2007
Annual Meeting Preliminary Program last
updated: March 6,
2007
Reception with Exhibitors
Session 1A: Asset
Markets and Institutions
Chair: Roger White,
1. “The Impact of NAFTA on North American Equity
Market Linkages”
2. “The Rise of the Over-the-Counter Market”
J. Peter Ferderer,
3. “Validation of Hedge Fund Classification using
Dummy Variable Approach”
Nandita Das,
Ratan Das, ABB Inc.
4. “Demutualization: A Hazard Analysis of the Conversion of Former
Credit Unions to Publicly Traded Financial Institutions”
Russell D. Kashian, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Yamin Ahmad,
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Discussants:
1.
2. Wendy Ku,
3. Roger White,
4. Cynthia Haliemun,
Session 1B: Behavioral
and Evolutionary Economics
Chair:
1. “How Does Personality Affect Performance in
Transition Economies? A Comparative Analysis”
Susan J. Linz,
2. “An Exploration of Consumption”
Meenakshi Nath
Dalal,
3. “A New Look at Irrational Consumers”
Richard Peck, University of Illinois-Chicago
4. “Evolution of Division Rules”
Birendra Rai, Max Planck Institute of Economics
Discussants:
1.
2. Birendra Rai, Max
Planck Institute of Economics
3. Mana Komai,
4.
Session 1C:
CSWEP-Economics of the Family
Organized by
Anna Paulson, Federal Reserve Bank of
Chairs: Amanda Felkey,
Aparna Lhila,
1. “Causes of Changes in Family Structure:
Evidence from Longitudinal Data on
Scott D. Drewianka, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Tristan Coughlin, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2. “Married Women in the
Jennifer Keil,
Karine Moe,
3. “Gender, Household Decision-Making and
Environmental Giving”
Debra Israel,
4. “Household Bargaining and Prenatal Investments
in the Health of Sons and Daughters”
Aparna Lhila,
Amanda J. Felkey,
Discussants:
1. Nathan Grawe,
2. Amanda Felkey,
3.
4. Richard Akresh,
Session 1D: Dynamic
Economic Analysis I
Chair:
1. “Household Wealth Accumulation and Portfolio
Choices in
Sang-Wook Cho,
2. “The Supply of Skills in the Labor Force and
Aggregate Output Volatility”
Steven Lugauer,
3. “Skill-Demand and Complementarity: Rethinking
the Evidence for Skill-Biased Technical Change”
Brian Kovak,
4. “Lines of Credit and Consumption Smoothing”
Shubhasis Dey, Bank of
Discussants:
1. Roozbeh Hosseini,
2. Mark R. Kurt,
3. Hui He,
4. Motonari Hayashida,
Central Research Institute of Electric Research Institute
Session 1E: Economic
Theory I
Chair: John
Smith, Rutgers University-Camden
1. “Languages and Cultures: An Economic
Evolutionary Analysis”
Jing Chen,
2. “The Comparative Statics of Collusion Models”
Michael Rimler,
Kai-Uwe Kuhn,
3. “Multi-stage Contests with Fatigue”
Dmitry Ryvkin,
4. “Discretion and Control in Organization
Decision Making”
Zaki Zahran,
Discussants:
1. T. Renee Bowen,
2. H. Evren Damar,
3. Henric Adey,
4. John Smith,
Rutgers University-Camden
Session 1F: Empirical
Industrial Organization I
Chair:
Charles M. Gray,
1. “The Economics of Norwegian Theater: Revenues,
Costs, and Crowding Out/In”
Charles M. Gray,
2. “Slotting Fees and Product Variety: An
Empirical Test”
Kirk Kerr,
3. “The Effect of Hypermart Entry on Traditional
Gasoline Retailers: Evidence from a Natural Experiment”
Jed Brewer,
Discussants:
1. Guihong Chen,
2. Chun-Yu Ho,
3. Stefania Garetto,
Session 1H: The
Economics of Health Insurance
Chair: Kristen Monaco,
1. “Demand for Voluntary Health Insurance: Rate
Regulation and Adverse Selection”
Jennifer Schultz, University of Minnesota-Duluth
Bedassa Tadesse, University of Minnesota-Duluth
2. “Health Insurance Mandates and Job Creation by
the Self-Employed”
Aparna Mathur, American Enterprise Institute
3. “Health Care Utilization among Europeans Age
50 and Above; Does Ownership of Voluntary Health Insurance Matter?”
Bedassa Tadesse, University of Minnesota-Duluth
Jennifer Feenstra Schultz, University of Minnesota-Duluth
4. “Estimating the Effect of Private Health
Insurance Coverage on Population Health Outcomes: A Panel Data Approach”
Jennifer Rice, Eastern
James A. Thornton,
Eastern
Discussants:
1.
2. Saharat Pongsree,
3.
4. Caroline Carlin,
Session 1I: The
Economics of Higher Education
Chair: Frederick G. Tiffany,
1. “A University by Any Other Name…Deriving the
Impact of University Name Changes”
David Mitchell,
2. “A Model of Expected Net Tuition Maximization”
Donald I. Bosshardt,
Discussants:
1.
2.
Session 2A: Banking
Chair: Ding Lu,
1. “Market Power of State Commercial Banks in
Chun-Yu Ho,
2. “A Lesson Learned? Entry Decisions of Turkish
Banks Before and After the Crisis of 2000-2001”
H. Evren Damar,
3. “Causality Between Bank Lending and Local
Growth: Evidence from Aggregate and Pooled Data”
Eungmin Kang,
Mary E. Edwards,
Artatrana Ratha,
4. “The Determinants of Bank Mergers: A Revealed
Preference Analysis”
Oktay Akkus,
Discussants:
1. James A. Hornsten,
2.
3. Steven Lugauer,
4. Dale Bremmer, Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology
Session 2B: Economic
History
Chair: J.
Peter Ferderer,
1. “
Catherine McDevitt,
2. “The Composition and Growth of Antebellum
John F. Olson,
3. “Government Spending in War: the Impact of
World War II Spending on Economic Growth”
Joseph Cullen,
4. “Reevaluating the Indian New Deal”
Matthew T. Gregg,
Discussants:
1. J. Peter Ferderer,
2. Matthew T. Gregg,
3.
John
F. Olson,
4.
Joseph
Cullen,
Session 2C: Housing
and Real Estate
Chair: David Mitchell,
1. “Rational Bubbles: A State-Space Estimation
for a
Jian Zhou,
2. “Neighborhood Affluence, School-Achievement
Scores and Housing Prices: Cross-Classified Hierarchies and HLM”
Kenneth H. Brown,
Bülent Uyar,
3. “Housing Investment and Property Taxes in
Paul T. McGrath,
Discussants:
1. Russell D.
Kashian, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
2. John R. Stoll,
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
3. Kenneth H. Brown,
Session 2D: Industrial
Organization I
Chair: Phillip
Miller, Minnesota State University-Mankato
1. “Internal Firm Structure, External Market Condition
and Competitive Dynamics”
Jing Chen,
2. “Bidder-Specific Offer-Caps in Electricity
Auctions”
Emma Nicholson,
3. “Strategic Forward Contracting between
Upstream and Downstream Firms”
Shinn-Shyr Wang, University of Wisconsin-Madison
4. “The Role of Profits in Determining Market
Equilibrium in a Multinational Mixed Oligopoly”
Ali Dadpay, Rapp Collins Analytics
Discussants:
1. Charles M. Gray,
2. Wen-Tai Hsu,
3. Mikhail
Kouliavtsev,
4.
Session 2E:
Institutions and Development
Chair:
Sebastien Buttet,
1. “Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Economic
Growth: Is the Impact of IPR on Developed and Developing Countries Different?”
Stefan Ruediger, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Hamid Mohtadi, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2. “Gender Development, Institutions, and Level
of Development”
Richard Grabowski,
Southern
3. “Uniform Policies of Openness and Economic
Growth”
Ahmed Abou-Zaid, Southern
4. “Social Fragmentation and Economic
Growth”
Tade O. Okediji,
Discussants:
1.
2. Linnea Polgreen,
3. Stefan Ruediger, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
4.
Session 2F:
International Business Cycles
Chair: Kishore G. Kulkarni,
1. “The Transmission of Shocks between
Shushanik Papanyan, University of Texas-Arlington
2. “Marketing Frictions and International Pricing
Anomalies”
Jaromir Nosal,
3. “Evaluating Financial Deepening and Business
Cycles in the GCC Countries of the
Hassan Y. Aly,
Magda Kandil, International Money Fund
4. “Regional Business Cycles in
Motonari Hayashida, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry
Discussants:
1.
2. Yui Suzuki,
3. Sourav Batabyal,
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
4.
Session 2G: Labor
Markets and Public Policy
Chair: Mike Allgrunn,
1. “The Impact of Temporary Help on Job
Participants in Three Federal Programs”
Peter Mueser, University of Missouri-Columbia
Carolyn Heinrich,
Kenneth Troske,
2. “Evaluation Evidence about the Effectiveness
of Incumbent Worker Training for Low Wage Workers”
Kevin Hollenbeck, W.E. Upjohn Institute
3. “Unemployed Workers as Myopic Loss Averters:
Long-Term Effects of the
Stephen A. Woodbury,
Discussants:
1. Alexander
Ueberfeldt, Bank of
2. Bryan Engelhardt,
3. Peter Mueser,
University of Missouri-Columbia
Session 2H: Marriage
Chair: Carole A. Green,
1. “Identifying Non-Cooperative Behavior Among
Spouses: Child Outcomes in Migrant-Sending Households”
Joyce Chen,
2. “Women’s College Choice: How Much Does
Marriage Matter?”
Suquin Ge, Virginia Tech
3. “Intra-household Bargaining and Investment in
Child Health”
Meherun Ahmed,
4. “Does Education Hurt You in the Marriage
Market?”
Benjamin Passty, Northwestern University
Discussants:
1.
2. Ricardo da Silva
Freguglia,
3.
4. Suquin Ge, Virginia Tech
Session 2I: Political
Economy: Theory and Evidence
Chair: David
Yi,
1. “Identity and Inequality in Political
Participation: Theory and Evidence from
Benjamin Harris,
Jennifer
Alix-Garcia,
2. “Political Transitions and Uncertainty”
T. Renee Bowen,
Helena Poon,
3. “Electoral Uncertainty and the Stability of
Coalition Governments”
Daniela Iorio,
4. “The Great Moderation Extended and the Optimal
Size of Government”
James R. Gale,
Kenneth R. Janson,
Northern
Discussants:
1. Jahn Hakes,
2. Alexander Vostroknutov,
3. Zaki Zahran,
4. David Yi,
Session 2J: The Economics of Discrimination
Chair: Mahshid Jalilvand, University of
Wisconsin-Stout
1. “Explaining Gender Differences in Pay: Does
Personality Matter?”
Susan J. Linz,
2. “Testing Standard Theories of Economic
Discrimination: Productivity, Prejudice, and Lost Profits During Baseball’s
Integration”
Jonathan Lanning,
3. “Labor Market Interruptions and Gender Pay
Differences: A Decomposition Analysis”
Virginia Shingleton,
4. “Market Structure and Wage Discrimination”
Sonam Gupta,
Discussants:
1. Alexandra Resch,
2. Orn B.
Bodvarsson,
3.
4. Taggert J.
Brooks, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Session 3A: Corporate
Finance and Performance
Chair: Donald I Bosshardt,
1. “Imperfect Market or Imperfect Theory: A
Unified Analytical Theory of Production and Capital Structure of Firms”
Jing Chen,
2. “Endogenous Boards of Directors and Proxy
Fights”
James A. Hornsten,
3. “Investment and Uncertainty: How Do Firms
Respond to Unpredictable Changes in Economic and Financial Policies?”
James A. Freeman,
Elizabeth Asiedu,
Adisorn
Rotjanapan,
Discussants:
1. Nandita Das,
2. Donald I
Bosshardt,
3. Bedassa Tadesse,
University of Minnesota-Duluth
Session 3B:
CSWEP-Topics in Development Economics
Organized by
Anna Paulson, Federal Reserve Bank of
Chair: Anna
Paulson, Federal Reserve Bank of
1. “The Impact of Eyeglasses on the Academic
Performance of Primary School Students: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in
Rural
Paul Glewwe,
Albert Park,
Meng Zhao,
2. “Civil War, Crop Failure, and the Health
Status of Young Children”
Richard Akresh,
Philip Verwimp, The Haugue
3. “Differences in Food Insecurity and Hunger
Between Girls and Boys: Evidence from
Craig Gundersen,
Thomas Kelly, Millennium Challenge Corporation
4. “Happiness and Immigration”
Linnea Polgreen,
Nicole Simpson,
Michelle Wiggins,
Discussants:
1. Una Okonkwo Osili, UIPUI
2. Aparna Lhila,
3. Paul Glewwe,
4. Shahina Amin,
Session 3C:
Experimental Economics
Chair: Dmitry
Ryvkin,
1. “Incentivizing Experiments: Monetary Rewards
versus Extra Credits”
Mana Komai,
2. “Gender-Based Stereotypes in the Forecasting
of Risk Attitudes”
Philip J. Grossman,
3. “Endogenous Activism in Large Networks: An
Experimental Approach”
Christian Jaramillo, Universidad
de los
4. “Second-Delay Sealed-Bid Auction: Experiments
on Time Preference”
Discussants:
1. Carolyn Heinrich,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
2. Michael G. Sher,
3. Philip J. Grossman,
4.
Session 3D:
International Economics: Theory and Applications
Organized by
Ming Chien Lo,
Chair: Ming
Chien Lo,
1. “Current Account Imbalances, Capital
Accumulations, and Foreign Investment: A Theoretical Analysis of
Interrelationships and Causalities”
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2. “Is the Real Exchange Rate Adjustment Really
Nonlinear?”
Ming Chien Lo,
3. “Exchange Rate Dynamics”
James C. Morley,
Ming Chien Lo,
Discussants:
1. Artatrana Ratha,
2.
3. Wei-Choun Yu,
Session 3E: Search
Theory and Empirics
Chair: Aparna
Mathur, American Enterprise Institute
1. “The Effect of Employment Frictions on Crime,
Unemployment, and Wage Inequality”
Bryan Engelhardt,
2. “Using Search Theory to Translate Audit Pair
Study Findings Into Wage Differentials”
Jonathan Lanning,
3. “Theory and Reality: Estimation of a Directed
Search Model”
Mark R. Kurt,
4. “Quality, Fixed Costs and Price Dispersion in
Online Markets”
Tanmoy Bhattacharya,
Discussants:
1. Kevin Hollenbeck,
W.E. Upjohn Institute
2.
3. Jonathan Lanning,
4. Aparna Mathur,
American Enterprise Institute
Session 3F: The
Economics of Education I
Chair: Richard Measell, Saint Mary’s College
1. “Educational Liquidity Constraints and
Parents’ Generosity”
John Karl Scholz,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ananth Seshadri, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2. “Schooling, Inequality and Productivity in the
Oleksiy Kryvtsov, Bank
of
3. “Schooling, Inequality and Government Policy”
Alexander Ueberfeldt, Bank
of
4. “Effects of Bankruptcy Rules on Student Loan
Default Rates and College Enrollment”
Felicia Ionescu,
Discussants:
1. Kevin E.
Henrickson,
2. Benjamin Passty,
Northwestern University
3. Ding Ding,
4.
Session 3G: The Economics
of Food and Fuel
Chair: John Olson,
1. “The Effects of the Internet on
Parker Wheatley, College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University
2. “The Impact of Higher Oil Prices in a
Malthusian World”
Loren Rice,
3. “The Economics of Nitrogen Farming”
Richard Peck, University of Illinois-Chicago
Jill Kostel, The
Wetlands Institute
Brian Scott,
University of Alabama-Birmingham
Carol Tallarico,
Discussants:
1. Ding Lu,
2. John F. Olson,
3. Parker Wheatley,
College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University
Session 3H: The
Economics of Sports
Chair: Jeffrey G. Owen,
1. “Duopoly Teams: Do Fans Consider Multiple
Local Teams in a League to be Substitute Goods?
A Within-Season Analysis”
Phillip Miller, Minnesota State University-Mankato
2. “Customer Discrimination, Capital Investment,
and Sports Stadiums”
Orn B. Bodvarsson,
Brad R. Humphreys,
3. “Do Stadium Subsidies Help Teams Win?”
William Polley,
Jeffrey G. Owen,
4. “Pay, Productivity, and Aging in MLB and the
NBA”
Jahn Hakes,
Discussants:
1. Shinn-Shyr Wang,
University of Wisconsin-Madison