(University of Wisconsin)
Complex Mortgages Works of Friction? Originator-Sponsor Affiliation and Losses on Mortgage-Backed Securities Securitization and Loan Performance: A Contrast of Ex Ante and Ex Post Relations in the Mortgage Market
Discussants:
Tomasz Piskorski
(Columbia Business School)
Robert Van Order
(University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)
Nancy Wallace
(University of California-Berkeley)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Zurich D
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association/American Finance Association Future of Residential Mortgage Securitization
(G2) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
Stuart Gabriel
(University of California-Los Angeles)
S. Wayne Passmore
(Federal Reserve Board)
Susan Wachter
(University of Pennsylvania)
David S. Scharfstein
(Harvard University)
Frank Nothaft
(Freddie Mac)
Dwight Jaffee
(University of California-Berkeley)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, St. Gallen 1
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association Neighborhood Effects and Household Behavior
(R2)
Presiding:
Jenny Schuetz
(University of Southern California)
Spatial Mismatch and Affordable Housing Urban Pioneers: Why Do Higher Income Households Choose Lower Income Neighborhoods? Intra- and Inter-Neighborhood Mobility: The Effects of Neighborhood Conditions on Residential Mobility Patterns Does Crime Depress Neighborhood Business Activity? Evidence from New York City
Discussants:
Andrew Hanson
(Georgia State University)
Andra Ghent
(Baruch College)
Daniel Hartley
(Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland)
Amanda Ross
(Syracuse University)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Vevey 2
Association for Comparative Economic Studies/American Economic Association Institutions, Crises, and Creative Destruction
(O1)
Presiding:
John Haltiwanger
(University of Maryland and NBER)
Do Crises Catalyze Creative Destruction? Firm-Level Evidence from Indonesia Scarring Recessions and Credit Constraints: Evidence from Colombian Firm Dynamics [Download Preview] U.S. Job Creation and Firm Dynamics in the Great Recession: Cyclical and Secular Factors Institutions and Creative Destruction in the Postcommunist Transition: A Comparative Firm-Level Analysis
Discussants:
Jonathan Haskel
(Imperial College London)
John J. Stevens
(Federal Reserve Board)
Francis Kramarz
(CREST)
Eric J. Bartelsman
(Free University of Amsterdam)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Montreux 1
Association for Evolutionary Economics The Crisis in Europe and Beyond
(F3)
Presiding:
Wolfram Elsner
(University of Bremen)
A Missed Opportunity? Economic Policy and the Response to the Financial Crisis in the UK The Institutional Foundations of the Greek Debt Crisis From the Global Financial Crisis to the Crisis of the European Union in an Institutionalist Perspective Crisis and Regional Distribution in the European Union Predatory Raiding in Russia
Discussants:
Malcolm Sawyer
(University of Leeds)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Montreux 2
Association for Evolutionary Economics The Destabilizing Impacts of Natural and Man-Made Crises
(H4)
Presiding:
Zdravka Todorova
(Wright State University)
Increasing Damage of Man-Made Crises: Financial Crises and Global Instability Disasters Not So Natural That Deepen Inequalities Crisis, Dollar and the Shadow Financial System Natural Disaster Impacts and Fiscal Decentralization Earthquake Risks in Japan
Discussants:
John P. Watkins
(Westminster College)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, St. Gallen 3
Association for Social Economics/International Association for Feminist Economics Women in the Economics Profession
(J7)
Presiding:
Robert Prasch
(Middlebury College)
Gender, Publishing and the Editorship of the Americian Economic Review in the Early Years Return from Exile: Gender, Academic Employment, and Statistical Analysis, 1950-70 Gender and Changing Patterns of Collaboration in High-Profile Economic Research Mainstreaming Gender in the Economics Profession
Discussants:
Deborah Figart
(Richard Stockton College)
Robert E. Prasch
(Middlebury College)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Vevey 1
Association of Environmental & Resource Economists Economic Theory of Optimal Regulation with Applications to Climate Change
(Q5)
Presiding:
Charles Kolstad
(University of California-Santa Barbara)
On Welfare Frameworks and Catastrophic Climate Risks welfare Tipping Points and Ambiguity in the Integrated Assessment of Climate Change Uncertainty About Technological Progress and Growth in the Integrated Assessment of Climate Change Determinants of Contract Completeness: An Environmental Regulatory Application
Discussants:
Stephen Salant
(University of Michigan)
Andreas Lange
(University of Hamburg)
Charles Kolstad
(University of California-Santa Barbara)
Michael Roberts
(North Carolina State University)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Buckingham
Econometric Society Bonds and CDS Markets
(G1)
Presiding:
Pierre Collin-Dufresne
(Columbia University)
An Empirical Decomposition of Risk and Liquidity in Nominal and Inflation-Indexed Government Bonds Positioning in the CDS Market: Evidence from the DTCC Data Bond Variance Risk Premia
Discussants:
Michael Fleming
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Rene Stulz
(Ohio State University)
Torben Andersen
(Northwestern University)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Wrigley
Econometric Society Economics of Internet Markets
(L1)
Presiding:
Jonathan Levin
(Stanford University)
Multidimensional Heterogeneity and Platform Design Price Discrimination in Many-to-Many Matching Markets Social Advertising Sales Mechanisms in Online Markets: What Happened to Internet Auctions?
Discussants:
Preston McAfee
(Research
Yahoo!)
Jonathan Baker
(American Universityi)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Dusable
Econometric Society Environment and Development
(O4)
Presiding:
Seema Jayachandran
(Northwestern University)
The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics Arsenic Contamination, Nutrition and Economic Growth in Bangladesh The Long-Run Impact of Air Pollution on Life Expectancy: Evidence from China's Huai River Policy
Discussants:
Sriniketh Nagavarapu
(Brown University)
Pascaline Dupas
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Paulina Oliva
(University of California-Santa Barbara)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Field
Econometric Society Foundational Issues in Game Theory
(C7)
Presiding:
-- TBD
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A Structure Theorem for Rationalizability in infinite-horizon games Common Certainty of Rationality Revisited A New Approach to the of Study Games with Incomplete Information Correlated Equilibrium in Games of Incomplete Information
Discussants:
Antonio Penta
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Amanda Friedenberg
(Arizona State University)
Paulo Barelli
(University of Rochester)
Eran Shmaya
(Northwestern University)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, McCormick
Econometric Society Network Games
(D8)
Presiding:
David Miller
(University of California-San Diego)
Intermediation and Strategic Default Cooperation with Local Monitoring Ostracism Bilateral Trading in Networks Treasure Hunt
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Addams
Econometric Society Partial Identification: Inference and Applications
(C2)
Presiding:
Francesca Molinari
(Cornell University)
Asymptotically Efficient Estimation of Models Defined by Convex Moment Inequalities Policy Choice and Partial Identification Computational Methods for Partially Identified Models Testing for the Degree of Commitment via Set-Identification
Discussants:
Whitney K. Newey
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Joerg Stoye
(Cornell University)
Hiroaki Kaido
(Boston University)
Karel Mertens
(Cornell University)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Swissotel, Vevey 3
International Banking, Economics & Finance Association The Effects of Macro-Financial Interventions
(G2)
Presiding:
W. Frame
(Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta)
Central Banks' Dilemma: Reserve Accumulation, Inflation and Financial Instability Overlending, Sudden Stops, and Macro-prudential Policies Safer Ratios, Riskier Portfolios: Banks' Response to Government Aid The Effect of TARP on Bank Risk-Taking
Discussants:
Mary Rosenbaum
(Observatory Group)
Anthony Murphy
(Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)
Sumit Agarwal
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Tjomme Rusticus
(Northwestern University)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbian
International Health Economics Association The Economics of Health Care Reform and Technological Change
(I1)
Presiding:
Mark Duggan
(University of Pennsylvania)
Technology Growth and Expenditure Growth in Health Care The Doctor Might See You Now: The Supply Side Effects of Public Health Insurance Expansions What Does Health Reform Mean for the Healthcare Industry? Evidence from the Massachusetts Special Election The Long-Term Impact of Medicare Payment Reductions on Patient Outcomes
Discussants:
Heidi Williams
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Kosali Simon
(Indiana University)
Ben Handel
(University of California-Berkeley)
Jon Kolstad
(University of Pennsylvania)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Palmer House Hilton, Salons 7-9
Labor & Employment Relations Association Creating a Climate of Employee Voice
(J1)
Presiding:
Adrienne Eaton
(Rutgers University)
Do Unions Matter for Work-Life Flexibility Policy Access and Use? Flexibility and Control for Workers: Path to Employee Happiness? The Efficacy of Peer Review Panels as Systems of Employee Voice Facilitating Employee Voice through Workplace Structures: Is There a Relationship to Organizational Innovation?
Discussants:
David Lewin
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Ann C. Frost
(University of Western Ontario)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Palmer House Hilton, Salon 12
Labor & Employment Relations Association Does Community Organising Make Sense? Trade Unions Perspectives from around the World
(J1)
Presiding:
Jane Holgate
(Leeds University)
The Diffusion of a "Mobilizing Culture"? Community Organizing in Boston and Berlin Taking Workplace Unionism "into" the Community: An Example from the North of Ireland Union Disorganising, Community Organising: Labour and Migrant Communities in the North of Ireland's Sectarian Society Using Community Organizing to Build Strong Labor-community Coalitions
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Palmer House Hilton, Salon 2
Labor & Employment Relations Association Whistleblowing as Workers' Voice and Institutional Tactic: Recent Developments in the Law and Potential Tactical Use
(J1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator:
E. Patrick McDermott
(Salisbury University)
Earl Brown
(Solidarity Center)
Daniel E. Campbell
(International Longshoremens Local #2001)
Manfred Elfstrom
(Cornell University)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Palmer House Hilton, Kimball Room
National Economic Association/American Society of Hispanic Economists Investments in Minority Communities
(D1)
Presiding:
Andres Vargas
(Texas Tec Imoverostu)
Do Spending Patterns or Time Use Decrease the Educational Investment in African American and Hispanic Communities What's Our Next Best Alternative? Estimating the Opportunity Cost of Graduate School for Minority Scholars Credit Constraints: The Case of Degree Completion for African Americans in Historical Black Colleges and Universities Statistical Modeling of HIV Epidemic in New York City: A Theoretical Framework
Discussants:
Mark Hugo Lopez
(Pew Hispanic Center)
Maria E. Enchautegui
(U.S. Department of Labor)
Sue K. Stockly
(Eastern New Mexico University)
Darrick Hamilton
(The New School)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Palmer House Hilton, Wabash
Union for Radical Political Economists/American Economic Association Economics and Ethics
(A1)
Presiding:
Ann Davis
(Marist College)
How Economics Undermines Our Relationships With Each Other and With the Planet [Download Preview] Where Positive Meets Normative: Economics, Economists, and the Matter of Harm [Download Preview] The Economy is Reasonably Ethical, But Samuelsonian Economics is Not
Discussants:
Thomas Leonard
(Princeton University)
Jonathan Feinstein
(Yale University)
William Lazonick
(University of Massachusetts-Lowell)
Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Palmer House Hilton, Indiana Room
Union for Radical Political Economists/National Economic Association From Subprime Lending to Foreclosures: America’s Invisible Crisis of Race and Inequality
(R3)
Presiding:
Gary Dymski
(University of California-Riverside)
Race, Power, and the Subprime/Foreclosure Crisis: A Meso Analysis Impacts of Foreclosure on Racial Inequalities in Homeownership and Wealth Explaining the Trajectory of Foreclosures in Southern California Latino Neighborhoods Predatory Mortgage Lending, Race, and Dodd-Frank Subprime Lending, Foreclosures, and Race: An Invisible National Crisis? Five Realities about the Current Financial and Economic Crises
Discussants:
William Darity, Jr.
(Duke University)
Arthur Paris
(Syracuse University)
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Hyatt Regency, Atlanta
American Economic Association Air Pollution and Development
(Q5)
Presiding:
Rema Hanna
(Harvard University)
The Effect of Pollution on Labor Supply: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Mexico City [Download Preview] Air Pollution Control in India: Getting the Prices Right [Download Preview] The Long-Run Impact of Air Pollution on Life Expectancy: Evidence from China’s Huai River Policy Import Competition and Environmental Performance: Evidence from Mexican Plant-level and Satellite Imagery Data [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Matthew Neidell
(Columbia University)
Rema Hanna
(Harvard University)
Maureen Cropper
(Univesity of Maryland and Resources for the Future)
Paulina Oliva
(University of California-Santa Barbara)
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Hyatt Regency, Toronto
American Economic Association Banking in Crisis
(G2)
Presiding:
Amit Seru
(University of Chicagoi)
Liberalization, Bank Governance, and Risk Taking [Download Preview] How do banks react to increased credit risks? Evidence from Hurricane Katrina [Download Preview] Bank Organization, Market Structure and Risk Taking: Theory and Evidence from U.S. Commercial Banks [Download Preview] International Banks and the Cross-Border Transmission of Business Cycles [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Todd Gormley
(University of Pennsylvania)
Adi Sunderam
(Harvard University)
Jose Liberti
(DePaul University)
Philipp Schnabl
(New York University)
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 260
American Economic Association Climate Change Policy in a Risky World
(Q5)
Presiding:
Kenneth Judd
(Hoover Institution)
The Optimal Allocation of Global Land Use in the Food-Energy-Environment Trilemma [Download Preview] Robust Emissions Policies in a Northian Heat Balance Model of Global Warming Optimal Policy Response to Tipping Point Risks The Cost of Climate Change Risk
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Hyatt Regency, Columbian
American Economic Association Corruption II
(K4)
Presiding:
Ralph Bayer
(University of Adelaide)
Black Markets and Economic Sanctions The Role Political Connections Play in Access to Finance: Evidence from Cross-Listing [Download Preview] Displacing Corruption [Download Preview] Bribes for Sales: Evidence from the Second Set of Books [Download Preview] Importing Corruption Norms from Overseas: Evidence from Corporate Tax Evasion in the U.S. [Download Preview]
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Hyatt Regency, Columbus CD
American Economic Association Designing Effective School Choice Mechanisms
(I2)
Presiding:
Diane Schanzenbach
(Northwestern University)
School Choice, School Quality and College Attendance [Download Preview] Charter School Entry and Student Choice: The Case of Washington, D.C. [Download Preview] Promoting School Competition through School Choice: A Market Design Approach [Download Preview] From Boston to Shanghai to Deferred Acceptance: Theory and Experiments on A Family of School Choice Mechanisms
Discussants:
Kevin Stange
(University of Michigan)
Justine Hastings
(Brown University)
Onur Kesten
(Carnegie Mellon University)
Fuhito Kojima
(Stanford University)
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Hyatt Regency, Columbus IJ
American Economic Association DSGE Model Forecasts
(E3)
Presiding:
Mark Watson
(Princeton University)
Model Comparisons in Unstable Environments [Download Preview] Judging the DSGE Model by Its Forecast Incorporating External Information into DSGE Model Forecasts [Download Preview] Professional Forecasters and the Identification of Shocks in a DSGE Model
Discussants:
Marco Del Negro
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Mark Watson
(Princeton University)
Keith Sill
(Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Jonathan H. Wright
(Johns Hopkins University)
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Hyatt Regency, Columbus KL
American Economic Association Empirical Approaches to Sovereign Debt Default and Monetary-Fiscal Interactions
(H6)
Presiding:
Eric M. Leeper
(Indiana University)
Estimating Sovereign Default Risk [Download Preview] Monetary/Fiscal Policy Mix and Agents' Beliefs [Download Preview] Monetary-Fiscal Policy Interactions and Indeterminacy in Post-War U.S. Data [Download Preview]
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Hyatt Regency, Acapulco
American Economic Association Experiments on Household and Business Finance
(O1)
Presiding:
Nathan Fiala
(World Bank)
Bringing the Bank to Your Door: Uptake among the Poor in a Financial Inclusion and Savings Program Searching for the Source of Savings: Deposit Collectors in Sri Lanka Unpacking the Causal Chain of Financial Literacy [Download Preview] Strategic Default in Joint Liability Groups: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in India [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Nathan Fiala
(World Bank)
Christopher Woodruff
(University of Warwick)
Bilal Zia
(World Bank)
Xavier Gine
(World Bank)
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Hyatt Regency, Wrigley
American Economic Association Financial Access and Economic Development
(O1)
Presiding:
Benjamin Moll
(Princeton University)
Targeting the Poor: A Macroeconomic Analysis of Cash Transfer Programs [Download Preview] Networks, Finance, and Development: Evidence from Hunter-Gatherers [Download Preview] Verifying the State of Financing Constraints: Evidence from U.S. Business Credit Contracts [Download Preview] Beyond Microcredit: Giving the Poor a Way to Save Their Way out of Poverty [Download Preview] Is Small Beautiful? An Evaluation of India's Product Reservation Policy for SSEs.
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Hyatt Regency, Grand Suite 5
American Economic Association Global Production Chains
(F1)
Presiding:
Pol Antras
(Harvard University)
Global Supply Chains and Wage Inequality [Download Preview] Sustaining Production Chains Through Financial Linkages [Download Preview] Proximity and Production Fragmentation [Download Preview] Measuring the Upstreamness of Production and Trade Flows [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Esteban Rossi-Hansberg
(Princeton University)
Charles I. Jones
(Stanford University)
Kei-Mu Yi
(Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
Jonathan Vogel
(Columbia University)
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Hyatt Regency, Water Tower
American Economic Association Inattentiveness in Pricing Models and Beyond
(D8)
Presiding:
Christian Hellwig
(Toulouse School of Economics)
A "Quantized" Approach to Rational Inattention [Download Preview] Hayek vs. Keynes: Dispersed information and market prices [Download Preview] Price Adjustment in a Model with Multiple-Price Policies Optimality of Securitized Debt with Endogenous and Flexible Information Acquisition [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Mirko Wiederholt
(Northwestern University)
Filip Matejka
(CERGE-EI)
Alisdair McKay
(Boston University)
Jakub Steiner
(Northwestern University and CERGE-EI)
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Hyatt Regency, Columbus G
American Economic Association Institutions and Geography
(Y)
Presiding:
Joachim Voth
(Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
City Seeds: Geography and the Origins of the European City System [Download Preview] The Determinants of Geographic Concentration of Industry: A Quantitative Analysis [Download Preview] Men, Women, and the Ballot: Gender Imbalances and Suffrage Extensions in US States [Download Preview] Property Rights and the First Great Divergence: Europe 1500-1800 [Download Preview] The Deterrent Effect of the Death Penalty? Evidence from British Commutations During World War I [Download Preview]
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Hyatt Regency, Gold Coast
American Economic Association Labor Market Impacts of Trade
(F1)
Presiding:
Adriana Kugler
(Georgetown University)
Trade Liberalization in the Presence of Labor Market Regulations: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data in Brazil The Costs of Worker Displacement under Trade Liberalization in Colombia Trade Liberalization, Labor Reforms and Formal-Informal Employment Dynamics [Download Preview] Trade Liberalization and Labor Market Dynamics [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Petia Topalova
(International Monetary Fund)
Daniel Lederman
(World Bank)
Sebastian Galiani
(Washington University in St. Louis)
Nicholas Sly
(University of Oregon)
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Hyatt Regency, Buckingham
American Economic Association Mismatch and Structural Unemployment
(E2)
Presiding:
Thijs van Rens
(CREI and Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Home Equity, Mobility and Macroeconomic Fluctuations [Download Preview] What Drives Matching Efficiency? A Tale of Composition and Dispersion Measuring Mismatch in the U.S. Labor Market Structural Unemployment [Download Preview]
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Hyatt Regency, Regency A
American Economic Association New Perspectives on the Great Depression
(N1)
Presiding:
Richard Sylla
(New York University)
The Great Depression and the Great Recession: What Have We Learnt? [Download Preview] Explaining High Frequency Output Fluctuations during the Great Depression [Download Preview] The French Gold Sink and the Great Deflation [Download Preview]
Discussants:
Richard Sylla
(New York University)
Hugh Rockoff
(Rutgers University)
Jason Taylor
(Central Michigan University)
Ruediger Bachmann
(University of Michigan)
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Hyatt Regency, Columbus H
American Economic Association Price-Setting and Macroeconomic Adjustment
(E6)
Presiding:
Klaus Adam
(University of Mannheim)
Non-constant Hazard Function and Inflation Dynamics [Download Preview] Public's Inflation Expectations and Monetary Policy [Download Preview] Reference Prices and Costs in the Cross-Section: Evidence from Chile [Download Preview] State-Dependent Pricing and Optimal Monetary Policy [Download Preview] Estimating Strategic Complementarity in a State-Dependent Pricing Model [Download Preview]
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Hyatt Regency, Hong Kong
American Economic Association Tax Incidence
(H2)
Presiding:
Jennifer Gravelle
(Congressional Budget Office)
Optimal Taxation with Rent-Seeking Capital Gains Taxes and the Cost of Capital: Estimation Based on Natural Experiments That Transfer Tax Bases Across Countries [Download Preview] Measuring the Burden of the Corporate Income Tax under Imperfect Competition [Download Preview] Sharing the Burden: Empirical Evidence on Corporate Tax Incidence [Download Preview] A New Approach to Estimate the Incidence of the Corporate Income Tax [Download Preview]
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Hyatt Regency, Regency D
American Economic Association The Economics of Infectious Disease
(I1)
Presiding:
Tomas Philipson
(University of Chicago)
The Optimal Control of Infectious Diseases via Prevention and Treatment [Download Preview] Disinhibition and Immiserization in a Model of Susceptible-Infected-Susceptible (SIS) Diseases [Download Preview] Equilibrium and Efficiency in a Model of Public Avoidance during Epidemics A Quantitative Theory of HIV Diffusion [Download Preview]
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Hyatt Regency, Regency C
American Economic Association The Economics of Managers and Management
(J4)
Presiding:
John Van Reenen
(London School of Economics)
The Value of Bosses Management practices across firms and countries [Download Preview] Muddles and Models of Management: Sorting Out the Puzzle of Firm Heterogeneity [Download Preview] The Importance of Being Nice: Supervisory Skills Training in the Cambodian Garment Industry
Discussants:
John Abowd
(Cornell University)
Marianne Bertrand
(University of Chicago)
Luis Garicano
(London School of economics)
John Roberts
(Stanford University)
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Swissotel, Zurich A
American Finance Association Anomalies and Inefficiency 2
(G1)
Presiding:
Narasimhan Jegadeesh
(Emory University)
The Long and the Short of it: Evidence of Year-End Price Manipulation by Short Sellers Information Content When Mutual Funds Deviate from Benchmarks Market-Wide Price Pressures, Excess Comovement, and A Transient Factor in Stock Returns
Discussants:
Vikas Agarwal
(Georgia State University)
T. Clifton Green
(Emory University)
Long Chen
(Washington University in St. Louis)
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Swissotel, Zurich B
American Finance Association Banking and Financial Institutions 2
(G2)
Presiding:
Mark Flannery
(University of Florida)
Monetary Policy and Risk-Shifting: Evidence from the Subprime Market Government Guarantees and Risk Taking Incentives Banks Non-Interest Income and Systemic Risk Loan Trading and the Bond Market: The Information Asymmetry Dimension
Discussants:
Vikrant Vig
(London Business School)
Reint Gropp
(European Business School, Germany)
Andreas Lehnert
(Government of the United States of America)
Sreedhar Bharath
(University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Swissotel, Zurich C
American Finance Association Capital Investment
(G3)
Presiding:
Toni Whited
(University of Rochester)
How Do Business Groups Evolve? Evidence from New Project Announcements Payout Taxes and the Allocation of Investment Innovations, Rational Exuberance and Investment
Discussants:
Yuhai Xuan
(Harvard Business School)
Tor-Erik Bakke
(University of Oklahoma)
Lukas Schmid
(Duke University)
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Swissotel, Zurich E
American Finance Association Corporate Governance (Empirical) 1
(G3)
Presiding:
Jeffrey Coles
(Arizona State University (ASU))
Effects of Local Director Markets on Corporate Boards Agency Costs of Idiosyncratic Volatility, Corporate Governance, and Investment Corporate Governance and Takeover Resistance Managing Risk Management
Discussants:
Christa Bouwman
(Case Western Reserve University)
Artyom Durnev
(McGill University)
Dirk Jenter
(Stanford University)
Henri Servaes
(London Business School)
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Swissotel, Zurich F
American Finance Association Market Microstructure
(G1)
Presiding:
Lawrence Glosten
(Columbia University)
Tick Size Regulation, Inter-market Competition and Sub-penny Trading News Arrival and Trading Game Invariance Tapping Hidden Liquidity: Flash Orders at the Nasdaq High Frequency Trading and the New-Market Makers
Discussants:
Thierry Foucault
(HEC Paris)
Lawrence Glosten
(Columbia University)
Gideon Saar
(Cornell University)
Pamela Moulton
(Cornell University)
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Swissotel, Zurich G
American Finance Association Private Equity and Venture Capital
(G2)
Presiding:
Josh Lerner
(Harvard Business School)
Broken Promises: Private Equity Bidding Behavior and the Value of Reputation Local Overweighting and Underperformance: Evidence from Limited Partner Private Equity Investments Private Equity and the Resolution of Financial Distress Private Equity in the 21st Century: Cash Flows, Performance, and Contract Terms from 1984-2010
Discussants:
Victoria Ivashina
(Harvard Business School)
Morten Sorensen
(Columbia Business School)
Edward Morrison
(Columbia Law School)
Anna Kovner
(Federal Reserve Banks)
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Swissotel, St. Gallen 2
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association Land and Housing in an International Context
(R3)
Presiding:
Robert Edelstein
(University of California-Berkeley)
An Economic Analysis of Squatting on Government Land Land Prices in Major Chinese Cities Neighborhood Effects and Building Quality The Market For International Real Estate
Discussants:
Simon Firestone
(Federal Reserve Board)
Peng (Peter) Liu
(Cornell University)
Wen Lan Qian
(National University of Singapore)
Daniel Quan
(Cornell University)
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Swissotel, St. Gallen 1
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association Public Policies Affecting Real Estate
(R2)
Presiding:
Michael Eriksen
(University of Georgia)
Do Spatially Targeted Redevelopment Programs Spillover? Property Tax Classification, Why Do Firms Pay More Does Transaction Tax Promote House Price Stability? Do Local Economic Development Programs Create Gentrification?
Discussants:
Daniel McMillen
(University of Illinois)
Byron Lutz
(Federal Reserve Board)
Kiplan Womack
(University of Georgia)
Matthew Freedman
(Cornell University)
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Swissotel, Vevey 2
Association for Comparative Economic Studies The Co-evolution of Culture and Institutions: Short and Long Term Perspectives
(P5)
Presiding:
Peter Murrell
(University of Maryland)
The Empire Is Dead, Long Live the Empire! Long-Run Persistence of Trust and Corruption in the Bureaucracy Trust, Corruption and Demand for Regulation Risk and Trust Attitudes, Locus of Control and WWII Destruction State Building or Conflict Trap? International Wars, Civil Conflicts and Social and Political Preferences
Discussants:
Gabriele Gratton
(University of New South Wales)
Paolo Pinotti
(Bocconi University)
Andrei Marketvich
(New Economic School, Moscow)
Leonard Wantchekon
(New York University)
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Swissotel, Montreux 1
Association for Evolutionary Economics The Crisis in Housing and Prospects for Financial Reform
(G2)
Presiding:
Robert Prasch
(Middlebury College)
Reverberations between the Financial and Real Estate Sectors in the latest Great Crash, and Its Many Predecessors Strategic Foreclosure as an Indicator of Eroding Institutional Structures The Frank-Dodd Bill: Financial Reform or Business as Usual? Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Public Banks as Countercyclical Agents: An International Perspective
Discussants:
Polly Cleveland
(Columbia University)
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Swissotel, Vevey 1
Association of Environmental & Resource Economists New Directions in Urban Land Use Models and Land Use Impacts
(Q5)
Presiding:
Randall Walsh
(University of Pittsburgh)
Incorporating Dynamic Behavior into the Hedonic Model Explaining the Persistence of Scattered Development: A Dynamic Spatial Model of Exurban Land Markets Disentangling the Property Value Impacts of Environmental Contamination from Locally Undesirable Land Uses
Discussants:
Corey Lang
(University of Rhode Island)
Daniel Kaffine
(Colorado School of Mines)
Howard Chong
(Cornell University)
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Hyatt Regency, Dusable
Econometric Society Credit Frictions
(E5)
Presiding:
-- TBD
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Credit Risk and Business Cycles Precautionary Saving over the Business Cycle The Optimum Quantity of Money with Borrowing Constraints Endogenous Credit Cycles
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Hyatt Regency, Field
Econometric Society Empirical Evidence on Political Contributions and Connections
(D7)
Presiding:
Suresh Naidu
(Columbia University)
Evidence of Strategic Lobbying in the US House of Representatives Politicians and Directors in Social Networks: Regression Discontinuity Design Evidence from Close Elections Money in Judicial Politics: Do Campaign Contributions lead to Worse Judging?
Discussants:
Filipe Campante
(Harvard University)
Erik Snowberg
(California Institute of Technology)
Suresh Naidu
(Columbia University)
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Hyatt Regency, McCormick
Econometric Society Games with Communication
(C7)
Presiding:
Rakesh Vohra
(Northwestern University)
A Folk Theorem with Private Strategies Price Discrimination Through Communication Communication in Cournot Oligopoly Effective Persuasion
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Hyatt Regency, Burnham
Econometric Society Network Models: Theory and Estimation
(C1)
Presiding:
Aureo de Paula
(University of Pennsylvania)
Skill Specialization and the Formation of Collaboration Networks Identifying Peer Effects and Influence in Networks A Structural Model of Segregation in Social Networks Inference Approaches with Network Data
Discussants:
Yann Bramoulle
(Laval University)
Aaron Bodoh-Creed
(Cornell University)
Aureo de Paula
(University of Pennsylvania)
Robin S. Lee
(New York University)
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Hyatt Regency, Addams
Econometric Society Search and Learning
(D8)
Presiding:
-- TBD
()
Effcient Learning, Search Frictions and Aggregate Consequences Search and Context-Dependent Preferences Cheap Talk in Market Games: Insights into the Non-essentiality of Commitment in Directed Search Learning and Price Discovery in a Search Model
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Palmer House Hilton, Salons 7-9
Labor & Employment Relations Association AILR/LERA Best Papers Session
(J5)
Presiding:
Paul Gollan
(London School of Economics)
The System Versus the Street: Employment and Contracting in the International Welfare-to-work Industry Reforming U.S. Public School Systems Through Sustained Union-Management Collaborative Partnerships Comparative Employment Relations Research and Cross-Border Regions: the Case of Cascadia’s Forest Industry The Development of a Dual System for the Resolution of Workplace Disputes in Australia
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Palmer House Hilton, Salon 2
Labor & Employment Relations Association LERA Refereed Papers Session I
(J5)
Presiding:
Howard Stanger
(Canisius College)
Ducks and Decoys: Revisiting the Exit-Voice-Loyalty Framework in Assessing the Impact of a Workplace Dispute Resolution System Works Councils, Collective Bargaining, and Apprenticeship Training The Impact of Collective Wage Agreements in China: A Firm Level Study Centralized Bargaining and the Construction Industry Right-to-Work Legislation and Promises of Job Creation: Lessons from Oklahoma
Discussants:
Gregory M. Saltzman
(Albion College)
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Palmer House Hilton, Salon 12
Labor & Employment Relations Association LERA Refereed Papers Session II
(J5)
Presiding:
Ariel Avgar
(University of Illinois)
Does It Pay to Contact the Same Voters across Multiple Elections? The Effects of Cumulative Labor-Led Political Mobilization on Turnout Computerization and Skill Bifurcation: The Role of Task Complexity in Creating Skill Gains and Losses Now and Future Unions Unions and Hospitals: Quality, Patient Satisfaction, and Net Income Effects of Stock Markets on the Adoption of Temporary Employment Contracts: evidence from China
Discussants:
Phanindra Wunnava
(Middlebury College)
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Hyatt Regency, Columbus EF
National Tax Association Taxation and Health Insurance
(H2)
Presiding:
James Poterba
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Reforming the Tax Preference for Employer Health Insurance The Demand for Health Insurance Among Uninsured Americans Individually Mandated Health Insurance and the Labor Market: Evidence from the Massachusetts Health Insurance Reform
Discussants:
Mark Pauly
(University of Pennsylvania)
Kosali Simon
(Indiana University)
Matthew Notowidigdo
(University of Chicago)
Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm, Palmer House Hilton, Indiana Room
Union for Radical Political Economists Growth and Instability
(D3)
Presiding:
Rudiger Von Arnim
(University of Utah)
Growth and Instability: Analytical Issues and Heterodox Macroeconomic Models Debt-Equity Cycles and Goodwin Dynamics in the US Economy Bank Profitability, Leverage and Financial Instability Inequality, Financial Instability and Economic Growth
Discussants:
Leila Davis
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Yun Kim
(Trinity College)
Leopoldo Gomez Ramirez
(University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Rudiger Von Arnim
(University of Utah)
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