PRELIMINARY PROGRAM OF THE ALLIED SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATIONS JANUARY 4-6, 2013, SAN DIEGO, CA

NOTE: 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.

All sessions will be equipped with an LCD projector and screen for your presentation. ASSA will not provide computers.

Location of Sessions for 2013 in San Diego, California

The beginning and ending times of sessions is shown below, with the exception being on the last day of the meeting when the last time slot will run from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm.

8:00 am - 10:00 am
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
12:30 pm - 2:15 pm
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

See also: JEL Classification System


Jan 03, 2013

Jan 03, 2013 5:30 pm, Hyatt, Randle A & B
Econometric Society
Presidential Address
Presiding: B. Douglas Bernheim (Stanford University)
Jean-Charles Rochet (University of Zurich) Who Owns This Firm? A Critique of Shareholder Value Maximization
Jan 03, 2013 6:30 pm, Marriott, San Diego Ballroom B
Association for Social Economics
Plenary Session and Reception: The Neuroeconomics of Trust (D87)
Presiding: Jonathan Wight (University of Richmond)
The Moral Molecule
Paul J. Zak (Claremont Graduate University)

Jan 04, 2013

Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Torrey Pines 1
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
Product Variety and Pricing Outcomes under Supermarket Oligopoly (L8)
Presiding: William Allender (Arizona State University)
Asymmetric Price Adjustment and Consumer Search in Supermarket Retailing
Timothy Richards (Arizona State University)
Miguel I. Gomez (Cornell University)
Slotting Allowances and Variety Provision in Supermarket Retailing
Robert Innes (University of California-Merced)
Stephen F. Hamilton (California Polytechnic State University)
How Do Supermarkets Respond to Brand-Level Demand Shocks? Evidence from the German Beer Market
Janine Empen (University of Kiel)
Stephen F. Hamilton (California Polytechnic State University)
Discussants:
Stephen F. Hamilton (California Polytechnic State University)
William Allender (Arizona State University)
Miguel I. Gomez (Cornell University)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Elizabeth Ballroom G
American Economic Association
Behavioral Approaches to Adoption of Green Technologies (Q4)
Presiding: Gary Charness (University of California-Santa Barbara)
A Generalized Impure Public Good and Linear Characteristics Model of Green Consumption
Matthew Kotchen (Yale University and NBER)
Nathan W. Chan (Yale University)
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The Short-Run and Long-Run Effects of Behavioral Interventions: Experimental Evidence from Energy Conservation
Hunt Allcott (New York University and NBER)
Todd Rogers (Harvard University)
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Goal Setting and Energy Efficiency
Matthew Harding (Stanford University)
Alice Hsiaw (College of the Holy Cross)
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Public Goods Provision in the Presence of Heterogeneous Green Preferences
Mark Jacobsen (University of California-San Diego and NBER)
Jacob LaRiviere (University of Tennessee)
Michael Price (Georgia State University and NBER)
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Discussants:
Andreas Lange (University of Hamburg)
James Andreoni (University of California-San Diego and NBER)
Lucas Davis (University of California-Berkeley and NBER)
Charles Sprenger (Stanford University)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Edward A
American Economic Association
College Access, College Choice, and College Success (I2)
Presiding: Trey Miller (RAND Corporation)
Percent Plans, Automatic Admissions, and College Attainment
Isaac McFarlin (University of Michigan)
Paco Martorell (RAND Corporation)
Lindsay Daugherty (RAND Corporation)
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The Consumption Value of Education: Implications for the Postsecondary Market
Kevin Stange (University of Michigan)
Brian McCall (University of Michigan)
Brian Jacob (University of Michigan)
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IMPROVING THE TARGETING OF TREATMENT: EVIDENCE FROM COLLEGE REMEDIATION
Judith Scott-Clayton (Columbia University)
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Integrity versus Access? The Effect of Financial Aid Availability on Postsecondary Enrollment
Rajeev Darolia (University of Missouri)
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Discussants:
Rodney Andrews (University of Texas-Dallas)
Susan Dynarski (University of Michigan)
Gordon B. Dahl (University of California-San Diego)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Gregory A & B
American Economic Association
Consequences of Health Reform for Private Markets: Evidence from Public Sector Regulations (I1)
Presiding: Joseph Doyle (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Competition and Private Provision in Medicare Advantage
Mark Duggan (University of Pennsylvania)
Boris Vabson (University of Pennsylvania)
Amanda Starc (University of Pennsylvania)
Regulatory Redistribution in the Market for Health Insurance
Jeffrey Clemens (Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research)
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Private Coverage and Public Costs: The Effect of Private Supplemental Insurance on Medicare Spending
Marika Cabral (University of Texas-Austin)
Neale Mahoney (Harvard University)
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Cost-Shifting or Cost-Following: How Does Medicare Affect Private Physician Pricing?
Jeffrey Clemens (Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research)
Joshua D. Gottlieb (University of British Columbia)
Discussants:
David Molitor (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Thomas Buchmueller (University of Michigan)
Marit Rehavi (University of British Columbia)
Michael Dickstein (Cowles Foundation at Yale University)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Emma A & B
American Economic Association
Contraception and Abortion (J1)
Presiding: Martha Bailey (University of Michigan)
How Powerful Was the Pill? Quantifying a Contraceptive Technology Shock
Kelly Ragan (Stockholm School of Economics)
Consequences of Withdrawal: Free Condoms and Birth Rates in the Philippines
J.M. Ian Salas (University of California-Irvine)
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The Impact of Legal Abortion on the Wage Distribution: Evidence from the 1970 New York Abortion Reform
Dana Rotz (Mathematica Policy Research)
The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Early Childbearing in the Next Generation
Yuxiu Zhang (Yale University)
Children of the Pill: The Effect of Subsidizing Oral Contraceptives on Children's Health and Wellbeing
Andreas Madestam (Stockholm University)
Emilia Simeonova (Tufts University)
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Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Manchester A
American Economic Association
Financial Literacy and Content Standards in the Schools (A2) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator: B. Douglas Bernheim (Stanford University and National Bureau of Economic Research)
Annamaria Lusardi (George Washington University)
Brigitte C. Madrian (Harvard University)
John J. Siegfried (Vanderbilt University)
William B. Walstad (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Elizabeth Ballroom F
American Economic Association
Financial Networks (G1)
Presiding: Ethan Cohen-Cole (University of Maryland)
Financial Networks and Contagions
Matthew Elliott (Microsoft Research and CalTech)
Benjamin Golub (Harvard University)
Matthew O. Jackson (Stanford University)
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Systemic Risk and Stability in Financial Networks
Daron Acemoglu (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Asuman Ozdaglar (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Endogenous Intermediation in Over-the-Counter Markets
Ana Babus (Imperial College London)
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Systemic Risk and Network Formation in the Interbank Market
Ethan Cohen-Cole (University of Maryland)
Eleonora Patacchini (La Sapienza University of Rome)
Yves Zenou (Stockholm University)
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Discussants:
Matthew O. Jackson (Stanford University)
Daron Acemoglu (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Ethan Cohen-Cole (University of Maryland)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Edward B
American Economic Association
Gender in Corporate Leadership (J4)
Presiding: Amalia Miller (University of Virginia)
From Female Labor Force Participation to Boardroom Gender Diversity
Renee Adams (University of New South Wales)
Tom Kirchmaier (University of Manchester and FMG)
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When Performance Trumps Gender Bias
Iris Bohnet (Harvard University)
Alexandra van Geen (Harvard University)
Max Bazerman (Harvard University)
When All Are Aboard: Does the Gender of Directors Matter?
Miriam Schwartz-Ziv (Harvard University)
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Fatherhood and Managerial Style: How a Male CEO’s Children Affect the Wages of His Employees
Michael S. Dahl (Aalborg University)
Cristian Dezso (University of Maryland)
David Ross (Columbia University)
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Discussants:
David Matsa (Northwestern University)
Lise Vesterlund (University of Pittsburg)
Justin Wolfers (University of Michigan)
Amalia Miller (University of Virginia)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Cunningham A & B
American Economic Association
Getting Ahead (J1)
Presiding: Wendy Stock (Montana State University)
Gender and Connections Among Wall Street Analysts
Lily Fang (INSEAD)
Sterling Huang (INSEAD)
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Job Referral Networks and the Determination of Earnings in Local Labor Markets
Ian Schmutte (University of Georgia)
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Are appearances deceiving? The nature and evolution of the beauty premium
Tatyana Deryugina (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Olga Shurchkov (Wellesley College)
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Does Beauty Matter in Undergraduate Education?
Tatyana Deryugina (University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Olga Shurchkov (Wellesley College)
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The Role of Connections in Academic Promotions
Manuel Bagues (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Zinovyeva Natalia (Spanish Research Council (CSIC))
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Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Randle A
American Economic Association
High Skill Immigration in the U.S (J2)
Presiding: Sarah Turner (University of Virginia)
Attracting Talent: Location Choices of Foreign-Born PhDs in the US
Jeffrey Grogger (University of Chicago)
Gordon H. Hanson (University of California-San Diego)
Immigration and Employer Transitions for STEM Workers
Sari Pekkala Kerr (Wellesley College)
William R. Kerr (Harvard Business School)
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Why Do High-Tech Workers Earn More in Houston Than Hyderabad? Evidence from Randomly Allocated U.S. Visas
Michael Clemens (Center for Global Development)
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Pathways to Adjustment in Science and Engineering Labor Markets
John Bound (University of Michigan)
Sarah E. Turner (University of Virginia)
Discussants:
Giovanni Peri (University of California-Davis)
Paul Oyer (Stanford University)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Elizabeth Ballroom H
American Economic Association
Housing Bubbles: Theory and Evidence (G1)
Presiding: Kevin Lansing (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and Norges Bank)
Metropolitan Home Price Dynamics Untied from Observable Fundamentals and Their Linkages
Roland Füss (University of St. Gallen and Center for European Economic Research)
Bing Zhu (University of Regensburg)
Joachim Zietz (Middle Tennessee State University and European Business School)
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House Price Dynamics: Fundamentals and Expectations
Eleonora Granziera (Bank of Canada)
Sharon Kozicki (Bank of Canada)
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House Prices, Expectations, and Time-Varying Fundamentals
Paolo Gelain (Norges Bank)
Kevin J. Lansing (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and Norges Bank)
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What Makes Residential Different from Non-Residential REITs? Evidence from Multi-Factor Asset Pricing Models
Daniele Bianchi (Bocconi University)
Massimo Guidolin (Bocconi University)
Francesco Ravazzolo (Norges Bank and BI Norwegian Business School)
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Discussants:
Loriana Pelizzon (University of Venice and Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Berrak Bahadir (University of Georgia)
Tassos Malliaris (Loyola University Chicago)
Roland Fuss (University of St. Gallen and Center for European Economic Research)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Del Mar A & B
American Economic Association
International Trade and Investment (F1)
Presiding: Keith Maskus (University of Colorado)
The Role of MNEs' Financial Advantage in Shaping FDI: Empirical Evidence on Some Paradoxical Implications
Rodolphe Desbordes (University of Strathclyde)
Shang-Jin Wei (Columbia University)
Domestic Value Added in Chinese Exports: Firm-level Evidence
Hiau Looi Kee (World Bank)
Heiwai Tang (Tufts University and Johns Hopkins University)
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Skill Premium and Trade Puzzles: A Solution Linking Production Factors and Demand
Thibault Fally (University of Colorado-Boulder)
Justin Caron (ETH Zurich)
James Markusen (University of Colorado-Boulder)
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Selection Effects with Heterogeneous Firms
J. Peter Neary (University of Oxford)
Monika Mrazova (University of Surrey)
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Cross-Border Price Effects of Mergers and Acquisitions: A Quantitative Framework for Competition Policy
Holger Breinlich (University of Essex)
Volker Nocke (University of Mannheim)
Nicolas Schutz (University of Mannheim)
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Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Manchester F
American Economic Association
Issues in Teacher Pensions (I2)
Presiding: Maria Fitzpatrick (Cornell University)
Pension-Induced Rigidities in the Labor Market for School Leaders
Michael Podgursky (University of Missouri)
Cory Koedel (University of Missouri)
Jason Grissom (Vanderbilt University)
Shawn Ni (University of Missouri)
Retaining a High Quality Teaching Workforce: The Effects of Pension Design
Patten Mahler (University of Virginia)
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Out with the Old: The Effect of Teacher Retirements on Student Outcomes
Kristine Brown (University of Illinois)
How Does Teacher Retirement Affect Student Achievement?
Maria Fitzpatrick (Cornell University)
Michael Lovenheim (Cornell University)
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Discussants:
Maria Fitzpatrick (Cornell University)
Cory Koedel (University of Missouri)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Edward C
American Economic Association
Novel Approaches for Estimating the Value of a Statistical Life (J1)
Presiding: Laura Taylor (North Carolina State University)
Randomized Safety Inspections and Risk Exposure on the Job: Quasi-experimental Estimates of the Value of a Statistical Life
Jonathan Lee (East Carolina University)
Laura Taylor (North Carolina State University)
The Value of a Statistical Life: Evidence from Military Retention Incentives and Occupation-Specific Mortality Hazards
Stephen Ryan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Michael Yankovich (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Michael Greenstone (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
New Estimates of the Value of a Statistical Life Using Air Bag Regulations as a Quasi-experiment
Chris Rohlfs (Syracuse University)
Ryan Sullivan (Naval Postgraduate School)
Thomas Kniesner (Syracuse University)
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Transportation Choices, Fatalism and the Value of Life in Africa
Gianmarco Leon (University of California-Berkeley)
Edward Miguel (University of California-Berkeley)
Discussants:
Michael Anderson (University of California-Berkeley)
Nicolai V. Kuminoff (Arizona State University)
Hendrik Wolff (University of Washington)
Raymond Guiteras (University of Maryland)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Ford A
American Economic Association
Political Economy- India (H1)
Presiding: Karthik Muralidharan (University of California-San Diego)
Economic Rents, Political Competition, and Political Selection
Rikhil Bhavnani (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Sandip Sukhtankar (Dartmouth College)
Who Has Voice in a Deliberative Democracy? Evidence from Transcripts of Village Parliaments in South India
Saumitra Jha (Stanford University)
Vijayendra Rao (World Bank)
Radu ban (London School of Economics)
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Institutions and Literacy in the Princely States
Latika Chaudhary (Scipps College)
Jared Rubin (Chapman University)
Political Identity, Religion and Public Health Delivery in India
Sonia Bhalotra (University of Bristol)
Irma Clots-Figueras (Universidad Carlos III Madrid)
Lakshmi Iyer (Harvard Business School)
Guilhem Cassan (University of Namur)
Discussants:
Saumitra Jha (Stanford University)
Jared Rubin (Chapman University)
Sandip Sukhtankar (Dartmouth College)
Ugo Troiano (Harvard University)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Ford B
American Economic Association
Social Mobility over Many Generations (N3)
Presiding: Marianne Page (University of California-Davis)
What is the True Rate of Social Mobility? Evidence from the Information Content of Surnames
Gregory Clark (University of California-Davis)
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Long-run Intergenerational Social Mobility and the Distribution of Surnames
Ignacio Ortuno-Ortín (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
M Dolores Collado (Universidad de Alicante)
Andrés Romeu (Universidad de Murcia)
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On the Road to Heaven: Self-Selection, Religion, and Socioeconomic Outcomes
Mohamed Saleh (Toulouse School of Economics)
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Grandfathers Matter(ed): Occupational Mobility Across Three Generations in the U.S. and Britain, 1850-1910
Jason Long (Wheaton College)
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Theoretical Models of Inequality Transmission across Multiple Generations
Gary Solon (Michigan State University)
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Discussants:
Marianne E. Page (University of California-Davis)
Nathan Nunn (Harvard University)
Nico Voigtlaender (University of California-Los Angeles)
Steven N. Durlauf (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Gary Solon (Michigan State University)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Molly A & B
American Economic Association
The Market for Medicines in Developing Countries (O1)
Presiding: David Yanagizawa-Drott (Harvard University)
Can Good Products Drive Out Bad? Experimental Evidence from Local Markets for Antimalarial Medicine in Uganda
David Yanagizawa-Drott (Harvard University)
Martina Bjorkman Nyqvist (Stockholm School of Economics)
Jakob Svensson (Stockholm University)
Drug Quality and the Development of Private Retail Pharmacy Markets
Wesley Yin (Boston University)
Dan Bennett (University of Chicago)
Monopolistic Competition, Technology Adoption and Market Power: Evidence from Randomized Controlled Trial in Uganda
Jessica Cohen (Harvard University)
Gunther Fink (Harvard University)
William Dickens (Northeastern University)
Subsidized ACTs and RDTs through the Zambian Private Sector: Impacts on Provider and Consumer Behavior
Jed Friedman (World Bank)
Discussants:
Jakob Svensson (Stockholm University)
Jessica Cohen (Harvard University)
Wesley Yin (Boston University)
Jed Friedman (World Bank)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Elizabeth Ballroom A
American Economic Association
The Organizational Economics of Multinational Firms (F2)
Presiding: Maria Guadalupe (INSEAD)
Do Multinationals Transplant their Business Model?
Dalia Marin (University of Munich)
Thierry Verdier (Paris School of Economics)
Linda Rousova (University of Munich)
Horizontal vs. Vertical FDI: Revisiting Evidence from U.S. Multinationals
Natalia Ramondo (Arizona State University)
Veronica Rappoport (Columbia University)
Kim Ruhl (New York University)
The Span of Control and the International Expansion Strategies of Multiproduct Firms
Stephen Ross Yeaple (Pennsylvania State University)
The Perfect Match: Assortative Matching in International Acquisitions and the Source of Multinational Advantage
Maria Guadalupe (INSEAD)
Catherine Thomas (Columbia University)
Veronica Rappoport (Columbia University)
Discussants:
Laura Alfaro (Harvard Business School)
Paolo Conconi (ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Stephen Redding (Princeton University)
Natalia Romondo (Arizona State University)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Madeleine A
American Economic Association
The Political Economy of Mass Media (H8)
Presiding: Ruben Enikolopov (New Economic School)
The "Berlusconi Effect": An Empirical Investigation on the Long-Term Impact of Commercial Television on Political Change in Italy
Ruben Durante (Sciences Po)
Paolo Pinotti (Bocconi University)
Andrea Tesei (Queen Mary, University of London)
From Public Influence to Private Return: Evidence from the Italian Advertising Market
Ruben Durante (Sciences Po)
Stefano DellaVigna (University of California-Berkeley)
Brian Knight (Brown University)
Eliana La Ferrara (Bocconi University)
Media Effects in Nazi Germany
Maja Adena (Freie University of Berlin)
Ruben Enikolopov (New Economic School)
Maria Petrova (New Economic School)
Veronica Santarosa (University of Michigan)
Ekaterina Zhuravskaya (Paris School of Economics)
Determinants of Media Capture in China
Ben Qin (IIES, Stockholm University)
Yanhui Wu (University of Southern California)
David Stromberg (IIES, Stockholm University)
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Discussants:
Ruben Durante (Sciences Po)
Ruben Enikolopov (New Economic School)
Stefano DellaVIgna (University of California-Berkeley)
Maria Petrova (New Economic School)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Manchester E
American Economic Association
What Nonparametric Methods Teach Us about Linear Methods for Models with Endogeneity (C1)
Presiding: Rosa Matzkin (University of California-Los Angeles)
Instrument Variable Estimation of Nonparametric Models
Whitney K. Newey (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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What Instrumental Variable Models Deliver with Discrete Dependent Variables
Andrew Chesher (University College London)
Adam M. Rosen (University College London)
Control Functions and Simultaneous Equations Methods
Richard Blundell (University College London)
Dennis Kristensen (University College London)
Rosa Matzkin (University of California-Los Angeles)
Discussants:
Adam M. Rosen (University College London)
Amit Gandhi (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Geert Ridder (University of Southern California)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Marina Salon D
American Finance Association
Behavioral Corporate Finance (G3)
Presiding: Malcolm Baker (Harvard Business School)
Status, Marriage, and Managers' Attitudes to Risk
Nikolai Roussanov (University of Pennsylvania)
Pavel Savor (University of Pennsylvania)
Social Norms and Corporate Peer Effects
Markku Kaustia (Aalto University)
Ville Rantala (Aalto University)
Conglomerate Investment, Skewness, and the CEO Long Shot Bias
Christoph Schneider (University of Mannheim)
Oliver Spalt (Tilburg University)
Discussants:
Terence Burnham (Chapman University)
Kelly Shue (University of Chicago)
K.J. Martijn Cremers (University of Notre Dame)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Marina Salon E
American Finance Association
Capital Structure (G3)
Presiding: Amy Dittmar (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)
As Certain as Debt and Taxes: Estimating the Tax Sensitivity of Leverage from Exogenous State Tax Changes
Florian Heider (European Central Bank)
Alexander Ljungqvist (New York University)
Growth Option Exercise and Capital Structure
Amiyatosh Purnanandam (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)
Uday Rajan (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)
Corporate Leverage, Debt Maturity and Credit Supply:The Role of Credit Default Swaps
Alessio Saretto (University of Texas-Austin)
Heather Tookes (Yale University)
Structural Models of Capital Structure: A Framework for Model Evaluation and Testing
Arthur Korteweg (Stanford University)
Michael Lemmon (University of Utah)
Discussants:
John Graham (Duke University)
Ilya Strebulaev (Stanford University)
Ing-Haw Cheng (University of Michigan)
Neng Wang (Columbia University)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Marina Salon F
American Finance Association
Corporate Governance (Empirical) (G3)
Presiding: David Yermack (New York University)
Independent Director Incentives: Where do Talented Directors Spend Their Time and Energy?
Ronald Masulis (University of New South Wales)
H. Shawn Mobbs (University of Alabama)
The Independent Board Requirement and CEO Connectedness
E. Han Kim (University of Michigan)
Yao Lu (University of Michigan)
Price of Publicity
Umit Gurun (University of Texas-Dallas)
Discussants:
Ran Duchin (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)
Augustin Landier (University of Toulouse)
David Solomon (University of Southern California)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Cardiff & Carlsbad
American Finance Association
International Corporate Finance and Development (G3)
Presiding: Randall Morck (University of Alberta)
Political Risk and International Valuation
Geert Bekaert (Columbia University)
Campbell Harvey (Duke University)
Christian Lundblad (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Stephan Siegel (University of Washington)
The Impact of Cultural Aversion on Economic Exchange: Evidence from Shocks to Sino-Japanese Relations
Raymond Fisman (Columbia University)
Yasushi Hamao (University of Southern California)
Yongxiang Wang (University of Southern California)
Should One Hire a Corrupt CEO in a Corrupt Country?
Maxim Mironov (Instituto de Empresa Foundation)
Why Do U.S. Securities Laws Matter to Non-U.S. Firms? Evidence from Private Class-Action Lawsuits
Amar Gande (Southern Methodist University)
Darius Miller (Southern Methodist University)
Discussants:
Pietro Veronesi (University of Chicago)
Bernard Yeung (NUS Business School)
Craig Doidge (University of Toronto)
Jordan Siegel (Harvard Business School)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Balboa & Mission Hills
American Finance Association
Macro Uncertainty and Financial Volatility (G1)
Presiding: Mikhail Chernov (London School of Economics)
Systematic Volatility of Unpriced Earnings Shocks
Timothy Johnson (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Jaehoon Lee (University of New South Wales)
Survey Forecasts and the Time-Varying Second Moments of Stock and Bond Returns
Pierluigi Balduzzi (Boston College)
Chunhua Lan (University of New South Wales)
Taylor Rule Uncertainty
Andrea Buraschi (The University of Chicago)
Andrea Carnelli (Imperial College London)
Paul Whelan (Imperial College London)
Local Debt Inflexibility and the Transmission of Credit Supply Shocks
Lei Zhang (Nanyang Technological University)
Massimo Massa (INSEAD)
Discussants:
Dana Kiku (University of Pennsylvania)
Christopher Polk (London School of Economics)
Stanley E. Zin (New York University)
Daniel Paravisini (London School of Economics)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Marina Salon G
American Finance Association
Market Microstructure (G1)
Presiding: Ingrid Werner (Ohio State University)
What's Not There: The Odd-Lot Bias in TAQ Data
Chen Yao (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Maureen O'Hara (Cornell University)
Mao Ye (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Revealing Shorts: An Examination of Large Short Position Disclosures
Charles Jones (Columbia University)
Adam Reed (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
William Waller (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Large Bets and Stock Market Crashes
Albert (Pete) Kyle (University of Maryland)
Anna Obizhaeva (University of Maryland)
Discussants:
Joel Hasbrouck (New York University)
Karl Diether (Dartmouth College)
Xavier Gabaix (New York University)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Torrey Pines 2
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
Bank for International Settlements: Special Panel on Property Markets, Financial Stability, and Macroprudential Policies (G01) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator: Frank Packer (Bank for International Settlements)
Kiyohiko Nishimura (Bank of Japan)
Yongheng Deng (National University of Singapore)
Ken Kuttner (Williams College)
Timothy M. Riddiough (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Frank Warnock (University of Virginia)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Rancho Santa Fe 2
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
Housing Policies and Regulation (R3)
Presiding: Ingrid Ellen (New York University)
Public Housing and Employment: Subsidies, Skills, and Spatial Mismatch in Postindustrial Hong Kong
Paavo Monkkonen (Hong Kong University)
Housing Vouchers and the Price of Rental Housing
Michael Eriksen (University of Georgia)
Amanda Ross (West Virginia University)
The Long-Term Dynamics of Affordable Rental Housing: A Quarter-Century Perspective
John Weicher (Hudson Institute)
Frederick Eggers (Econometrica, Inc.)
Fouad Moumen (Econometrica, Inc.)
State Response to Expanding Government Capacity: Evidence from Takings Law
Susan Yeh (University of Pennsylvania)
Daniel Chen (Duke University)
Discussants:
Jiro Yoshida (Pennsylvania State University)
Edgar Olsen (University of Virginia)
Denise DiPasquale (City Research)
Geoffrey Turnbull (University of Central Florida)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Rancho Santa Fe 3
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
Real Option and Value of Real Estate (D4)
Presiding: Daniel Quan (Cornell University)
Valuing Real Options in Real Estate: A Spatial Study of the Option to Redevelop
Henry Munneke (University of Georgia)
Kiplan Womack (University of Georgia)
Expansions and Contractions of Major US Shopping Centers
Katsiaryna Bardos (Fairfield University)
John Clapp (University of Connecticut)
Tingyu Zhou (University of Connecticut)
Risk Aversion and Urban Land Development Options
Tien Foo Sing (National University of Singapore)
Gang-Zhi Fan (Konkuk University)
Ming Pu (Southwest University of Finance and Economics)
When Walmart Comes to Town: Always Low Housing Prices? Always?
Devin Pope (University of Chicago)
Jaren Pope (Brigham Young University)
Discussants:
Robert Edelstein (University of California-Berkeley)
Tobias Muhlhofer (Indiana University)
Paul Anglin (Guelph University)
Audrey Ukhov (Cornell University)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Randle E
Association for Comparative Economic Studies
Informal and Precarious Employment in Comparative Perspective (J6)
Presiding: John Bonin (Wesleyan University)
Risk Attitudes and Informality: with an Application to Russia
John Bennett (Brunel University and IZA)
Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna and IZA)
Anzelika Zaiceva (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and IZA)
Firms and Informal Employment: a Comparative Perspective
Melanie Khamis (Wesleyan University and IZA)
Precarious Employment of Chinese Rural-to-Urban Migrants and Its Hidden Cost
Zhong Zhao (Renmin University of China and IZA)
The Dark Side of the Moon: Informal Employment in Georgia
Norberto Pignatti (ISET and IZA)
Karine Torosyan (ISET)
Discussants:
Nancy Chau (Cornell University and IZA)
Johannes Koettl (World Bank and IZA)
David Robalito (World Bank and IZA)
Corrado Giulietti (IZA)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Coronado Room
Association for Evolutionary Economics/Association for Social Economics
Finance, Distribution and the Financial Crisis (G1)
Presiding: Robert Shiller (Yale University)
Households' Knowledge of their Own Finances: Evidence from the SCF J-codes
Martha A. Starr (American University)
Household Debt and Income Distribution
Robert Scott (Monmouth University)
Steven Pressman (Monmouth University)
The Asset Price Meltdown and the Wealth of the Middle Class
Edward Nathan Wolff (New York University)
Taken for a Ride: How the Bubble Economy Destroyed America's Economic Security
Christian E. Weller (Centre for American Progress and University of Massachusetts-Boston)
A Template for a Public Credit Rating Agency
Susan K. Schroeder (University of Sydney, Australia)
Discussants:
Brian Bucks (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau)
Christopher Brown (Arkansas State University)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Rancho Santa Fe 1
Association for Social Economics
Dignity, Status, and Social Exchange (D6)
Presiding: Mark White (College of Staten Island, City University of New York)
Equity, Besides: Adam Smith and the Utility of Poverty
Chris Martin (University of Richmond)
Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Ahab and Brand: Virtue, Authenticity, Rationality, and the Disfigurement of Character
Elias L. Khalil (Monash University)
Steps Toward a Field of Law-and-Social-Economics
Mark D. White (College of Staten Island, City of New York)
Beneficence and Commerce: Adam Smith's Unfinished Project
Robert Garnett (Texas Christian University)
"The Woman Question": A History of Economic Thought Perspective
Laura Cardwell (University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Maggie
Association of Environmental & Resource Economists
Ecosystems and Common-Pool Resources (Q2)
Presiding: Charles Mason (University of Wyoming)
Taming the Lionfish
David M. Kling (University of California-Davis)
James N. Sanchirico (University of California-Davis)
Evaluating the Impact of Sector Management in the New England Groundfish Fisheries
Ling Huang (University of Connecticut)
Kathleen Segerson (University of Connecticut)
Is What is Good for the Forest Good for the People: Evaluating the Impacts of Protected Areas on Ecosystem Services and Poverty in Indonesia
Daniela Miteva (Duke University)
Subhrendu K. Pattanayak (Duke University)
Brian Murray (Duke University)
Don't Forget to Protect Abundant Resources
Ana Espínola-Arredondo (Washington State University)
Félix Muñoz-García (Washington State University)
Discussants:
John Lynham (University of Hawaii)
Martin Smith (Duke University)
Jonah Busch (Conservation International)
Charles Mason (University of Wyoming)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, America's Cup A & B
Econometric Society
Auction Theory (D4)
Presiding: John Hatfield (Stanford University)
Bribing in First-Price Auctions
Shiran Rachmilevitch (University of Haifa)
Existence of Monotone Pure Strategy Equilibrium in First-Price Auctions with Resale
Charles Zhoucheng Zheng (University of Western Ontario)
Optimal Mechanisms for Markets with Long-Lived Buyers
Hanzhe Zhang (University of Chicago)
Discussants:
Maciej H. Kotowski (Harvard University)
Jihong Lee (Seoul National University)
Eiichiro Kazumori (University of Buffalo)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, America's Cup C
Econometric Society
Information Economics (D8)
Presiding: Edward Green (Pennsylvania State University)
Marriage as a Rat Race: Noisy Pre-Marital Investments with Assortative Matching
V. Bhaskar (University College London)
Ed Hopkins (University of Edinburgh)
Optimal Risk Sharing with Optimistic and Pessimistic Decision Makers
Aloisio Pessoa Araujo (NA IMPA and FGV)
Jean Marc Bonnisseau (Universite Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne)
Alain Chateauneuf (CERMSEM Universite Paris 1)
Rodrigo Novinski (Ibmec Business School)
Events Concerning Knowledge
Edward Green (Pennsylvania State University)
Discussants:
Rodrigo Novinski (Ibmec Business School)
Edward Green (Pennsylvania State University)
Peter N. Sorensen (University of Copenhagen)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, America's Cup D
Econometric Society
International Trade and Heterogeneous Firms (F1)
Presiding: Andres Rodriguez-Clare (University of California-Berkeley)
Different Trade Models, Different Trade Elasticities?
Ina Simonovska (University of California-Davis)
Michael E. Waugh (New York University)
Imported Intermediate Goods and Product Innovation: Evidence from India
Murat Seker (World Bank)
Fixed Costs per Shipment
Andreas Kropf (Northwestern University)
Philip Saure (Swiss National Bank)
Structural Adjustments in Production and International Trade: Theory and Evidence from China
Hanwei Huang (London School of Economics)
Jiandong Ju (University of Oklahoma and Tsinghua University)
Vivian Yue (Federal Reserve Board)
Discussants:
Andres Rodriguez-Clare (University of California-Berkeley)
Miklos Koren (Central European University)
Andreas Moxnes (Dartmouth College)
Dan Lu (Princeton University and University of Rochester)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Cunningham C
Econometric Society
Matching and Network Models (C5)
Presiding: Yu-Wei Hsieh (University of Southern California)
Understanding Mate Preferences from Two-Sided Matching Markets: Identication, Estimation and Policy Analysis
Yu-Wei Hsieh (University of Southern California)
Identification and Estimation of a Pairwise Regression Model with Mutual Consent and Unobservable Heterogeneity
Zhentao Shi (Yale University)
Identification and Estimation of Network Formation Games
Shuyang Sheng (University of Southern California)
Discussants:
Jeremy T. Fox (University of Michigan)
Yu-Wei Hsieh (University of Southern California)
Alfred Galichon (Ecole Polytechnique)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Gibbons
Econometric Society
Product Markets (D4)
Presiding: Luis Cabral (New York University)
Durable Goods Monopoly with Stochastic Costs
Juan Matias Ortner (Princeton University)
Payoff Uncertainty, Bargaining Power, and the Strategic Sequencing of Bilateral Negotiations
Huseyin Yildirim (Duke University)
A Reputational Theory of Firm Dynamics
Simon Board (University of California-Los Angeles)
Moritz Meyer-ter-Vehn (University of California-Los Angeles)
Discussants:
Huseyin Yildirim (Duke University)
Juan Matias Ortner (Princeton University)
Luis Cabral (New York University)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Point Loma
International Banking, Economics & Finance Association
Bank Governance and Crises (G2)
Presiding: David Mayes (University of Auckland)
The Roles of Corporate Governance in Bank Failures during the Recent Financial Crisis
Allen N. Berger (University of South Carolina)
Bjorn Imbierowicz (Goethe University)
Christian Rauch (Goethe University)
Does Financial Experience Help Banks during Credit Crises?
Nuno Fernandes (IMD International)
Eliezer Fich (Drexel University)
Political Influence and Incentive: The Lending Behavior of a State-Owned Bank in the Global Financial Crisis
Chun-Yu Ho (Shanghai Jiaotong University)
Dan Li (Fudan University)
Suhua Tian (Fudan University)
Takeover Targets' Decision to Market Themselves: The Role of Governance
Elijah Brewer (DePaul University)
William Jackson (University of Alabama)
Larry Wall (Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta)
Discussants:
Isil Erel (Ohio State University)
W. Scott Frame (University of North Carolina-Charlotte)
Gerard Caprio (Williams College)
Antonio Macias (Texas Christian University)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Randle B
Korea-America Economic Association/American Economic Association
Capital Flows, Financial Stability and Macroprudential Policies (E2)
Presiding: Hyun Shin (Princeton University)
Macro-Prudential Policies: Lessons for and from Emerging Markets
Amar Bhattacharya (G24 Secretariat)
Stijn Claessens (International Monetary Fund)
Swati Ghosh (World Bank)
Capital Controls in Brazil: Effective? Efficient?
Marcos Chamon (International Monetary Fund)
Márcio Garcia (PUC, Brazil)
The New Economics of Prudential Capital Controls
Anton Korinek (University of Maryland)
Mitigating Systemic Spillovers from Currency Hedging
Kyuil Chung (Bank of Korea)
Hail Park (Bank of Korea)
Hyun Song Shin (Princeton University)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Laguna
Labor & Employment Relations Association/International Association for Feminist Economics
Gender Inequality: New Views on Exploitation, Poverty, Pensions and Domestic Violence (J5)
Presiding: Elaine McCrate (University of Vermont)
New Forms of Exploitation: The Synthesis of Mis-recogniton and Mal-distribution
Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
The Working Poor: Too Low Wage or Too Many Kids?
Sile Padraigin O'Dorchai (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Danièle Meulders (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Womens' Labor Force Participation and Marital Violence in India
Sanjukta Chaudhuri (University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire)
Catherine Emmanuelle (University of Minnesota-Duluth)
Investigating Gender Pension Gaps in Europe
Francesca Bettio (University of Siena)
Gianni Betti (University of Siena)
Platon Tinios (Panteion University)
Discussants:
Ellen Mutari (Richard Stockton College of New Jersey)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Leucadia
Labor & Employment Relations Association
Ownership/Governance of Firms and Employee Outcomes - LERA Competitive Papers (J5)
Presiding: Daniel Marschall (AFL-CIO)
A Longitudinal Analysis of Corporate-Sponsored Retirement Plans and Firm Ownership
J. Adam Cobb (University of Pennsylvania)
Governance Structures, Union Strength and Their Relation to CEO Pay
Muhammad Umar Boodoo (University of Toronto)
Green Microfinance Promoting Green Enterprise Development through Mini Cooperatives
Kazi Abdur Rouf (University of Toronto)
Industry Clusters and Employment Outcomes in Washington State
Colleen Chrisinger (University of Oregon)
Christopher S. Fowler (Pennsylvania State University)
Rachel Garshick Kleit (The Ohio State University)
Martin Kraal (Oregon Employment Department)
Discussants:
Douglas Kruse (Rutgers University)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Oceanside
Labor & Employment Relations Association
Work Hours: Flexibility, Non-standard Hours, Gradual Retirement - LERA Competitive Papers (J5)
Presiding: Eileen Appelbaum (CEPR)
Supply of and Demand for Gradual Retirement: Evidence from a German Policy Experiment
Peter Berg (Michigan State University)
Mary Hamman (University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse)
Matthew Piszczek (Michigan State University)
Christopher Ruhm (University of Virginia)
Nonstandard Employment and Workplace Profitability
Qian (Lydia) He (University of Toronto)
Work Schedule Control and Worker Happiness: Contrasts by Salaried and Hourly Employees and Parental Status
Lonnie Golden (Pennsylvania State University-Abington)
Julia Henly (University of Chicago)
Susan Lambert (University of Chicago)
Jaeseung Kim (University of Chicago)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Atlanta
Society of Government Economists
Institutional Structures and Strategies for Economic Growth in Indian Country (O4)
Presiding: Benjamin Simon (U.S. Department of Interior)
Political Institutions, Constitutional Change, and Economic Development: Evidence from the Constitutions of American Indian Nations
Randall Akee (Tufts University)
Miriam Jorgensen (University of Arizona)
Uwe Sunde (SEW-University of St. Gallen, Switzerland)
Fostering the Local Economies of Native American Communities
Leonard Greenhalgh (Dartmouth College)
The Microeconomics of a Natural Resource Boom: Evidence from a Tribal Fishery
Dominic P. Parker (Montana State University)
Randal R. Rucker (Montana State University)
Peter H. Nickerson (Nickerson and Associates)
The Challenge of Acquiring Economic Statistics on Indian Nations: Prospects for the Future
Steve Payson (U.S. Department of Interior)
Discussants:
Wendy Li (Bureau of Economic Analysis)
Rachael Soloveichik (Bureau of Economic Analysis)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Madeleine B
Transportation & Public Utilities Group
Transportation Infrastructure (L9)
Presiding: Peter Loeb (Rutgers University-Newark)
Economic Efficiency across National Air Navigation Systems
Kenneth Button (George Mason University)
Rui Neiva (George Mason University)
Forecasting Demands for Transport Infrastructure in Developing Countries
Patrick McCarthy (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Jiawen Yang (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Land Value Capture Near Airports
Jeffrey P. Cohen (University of Hartford)
Cletus C. Coughlin (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
David A. Lopez (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
John Clapp (University of Connecticut)
Static Efficiency Versus Dynamic Efficiency: An Econometric Model with an Application to the US Rail Freight Industry
Daniel Coublucq (Toulouse School of Economics)
Mark Ivaldi (Toulouse School of Economics)
Gerald McCullough (University of Minnesota)
Discussants:
Jia Yan (Washington State University)
Wim Vijverberg (City University of New York Graduate Center)
Steven Trick (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
James Peoples (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Malibu
Union for Radical Political Economists
Marxian Circuit of Capital and Macroeconomics (B5)
Presiding: Duncan Foley (New School for Social Research)
The Rate of Profit and Macrodynamics in a Marxian Model of the Circuit of Capital
Duncan Foley (New School for Social Research)
Credit, Profitability and Instability: A Strictly Structural Approach
Paulo dos Santos (University of London)
Some Macroeconomic Results in a Marxian Circuit of Capital Model
Deepankar Basu (University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Hyun Woong Park (University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Interlocking Turnover Continua and the Structure of Capital
Daniel Saros (Valparaiso University)
Discussants:
Peter Skott (University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Thomas Michl (Colgate University)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Newport Beach
Union for Radical Political Economists
Worker Co-operatives: Key Ingredients for Viability (L2)
Presiding: Robin Hahnel (Portland State University)
Worker Cooperatives in the U.S.: What Should be Done Differently This Time?
Erik K. Olsen (University of Missouri-Kansas City)
What Do We Really Know About Workers Co-ops?
Virginie Pérotin (Leeds University Business School)
A Successful US Workers Co-op: How Was it Done?
Christopher Gunn (Hobart and William Smith Colleges)
Innovation and Assuring Competitive Quality -- Successes and Never-Ending Challenges at Mondragon
Al Campbell (University of Utah)
Discussants:
Robin Hahnel (Portland State University)
Ian Seda-Irizary (Bucknell University)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Cunningham A & B
African Finance & Economics Association
The Role of African Women Economists in Africa's Development (O1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator: Juliet Elu (Morehouse College)
Frannie A. Léautier (Capacity Building Foundation, Zimbabwe)
Shanta Devarajan (World Bank)
Thokozile Ruzvidzo (UN Economic Commission for Africa)
Elizabeth Asiedu (University of Kansas)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Torrey Pines 1
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
Agricultural Mechanization in Developing Countries (Q1)
Presiding: Gershon Feder (International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI))
Mechanization and Agricultural Technology Evolution, Agricultural Intensification in Sub-Saharan Africa: Typology of Agricultural Mechanization in Nigeria
Hiroyuki Takeshima (International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI))
Alejandro Nin Pratt (International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI))
Xinshen Diao (International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI))
Is Specialization in Agricultural Mechanization Service Provision a Viable Business Model? The Case of Ghana
Nazaire Houssou (International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI))
Xinshen Diao (International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI))
Frances Cossar (International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI))
Shashi Kolavalli (International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI))
Kipo Jimah (International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI))
Patrick O. Aboagye (Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana)
Wheel of Change: Agricultural Mechanization in China
Thomas Reardon (Michigan State University)
Jin Yang (Zhejiang University)
Xiaobo Zhang (International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI))
Flexible Labor Markets, Landholding and Mechanization in Agriculture: Evidence from Asian Countries
Futoshi Yamauchi (International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI))
Yanyan Liu (International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI))
Keirjiro Otsuka (World Bank)
Hari Nagarajan (National Council of Applied Economic Research)
Discussants:
Derek Byerlee (World Bank)
Funing Zhong (Nanjing Agricultural University)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Elizabeth Ballroom A
American Economic Association
Advances in Behavioral Economics (D0)
Presiding: Nicholas Barberis (Yale University)
Applications of Probability Weighting in Finance and Economics
Nicholas Barberis (Yale University)
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Integrating Psychology into Normal-Science Economics
Matthew Rabin (University of California-Berkeley)
Salience and Asset Prices
Pedro Bordalo (University of London)
Nicola Gennaioli (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Andrei Shleifer (Harvard University)
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Discussants:
Colin Camerer (California Institute of Technology)
David I. Laibson (Harvard University)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Manchester B & C
American Economic Association
Central Bank Independence: Reality or Myth? (E5)
Presiding: Thomas Cargill (University of Nevada-Reno)
Measuring Central Bank Independence, Policy Implications, and Federal Reserve Independence
Thomas F. Cargill (University of Nevada-Reno)
Gerald O'Driscoll (Cato Institute)
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Historical Perspective of Federal Reserve Independence
Allan H. Meltzer (Carnegie Mellon University and Hoover Institution)
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The Effectiveness of Central Bank Independence Versus Policy Rules
John B. Taylor (Stanford University and Hoover Institution)
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Central Bank Laws and Monetary Policy Outcomes: A Three Decade Perspective
Michael Parkin (University of Western Ontario)
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Discussants:
Robert Hetzel (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)
Peter Wallison (American Enterprise Institute)
Carl Walsh (University of California-Santa Cruz)
Lawrence H. White (George Mason University)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Manchester E
American Economic Association
Child Health in Developing Countries (I1)
Presiding: Angus Deaton (Princeton University)
Long-Term Effect of In Utero Exposure to Land Reform on Academic Performance in China
Douglas Almond (Columbia University)
Hongbin Li (Tsinghua University)
Binzhen Wu (Tsinghua University)
Shuang Zhang (Cornell University)
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Cognitive Development, Achievement, and Parental Investments:Evidence from a Clean Water Reform in Mexico
Sonia Bhalotra (University of Bristol)
Atheendar S. Venkataramani (Massachusetts General Hospital)
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Religion and Health in Early Childhood: Evidence from the Indian Subcontinent
Elizabeth Brainerd (Brandeis University)
Nidhiya Menon (Brandeis University)
High-Powered Incentives for Childhood Anemia Reduction in Rural China
Grant Miller (Stanford University)
Discussants:
Albert Park (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
T. Paul Schultz (Yale University)
Andrew Foster (Brown University)
Chih Ming Tan (Clark University)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Ford A
American Economic Association
CSMGEP Dissertation Session
Presiding: Fernando Lozano (Pomona College)
The Treatment Effects of Pensions on the Labor Supply of Older Workers
Enrique Lopez Lira (Howard University)
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Transferability of Skills, Income Growth and Labor Market Outcomes of Recent Immigrants in the United States
Karla J. Diaz Hadzisadikovic (Columbia University)
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How Do Money Market Conditions Affect Shadow Banking Activity? Evidence from Security Repurchase Agreements
Karl David Boulware (University of Alabama)
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Do Geographic Deregulations of Banking Affect Product Markets? Evidence from Manufacturers
Joel Melendez (University of Houston)
Estimating the Incidence of Government Spending
Juan Carlos Suarez Serrato (University of California-Berkeley)
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Is There a Stepping Stone Effect in Drug Use? Separating State Dependence from Unobserved Heterogeneity within and across Illicit Drugs
Monica Deza (University of Texas at Dallas)
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Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Emma A & B
American Economic Association
Economic Development (O1)
Presiding: Isleide Zissimos (Vanderbilt University)
Is Agricultural Training a Good Investment in Developing Countries? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Armenia
Kenneth Fortson (Mathematica Policy Research)
Randall Blair (Mathematica Policy Research)
Anu Rangarajan (Mathematica Policy Research)
Joanne Lee (Mathematica Policy Research)
Valentine Gilbert (Mathematica Policy Research)
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de Soto vs. Yunus: Microfinance, Property Rights, and Development Policy
M. Shahe Emran (Columbia University)
Forhad Shilpi (World Bank)
Joseph E. Stiglitz (Columbia University)
Health, Height, Height Shrinkage and SES at Older Ages: Evidence from China
John Strauss (University of Southern California)
Wei Huang (Harvard University)
Xiaoyan Lei (Peking University)
Geert Ridder (University of Southern California)
Yaohui Zhao (Peking University)
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Barriers to Prosperity: Parasitic Diseases, IQ and Economic Development
Jakob B. Madsen (Monash University)
Aid Under Fire: Development Projects and Civil Conflict
Benjamin Crost (University of Colorado-Denver)
Patrick Johnston (RAND Corporation)
Joseph Felter (Stanford University)
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Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Elizabeth Ballroom H
American Economic Association
Effects of Fiscal Policy in Deep Recessions: Simple and Hopefully Credible Empirical Evidence (H3)
Presiding: Bruce Sacerdote (Dartmouth College)
Growth Forecast Errors and Fiscal Multipliers
Olivier Blanchard (International Monetary Fund)
Daniel Leigh (International Monetary Fund)
Using State Level Pension Shocks to Estimate Fiscal Multipliers
Daniel Shoag (Harvard University)
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ARRA Spending, Job Growth and Fiscal Integration
James Feyrer (Dartmouth College)
Bruce Sacerdote (Dartmouth College)
Are Government Spending Multipliers Greater during Periods of Slack? Evidence from 20th Century Historical Data
Michael T. Owyang (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
Valerie A. Ramey (University of California-San Diego)
Sarah Zubairy (Bank of Canada)
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Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Manchester D
American Economic Association
Finance (G1) (Poster Session)
Presiding: Caleb Stroup (Grinnell College)
Trader Twitter Chatter and Corn Futures Price Volatility
Mindy Mallory (University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Sung Won Kim (University of Oklahoma)
Deposit Insurance Reduced Depositor Monitoring: Quasi-Experimental Estimates from the Creation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Gary Richardson (University of California-Irvine)
Haelim Park (University of California-Irvine)
Brian Yang (University of California-Irvine)
The Board of Directors in Hedge Fund Governance
Peter G. Szilagyi (University of Cambridge)
Chong Wei Wong (University of Cambridge)
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Do Humans Perceive Temporal Order in Asset Returns?
Jasmina Hasanhodzic (Boston University)
Andrew W. Lo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Emanuele Viola (Northeastern University)
Are Red or Blue Companies More Likely to Go Green? Politics and Corporate Social Responsibility
Alberta Di Giuli (ESCP Europe)
Leonard Kostovetsky (University of Rochester)
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The Roles of Corporate Governance in Bank Failures during the Recent Financial Crisis
Allen N. Berger (University of South Carolina)
Bjorn Imbierowicz (New York University)
Christian Rauch (Goethe University Frankfurt)
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High Frequency Trading and End-of-Day Manipulation
Douglas Cumming (York University)
Feng Zhan (York University)
Michael Aitken (University of New South Wales)
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Political Connections and Firm Value: Evidence from Close Gubernatorial Elections
Quoc-Anh Do (Singapore Management University)
Yen-Teik Lee (Singapore Management University)
Bang Dang Nguyen (University of Cambridge)
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Competing on Speed
Emiliano Pagnotta (New York University)
Thomas Philippon (New York University)
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Do Lending Relationships Affect Corporate Financial Policies?
Hadiye Aslan (University of Houston)
Does Macro-Pru Leak? Evidence from a UK Policy Experiment
Shekhar Aiyar (International Monetary Fund)
Charles Calomiris (Columbia Business School)
Tomasz Wieladek (London Business School)
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Pension Fund Asset Allocation and Liability Discount Rates: Camouflage and Reckless Risk Taking by U.S. Public Plans?
Aleksandar Andonov (Maastricht University)
Rob Bauer (Maastricht University)
Martijn Cremers (Yale University)
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Liquidity Shocks, Dollar Funding Costs, and the Bank Lending Channel during the European Sovereign Crisis
Ricardo Correa (Federal Reserve Board)
Horacio Sapriza (Federal Reserve Board)
Andrei Zlate (Federal Reserve Board)
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Bank Lending Channels During the Great Recession
Viktors Stebunovs (Federal Reserve Board)
Samuel Haltenhof (Federal Reserve Board)
Seung J. Lee (Federal Reserve Board)
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How Do Frictions Affect Corporate Investment? A Structural Approach
Maria Cecilia Bustamante (London School of Economics)
CISS - A Portfolio-Theoretic Framework for the Construction of Composite Financial Stress Indices
Manfred Kremer (European Central Bank)
Marco Lo Duca (European Central Bank)
Daniel Hollo (Magyar Nemzeti Bank)
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Beyond Q: Estimating Investment without Asset Prices
Joao Gomes (University of Pennsylvania)
Vito Gala (London Business School)
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How Important are Foreign Ownership Linkages for International Stock Returns?
John Griffin (University of Texas-Austin)
David Ng (Cornell University)
Sohnke Bartram (Warwick University)
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Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Gregory A & B
American Economic Association
Financial Intermediation and Financial Crisis (E5)
Presiding: Jianjun Miao (Boston University)
Capital Regulation and Credit Fluctuations
Hans Gersbachy (Center of Economic Research at ETH)
Jean-Charles Rochet (University of Zurich, SFI and Toulouse School of Economics)
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Banking Bubbles and Financial Crisis
Jianjun Miao (Boston University)
Pengfei Wang (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Demand Creates its Own Supply
Christophe Chamley (Boston University)
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The Lehman Shock and the Dynamics of the Crisis
Gary Gorton (Yale University)
Andrew Metrick (Yale University)
Lei Xie (Yale University)
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Discussants:
Anton Korinek (University of Maryland)
Zhiguo He (University of Chicago)
John Leahy (New York University)
Simon Gilchrist (Boston University)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Manchester A
American Economic Association
Firms, Innovation and Productivity (O4)
Presiding: Chad Syverson (University of Chicago)
Private Equity, Jobs and Productivity
Steven J. Davis (University of Chicago)
John Haltiwanger (University of Maryland)
Kyle Handley (Stanford University)
Ron Jarmin (Census Bureau)
Joshua Lerner (Harvard University)
Javier Miranda (Census Bureau)
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Does Working From Home Work? Evidence From a Chinese Experiment
Nicholas A. Bloom (Stanford University)
James Liang (Ctrip.com International Ltd)
Joh Roberts (Stanford University)
Zhichun Jenny Ying (Stanford University)
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Ownership Turnover, Management Change and Productivity: Evidence from the Japanese Cotton Spinning Industry
Serguey Braguinsky (Carnegie Mellon University)
Atsushi Ohyama (Hokkaido University)
Tetsuji Okazaki (University of Tokyo)
Chad Syverson (University of Chicago)
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Healthcare Exceptionalism? Productivity and Allocation in the U.S. Healthcare Sector
Amitabh Chandra (Harvard University)
Amy Finkelstein (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Adam Sacarny (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Chad Syverson (University of Chicago)
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Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Edward A
American Economic Association
Global Production Chains (F1)
Presiding: Kalina Manova (Stanford University)
Technology, Trade Costs, and the Pattern of Trade with Multi-Stage Production
Robert Johnson (Dartmouth College)
Andreas Moxnes (Dartmouth College)
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Firms along the Value-Added Chain: Processing Trade in China
Kalina Manova (Stanford University)
Zhihong Yu (Nottingham University)
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Do Prices Determine Vertical Integration? Evidence from Trade Policy
Laura Alfaro (Harvard Business School)
Paola Conconi (Universite Libre de Bruxelles)
Harald Hadinger (University of Vienna)
Andrew Newman (Boston University)
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Global Value Chains During the Great Trade Collapse: A Bullwhip Effect?
Carlo Altomonte (Bocconi University)
Filippo Di Mauro (European Central Bank)
Gianmarco Ottaviano (London School of Economics)
Armando Rungi (Bocconi University)
Vincent Vicard (Banque de France)
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Discussants:
Thibault Fally (University of Colorado-Boulder)
Robert Feenstra (University of California-Davis)
Davin Chor (Singapore Management University)
George Alessandria (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Elizabeth Ballroom F
American Economic Association
How to Promote Jobs for Development? The World Bank World Development Report 2013 (O2) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator: Anne Case (Princeton University)
Richard Freeman (Harvard University)
Adriana Kugler (Georgetown University)
Stefano Scarpetta (OECD)
Martin Rama (World Bank)
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and Bonn University)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Del Mar A & B
American Economic Association
Macroeconomic Aspects of Taxation Policy (E6)
Presiding: P.J. Glandon (Kenyon College)
Deficits, Public Debt Dynamics, and Tax and Spending Multipliers
Gauti Eggertsson (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Identifying the Effect of Government Spending: Evidence from Political Variations in Federal Grants
Yaniv Reingewertz (George Washington University)
Macroeconomic Effects of Progressive Taxation
Tae-hwan Rhee (Samsung Economic Research Institute)
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How is Tax Policy Conducted over the Business Cycle?
Guillermo Vuletin (Colby College)
Carlos Vegh (University of Maryland and NBER)
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Marriage Stability, Taxation and Aggregate Labor Supply in the US vs. Europe
Hans Aasnes Holter (Uppsala University)
Indraneel Chakraborty (Southern Methodist University)
Serhiy Stepanchuk (Magyar Nemzeti Bank)
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Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Elizabeth Ballroom B
American Economic Association
Neighborhood Effects and Place-Based Policies (R2)
Presiding: Lawrence Katz (Harvard University)
The Long-Term Impacts of Moving to Opportunity
Jens Ludwig (University of Chicago and NBER)
Lisa Sanbonmatsu (NBER)
Greg Duncan (University of California-Irvine)
Lisa Gennetian (Brookings Institution)
Lawrence Katz (Harvard University)
Ronald C. Kessler (Harvard Medical School)
Jeffrey Kling (Congressional Budget Office and NBER)
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Neighborhoods vs. Schools
Roland G. Fryer, Jr. (Harvard Unviersity and NBER)
Lawrence Katz (Harvard University and NBER)
Place Based Policies and Unemployment
Enrico Moretti (University of California-Berkeley and NBER)
Patrick Kline (University of California-Berkeley and NBER)
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Discussants:
Janet Currie (Princeton University)
Greg Duncan (University of California-Irvine)
Matthew Kahn (University of California-Los Angeles)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Manchester G
American Economic Association
New Perspectives on Optimal Income Taxation (H2)
Presiding: Emmanuel Farhi (Harvard University)
Taxation and the Allocation of Talent
Eric Glen Weyl (University of Chicago)
Charles Nathanson (Harvard University)
Benjamin Lockwood (Harvard University)
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The Promise of Positive Optimal Taxation: A Generalized Theory Calibrated to Survey Evidence on Normative Preferences Explains Puzzling Features of Policy
Matthew C. Weinzierl (Harvard Business School)
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Fair Income Tax with Endogenous Productivities
Marc Fleurbaey (Princeton University)
Giacomo Valletta (Center for Operations Research and Econometrics)
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Generalized Social Marginal Welfare Weights for Optimal Tax Theory
Emmanuel Saez (University of California-Berkeley)
Stephanie Stantcheva (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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Discussants:
Florian Scheuer (Stanford University)
Alan J. Auerbach (University of California-Berkeley)
Emmanuel Saez (University of California-Berkeley)
Marc Fleurbaey (Princeton University)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Molly A & B
American Economic Association
Perspectives on Inequality and Mobility in the U.S. (D3)
Presiding: Robert Moffitt (Johns Hopkins University)
Income Inequality, Mobility and Turnover at the Top in the U.S., 1987 - 2009
Gerald Auten (U.S. Department of the Treasury)
Geoffrey Gee (U.S. Department of the Treasury)
Nicholas Turner (U.S. Department of the Treasury)
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Deconstructing income and income inequality measures: A cross walk from market income to comprehensive income
Philip Armour (Cornell University)
Richard V. Burkhauser (Cornell University and the University of Melbourne)
Jeff Larrimore (U.S. Congress, Joint Committee on Taxation)
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Consumption and Income Inequality in the U.S. Since the 1960s
Bruce D. Meyer (University of Chicago and NBER)
James X. Sullivan (University of Notre Dame)
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Measuring the Trends in Inequality of Individuals and Families: Income and Consumption Abstract:
Jonathan Fisher (U.S. Census Bureau)
David S. Johnson (U.S. Census Bureau)
Timothy M. Smeeding (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
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Discussants:
James P. Ziliak (University of Kentucky)
Robert Moffitt (Johns Hopkins University)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Edward B
American Economic Association
Saving for the Common Man: Target-Date Funds, Defaults and the Design of 401(k) Plans (G2)
Presiding: Brigitte Madrian (Harvard University)
It Pays to Set the Menu: Mutual Fund Investment Options in 401(K) Plans
Irina Stefanescu (Indiana University-Bloomington)
Veronika Krepely Pool (Indiana University-Bloomington)
Clemens Sialm (University of Texas-Austin)
Choice Architecture and the Locus of Fiduciary Obligation in Defined Contribution Plans
Dana M. Muir (University of Michigan)
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Target-Date Funds: Survey and Administrative Evidence
Julie Agnew (College of William and Mary)
Lisa Szykman (College of William and Mary)
Stephen Utkus (Vanguard Center for Retirement Research)
Jean Young (Vanguard Center for Retirement Research)
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Do 401(k) Advisors Take Their Own Advice?
Tomas Dvorak (Union College)
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Discussants:
Pierluigi Balduzzi (Boston College)
John Turner (Pension Policy Center)
James J. Choi (Yale University)
Jonathan Reuter (Boston College)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Edward C
American Economic Association
The Economics and Economic Impact of New Screening Technologies (J7)
Presiding: Abigail Wozniak (University of Notre Dame)
Examining Stated Reservation Wages in the Context of Job Boards
Prasanna Tambe (New York University)
Peter Cappelli (University of Pennsylvania and NBER)
Optimal Expectations and Limited Medical Testing: Evidence from Huntington Disease
Ira Shoulson (Georgetown University)
E. Ray Dorsey (Johns Hopkins University)
Emily Oster (University of Chicago)
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Stigma in the Labor Market: Evidence from Juveniles Transferred to Adult Court and Occupations with Mandated Criminal Background Checks
Keith Finlay (Tulane University)
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The Effects of DNA Databases on Crime
Jennifer Doleac (University of Virginia)
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Discussants:
Amanda Pallais (Harvard University)
Luke Chicoine (DePaul University)
Abigail Wozniak (University of Notre Dame)
Peter Kuhn (University of California-Santa Barbara)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Elizabeth Ballroom C
American Economic Association
Theories of Over-the-Counter Markets (G1)
Presiding: Ana Babus (Imperial College)
The market for OTC Derivatives
Andrew Atkeson (University of California-Los Angeles)
Andrea Eisfeldt (University of California-Los Angeles)
Pierre-Olivier Weill (University of California-Los Angeles)
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Decentralized Exchange
Semyon Malamud (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
Marzena Rostek (University of Wisconsin)
Information Percolation in Segmented Markets
Darrell Duffie (Stanford University)
Semyon Malamud (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
Gustavo Manso (University of California-Berkeley)
Trading and Information Diffusion in Over-the-Counter Markets
Ana Babus (Imperial College London)
Peter Kondor (Central European University)
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Discussants:
Gara Afonso (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Mikhail Golosov (Princeton University)
Xavier Vives (IESE Business School)
Gustavo Manso (University of California-Berkeley)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Manchester F
American Economic Association
Topics in Economic Education (A2)
Presiding: Nancy Rose (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Course Requirements for Bachelor’s Degrees in Economics
William Becker (Indiana University)
William Bosshardt (Florida Atlantic University)
Michael Watts (Purdue University)
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One Essay on Dissertation Styles in Economics
John J. Siegfried (Vanderbilt University)
Wendy Stock (Montana State University)
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How Economists Allocate Time to Teaching and Research
Sam Allgood (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
William B. Walstad (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
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Economic Understanding in U.S. High School Courses
William B. Walstad (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
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Discussants:
David Colander (Middlebury College)
James M. Poterba (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Daniel S. Hamermesh (University of Texas-Austin)
Gail Hoyt (University of Kentucky)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Elizabeth Ballroom G
American Economic Association
Work on Women's Work is Never Done (J2)
Presiding: Claudia Goldin (Harvard University)
Women's Well-Being and Their Labor Force Participation
Marianne Bertrand (University of Chicago)
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Female Labor Supply: Why is the US Falling Behind?
Francine D. Blau (Cornell University)
Lawrence M. Kahn (Cornell University)
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Shocking Female Labor Supply: A Reassessment of the Impact of World War II on U.S. Women's Labor Supply
Claudia Goldin (Harvard University)
Claudia Olivetti (Boston University)
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Discussants:
Shelly Lundberg (University of California-Santa Barbara)
Jane Waldfogel (Columbia University)
Dora L. Costa (University of California-Los Angeles)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Balboa & Mission Hills
American Finance Association
Banking and Financial Institutions I (G2)
Presiding: Philip Bond (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities)
The Effects of Bank Regulator Switching on Supervisory Ratings
Marcelo Rezende (Federal Reserve Board)
Inconsistent Regulators: Evidence from Banking
Sumit Agarwal (National University of Singapore)
David Lucca (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Amit Seru (University of Chicago)
Francesco Trebbi (University of British Columbia)
Securitization and Lending Competition
David Frankel (Iowa State University)
Yu Jin (Shanghai University)
Discussants:
Ross Levine (University of California-Berkeley)
Paola Sapienza (Northwestern University)
Christine Parlour (University of California-Berkeley)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Marina Salon D
American Finance Association
Equity Risk Premia: Cross-Sectional Variation (G1)
Presiding: Nikolai Roussanov (University of Pennsylvania)
A Theory of Firm Characteristics and Stock Returns: The Role of Investment-Specific Shocks
Dimitris Papanikolaou (Northwestern University)
Leonid Kogan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
The Investment Manifesto
Xiaoji Lin (Ohio State University)
Lu Zhang (Ohio State University)
Endogenous Dividend Dynamics and the Term Structure of Dividend Strips
Robert Goldstein (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities)
Frederico Belo (University of Minnesota)
Pierre Collin-Dufresne (Columbia University)
Dynamic Networks and Asset Pricing
Andrea Buraschi (The University of Chicago)
Paolo Porchia (IE Business School)
Discussants:
Vito Gala (London Business School )
Adlai Fisher (University of British Columbia)
Lukas Schmid (Duke University)
Johan Walden (University of California-Berkeley)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Marina Salon E
American Finance Association
Institutional Investors I (G2)
Presiding: Wei Jang (Columbia University)
Opaque Trading, Disclosure and Asset Prices: Implications for Hedge Fund Regulation
David Easley (Cornell University - Department of Economics)
Maureen O'Hara (Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management)
Liyan Yang (University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management)
Does Institutional Ownership Matter for International Stock Return Comovement?
Jose Faias (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)
Miguel Ferreira (New University of Lisbon)
Pedro Santa-Clara (New University of Lisbon)
Pedro Matos (University of Virginia)
You're Fired! New Evidence on Portfolio Manager Turnover and Performance
Leonard Kostovetsky (University of Rochester)
Jerold Warner (University of Rochester)
Dispersion in Beliefs among Active Mutual Funds and the Cross-Section of Stock Returns
Hao Jiang (Erasmus University - Rotterdam School of Management)
Zheng Sun (University of California, Irvine - Paul Merage School of Business)
Discussants:
Bing Han (University of Texas at Austin - McCombs School of Business)
Xiaoyan Zhang (Purdue University, Krannert School of Management)
Breno Schmidt (Emory University - Goizueta Business School )
Christopher Malloy (Harvard Business School)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Marina Salon F
American Finance Association
IPO, SEO, Equity Issuance (G3)
Presiding: William Wilhelm (University of Virginia)
The Pricing of IPO Services and Issues: Theory and Estimation
Richard Lowery (University of Texas-Austin)
Ari Kang (University of North Dakota)
Partial Adjustment to Public Information in IPO Pricing: Theory and Tests
Tore Leite (Norwegian School of Economics)
Einar Bakke (University of Gothenburg)
Karin Thorburn (Norwegian School of Economics)
Issuance Costs in Today's Equity Market: The Causal Effect of Accelerating Seasoned Equity
Matthew Gustafson (University of Rochester)
Discussants:
Zhaohui Chen (University of Virginia)
David Goldreich (University of Toronto)
Ayako Yasuda (University of California-Davis)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Marina Salon G
American Finance Association
Limits to Arbitrage: Empirical Evidence (G1)
Presiding: Yu Yuan (University of Pennsylvania)
Time Varying Market Efficiency
Ferhat Akbas (University of Kansas)
Will Armstrong (Texas Tech University)
Sorin Sorescu (Texas A&M University)
Avanidhar Subrahmanyam (University of California-Los Angeles)
Short-Term Return Reversal: The Long and the Short of It
Zhi Da (University of Notre Dame)
Qianqiu Liu (University of Hawaii-Manoa)
Ernst Schaumburg (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
When Some Investors Head for the Exit
Harrison Hong (Princeton University)
Wenxi Jiang (Yale University)
Dissecting the Profitability Premium
Huijun Wang (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities)
Jianfeng Yu (University of Minnesota)
Discussants:
Kent Daniel (Columbia University)
Owen Lamont (Harvard University)
Jeffrey Wurgler (New York University)
Frank Zhang (Yale University)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Cardiff & Carlsbad
American Finance Association
Options (G1)
Presiding: David Bates (University of Iowa)
The Economic Value of Realized Volatility: Using High-Frequency Returns for Option Valuation
Peter Christoffersen (University of Toronto)
Bruno Feunou (Bank of Canada)
Kris Jacobs (University of Houston)
Nour Meddahi (University of Toulouse)
Collateral Smile
Markus Leippold (University of Zurich)
Lujing Su (University of Zurich)
Order Flow and Expected Option Returns
Dmitriy Muravyev (Boston College)
Demand for Crash Insurance and Stock Returns
Hui Chen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Scott Joslin (University of Southern California)
Sophie Ni (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Discussants:
Nicola Fusari (Northwestern University)
Lasse Pedersen (New York University)
Hui Chen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology )
Hao Zhou (Federal Reserve Board)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Rancho Santa Fe 3
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
Advances in House Price Modeling (R1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator: Daniel McMillen (University of Illinois)
Charles Leung (City University of Hong Kong)
Steven Kou (National University of Singapore)
Anthony Yezer (George Washington University)
Larry Brown (University of Pennsylvania)
Alex Levin (Andrew Davidson & Co., Inc.)
Thies Lindenthal (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Rancho Santa Fe 2
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association/American Economic Association
Business Cycles, Household Formation, and Demographic Changes (E3)
Presiding: William Strange (University of Toronto)
The Evolution of Household Size and Parental Coresidence over the Business Cycle
Greg Kaplan (University of Pennsylvania)
Jose-Victor Rios-Rull (University of Minnesota)
What Happens to Household Formation in a Recession?
Gary D. Painter (University of Southern California)
Kwan Ok Lee (National University of Singapore)
Sharing a Household: Economic Downturns and Transitions in Living Arrangements, 2001-2011
Laryssa Mykyta (U.S. Census Bureau)
Suzanne Macartney (U.S. Census Bureau)
Booms, Busts, and Fertility: Testing the Becker Model Using Gender-Specific Labor Demand
Jessamyn Schaller (University of Arizona)
Discussants:
Stuart Gabriel (University of California-Los Angeles)
Donald Haurin (The Ohio State University)
Dowell Myers (University of Southern California)
Melissa Kearney (University of Maryland)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Santa Rosa
American Risk & Insurance Association/American Economic Association
Topics in Insurance Economics (D8)
Presiding: Martin Grace (Georgia State University)
On the Relationship between the Markets for Health Insurance and Medical Malpractice Insurance
Patricia Born (Florida State University)
J. Bradley Karl (Florida State University)
W. Kip Viscusi (Vanderbilt University)
Organizational Form, Ownership Structure and Top Executive Turnover: Evidence in the Property-Liability Industry
Jiang Cheng (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)
J. David Cummins (Temple University)
Tzuting Lin (National Taiwan University)
External Financing in the Life Insurance Industry: Evidence from the Financial Crises
Thomas R. Berry-Stolzle (University of Georgia)
Gregory P. Nini (University of Pennsylvania)
Sabine Wende (University of Cologne)
Endogeous Information and Adverse Selection under Loss Prevention
Richard Peter (Ludwig-Maximillians-Universitaet)
Andreas Richter (Ludwig-Maximillians-Universitaet)
Paul Thistle (University of Nevada Las Vegas)
Revisiting the Risk-Neutral Approach to Optimal Policyholder Behavior: A Study of Withdrawal Guarantees in Variable Annuities
Thorsten Moenig (University of St. Thomas)
Daniel Baurer (Georgia State University)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Randle E
Association for Comparative Economic Studies
New Research on Economic Comparisons and Institutions (Poster Session) (P5) (Poster Session)
Presiding: Pekka Sutela (Aalto University School of Economics)
Firms' Exporting and Importing Activities: Is There a Two-Way Relationship?
David Aristei (Università di Perugia)
Davide Castellani (Università di Perugia)
Chiara Franco (University of Bologna)
Effectiveness of Foreign Aid in Small Island Developing States
El-hadj Bah (University of Auckland)
Jeremy Ward (University of Auckland)
Trade Specialization Dynamics and Economic Catch-Up
Guglielmo Maria Caporale (Brunel University)
Christophe Rault (University of Orleans)
Robert and Anamaria Sova (Sorbonne University)
Incomplete Specialization and Offshoring across Europe
Richard Frensch (University of Regensburg)
Jan Hanousek (Charles University)
Evžen Kočenda (Charles University)
The Political Economy of "Financial Literacy": Globalizing Inclusion or Expanding the Rentier Frontier
Gary A. Dymski (Leeds University)
The Financial Structure of China’s Export Development and China’s Local Government Entrepreneurs
Adam S. Hersh (Center for American Progress)
What Drives Labor Market Volatility in Offshoring Industries? Evidence from Mexico
David S. Kaplan (Interamerican Development Bank)
Daniel Lederman (World Bank)
Raymond Robertson (Macalaster College)
The Crime of Tax Evasion in Transition Economies
Barbara Katz (New York University)
Joel Owen (New York University)
Does It Take Time to Travel Distance? Early Geography, Entry Timing and Knowledge Spillovers
Bruno Merlevede (Ghent University)
European Monetary Union: Convergence and Divergence
Helmut Wagner (University of Hagen)
Microfinance and Human Development: Does Institutional Structure Matter?
Ghazal Zulfiqar (University of Massachusetts-Boston)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, La Costa
Association for Evolutionary Economics
Abundance Denied: Consequences of the Great Recession (E2)
Presiding: James Peach (New Mexico State University)
Abundance Denied: The Consequences of the Great Recession
James Peach (New Mexico State University)
William M. Dugger (University of Tulsa)
Abundance is Not Profitable
Glen Atkinson (University of Nevada)
Restoring Abundance through the High Efficiency
William Waller (Hobart and William Smith Colleges)
Felipe Rezende (Hobart and William Smith Colleges)
The Great Recession, State and Local Government Finances, and Economic Abundance
Christopher Brown (Arkansas State University)
What Causes Deep Recessions?
Howard J. Sherman (University of California-Los Angeles)
Discussants:
Phillip Anthony O'Hara (Global Political Economy Research Unit, Australia)
William Waller (Hobart and William Smith Colleges)
Glen Atkinson (University of Nevada)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Coronado Room
Association for Evolutionary Economics
Out of the Crisis: With Institutionalist and Veblenian, Evolutionary Thinking (B5)
Presiding: Kosta Josifidis (University of Novi Sad, Serbia)
Gramsci Meets Veblen: On the Search for a New Revolutionary Class
Hardy Hanappi (Technical University of Vienna, Austria)
Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger (University of Economics of Vienna, Austria)
Institutions and the Evolving System of Innovation in Eastern Germany
John Hall (Portland State University and Halle Institute for Economic Research, Germany)
Jutta Günther (Halle Institute of Economic Research, Germany)
Iciar Dominguez Lacasa (Halle Institute of Economic Research, Germany)
National Systems for Energy Provisions at the Crossroads: Comparing French with German Strategies
Pascal Petit (CRNS, University of Paris Nord)
Fear, Ontology, and Institutional Economics
Mary V. Wrenn (University of Cambridge, UK)
Neodevelopmentalism Versus Neoliberalism: Differential Institutional Structures, Crises, and Policy Responses in Brazil and Mexico
James Cypher (Universidad Automona de Zacatecas, Mexico and California State University)
Discussants:
Kosta Josifidis (University of Novi Sad, Serbia)
Pascal Petit (CRNS, University of Paris Nord)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Rancho Santa Fe 1
Association for Social Economics/International Association for Feminist Economics
Gender and Race Stratification: Effects of the 'Great Moderation' and the 'Great Recession' (J3)
Presiding: Tonia Warnecke (Rollins College)
Financialization, the Great Recession and the Stratification of the US Labor Market
Philip Arestis (University of Cambridge)
Aurelie Charles (University of Bath)
Giuseppe Fontana (University of Leeds)
Gender, Race/Ethnicity and the 2007-09 Great Recession: Another Look within the Household
Manuel Buitrago (American University)
Martha A. Starr (American University)
From Prison and Housing Construction to Wealth Evisceration to City Destruction: The Cumulative Cycle of Structural Race/Gender Divides in California's Central Valley
Gary A. Dymski (University of Leeds)
Jesus Hernandez (University of California-Davis)
Moving on Down: Race, Ethnicity, and Mobility in the Great Recession
William A. Darity, Jr. (Duke University)
Ryon Cobb (Florida State University)
Discussants:
Cecilia Conrad (Pomona College)
Tonia Warnecke (Rollins College)
Barbara E. Hopkins (Wright State University)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Madeleine A
Association of Christian Economists
The Case for Economic Growth: Where Does the Modern Debate Stand? (O4) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator: Stephen Smith (Gordon College)
Benjamin M. Friedman (Harvard University)
Robert Nelson (University of Maryland-College Park)
Paul Glewwe (University of Minnesota and Oxford University)
Edd S. Noell (Westmont College)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Maggie
Association of Environmental & Resource Economists
Forests and Agriculture (Q1)
Presiding: Michael Roberts (North Carolina State University)
Agglomeration in Agriculture: A Quasi-Experiment in the Corn Belt
Michael McWilliams (University of Michigan)
Michael R. Moore (University of Michigan)
The Effect of Ground-level Ozone on US Maize Yields
Christopher Boone (Columbia University)
Wolfram Schlenker (Columbia University)
Juha Siikamaki (Resources for the Future)
Empirically Testing the Determinants of Leakage in a General Equilibrium Model of Deforestation
Payal Shah (University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Kathy Baylis (University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Don Fullerton (University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Does Land Titling Stem Forest Damage? Native Communities in the Peruvian Amazon
Allen Blackman (Resources for the Future)
Greg Asner (Carnegie Institution for Science)
Leonardo Corral (InterAmerican Development Bank)
Erivelthon Santos (InterAmerican Development Bank)
Discussants:
Barrett Kirwan (University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Michael Roberts (North Carolina State University)
Jarrod Welch (National Bureau of Economic Research)
Erica Field (Duke University)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Miramar
Association of Financial Economists
Takeovers and Merger Waves (G3)
Presiding: Simi Kedia (Rutgers University)
Cash is King: Revaluation and the Medium of Exchange in Merger Bids
Ulrike Malmendier (University of California-Berkeley)
Marcus M. Opp (University of California-Berkeley)
Farzad Saidi (New York University)
Financial vs. Strategic Buyers
Marc Martos-Vila (University of California-Los Angeles)
Matthew Rhodes-Kropf (Harvard University)
Common Advisers in Mergers and Acquisitions: Determinants and Consequences
Anup Agrawal (University of Alabama)
Tommy Cooper (Louisiana Tech University)
Qin Lian (Louisiana Tech University)
Qiming Wang (Louisiana Tech University)
Managerial Entrenchment Waves
Kose John (New York University)
Dalida Kadyrzhanova (University of Maryland)
Discussants:
Audra L. Boone (Texas A&M University)
Matthias Kahl (University of Colorado)
Micah S. Officer (Loyola Marymount University)
Sris Chatterjee (Fordham University)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Randle D
Chinese Economists Society
International Trade, Labor and Knowledge Capital in China since WTO (F1)
Presiding: Belton Fleisher (Ohio State University)
Intangible Knowledge Capital and Innovation in China
Belton M. Fleisher (Ohio State University)
William H. McGuire (Ohio State University)
Mi Zhou (Agricultural Bank of China)
Trade Reforms and Rent Sharing in China: Did Tariff Cuts Reduce Labor's Share of Income?
Fariha Kamal (U.S. Census Bureau)
Mary E. Lovely (Syracuse University)
Devashish Mitra (Syracuse University)
Learning from Neighbors' Export Activities: Evidence from New Exporters' Performance
Heiwai Tang (Tufts University and Johns Hopkins University)
Exceptional Exporter Performance? Evidence from Chinese Manufacturing Firms
Dan Lu (Princeton University)
Is China Climbing the Quality Ladder?
Gabor Pula (European Central Bank)
Daniel Santabarbara (Bank of Spain)
Discussants:
C.Y. Choi (University of Texas-Arlington)
William H. McGuire (Ohio State University)
Zhiqiang Liu (University at Buffalo)
Daniel Santabarbara (Bank of Spain)
Heiwai Tang (Tufts University and Johns Hopkins University)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Emma C
Cliometrics Society
Public Goods Provision and the State (N4)
Presiding: Ahmed Rahman (United States Naval Academy)
A Glorious Transition: The Politics of Market Access in the Aftermath of Britain’s Glorious Revolution
Daniel Bogart (University of California-Irvine)
Robert Oandasan (Compass Lexecon)
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Who Benefits from Redistribution? Fiscal Centralization and Government Expenditure in Spanish America
Luz Marina Arias (CEACS, Juan March Institute)
Taxation and Public Goods Provision in China and Japan before 1850
Tuan-Hwee Sng (Princeton University and National University of Singapore)
Chiaki Moriguchi (Hitotsuashi University)
Coal, Smoke, and Death
Karen Clay (Carnegie Mellon University)
Alan Barreca (Tulane University)
Joel Tarr (Carnegie Mellon University)
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Discussants:
Mark Dincecco (IMT Lucca Institute for Advanced Studies)
Se Yan (Peking University)
John Parman (College of William & Mary)
John Wallis (University of Maryland)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, America's Cup A & B
Econometric Society
Bounded Rationality (D8)
Presiding: Giacomo Rondina (University of California-San Diego)
Inattentive Valuation and Reference-Dependent Choice
Michael Woodford (Columbia University)
Discrete Actions in Information-Constrained Tracking Problems
Filip Matejka (CERGE-EI)
Christopher A. Sims (Princeton University)
Sparse Boundedly Rational Dynamic Programming and Aggregate Fluctuations
Xavier Gabaix (New York University)
Informational Fragility of Dynamic Rational Expectations Equilibria
Giacomo Rondina (University of California-San Diego)
Todd B. Walker (Indiana University)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, America's Cup C
Econometric Society
Identification in Models with Endogeneity (C2)
Presiding: Yingyao Hu (Johns Hopkins University)
Identification of Average Random Coefficients under Magnitude and Sign Restrictions on Confounding
Karim Chalak (Boston College)
Simultaneous Equations Models for Discrete Outcomes: Coherence, Completeness, and Identification
Andrew Chesher (University College London)
Adam M. Rosen (University College London)
Nonparametric Identification Using Instrumental Variables: Sufficient Conditions for Completeness
Yingyao Hu (Johns Hopkins University)
Ji-Liang Shiu (National Chung-Cheng University)
Discussants:
Arthur Lewbel (Boston College)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, America's Cup D
Econometric Society
Measuring Risk and Time Preferences (D8)
Presiding: Shachar Kariv (University of California-Berkeley)
Parametric Recoverability of Utility
Yoram Halevy (University of British Columbia)
Dotan Persitz (Tel Aviv University)
Lanny Zrill (University of British Columbia)
Measuring Time Preferences with Simple Tasks
James Andreoni (University of California-San Diego)
Michael Kuhn (University of California-San Diego)
Charles Sprenger (Stanford University)
Substantive and Procedural Rationality in Decisions under Uncertainty
Syngjoo Choi (University College London)
Douglas Gale (New York University)
Shachar Kariv (University of California-Berkeley)
Recent Developments in Measuring Risk and Time Preferences
Glenn Harrison (Georgia State University)
Discussants:
Shachar Kariv (University of California-Berkeley)
Glenn Harrison (Georgia State University)
James Andreoni (University of California San Diego)
Yoram Halevy (University of British Columbia)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Cunningham C
Econometric Society
Modeling and Forecasting Oil Prices (Q4)
Presiding: Hilde Bjornland (Norwegian Business School)
Real-Time Analysis of Oil Price Risks Using Forecast Scenarios
Christiane Baumeister (Bank of Canada)
Lutz Kilian (University of Michigan)
Forecasting the Price of Oil
Ron Alquist (Bank of Canada)
Lutz Kilian (University of Michigan)
Robert J. Vigfusson (Federal Reserve Board)
What Drives Oil Prices? Emerging versus Developed Economies
Hilde C. Bjornland (Norwegian Business School)
Knut Are Aastveit (Norges Bank)
Leif Anders Thorsrud (Norwegian Business School)
The Effect of Oil Price Shocks on the U.S. Stock Market: Do Sign and Size Matter?
Zeina Alsalman (Wayne State University)
Ana Maria Herrera (Wayne State University)
Discussants:
Knut Are Aastveit (Norges Bank)
Marcelle Chauvet (University of California-Riverside)
James D. Hamilton (University of California-San Diego)
Lutz Kilian (University of Michigan)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Gibbons
Econometric Society
Pricing of Health Goods in Developing Countries (D1)
Presiding: James Berry (Cornell University)
Eliciting and Utilizing Willingness to Pay: Evidence from Field Trials in Northern Ghana
James W. Berry (Cornell University)
Greg Fischer (London School of Economics)
Raymond Guiteras (University of Michigan)
Corruption in the Delivery of Targeted Health Subsidies
Pascaline Dupas (Stanford University)
Externalities from Subsidies? Evidence from Marketing of Multiple Health Products in Uganda
Greg Fischer (London School of Economics)
Dean Karlan (Yale University)
Margaret McConnell (Harvard University)
Pia Raffler (Yale University)
Nonlinear Pricing of Food in Village Economies
Orazio Pietro Attanasio (University College London)
Elena Pastorino (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and University of Minnesota)
Discussants:
Daniel E. Keniston (Yale University)
Benjamin A. Olken (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Pascaline Dupas (Stanford University)
Aprajit Mahajan (Stanford University)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Solana
Economic Science Association
Motivated Agents and Incentives (C9)
Presiding: Angela de Oliveira (University of Massachusetts)
No Margin, No Mission? A Field Experiment on Incentives for Pro-Social Tasks
Nava Ashraf (Harvard Business School)
Oriana Bandiera (London School of Economics)
Kelsey Jack (Tufts University)
How (Not) to Incentivize Motivated Agents: An Experiment with Employees from a Non-profit Organization
Leonie Gerhards (University of Frankfurt)
Rewards and Punishments in the Care Sector
Sheheryar Banuri (University of Texas-Dallas)
Angela de Oliveira (University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Catherine Eckel (Texas A&M University)
An Experimental Study of Payment Mechanisms in a Multiple Principal Agent Setting
Ellen P. Green (University of Delaware)
Discussants:
Stephen Leider (University of Michigan)
Sera Linardi (University of Pittsburgh)
Ernesto Reuben (Columbia University)
Marta Serra Garcia (University of Munich)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Randle B
Economists for Peace & Security
Up from Here? Challenges and Barriers to Recovery from the Crisis (0) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator: James Galbraith (University of Texas-Austin)
Kenneth Arrow (Stanford University)
Robert Gordon (Northwestern University)
Eric Laursen (Independent Journalist)
Yanis Varoufakis (University of Athens)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Torrey Pines 2
Health Economics Research Organization
Contributed Papers on the Economics of Rising Health Insurance Costs, Physician Prescription Behavior, and Emergency Department Use (I1)
Presiding: J. Michael Fitzmaurice (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
The Effect of Rising Health Insurance Costs on Compensation and Employment
Priyanka Anand (Mathematica Policy Research)
Effects of Pharmaceutical Promotion on Physician Prescription Behavior
Anusua Datta (Philadelphia University)
Dhaval M. Dave (Bentley University)
Emergency Department Use among the Low-Income Uninsured after Coverage
Sabina Ohri Gandhi (Virginia Commonwealth University)
David Neumark (University of California-Irvine)
Cathy J. Bradley (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Discussants:
Robert Kaestner (University of Illinois)
Samuel Zuvekas (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
Chao Zhou (University of Pittsburgh)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Randle A
History of Economics Society
Real Business Cycle after Three Decades: Past, Present and Future (B2) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator: Warren L. Young and Sumru Altig (Bar Ilan University and Koc University)
Edward C. Prescott (Arizona State University)
Finn Kydland (University of California-Santa Barbara)
John B. Long (University of Rochester)
Charles Plosser (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Gary D. Hansen (University of California-Los Angeles)
Thomas Cooley (New York University)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Point Loma
International Banking, Economics & Finance Association
Trade Credit and Lines of Credit (G2)
Presiding: James Wilcox (University of California-Berkeley)
How Committed are Bank Corporate Credit Lines?
Irina Barakova (Office of the Comptroller of the Currency)
Harini Parthasarathy (Office of the Comptroller of the Currency)
Credit Line Use and Availability in the Financial Crisis: The Importance of Hedging
Jose Berrospide (Federal Reserve Board)
Ralf Meisenzahl (Federal Reserve Board)
Briana Sullivan (University of Florida)
Trade Credit Decisions of U.S. Public Firms: The Joint Effects of Supplier and Customer Financial Characteristics
Jaideep Shenoy (Tulane University)
Ryan Williams (Georgia State University)
Firms as Liquidity Providers: Evidence from the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis
Emilia Garcia-Appendini (University of St Gallen)
Judit Montoriol-Garriga (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)
Discussants:
Nada Mora (Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City)
Sumit Agarwal (National University of Singapore)
Gregory Udell (Indiana University)
Brandon Lockhart (University of Nebraska)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Ford B
International Health Economics Association
Health Insurance Market Innovations (I1)
Presiding: Wesley Yin (Boston University and NBER)
The Effect of Public Insurance Coverage and Provider Reimbursement on Access to Dental Care
Thomas Buchmueller (University of Michigan and NBER)
Sean Orzol (Mathematica Policy Research)
Lara Shore-Sheppard (Williams College and NBER)
The Effects of Rate Regulation in the Market for Supplemental Health Insurance
Jay Bhattacharya (Stanford University and NBER)
Kate Bundorf (Stanford University and NBER)
Kosali Simon (Indiana University and NBER)
How Inert are Consumer Savings Decisions? Evidence from Health Savings Accounts
Lorens Helmchen (George Mason University)
Anthony T. LoSasso (University of Illinois-Chicago)
Discussants:
Sandra L. Decker (National Center for Health Statistics)
Dara N. Lee (University of Missouri)
W. David Bradford (University of Georgia)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Leucadia
Labor & Employment Relations Association
Differentiation and Change in Low-wage Labor Markets (J5)
Presiding: William Rodgers III (Rutgers University)
The Changing Wage Gap Between Undocumented and Documented Farmworkers in the Context of Economic and Policy Trends
Elizabeth Nisbet (Rutgers University)
William M. Rodgers III (Rutgers University)
Home Care Work Across Settings
Candace Howes (Connecticut College)
The Presence of Black Men in Low-Wage Service Work
Algernon Austin (Economic Policy Institute)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Oceanside
Labor & Employment Relations Association
Putting the Safety Net to the Stress Test: Assessing Private and Public Economic Security During the Great Recession (J5)
Presiding: Sarah Jane Glynn (Center for American Progress)
Inequality and Poverty in the Great Recession: The Extent and the Distribution of Mitigation through Taxes and Transfers
Jeffrey Thompson (Federal Reserve Board)
Timothy M. Smeeding (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Workers' Access to Unemployment Insurance: What Explains Policy Changes
Jeffrey Wenger (University of Georgia)
The Asset Price Meltdown and the Wealth of the Middle Class
Edward Nathan Wolff (New York University)
Individual Risk Exposure and Personal Wealth Changes During the Great Recession
Christian E. Weller (University of Massachusetts-Boston)
Discussants:
Sylvia A. Allegretto (University of California-Berkeley)
Bonnie Summers (BlueCross BlueShield Association)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Laguna
Labor & Employment Relations Association
The Transformation of the Workplace in Japan: Globalization, Corporate Governance, and Unions (J5)
Presiding: Sanford Jacoby (University of California-Los Angeles)
Does the Loss of Spare Time Weaken Kaizen Power in the Workplace?
Jongwon Woo (Saitama University)
Empowerment at the Workplace and IR in Medium-sized Companies in Japan: Case Studies of a Food Company and a Hotel
Shin-O Hiraki (Seinan Gakuin University)
Transformation of the Workplace and Industrial Relations in the Chain Restaurant Industry
Naoki Tsuchiya (Musashi University)
The Change of Kaizen Power at the Workplace and the Role of Non-Regular Workers
Kaoru Kanai (Saitama University)
Discussants:
Teiichi Sekiguchi (Chuo University)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, New York
National Association for Business Economics
The United States and Global Economic Outlook (E6) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator: Ken Simonson (Associated General Contractors of America)
Nayantara Hensel (National Defense University)
George A. Kahn (Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City)
Lynn Reaser (Point Loma Nazarene University)
Ken Simonson (Associated General Contractors of America)
Richard L. Wobbekind (University of Colorado-Boulder)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Torrey Pines 3
National Economic Association
Reflections on Obama Economic Policy and African Americans (H3)
Presiding: Bernard Anderson (University of Pennsylvania)
Long-Term Unemployment: The Great Recession’s Legacy for Black Americans
Valerie Rawlston Wilson (National Urban League Policy Institute)
Obama Administration Jobs Polices and African Americans
Lawrence Mishel (Economic Policy Institute)
Algernon Austin (Economic Policy Institute)
The Experience of African American Women during the Great Recession
Margaret Simms (Urban Institute)
Power to the People: A Hayekian Assessment of Obama’s Energy Strategy
Bill Dickens (Tacoma Power Company)
TBA
Susan McElroy (University of Texas-Dallas)
Discussants:
Charles L. Betsey (Howard University)
Bernard E. Anderson (University of Pennsylvania)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Ford C
National Tax Association
Health Care Cost Containment (I1)
Presiding: David Cutler (Harvard University and NBER)
Health Care Spending Growth and the Future of U.S. Tax Rates
Jonathan Skinner (Dartmouth College and NBER)
Age-Based Heterogeneity and Pricing Regulation on the Massachusetts Health Insurance Exchange
Keith Marzilli Ericson (Boston University and NBER)
Will Risk-Adjustment Decrease Health Care Costs? New Evidence from the Medicare Advantage Program
Ilyana Kuziemko (Princeton University and NBER)
Dangerous Liquidity and the Demand for Health Care: Evidence from the 2008 Stimulus Payments
Tal Gross (Columbia University)
Jeremy Tobacman (University of Pennsylvania and NBER)
Discussants:
Benjamin Handel (University of California-Berkeley and NBER)
Jeffrey Clemens (University of California-San Diego)
Robert Town (University of Pennsylvania and NBER)
Timothy Moore (George Washington University)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Atlanta
Society of Government Economists
Measuring Trade in Value-Added – Data and Estimation Methods (F1)
Presiding: Bernard Hoekman (World Bank)
A Three Stage Optimization Method to Construct Time Series International Input-Output Database
Nadim Ahmad (OECD)
Zhi Wang (US International Trade Commission)
Norihiko Yamano (OECD)
The Task Content of Value-Added Trade
Sebastien Miroudot (OECD)
Hildegunn Kyvik Nordas (OECD)
Domestic Value-Added in China's Exports and Its Distribution by Firm Ownership
Pieter Bottelier (Johns Hopkins University)
Hong Ma (Tsinghua University)
Zhi Wang (U.S. International Trade Commission)
Kunfu Zhu (Chinese Academy of Sciences and Johns Hopkins University)
Discussants:
William Zeile (US Bureau of Economic Analysis)
Michael Ferrantino (US International Trade Commission)
Daniel Xu (University of Western Ontario and Peking University)
Xin Li (CCER, Peking University and Beijing Normal University)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Madeleine B
Transportation & Public Utilities Group/American Economic Association
Topics in Transportation Economics (L9)
Presiding: Wesley Wilson (University of Oregon)
Implications of Carbon Taxes for Transportation Policies
Ian W.H. Parry (International Monetary Fund)
Kenneth A. Small (University of California-Irvine and Resources for the Future)
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Differential Effects of Corruption and Legal Systems on Efficiency of Government Owned vs. Privatized Airports
Jia Yan (Washington State University)
Tae Hoon Oum (The University of British Columbia)
Understanding the Determinants of Vehicle Fatalities: A Classical and Bayesian Approach
Richard Fowles (University of Utah)
Peter D. Loeb (Rutgers University-Newark)
Gail Blattenberger (University of Utah)
Maritime Transport Chains: Carrier, Port and Shipper Choice Effects
Wayne K. Talley (Old Dominion University)
Discussants:
Kenneth Button (George Mason University)
B. Starr McMullen (Oregon State University)
Thomas Zlatoper (John Carroll University)
John Bitzan (North Dakota State University)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Malibu
Union for Radical Political Economists
Recent Developments in Latin America (O5)
Presiding: Paul Cooney (Universidade Federal do Pará-Brazil)
New Developmentalism or a Return to an Agro-export Model in Latin America's Southern Cone: The Cases of Brazil and Argentina
Paul Cooney (Universidade Federal do Pará-Brazil)
Juan Santarcángelo (Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento-Argentina)
Growth and Distribution in an Open Economy with Currency Substitution
Jose Cordero (Universidad de Costa Rica)
The Investment: Theory and Evidence in Mexico
Gustavo Vargas (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
For a Critique of Developmentalist Political Economy: Moving Towards Latin American Marxism
Fernando Correa Prado (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
Rodrigo Castelo (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro)
Discussants:
Fred Moseley (Mount Holyoke College)
Al Campbell (University of Utah)
Jan 04, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Newport Beach
Union for Radical Political Economists
Shadow Banking in the US and Europe (G2)
Presiding: Pascal Petit (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
Post-Crisis Shadow Banking: Alternative Lending Channels and the Basel III Regime
Robert Gutman (Hofstra University)
Shadow Banking Differences and Similarities between Europe and the US
Esther Jeffers (University of Paris 8)
Shadow Banking, a New Form of Financial Intermediation of Neoliberal Capitalism
Dominique Plihon (Université Paris-Nord)
Regulating Shadow Banking
Sandra Rigot (Université Paris-Nord)
Discussants:
Pascal Petit (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
Mario Seccareccia (University of Ottawa)
Eugenia Correa (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
Jan 04, 2013 12:30 pm, Marriott, Torrey Pines 1
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
Food Access, Availability, and Choice: Critical Research and Policy Issues (Q1)
Presiding: Helen Jensen (Iowa State University)
Socio-Demographic and Economic Determinants of Food Deserts
Zhongyi Wang (University of Arkansas)
Pedro A. Alviola (University of Arkansas)
Rodolfo Nayga (University of Arkansas)
Michael Thomsen (University of Arkansas)
The Effect of Revised WIC Food Packages and Native American Children
Ariun Ishdorj (Texas A&M University)
Oral Capps (Texas A&M University)
Bridging the Gap: Do Farmers’ Markets Help Alleviate Impacts of Food Deserts?
Vicki A. McCracken (Washington State University)
Jeremy L. Sage (Washington State University)
Rayna A. Sage (Washington State University)
The Effects of Food Outlet Availability on Food Outlet Choice – An Empirical Analysis
Gayaneh Kyureghian (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Rodolfo Nayga (University of Arkansas)
Jan 04, 2013 12:30 pm, Hyatt, Elizabeth Ballroom D & E
American Economic Association/American Finance Association
AEA/AFA Joint Luncheon
Presiding: Claudia Goldin (Harvard University)
Janet L. Yellen (Federal Reserve Board) Financial System Interconnectedness and Systemic Risk: Lessons from the Crisis and Policy Implications [Presentation Transcript]
Jan 04, 2013 12:30 pm, Hyatt, Manchester E
American Economic Association
European Economic Association Lecture
Presiding: Fabrizio Zilibotti (University of Zurich)
Growth and the New Economics of Management
John Van Reenen (London School of Economics)
Jan 04, 2013 12:30 pm, Marriott, Rancho Santa Fe 3
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
Mortgage Default Risk (G2)
Presiding: Robert Van Order (George Washington University)
First Mortgages, Second Mortgages, and Their Default
James Kau (University of Georgia)
Donald Keenan (Universite de Cergy-Pontoise)
Constantine Lyubimov (Federal National Mortgage Association)
Estimating the Hazard Rate of Foreclosure: The Role of Non-Housing Wealth
Sharon O'Donnell (U.S. Census Bureau)
Edward Coulson (Pennsylvania State University)
Strategic Mortgage Default: The Effect of Neighborhood Factors
Michael Bradley (CoreLogic)
Ling Chen (CoreLogic)
Amy Cutts (Equifax)
Biplab Ghosh (CoreLogic)
The Effect of Agency on Subprime Mortgage Terminations
Richard Green (University of Southern California)
Xiaoxin Zhang (University of Southern California)
Discussants:
Nancy Wallace (University of California-Berkeley)
Xudong An (National University of Singapore)
Joseph Tracy (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Wenlan Qian (National University of Singapore)
Jan 04, 2013 12:30 pm, Hyatt, Randle D
Chinese Economists Society
Some Issues of RMB Exchange Rates on Price Convergence, Investment, Inflation and Stock Market Responses (F3)
Presiding: Yangru Wu (Rutgers University and Central University of Finance and Economics)
On the Role of Variable Input in the Relationship between Investment and Exchange Rate Volatility: An Empirical Analysis
Guangzhong Li (Central University of Finance and Economics)
Jie Li (Zhejiang University)
Does the RMB Exchange Rate Reform Make a Difference? Evidence from Cross-Listed Chinese Companies
Jimmy Ran (Lingnan University and Central University of Finance and Economics)
Laurel Rong (EPRO Systems, Hong Kong)
Currency Devaluation and Stock Market Response: An Empirical Analysis
Dilip K. Patro (Office of the Comptroller of the Currency)
John K. Wald (University of Texas-San Antonio)
Yangru Wu (Rutgers University and Central University of Finance and Economics)
RMB Foreign Exchange Market Intervention and Export Competitiveness
Jie Li (Central University of Finance and Economics)
Wu-kuang Cun (Rutgers University)
Modeling the Transition Towards Renminbi’s Full Convertibility: Implications for China’s Growth and the Global Economy
Luigi Bonatti (Universita di Trento)
Andrea Fracasso (Universita di Trento)
Discussants:
Dayong Huang (University of North Carolina-Greensboro)
Xi Chen (Yale University)
Mary E. Lovely (Syracuse University)
Hong Ma (Tsinghua University)
Daniel Santabárbara (European Central Bank)
Jan 04, 2013 12:30 pm, Hyatt, Emma C
Cliometrics Society
Housing and Urban Development (N9)
Presiding: Allison Shertzer (University of Pittsburgh)
Monetary Intervention Really Did Mitigate Banking Panics during the Early Stages of the Great Depression: Evidence Along the Atlanta Federal Reserve District Border
Andrew Jalil (Occidental College)
Razing San Francisco: The 1906 Disaster and the Legacy of Urban Land Use
Jim Siodla (University of California-Irvine)
The Interwar Housing Cycle in the Light of 2001-2011: A Comparative Historical Approach
Alexander Field (Santa Clara University)
Discussants:
Daniel Fetter (Wellesley College)
Katharine Shester (Washington and Lee University)
Matt Jaremski (Colgate University)
Jan 04, 2013 12:30 pm, Hyatt, Maggie
History of Economics Society
"Keynes and the International Monetary System": The Centennial of Keynes (1913) Indian Currency and Finance (B1)
Presiding: Paul Drake (University of California-San Diego)
Keynes and Kemmerer on Gold Exchange Standard
Robert W. Dimand (Brock University)
Rebeca Gomez Betancourt (University of Lyon 2)
Keynes and the International Monetary System
Robert Mundell (Columbia University)
Keynes’s Trade-off between External and Internal Monetary Stability
Carlo Cristiano (University of Pisa)
Indian Currency and Finance: Keynes's Prismatic View of the International Monetary System
Filippo Cesarano (Bank of Italy)
Discussants:
Jérôme de Boyer (University of Paris 9)
David Laidler (University of Western Ontario)
Jan 04, 2013 12:30 pm, Marriott, Torrey Pines 2
International Association for Feminist Economics
Gendered Tradeoffs: Explorations in Economic Growth and Gender Equality (J1)
Presiding: Yana Rodgers (Rutgers University)
Cross-Country Analysis of Gender and Growth: Disentangling Effects
Irene van Staveren (International Institute of Social studies, The Netherlands)
War and Women's Work: Evidence from the Conflict in Nepal
Yana van der Meulen Rodgers (Rutgers University)
Nidhiya Menon (Brandeis University)
Are Economic Giants Penny Wise But Pound Foolish? A Comparative Study of Female Statuses Pondering the Future of Economic Development in Japan, China and India
Sucharita Sinha Mukherjee (College of St. Benedict-Saint John's University)
Models of Development and Gender Outcomes in Latin America
Elissa Braunstein (Colorado State University)
Stephanie Seguino (University of Vermont)
Discussants:
Alicia Giron (UNAM, Mexico)
Yana van der Meulen Rodgers (Rutgers University)
Jan 04, 2013 12:30 pm, Marriott, Point Loma
International Banking, Economics & Finance Association
Risk, Returns, and Runs: Banks and Countries (G2)
Presiding: Wayne Passmore (Federal Reserve Board)
The Term Structure of Euro Area Sovereign Bond Yields
Peter Hordahl (Bank for International Settlements)
Oreste Tristani (European Central Bank)
Could the U.S. Treasury Benefit by Issuing More TIPS?
Jens Christensen (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
James Gillen (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
Does the Buck Stop Here? A Comparison of Withdrawals from Money Market Mutual Funds with Floating and Constant Share Prices
Jonathan Wittmer (Bank of Canada)
The Cost of Banking Panics in an Age before TBTF
Benjamin Chabot (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Discussants:
Michael Bauer (Federal Resereve Bank of San Francisco)
Allen Zhang (U.S. Department of the Treasury)
Patrick McCabe (Federal Reserve Board)
Ellis Tallman (Oberlin College)
Jan 04, 2013 12:30 pm, Hyatt, Manchester A
Middle East Economic Association/American Economic Association
The Arab Spring Economies: Ramifications and Challenges (O5) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator: J. Craig Jenkins (Ohio State University)
Raed Safadi (OECD)
Mahmoud A. El-Gamal (Rice University)
Hassan Aly (Ohio State University)
Gouda Abdel-Khalek (Cairo University)
Jan 04, 2013 12:30 pm, Hyatt, Ford B
National Association of Economic Educators
Testing the Effectiveness of Economic Education at the K-12 level (A2)
Presiding: Paul Grimes (Pittsburg State University)
Results from the Review of the Test of Economic Literacy
William B. Walstad (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Ken Rebeck (St. Cloud State University)
Roger B. Butters (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Does High School Economics affect College Performance? Evidence from Georgia's Freshmen
Christopher Clark (Georgia College)
Benjamin Scafidi (Georgia College)
John R. Swinton (Georgia College)
The Self Realization Theory: Academic Achievement Gap and Student's Loan Default
Kaustav Misra (Saginaw Valley State University)
Should We Teach About Fair Trade?
John Brock (University of Colorado-Colorado Springs)
Jane Lopus (California State University-East Bay)
Discussants:
Benjamin Scafidi (Georgia College)
Kristin Klopfenstein (University of Northern Colorado)
Denise Stanley (California State University-Fullerton)
Paul W. Grimes (Pittsburg State University)
Jan 04, 2013 12:30 pm, Marriott, Miramar
Omicron Delta Epsilon/American Economic Association
AEA/ODE Faculty Advisor Session (E6)
Presiding: Kathryn Nantz (Fairfield University)
Explaining Inflation during the Great Contraction
Robert Murphy (Boston College)
Discouraging Workers: Estimating the Impacts of Macroeconomic Shocks on the Search Intensity of the Unemployed
Mark Kurt (Elon University)
Stephen DeLoach (Elon University)
Tree Huggers and Road Warriors: Fuel Efficiency Regulations
Carlena Cochi Ficano (Hartwick College)
Was There an "Annika Effect" in the PGA?
Eva Marikova Leeds (Moravian University)
Discussants:
Mark Kurt (Elon University)
Robert Murphy (Boston College)
Eva Marikova Leeds (Moravian University)
Carlena Cochi Ficano (Hartwick College)
Jan 04, 2013 12:30 pm, Marriott, Atlanta
Society of Government Economists
Micro Analysis of Education, Health, and Wages (D1)
Presiding: Quentin Wodon (The World Bank)
Method of Pay, Immigrant Legal Status, and Wage Gaps
Catherine Y. Co (University of Nebraska-Omaha)
Ira N. Gang (Rutgers University)
Myeong-Su Yun (Tulane University)
The ACA's Extension of Coverage to Dependents and its Impact on the Health Insurance Status, Type of Coverage, and Access to Care of Young Immigrants and Natives
Mehmet Yaya (Eastern Michigan University)
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes (San Diego State University)
Measuring the Impact of Child Marriage on Education
Minh Cong Nguyen (The World Bank)
Quentin T. Wodon (The World Bank)
Educational Credentials and Employee Job Performance: Evidence from Marine Corps Officers
Adam Clemens (CNA Corporation)
Lauren Malone (CNA Corporation)
Jan 04, 2013 12:30 pm, Marriott, Coronado Room
Union for Radical Political Economists
David Gordon Memorial Lecture (N1)
Presiding: Fred Moseley (Mount Holyoke College)
Rethinking Financial Capitalism and the "Information Economy"
Duncan Foley (New School for Social Research)
Discussants:
Perry Mehrling (Barnard College)
Barkley Rosser (James Madison University)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Marriott, Torrey Pines 1
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
Agricultural R&D, Productivity and Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Q1)
Presiding: Derek Byerlee (CGIAR)
Impacts of Public Research Funding on Private R&D Investment and U.S. Agricultural Productivity Growth
Sun Ling Wang (USDA-Economic Research Service)
Paul Heisey (USDA-Economic Research Service)
Wallace Huffman (Iowa State University)
Keith Fuglie (USDA-Economic Research Service)
Reducing the Environmental Efficiency Gap in Global Livestock Production: Implications for Developing Countries
Alejandro Nin Pratt (IFPRI)
The Borlaug Hypothesis Revisited: Estimates of the Impact of the Green Revolution on Land-Cover Change
Nelson Villoria (Purdue University)
James Stevenson (CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council Secretariat, UN FAO)
Derek Byerlee (Independent Scholar)
Tim Kelley (CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council Secretariat, UN FAO)
Mywish Maredia (Michigan State University)
Impact of Future Agricultural Productivity Gains on Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Global Analysis
Carol A. Jones (USDA-Economic Research Service)
Ronald D. Sands (USDA-Economic Research Service)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, America's Cup D
American Committee on Asian Economic Studies/American Economic Association
Empirical Assessments of International Shock Transmission for Asia (F4)
Presiding: Michael Plummer (Johns Hopkins University)
Do Foreign Banks Cut Their Bank Lending More during a Crisis?
Robert Dekle (University of Southern California)
Mihye Lee (Bank of Korea)
How Close is ASEAN to a Common Global-Currency Basket?
Reid W. Click (George Washington University)
International Transmission of Emerging Economy Supply Shocks: Analysis of a Three-Country DSGE Model
Naohisa Hirakata (Bank of Japan)
Yuto Iwasaki (Bank of Japan)
Masahiro Kawai (ADB Institute)
Do Policy-Related Shocks Affect Real Exchange Rates of Asian Developing Countries?
Taya Dumrongrittikul (Monash University)
Discussants:
Pierre L. Siklos (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Mordechai E. Kreinin (Michigan State University)
Richard Pomfret (University of Adelaide, Australia)
Steven Husted (University of Pittsburgh)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Elizabeth Ballroom F
American Economic Association
Alternative Approaches to Teaching the Principles of Economics (A2) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator: Sam A. Allgood (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Martha L. Olney (University of California-Berkeley) Economics as a Language
Alex Tabarrok (George Mason University) Teaching the Solow Model in Principles
Robert Frank (Cornell University) The Economic Naturalist
David I. Laibson (Harvard University) A Behavioral Approach to Teaching Economics
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Edward B
American Economic Association
Bad Behavior (K4)
Presiding: Allen Sanderson (University of Chicago)
Misconduct in Credence Good Markets
Dylan Minor (Northwestern University)
Jennifer Brown (Northwestern University)
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Dishonesty and Charitable Behavior
Adrian Stoian (California State University-East Bay)
Doru Cojoc (University of Iowa)
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The Impact of Cartelization on Pricing Dynamics: Evidence from the German Cement Industry
Kai Hueschelrath (ZEW Centre for European Economic Research)
Tobias Veith (ZEW Centre for European Economic Research)
Competition and Corporate Fraud
Andrew Winton (University of Minnesota)
Tracy Wang (University of Minnesota)
The Importance of Psychology in Economic Activity: Evidence from Terrorist Attacks
Kenneth R. Ahern (University of Southern California)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Elizabeth Ballroom G
American Economic Association
Big Data, New Data (Y1)
Presiding: Erik Brynjolfsson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Learning from Seller Experiments in Online Markets
Liran Einav (Stanford University)
Theresa Kuchler (Stanford University)
Jonathan Levin (Stanford University)
Neel Sundaresan (EBay)
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Management in American (CENSUS)
Nicholas A. Bloom (Stanford University)
Erik Brynjolfsson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Lucia Foster (U.S. Census Bureau)
Ron Jarmin (U.S. Census Bureau)
John Van Reenen (London School of Economics)
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Impact of Firm-Level Shocks on Consumer Behavior: Evidence from Individual Panel Data
Scott R. Baker (Stanford University)
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Bayesian Variable Selection for Nowcasting Economic Time Series
Hal R. Varian (Google)
Steve Scott (Google)
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Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Edward A
American Economic Association
Consumer Choice and Energy Demand: Empirical Policy Evaluations (Q4)
Presiding: Hunt Allcott (New York University)
Cash for Coolers
Lucas Davis (University of California-Berkeley)
Paul Gertler (University of California-Berkeley)
Alan Fuchs (University of California-Berkeley)
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The Effect of a Mandatory Time-of-Use Pricing Reform on Residential Electricity Use
David Rapson (University of California-Davis)
Katrina Jessoe (University of California-Davis)
Jeremy Blair Smith (Boston University)
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Does Conservation Targeting Work? Evidence from a Statewide Electricity Rebate Program in California
Koichiro Ito (Stanford University)
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The Short-Run and Long-Run Effects of Behavioral Interventions: Experimental Evidence from Energy Conservation
Hunt Allcott (New York University)
Todd Rogers (Harvard University)
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Discussants:
Judd Kessler (University of Pennsylvania)
Peter C. Reiss (Stanford University)
Kelsey Jack (Tufts University)
Paulina Oliva (University of California-Santa Barbara)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Randle B
American Economic Association
Developments in Health and Population Economics (I1)
Presiding: Steven Stern (University of Virginia)
SSI for Disabled Immigrants: Why Do Ethnic Networks Matter?
Delia Furtado (University of Connecticut)
Nikolaos Theodoropoulos (University of Cyprus)
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Birth Order Differences in Early Inputs and Outcomes
Jee-Yeon K. Lehmann (University of Houston)
Ana Nuevo-Chiquero (University of Barcelona)
Marian Vidal-Fernandez (University of New South Wales)
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The Impact of Childhood Health on Adult Educational Attainment: Evidence from Mandatory School Vaccination Laws
Dara N. Lee (University of Missouri)
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Inheritances, Intergenerational Transfers, and the Accumulation of Health
Katherine Carman (Tilburg University)
Discussants:
Shelly Lundberg (University of California-Santa Barbara)
Steven Stern (University of Virginia)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Molly A & B
American Economic Association
Economics and Well-Being (D6)
Presiding: Angus Deaton (Princeton University)
Can Revealed-Preference Tradeoffs Be Inferred From Happiness Data? Evidence from Residency Choices
Daniel J. Benjamin (Cornell University)
Ori Heffetz (Cornell University)
Miles Kimball (University of Michigan)
Alex Rees-Jones (Cornell University)
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Estimating the influence of life satisfaction and positive affect on later income using sibling fixed-effects
Jan-Emmanuel De Neve (University College London & Centre for Economic Performance (LSE))
Andrew J. Oswald (Warwick University and IZA)
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Smoking Bans, Cigarette Prices and Life Satisfaction
Reto Odermatt (University of Basel)
Alois Stutzer (University of Basel)
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The Earned Income Tax Credit, Health, and Happiness
Casey Boyd-Swan (Arizona State University)
Christopher M. Herbst (Arizona State University)
John Ifcher (Santa Clara University)
Homa Zarghamee (Santa Clara University)
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Discussants:
Angus S. Deaton (Princeton University)
Carol Graham (University of Maryland and Brookings Institution)
Michael I. Norton (Harvard Business School)
Guy Mayraz (University of Melbourne)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Elizabeth Ballroom H
American Economic Association
Forty Years Since the 1973 OPEC Embargo: U.S. Energy Policy and Lessons for the Future (L5)
Presiding: Severin Borenstein (University of California-Berkeley)
Energy Technologies Policy: Repeating History?
Nancy L. Rose (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Natural Gas: From Shortages to Abundance
Paul L. Joskow (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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Transportation Fuels Policy since the OPEC Embargo: Paved with Good Intentions
Christopher R. Knittel (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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Efficient Retail Pricing in Electricity and Natural Gas Markets: A Familiar Problem with New Challenges
Steven L. Puller (Texas A&M University)
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Discussants:
Severin Borenstein (University of California-Berkeley)
Ryan Kellogg (University of Michigan)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Gregory A & B
American Economic Association
Gender Differences in Social Preferences (C9)
Presiding: Ulrike Malmendier (University of California-Berkeley)
Breaking the Glass Ceiling with "No": Gender Differences in Doing Favors
Linda Babcock (Carnegie Mellon University)
Brenda Peyser (Carnegie Mellon University)
M.J. Tocci (Trial Run Inc.)
Lise Vesterlund (University of Pittsburgh)
Amanda Weirup (Carnegie Mellon University)
Gender, Group Identity and Social Preferences
Yan Chen (University of Michigan)
Sherry Xin Li (University of Texas-Dallas)
Measuring Competitiveness
Uri Gneezy (University of California-San Diego)
Aniela Pietrasz Pietrasz (University of California-San Diego)
Why Do Women (Not) Give More?
Stefano DellaVigna (University of California-Berkeley)
John A. List (University of Chicago)
Ulrike Malmendier (University of California-Berkeley)
Gautam Rao (University of California-Berkeley)
Discussants:
Iris Bohnet (Harvard University)
Gary Charness (University of California-Santa Barbara)
Jane Zhang (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
James Andreoni (University of California-San Diego)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Manchester E
American Economic Association
Household Saving and Retirement (E2)
Presiding: Irina Telyukova (University of California-San Diego)
A Cross-Country Analysis of Housing and Retirement
Irina A. Telyukova (University of California-San Diego)
Makoto Nakajima (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
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Optimal Financial Knowledge and Wealth Inequality
Annamaria Lusardi (George Washington University)
Olivia S. Mitchell (University of Pennsylvania)
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Incidental Bequests: Bequest Motives and the Choice to Self-Insure Late-Life Risks
Lee Lockwood (NBER)
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Social Security, Endogenous Retirement and Intrahousehold Cooperation
Giovanni Gallipoli (University of British Columbia)
Laura Turner (University of Toronto)
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Discussants:
Carlos Garriga (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
Eric French (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Karen Kopecky (Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta)
Selahattin Imrohoroglu (University of Southern California)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Elizabeth Ballroom A
American Economic Association
International Macroeconomics and Finance (F3)
Presiding: Anna Pavlova (London Business School)
Financial Intermediation, International Risk Sharing, and Reserve Currencies
Matteo Maggiori (New York University)
Foreign Ownership of U.S. Safe Assets: Good or Bad?
Jack Favilukis (London School of Economics)
Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh (New York University)
Sydney Ludvigson (New York University)
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Capital Flows and the Risk-Taking Channel of Monetary Policy
Valentina Bruno (American University)
Hyun Song Shin (Princeton University)
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Financial Globalization, Inequality and the Raising of Public Debt
Marina Azzimonti (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Eva de Francisco (Towson University)
Vincenzo Quadrini (University of Southern California)
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Discussants:
Emmanuel Farhi (Harvard University)
Oleg Itskhoki (Princeton University)
Tarek Hassan (University of Chicago)
Fabrizio Perri (University of Minnesota)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Elizabeth Ballroom B
American Economic Association
Lucas Paradox: Why Doesn't Capital Flow in Developing Economies? (O4)
Presiding: Robert Lucas, Jr. (University of Chicago)
Public and Private MPK
Chris Papageorgiou (International Monetary Fund)
Matthew Lowe (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Fidel Perez-Sebastian (University of Alicante)
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Lucas and Anti-Lucas Paradoxes
Daniel Cohen (Paris School of Economics)
Orsetta Causa (OECD)
Marcelo Soto (Instituto de Análisis Económico)
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Sovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows and Global Imbalances
Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan (University of Maryland)
Laura Alfaro (Harvard University)
Vadym Volosovych (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
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Productivity Growth and Capital Flows: The Dynamics of Reforms
Francisco Buera (University of California-Los Angeles)
Yongseok Shin (Washington University in St. Louis)
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Discussants:
Francesco Caselli (London School of Economics)
Paul Collier (University of Oxford)
Lant Pritchett (Harvard University)
Olivier Jeanne (Johns Hopkins University)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Elizabeth Ballroom C
American Economic Association
Markups, Customer Base and Business cycles (E2)
Presiding: Leena Rudanko (Boston University)
The Shopping Multiplier
Greg Kaplan (University of Pennsylvania)
Guido Menzio (University of Pennsylvania)
Inflation Dynamics during the Financial Crisis: Microeconomic Evidence on the Linkages between Price-Setting and Balance Sheet Conditions
Simon Gilchrist (Boston University)
Egon Zakrajsek (Federal Reserve Board)
Raphael Schoenle (Brandeis University)
Jae W. Sim (Federal Reserve Board)
Testing for Keynesian Labor Demand
Mark Bils (University of Rochester)
Peter Klenow (Stanford University)
Benjamin Malin (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
Customer Capital and the Labor Wedge
Francois Gourio (Boston University)
Leena Rudanko (Boston University)
Discussants:
Robert Hall (Stanford University)
James Kahn (Yeshiva University)
Christopher House (University of Michigan)
Randall Wright (University of Wisconsin)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Edward C
American Economic Association
Medical Treatment (I1)
Presiding: Kathleen Carey (Boston University)
Technology Diffusion and Learning Spillovers in Health Care: Evidence from New Cancer Drugs
Leila Agha (Boston University)
David Molitor (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Negative Tests and the Efficiency of Medical Care: Investigating the Determinants of Imaging Overuse
Jason Todd Abaluck (Yale University)
Leila Agha (Boston University)
Do Physicians' Financial Incentives Affect Treatment Patterns and Patient Health?
Jeffrey Clemens (Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research)
Joshua D. Gottlieb (University of British Columbia)
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The Health Effects of Weather and Pollution: Implications for Climate Change
Nicolas R. Ziebarth (Cornell University)
Martin Karlsson (University of Duisburg-Essen)
Maike Schmitt (University of Technology Darmstadt)
Workplace Interactions and Fear of Breast Cancer: Evidence from a Dynamic Natural Experiment
Giulio Zanella (University of Bologna)
Ritesh Banerjee (Analysis Group Inc.)
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Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Manchester A
American Economic Association
New Challenges for Growth in Historical Perspective (N3)
Presiding: Claude Diebolt (CNRS, University of Strasbourg)
Cultural Diversity, Geographical Isolation, and the Origin of the Wealth of Nations
Quamrul Ashraf (Williams College)
Oded Galor (Brown University)
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Social Institutions, Violence and Innovations: Did the Old Poor Law Matter?
Avner Greif (Stanford University)
Diego Sasson (Goldman Sachs)
Murat Iyigun (University of Colorado)
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Not the Opium of the People: Income and Secularization in a Panel of Prussian Counties
Sascha O. Becker (University of Warwick)
Ludger Woessmann (University of Munich)
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From Stagnation to Sustained Growth: The Role of Female Empowerment
Claude Diebolt (CNRS, University of Strasbourg)
Faustine Perrin (University of Strasbourg)
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Discussants:
Ahmed Rahman (U.S. Naval Academy)
Emanuele Felice (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)
Jean-Luc Demeulemeester (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Mike Haupert (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Manchester B & C
American Economic Association
Sovereign Debt Crises and Policies: History and Future Prospects (F3) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator: Olivier Blanchard (International Monetary Fund)
Simon Johnson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Kenneth Rogoff (Harvard University)
Thomas Sargent (New York University)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Manchester G
American Economic Association
The Economics of Higher Education (I2)
Presiding: Joshua Angrist (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
The For-Profit Postsecondary School Sector: Nimble Critters or Agile Predators?
David Deming (Harvard University)
Claudia Goldin (Harvard University)
Lawrence Katz (Harvard University)
Race and College Success: Evidence from Missouri
Peter Arcidiacono (Duke University)
Cory Koedel (University of Missouri)
An Empirical Analysis of Racial Segregation in Higher Education
Peter Hinrichs (Georgetown University)
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Estimating the Return to College Selectivity over the Career Using Administrative Earnings Data
Stacy Dale (Mathematica Policy Research)
Alan Krueger (Princeton University)
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Discussants:
Sarah Reber (University of California-Los Angeles)
Jeffrey Smith (University of Michigan)
Jonathan Guryan (Northwestern University)
Jesse Rothstein (University of California-Berkeley)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Manchester H & I
American Economic Association
The Federal Income Tax at 100 (H2) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator: James Poterba (Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER)
Michael Graetz (Columbia University)
Emmanuel Saez (University of California-Berkeley)
Joel Slemrod (University of Michigan)
John Wallis (University of Maryland)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Manchester F
American Economic Association
The Political Economics of Momentum, Persistence and Information (D8)
Presiding: David Yanagizawa-Drott (Harvard University)
Do Political Protests Matter? Evidence from the Tea Party Movement
David Yanagizawa-Drott (Harvard University)
Andreas Madestam (Stockholm University)
Daniel Shoag (Harvard University)
Stan Veuger (Harvard University)
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The Persistence of Political Partisanship: Evidence from 9/11
Sharun Mukand (University of Warwick)
Ethan Kaplan (University of Maryland)
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Sequential or Simultaneous Elections? A Welfare Analysis
Brian Knight (Brown University)
Patrick Hummel (Yahoo! Research)
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"The People Want the Fall of the Regime": Schooling, Political Protest, and the Economy
Filipe Campante (Harvard University)
Davin Chor (Singapore Management University)
Confidence and Overconfidence in Political Economy
Erik Snowberg (Caltech)
Pietro Ortolova (Caltech)
Discussants:
Daniel Shoag (Harvard Universityl)
Ethan Kaplan (University of Maryland)
Brian Knight (Brown University)
Erik Snowberg (Caltech)
Filipe Campante (Harvard Universityl)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Randle A
American Economic Association
What Explains Divergent Productivity Growth Between the United States, Europe and Canada? (O4)
Presiding: Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
Technology Optimism, but Employment and Growth Uncertainty
James Manyika (McKinsey)
Martin Baily (Brookings Institution)
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Productivity or Employment: Is It a Choice?
Marcello Estevao (International Monetary Fund)
Beth Anne Wilson (Federal Reserve Board)
Is the Information Technology Revolution Over?
Dan Sichel (Wellesley College)
Stephen Oliner (American Enterprise Institute and University of California-Los Angeles)
The Productivity Performance of European Economies
Bart van Ark (The Conference Board)
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Discussants:
Robert Gordon (Northwestern University)
Barbara Fraumeni (University of Southern Maine)
Chad Syverson (University of Chicago)
Pascal Petit (CNRS-CEPN and Universite de Paris-Nord)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Marriott, Marina Salon D
American Finance Association
Anomalies and Inefficiency I (G1)
Presiding: Michael Cooper (University of Utah)
An Empirical Assessment of Models of the Value Premium
Huijun Wang (University of Minnesota)
Jianfeng Yu (University of Minnesota)
Asset Growth Reversals and Investment Anomalies
Full Yet Eric Lam (Hong Kong Baptist University)
Kuo-Chiang Wei (Hong Kong University of Science & Technology)
Investor Base, Cost of Capital, and Firm Performance: The Case of Post-Issuance Anomalies
Roger Edelen (University of California-Davis)
Ozgur Ince (Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University)
Gregory Kadlec (Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University)
Discussants:
John Griffin (University of Texas-Austin)
Dongmei Li (University of California-San Diego)
Huseyin Gulen (Purdue University )
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Marriott, Marina Salon E
American Finance Association
Corporate Finance Theory (G3)
Presiding: Robert Marquez (University of California-Davis)
The Wall Street Walk when Blockholders Compete for Flows
Amil Dasgupta (London School of Economics)
Giorgia Piacentino (London School of Economics)
Shareholder Empowerment: The Right to Approve and the Right to Propose
John Matsusaka (University of Southern California)
Oguzhan Ozbas (University of Southern California)
The Idealized Electoral College Voting Mechanism and Shareholder Power
Edward Van Wesep (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Discussants:
Gustavo Manso (University of California-Berkeley)
Eitan Goldman (Indiana University-Bloomington)
Nadya Malenko (Boston College)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Marriott, Marina Salon F
American Finance Association
Equity Risk Premium (G1)
Presiding: Jules van Binsbergen (Stanford University)
Stock Market Beta and Average Returns on Macroeconomic Announcement Days
Pavel Savor (University of Pennsylvania)
Mungo Ivor Wilson (University of Oxford)
Market Expectations in the Cross Section of Present Values
Bryan Kelly (University of Chicago)
Seth Pruitt (Federal Reserve Board)
Risk, Uncertainty, and Expected Returns
Turan Bali (Georgetown University)
Hao Zhou (Federal Reserve Board)
Discussants:
Ralph Koijen (University of Chicago)
Stefan Nagel (Stanford University)
Viktor Todorov (Northwestern University)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Marriott, Balboa & Mission Hills
American Finance Association
Macro Finance (G1)
Presiding: Ravi Bansal (Duke University)
International Asset Pricing with Recursive Preferences
Riccardo Colacito (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Mariano Croce (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Moral Hazard, Investment, and Firm Dynamics
Hengjie Ai (University of Minnesota)
Rui Li (Purdue University)
Durable Goods, Inflation Risk and the Equilibrium Term Structure
Bjorn Eraker (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Ivan Shaliastovich (University of Pennsylvania)
Wenyu Wang (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Financial Intermediary Capital
Adriano Rampini (Duke University)
S. Viswanathan (Duke University)
Discussants:
Charles Engel (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Xavier Gabaix (New York University)
Pietro Veronesi (University of Chicago)
Gary Gorton (Yale University)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Marriott, Cardiff & Carlsbad
American Finance Association
Portfolio Choice: Theory and Evidence (G1)
Presiding: Guofu Zhou (Washington University in Saint Louis)
Optimizing the Performance of Sample Mean-Variance Efficient Portfolios
Chris Kirby (University of North Carolina-Charlotte)
Barbara Ostdiek (Rice University)
Implications of Long-Run Risk for Asset Allocation Decisions
Doron Avramov (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Scott Cederburg (University of Arizona)
Optimal Consumption and Investment with Asymmetric Long-Term/Short-Term Capital Gains Taxes
Min Dai (National University of Singapore)
Hong Liu (Washington University in St. Louis)
Yifei Zhong (University of Oxford)
Portfolio Optimization Using Forward-Looking Information
Alexander Kempf (University of Cologne)
Olaf Korn (University of Göttingen)
Sven Sassning (University of Göttingen)
Discussants:
Yufeng Han (University of Colorado-Denver)
Yingzi Zhu (Tsinghua University)
Jennifer Huang (University of Texas-Austin)
Charles Cao (Pennsylvania State University )
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Marriott, Santa Rosa
American Finance Association/Association of Financial Economists
Shareholder Rights and Corporate Control (G3)
Presiding: Kose John (New York University)
Thirty Years of Shareholder Rights and Stock Returns: Beta, Not Alpha?
K.J. Martijn Cremers (University of Notre Dame)
Allen Ferrell (Harvard University)
Reputational Concerns in the Market for Corporate Control
Audra L. Boone (Texas A&M University)
Vahap Uysal (University of Oklahoma)
Corporate Pension Funding Status and the Market for Corporate Control: The Disciplinary Role of Pension Deficits in Mergers and Acquisitions
Xin Chang (Nanyang Technological University)
Jun-Koo Kang (Nanyang Technological University)
Wenrui Zhang (Nanyang Technological University)
Unrelated Acquisitions
Mufaddal Baxamusa (University of St. Thomas)
Rajesh Aggarwal (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities)
Discussants:
Dalida Kadyrzhanova (University of Maryland)
Marcin Kacperczyk (New York University)
Anzhela Knyazeva (University of Rochester)
S. Abraham Ravid (Yeshiva University)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Marriott, Marina Salon G
American Finance Association
The Pension Crisis: Public and Private (G2) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator: Joshua Rauh (Stanford University)
Jeffrey R. Brown (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
John B. Shoven (Stanford University)
Stephen P. Zeldes (Columbia University)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Marriott, Rancho Santa Fe 2
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
Commercial Real Estate (R1)
Presiding: David Geltner (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Real Estate Volatility; and Exact Decomposition
William Wheaton (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
What Do Commercial Real Estate Price Indexes Really Measure?
Crocker Liu (Cornell University)
Walter Boudry (Cornell University)
Edward Coulson (Pennsylvania State University)
Jarl Kallberg (Thunderbird School of Management)
Industrial Property Rents in the Chicago Metropolitan Area
Anthony Pennington-Cross (Marquette University)
David Clark (Marquette University)
Discussants:
Anthony Pennington-Cross (Marquette University)
David Geltner (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Sheharyar Bokhari (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Marriott, Torrey Pines 2
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
Housing and Education (R2)
Presiding: William Goetzmann (Yale University)
Estimating the Long-Term Economic Effects of Children's Housing: Taking Advantage of Data Density for Identification
Fredrik Andersson (Office of the Comptroller of the Treasury)
John Haltiwanger (University of Maryland)
Mark J Kutzbach (U.S. Census Bureau)
Henry Pollakowski (Harvard University)
Daniel Weinberg (US Census Bureau)
Changes in the White-Black House Value Distribution Gap from 1997 to 2005
Eric Fesselmeyer (National University of Singapore)
Kien Le (Qatar University)
Kiat Ying Seah (National University of Singapore)
Private Schools and Urban Prosperity
Stephen Sheppard (Williams College)
The Effects of Housing Prices on Child and Young Adult Outcomes
David Blau (Ohio State University)
Donald Haurin (The Ohio State University)
Discussants:
Liang Peng (University of Colorado-Boulder)
Susan Wachter (University of Pennsylvania)
Jackie Yen (Yale University)
Nancy Wallace (University of California-Berkeley)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Marriott, Rancho Santa Fe 3
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
Real Estate Price Dynamics (G1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator: Sing Tien Foo (National University of Singapore)
Ogonna Nneji (University of Reading)
Kustrim Reka (University of Geneva)
Andrew Hanson (Georgia State University)
Stefano Corradin (European Central Bank)
Jason Thomas (George Washington University)
Prakash Loungani (International Monetary Fund)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, America's Cup C
American Society of Hispanic Economists
Migration and Crime Trajectories (J1)
Presiding: Alberto Davila (University of Texas-Pan American)
Immigrants and Crime Trajectories
Felix Rioja (Georgia State University)
Erdal Tekin (Georgia State University)
Marginalization, Crime, and Migration in Mexico and the U.S.
Jose N. Martinez (University of North Texas)
Willy Walter Cortez Yactayo (University of Guadalajara)
Drug Related Violence and Employment in Mexico
Manuel Reyes-Loya (New Mexico State University)
Eduardo Saucedo (University of Texas-Pan American)
Roberto Coronado (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, El Paso Branch)
The Impact of Insecurity and Crime on Democracy and Trust in Institutions in Colombia
Luisa Blanco (Pepperdine University)
Isabel Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Discussants:
Justin McCrary (University of California-Berkeley)
Pia Orrenius (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)
David J. Molina (University of North Texas)
Javier Reyes (University of Arkansas)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Randle E
Association for Comparative Economic Studies
Once Bitten Twice Shy? International Banking after the Crisis (F3)
Presiding: John Bonin (Wesleyan University)
Systemic Risks in Global Banking: What Available Data Can Tell Us and What More Data Are Needed?
Eugenio M. Cerutti (International Monetary Fund)
Stijn Claessens (International Monetary Fund)
Patrick McGuire (Bank for International Settlements)
Foreign Banks: Trends, Impact and Financial Stability
Stijn Claessens (International Monetary Fund)
Neeltje van Horen (Den Nederlandsche Bank)
Changing Forces of Gravity: How the Crisis Affected Cross-Border Banking
Claudia M. Buch (University of Tübingen)
Katja Neugebauer (IAW)
Christoph Schröder (ZEW)
Bank Lending Patterns in the Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis: Exploring Differences between Latin America and Eastern Europe
John P. Bonin (Wesleyan University)
Robert Cull (World Bank)
Maria Soledad Martinez Peria (World Bank)
Discussants:
John P. Bonin (Wesleyan University)
Claudia M. Buch (University of Tübingen)
Katheryn N. Russ (University of California-Davis)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Ford A
Association for Economic & Development Studies in Bangladesh
Improving the Lives of Poor and Ultra-poor: Arsenic Information, Empowerment of Adolescents, Entrepreneurship, and SME (O1)
Presiding: Fahad Khalil (University of Washington)
Impacts of a Randomized Controlled Trial in Arsenic Risk Communication on Household Water Supply Choices in Bangladesh
Lori Bennear (Duke University)
Alessandro Tarozzi (Duke University)
Alexander Pfaff (Duke University)
Soumya Balasubramanya (Duke University)
Kazi Matin Ahmed (University of Dhaka)
Can Entrepreneurship Programs Transform the Lives of the Poor?
Oriana Bandiera (London School of Economics)
Robin Burgess (London School Economics)
Selim Gulesci (Universita Bocconi)
Imran Rasul (University College London)
Sulaiman Sulaiman (London School Economics)
Adolescent Empowerment and Female Schooling Attainment: Results from a Field Experiment in Rural Bangladesh
Erica Field (Harvard University)
Rachel Glennerster (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Is Micro Too Small? Microcredit vs. SME Finance
Jonathan Bauchet (New York University)
Jonathan Morduch (New York University)
Discussants:
Pallab Mazumder (Florida International University)
Craig Mcintosh (University of California-San Diego)
Asadul Islam (Monash University)
Forhad Shilpi (World Bank)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Marriott, Coronado Room
Association for Evolutionary Economics
Roundtable Session: The Great Economic and Financial Crisis, Institutional Economics and the Future of Capitalism (P1)
Presiding: Stephanie Kelton (University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Institutionalist Macroeconomic Theory versus Keynesian Monetarism or MMT
Anne Mayhew (University of Tennessee)
Can American Capitalism Survive?
James Ronald Stanfield (Colorado State University-Fort Collins)
Lesson from the Great Recession: Transform the Institutional Order
William M. Dugger (University of Tulsa)
Economics Education for a Sustainable and Equitable Recovery
Janice Peterson (California State University-Fresno)
Ideas Versus Interests: The Future of Post Keynesian Institutionalism in an Era of Crisis
Charles M.A. Clark (St. John's University)
Discussants:
James K. Galbraith (University of Texas-Austin)
Phillip Anthony O'Hara (Global Political Economy Research Unit, Australia)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Marriott, San Diego Ballroom C
Association for Social Economics/Society of Government Economists
Ethics and Professional Economic Practice - Next Steps? (B4) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator: Jonathan Wight (University of Richmond)
George F. DeMartino (University of Denver)
David Colander (Middlebury College)
David M. Levy (George Mason University)
Sandra J. Peart (University of Richmond)
Steven Payson (Association for Integrity and Responsible Leadership in Economics and Associated Professions)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Marriott, Atlanta
Association for the Study of Cuban Economy
The Cuban Economy (P2)
Presiding: Carlos Seiglie (Rutgers University-Newark)
Cuban Food Consumption during 1966-2010
Bryan W. Roberts (Nathan Associates)
Cuba: Economic Growth, Aging, and Long-Term Fiscal Sustainability
Andy Wolfe (International Monetary Fund)
The Use of Socioeconomic Indicators to Estimate PPP Adjusted Income: An Application to Cuba Circa 1959
Luis Locay (University of Miami)
Rita Ray (Gustavus Adolphus College)
Discussants:
John Devereux (Queens College)
Roger Betancourt (University of Maryland)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Madeleine A
Association of Christian Economists
Varieties of Natural Law Economics (B4)
Presiding: Paul Oslington (Australian Catholic University)
Economic Theory in Light of the Aristotelian Tradition
Andy Yuengert (Pepperdine University)
Economics and Thomas Aquinas
Mary Hirschfeld (Villanova University)
Natural Law Theory for Economists: Finnis and Lonergan
Paul Oslington (Australian Catholic University)
Discussants:
Jennifer Morse (Ruth Institute)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Randle D
Association of Environmental & Resource Economists
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): An Interim Progress Report (Q5) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator: Robert Stavins (Harvard University)
Leon Clarke (Joint Global Change Research Institute)
Ottmar Edenhofer (Technical University Berlin)
Marc Fleurbaey (Princeton University)
Charles Kolstad (Stanford University)
Raymond Kopp (Resources for the Future)
Howard Kunreuther (University of Pennsylvania)
Richard Richels (Electric Power Research Institute)
Thomas Sterner (Environmental Defense Fund)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Ford C
Chinese Economic Association in North America/American Economic Association
Fiscal Policy under Macroeconomic Uncertainties (E6)
Presiding: Stephen Turnovsky (University of Washington)
Fiscal Policy in Highly Indebted Countries
Huixin Bi (Bank of Canada)
Wenyi Shen (Indiana University)
Shu-Chun Susan Yang (International Monetary Fund)
Debt Stabilization in a Non-Ricardian Economy
Campbell Leith (University of Glasgow)
Ioana Moldovan (University of Glasgow)
Simon Wren-Lewis (University of Oxford)
Fiscal Policy and the Distribution of Consumption Risk
Massimiliano Croce (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Thien Tung Nguyen (University of Pennsylvania)
Lukas Schmid (Duke University)
Exchange Rate Pass-Through and the Effects of Tariffs on Economic Performance and Welfare
Yu-Ning Hwang (National Chengchi University, Taiwan)
Stephen Turnovsky (University of Washington)
Discussants:
Hung-Ju Chen (National Taiwan University)
Pei-Ju Liao (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Mathias Trabandt (Federal Reserve Board)
Daphne Chen (Florida State University)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Emma C
Cliometrics Society
Issues in 19th-Century Economic Growth (N1)
Presiding: Melissa Thomasson (Miami University)
The Long-Term Effects of Christian Activities in China before 1920
Se Yan (Peking University)
It’s All in the Mail: Information Exchange, Market Access, Amenities and the Spatial Structure of the German Empire
Florian Ploeckl (University of Oxford)
Understanding the Sources of Productivity Growth during Industrialization: An Empirical Investigation of the Dynamic Properties of Piece Rate Contracts
Daniel MacDonald (University of Massachusett-Amherst)
Of Time and Space: Technological Spillovers among Patents and Unpatented Innovations in the Nineteenth Century
Zorina Khan (Bowdoin College)
Discussants:
Saumitra Jha (Stanford University)
Robert Whaples (Wake Forest University)
Farley Grubb (University of Delaware)
Theresa Gutberlet (University of Arizona)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, America's Cup A & B
Econometric Society
Bounded Rationality, Switching Costs and Competitive Strategies (L1)
Presiding: Emir Kamenica (University of Chicago)
We're #1: Price Wars for Market Share Leadership
Luis Cabral (New York University)
Consumer Unawareness and Competitive Strategies
Zhen Liu (SUNY-Buffalo)
Chun Martin Qiu (McGill University)
The Identification Power of the Markov Assumption in Dynamic Discrete Choice Models
John Lazarev (Stanford University)
Discussants:
Paulo Somaini (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Emir Kamenica (University of Chicago)
Jeremy T. Fox (University of Michigan)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Betsy A
Econometric Society
European Labor Markets (J4)
Presiding: Till von Wachter (Columbia University)
Is There Monopsonistic Discrimination Against Immigrants? First Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
Elke Jutta Jahn (Aarhus University and IZA)
Boris Hirsch (Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg)
Do Anonymous Resumes Make the Battlefield More Even? Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
Luc Behaghel (Paris School of Economics)
Bruno Crepon (CREST)
Thomas Le Barbanchon (CREST)
High-School Dropouts and Transitory Labor Market Shocks: The Case of the Spanish Housing Boom
Ainhoa Aparicio Fenoll (Collegio Carlo Alberto)
Private and Public Provision of Counseling to Job-Seekers: Evidence from a Large Controlled Experiment
Luc Behaghel (Paris School of Economics)
Bruno Crepon (CREST)
Marc Gurgand (Paris School of Economics)
Discussants:
Steven Raphael (University of California-Berkeley)
Kate L. Antonovics (University of California-San Diego)
Gordon B. Dahl (University of California-San Diego)
Till von Wachter (Columbia University)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Emma A & B
Econometric Society
Forecasting/Financial Econometrics (C5)
Presiding: Allan Timmermann (University of California-San Diego)
Modelling Dependence in High Dimensions with Factor Copulas
Dong Hwan Oh (Duke University)
Andrew Patton (Duke University)
Inferring the Predictability Induced by a Persistent Regressor in a Predictive Threshold Model
Jesus Gonzalo (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Jean-Yves Pitarakis (University of Southampton)
Economic Theory and Forecasting
Raffaella Giacomini (University College London)
Giuseppe Ragusa (LUISS)
Choice of Sample Split in Out-of-Sample Forecast Evaluation
Allan Timmermann (University of California-San Diego)
Discussants:
Yanqin Fan (Vanderbilt University)
Marcelo Moreira (FGV)
Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde (University of Pennsylvania)
Barbara Rossi (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Gibbons
Econometric Society
Household, Microenterprise and Agricultural Finance in Developing Countries (D1)
Presiding: Manuel Hernandez (International Food Policy Research Institute)
Group Lending with Heterogeneous Consumer Types
Li Gan (Texas A&M University)
Manuel Alejandro Hernandez (International Food Policy Research Institute)
Yanyan Liu (International Food Policy Research Institute)
Diffusion of Microfinance
Abhijit V. Banerjee (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Arun Gautham Chandrasekhar (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Esther Duflo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Matthew O. Jackson (Stanford University)
Interplay among Credit, Insurance and Savings for Farmers in Developing Countries
Francesca de Nicola (International Food Policy Research Institute)
Ruth Vargas Hill (International Food Policy Research Institute)
Capital Constraints in Agriculture: Evidence from Mali
Lori Beaman (Northwestern University)
Dean Karlan (Yale University)
Bram Thuysbaert (KULeuven)
Christopher Udry (Yale University)
Discussants:
Arun Gautham Chandrasekhar (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Christopher Udry (Yale University)
Jonathan Robinson (University of California-Santa Cruz)
Greg Fischer (London School of Economics)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Cunningham A & B
Econometric Society
Nature of Labor Income Risk (E2)
Presiding: Fatih Karahan (University of Pennsylvania)
Reconciling Estimates of Income Processes in Growth Rates and Levels
Moira Daly (Copenhagen Business School)
Dmytro Hryshko (University of Alberta)
Iourii Manovskii (University of Pennsylvania)
Rising Inequality: Transitory or Permanent? New Evidence from a Panel of U.S. Tax Returns 1987-2006
Jason DeBacker (U.S. Department of the Treasury)
Bradley T. Heim (Indiana University)
Vasia Panousi (Federal Reserve Board)
Ivan Vidangos (Federal Reserve Board)
On the Persistence of Income Shocks over the Life Cycle: Evidence, Theory, and Implications
Fatih Karahan (University of Pennsylvania)
Serdar Ozkan (Federal Reserve Board)
The Nature of Countercyclical Income Risk
Fatih Guvenen (University of Minnesota)
Serdar Ozkan (Federal Reserve Board)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Cunningham C
Econometric Society
Structural Models (C5)
Presiding: Victor Aguirregabiria (University of Toronto)
Interdependent Durations in Joint Retirement
Aureo de Paula (University College London)
Bo Honore (Princeton University)
Testing for Monotonicity of the Reservation Wage Function
Daniel Gutknecht (University of Warwick)
Demand Estimation for Differentiated Products: The Many Markets Case
Amit Kumar Gandhi (University of Wisconsin)
zhengtong Lu (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Xiaoxia Shi (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Testing for Biases Induced by Approximation Error in the Estimation of Dynamic Decision Models
Victor Aguirregabiria (University of Toronto)
Discussants:
Geert Ridder (University of Southern California)
Rosa Matzkin (University of California-Los Angeles)
Matthew Shum (California Insitute of Technology)
Andriy Norets (Princeton University)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Marriott, Solana
Economic Science Association
Political Economy Experiments (D7)
Presiding: Leeat Yariv (Caltech)
What Makes Voters Turn Out: The Effects of Polls and Beliefs
Marina Agranov (Caltech)
Jacob K. Goeree (University of Zurich)
Julian Romero (Purdue University)
Leeat Yariv (Caltech)
Coalition Formation in a Legislative Voting Game
Nels P. Christiansen (Trinity University)
Sotiris Georganas (Royal Holloway, University of London)
John Kagel (Ohio State University)
"Do the Right Thing:" The Effects of Moral Suasion on Cooperation
Ernesto Dal Bo (University of California-Berkeley)
Pedro Dal Bo (Brown University)
Static and Dynamic Underinvestment: An Experimental Investigation
Guillaume Frechette (New York University)
Marina Agranov (Caltech)
Thomas Palfrey (Caltech)
Emanuel Vespa (New York University)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Ford B
Economists for Peace & Security
Is War Over? The Economics of National Security after Iraq and Afghanistan (0) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator: Michael Lind (New America Foundation)
Linda Bilmes (Harvard University)
Richard Kaufman (Bethesda Research Institute)
Lloyd J. Dumas (University of Texas-Dallas)
J. Paul Dunne (University of Cape Town)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Marriott, La Costa
Health Economics Research Organization
Are Health and Health Care Getting Better in the United States? (I1)
Presiding: Donald Yett (University of Southern California)
How Much Has Health Improved, and Why?
David Cutler (Harvard University and NBER)
Health Care Expenditures and Health Outcomes: A Longitudinal Analysis in the Medicare Population
Carrie Colla (Dartmouth College)
Jonathan Skinner (Dartmouth College and NBER)
Productivity Trends in Hospital Care
Dana P. Goldman (University of Southern California and NBER)
John A. Romley (University of Southern California)
Neeraj Sood (University of Southern California and NBER)
Discussants:
Jay Bhattacharya (Stanford University)
Joseph J. Doyle (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Martin Gaynor (Carnegie Mellon University)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Maggie
History of Economics Society/American Economic Association
Writing MIT's History (B2)
Presiding: E. Roy Weintraub (Duke University)
On Charles Kindleberger
Stephen Meardon (Bowdoin College)
MIT's Textbooks
Yann Giraud (University of Cergy-Pontoise)
Afro Americans at MIT
William A. Darity, Jr. (Duke University)
Creating MIT Economics: Hiring Jewish Faculty
E. Roy Weintraub (Duke University)
Discussants:
Evelyn Forget (University of Manitoba)
E. Roy Weintraub (Duke University)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Madeleine B
International Association for Energy Economics
Advances in Energy Economics Research (Q4)
Presiding: Kevin Forbes (Catholic University of America)
Optimization of Stochastic Resources in the Electricity System
Alberto J. Lamadrid (Cornell University)
Tim Mount (Cornell University)
Ray Zimmerman (Cornell University)
Daniel Munoz (Cornell University)
Carlos Murillo (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)
The Effects of Policy and Strategic Factors on Investment in Fuel-Ethanol Plants
Cynthia Lin (University of California-Davis)
Oil Price Shocks: Causes and Consequences
Nathan Balke (Southern Methodist University)
Stephen Brown (University of Nevada-Las Vegas)
Mine Yucel (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)
A Model with Spillovers in the Adaptation of Renewable Technologies
Bernardino Adao (Bank of Portugal)
Borghan Najarabad (Rice University)
Ted Temzelides (Rice University)
Discussants:
Andrea Bollino (Universita di Perugia)
Timothy Fitzgerald (Montana State University)
Xiaoyi Mu (University of Dundee)
Youngho Chang (Nanyang Technological University)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Marriott, Point Loma
International Banking, Economics & Finance Association/American Economic Association
Financial Frictions and Their Implications for Financial Stability (G1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator: Diana Hancock (Federal Reserve Board)
Viral V. Acharya (New York University) The Dark Side of Liquidity Creation and Systemic Risk
Markus K. Brunnermeier (Princeton University) Complexity in Financial Markets
Randy Kroszner (University of Chicago) Regulatory Reforms to Reduce Financial Fragility
Wayne Passmore (Federal Reserve Board) Traditional Banks vs. Shadow Banks and Financial Stability
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Marriott, Rancho Santa Fe 1
International Economic & Finance Society
International Trade (F1)
Presiding: Keith Maskus (Unversity of Colorado)
Structural Gravity and Fixed Effects
Thibault Fally (University of Colorado-Boulder)
Income-Elastic Goods and the Great Trade Collapse: Evidence from Microdata
David L. Hummels (Purdue University and NBER)
Kwan Yong Lee (Purdue University)
The Connection between Imported Intermediate Inputs and Exports: Evidence from Chinese Firms
Ling Feng (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)
Zhiyuan Li (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)
Deborah Swenson (University of California-Davis)
Heterogeneous Fixed Trade Costs and Firm-Level Exporting Performance
Luis Castro (University of Colorado-Boulder)
Ben Li (Boston College)
Keith E. Maskus (University of Colorado)
Yiqing Xie (University of Colorado-Boulder)
Discussants:
Alan Spearot (University of California-Santa Cruz)
Logan T. Lewis (Federal Reserve Board)
Heiwai Tang (Tufts University and Johns Hopkins University)
Russell Hillberry (World Bank)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Marriott, Leucadia
Labor & Employment Relations Association
Assessing the Damage: The Emerging Consequences of the Great Recession (J5)
Presiding: Charles Jeszeck (US Government Accountability Office)
Metropolitan Economies in the Great Recession and After
Howard Wial (University of Illinois-Chicago)
U.S. Women and the Recession: How They Fared and Implications for Their Future Welfare and Retirement Security
Erin Godtland (US Government Accountability Office)
Michael Collins (US Government Accountability Office)
Jennifer Gregory (US Government Accountability Office)
The Insolvency of the UI Program: Current Problems and Future Prospects
Jeffrey Wenger (University of Georgia)
Daniel Smith (New York University)
The Social and Psychological Consequences of Unemployment during the Great Recession: Evidence from the NLSY
Michael Murray (Bemidji State University)
Discussants:
Heather Grob (Saint Martin's University)
Sharon Hermes (US Government Accountability Office)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Marriott, Laguna
Labor & Employment Relations Association
Lessons for Employment Policy in the New Administration (J5) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator: Thomas Kochan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Lisa M. Lynch (Brandeis University)
Matthew J. Slaughter (Dartmouth University)
Daniel J.B. Mitchell (University of California-Los Angeles)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Marriott, Oceanside
Labor & Employment Relations Association
Working Time Developments in Five Countries (J5)
Presiding: Sarah Jane Glynn (Center for American Progress)
Mandatory Work Hours Reduction and Work Sharing in Venezuela
Leon Fernandez Bujanda (Central Bank of Venezuela)
David Fairris (University of California-Riverside)
Hours Reduction and Assessing the Potential for Work Sharing to Promote Employment in US Industries Using VAR Analysis
Stuart Glosser (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater)
Lonnie Golden (Pennsylvania State University-Abington)
More Time Flexibility in the Workplace? A Comparative Study of Japanese and German Corporations
Yoko Tanaka (University of Tsukuba)
Schedule Instability and Unpredictability as Sources of Underemployment Among Hourly Workers in Canada
Elaine McCrate (University of Vermont)
Susan Lambert (University of Chicago)
Julia Henly (University of Chicago)
Discussants:
Deborah M. Figart (Richard Stockton College of New Jersey)
Sarah Jane Glynn (Center for American Progress)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Manchester D
Middle East Economic Association
MENA Economies: Diverse Topics (O1) (Poster Session)
Presiding: Hadi Esfahani (University of Illinois)
Inflation Persistence in Egypt
Hala El-Ramly (American University in Cairo)
The Penetration of China in the Mediterranean: A Brief Essay in Political Economy
Claude Berthomieu (University of NICE Sophia-Antipolis)
Anastasia RI (University of NICE Sophia-Antipolis)
Kamilya Suleymenova (University of NICE Sophia-Antipolis)
Arab Spring, Financial Crisis and Term Structure
Hussain Abusaaq (Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency)
Does Good Governance Cause Trade? Evidence from Turkey
Mehmet Babacan (Istanbul Commerce University)
The Reality of Rural Women in Iraq: Problems and Solutions
Huda Al-Sahrawardee (Friedrich-Alexander-University)
The Implication of Macroeconomic Policies on Inflation: Case of Iran and Egypt
Ida Mirzaie (Ohio State University)
Magda Kandil (International Monetary Fund)
Economic Growth Inequality and Income Distribution: Empirical Evidence from MENA Countries
Meriem Djennas (University of Amiens)
Abdeslam Bendiabdellah (Tlemcen University)
Mustapha Djennas (Tlemcen University)
Intensive and Extensive Margins in the MENA Countries
Gulcin Elif YUCEL (Istanbul Technical University)
A. Suut Dogruel (Marmara University)
Foreign Aid Allocation and the Global War on Terror: A Disaggregated Analysis
Javed Younas (American University of Sharjah)
Subhayu Bandyopadhyay (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
The Impact of Financial Globalization on Economic Development, Economic Growth and Income Inequality in Developing Countries
Eman Selim (Tanta University-Egypt)
Parametric Reforms, Social Security Reforms, and Saving: Evidence from Turkey
Yigit Aydede (Saint Mary’s University)
Why Some Firms Export: An Empirical Analysis for Manufacturing Firms in the MENA Region
Ali Fakih (Lebanese American University)
Pascal L. Ghazalian (University of Lethbridge)
Which Firms Are More Prone to Stock Market Manipulation?
Bedri Kamil Onur Tas (TOBB ETU)
Serkan Ä°misiker (TCMB)
Forecasting Energy Demand: Evidence from GCC Countries
Bassam AbuAl-Foul (American University of Sharjah)
Estimating the Import Demand for Crude Oil in Turkey, One Rolling Window at a Time
A. Talha Yalta (TOBB University of Economics and Technology)
The Impact of Euro-zone Crisis on Maghreb Economies
Haroun Tahar (University of Batna -Algeria)
Merazga Aissa (University of Batna - Algeria)
What Drives Stock Returns in GCC Stock Markets? Implications for International Diversification
Riza Demirer (Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville)
Abdullah Al-Hassan (International Monetary Fund)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Marriott, San Diego Ballroom A
National Association for Business Economics
Federal Reserve Independence in the Aftermath of the Financial Crisis: Should We Be Worried? (E5) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator: Kevin Kliesen (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
Alan S. Blinder (Princeton University)
James Bullard (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
Donald Kohn (Brookings Institution)
Allan H. Meltzer (Carnegie Mellon University)
John B. Taylor (Stanford University)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Hyatt, Del Mar A & B
National Association of Forensic Economics
Forensic Economics I - Commercial Damage Session (K2)
Presiding: Craig Allen (Commonwealth Research Group, Inc.)
Compounding and Discounting: Where Are We in Commercial Litigation?
Steven J. Shapiro (New York Institute of Technology)
A Review of the Forensic Economics Literature Pertaining to Lost Profits and Other Commercial Claims
Jennifer Polhemus (Precision Research)
Compensation from BP Oil Spill: Is It Fair?
Semoon Chang (University of South Alabama)
Discussants:
Robert R. Trout (Lit.Econ, LLP)
Vickie M. Wolf (Brinig & Company, Inc.)
William Pearson (Anderson Economic Group)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Marriott, Torrey Pines 3
National Economic Association
A Legacy of Marcus Alexis: Institutions that Increase the Status of Minority Groups in the Economics Profession (A2) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator: Cecilia Conrad (Pomona College)
Cecilia Rouse (Princeton University)
Robert Otto Valdez (University of New Mexico)
Patrick Mason (Florida State University)
Marie T. Mora (University of Texas-Pan American)
Trevon D. Logan (The Ohio State University)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Marriott, Miramar
Omicron Delta Epsilon
The John R. Commons Award Lecture: Michael Szenberg on "American Book Publishing -- The Reshaping of an Industry" (L1)
Presiding: Joseph Santos (South Dakota State University)
American Book Publishing -- The Reshaping of an Industry
Michael Szenberg (Pace University)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Marriott, New York
Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics/American Economic Association
In Memorial of Elinor Ostrom: Common-Pool Resource Dilemmas - Current Perspective (Q5)
Presiding: Amnon Rapoport (University of California-Riverside)
Time and Uncertainty in Resource Dilemmas: Equilibrium Solutions and Experimental Results
Anabela Botelho (University of Minho and NIMA)
Ariel Dinar (University of California-Riverside)
Lígia Pinto (University of Minho and NIMA)
Amnon Rapoport (University of California-Riverside)
Provision versus Appropriation in Symmetric and Asymmetric Social Dilemmas
James Cox (Georgia State University)
Elinor Ostrom (Indiana University and Arizona State University)
Vjollca Sadiraj (Georgia State University)
James Walker (Indiana University)
How Uses the Position of Power in Asymmetric Commons Dilemmas?
Marco Janssen (Arizona State University)
Nathan Rollins (Arizona State University)
Jacopo Baggio (Arizona State University)
Irene Ibarra (Arizona State University)
Managing Resources with Potential Regime Shifts: Using Experiments to Explore Social–Ecological Linkages in Common Resource Systems
Therese Lindahl (The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm)
Anne-Sophie Crépin (The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm)
Caroline Schill (The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm)
Discussants:
Amnon Rapoport (University of California-Riverside)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Marriott, Malibu
Union for Radical Political Economists/International Association for Feminist Economics
Opening the Black Box of Household Production and Exchange (B5)
Presiding: Gunseli Berik (University of Utah)
Intra-family Transfers, Remittances and Gifts – Gender Matters
Elke Holst (DIW Berlin, and Flensburg University)
Andrea Schaefer (Bremen University)
Mechthild Schrooten (University of Applied Sciences-Bremen and DIW Berlin)
Land Rights and Economic Empowerment for Women in Vietnam
Nidhiya Menon (Brandeis University)
Yana van der Meulen Rodgers (Rutgers University)
Why Economists Ignore Household Production: The Material Foundation for the Ideologies of the Ruling Class and Ruling Gender
Paddy Quick (St. Francis College-Brooklyn)
Housework, the Quality of Market Work and Men and Women's Earnings in China
Liangshu Qi (Tsinghua University-China)
Xiao-Yuan Dong (University of Winnipeg)
Discussants:
Sucharita Sinha Mukherjee (College of Saint Benedict-Saint John's University)
Laurie Nisonoff (Hampshire College)
Jan 04, 2013 2:30 pm, Marriott, Newport Beach
Union for Radical Political Economists
Radical Analysis of Environmental Crisis (Q5)
Presiding: David Barkin (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana)
Radical Ecological Economics for Heterodox Analysis
David Barkin (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana)
Ecological Imperialism and Ecological Liberation
Haider Kahn (University of Denver)
Chiara Piovani (University of Denver)
Heterodox Cost-Benefit Analysis
Peter Dorman (Evergreen State College)
Seeking Left Unity on Climate Change Policy
Robin Hahnel (Portland State University)
Patterns of Unsustainable Growth
Torsten Heinrich (IINO, University of Bremen)
Discussants:
Paul Burkett (Indiana State University)
Robin Hahnel (Portland State University)
Jan 04, 2013 4:45 pm, Hyatt, Elizabeth Ballroom D & E
American Economic Association
Richard T. Ely Lecture
Presiding: Claudia Goldin (Harvard University)
Edward Glaeser (Harvard University) A Nation of Gamblers: Real Estate Bubbles and America's Urban History
Jan 04, 2013 5:00 pm, Marriott, San Diego Ballroom A
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
T.W. Schultz Memorial Lecture and Reception
Robert Townsend (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Jan 04, 2013 8:00 pm, Hyatt, Manchester Foyer
American Economic Association
Music Session (Z1)
Presiding: Gary Walton (University of California-Davis)
Dedication to Hal White
Eric Maskin (Musician: piano)
West Coast Cool
Gary Walton (Musician: saxophone)
Ed Gamber (Musician: guitar)
Nick Mader (Musician: bass)
Alan Spearot (Musician: drums)
Swing/Traditional Group
Gerald Auten (Musician: trumpet)
Luis Cabral (Musician: saxophone)
Richard Levich (Musician: drums)
Nick Mader (Musician: bass)
Eric Maskin (Musician: clarinet)
Christopher A. Sims (Musician: trombone)
Stephen Wu (Musician: piano)

Jan 05, 2013

Jan 05, 2013 7:45 am, Marriott, Santa Rosa
Association for Social Economics
Presidential Breakfast
Presiding: Jonathan Wight (University of Richmond)
Martha A. Starr (American University) The Social Responsibility of Business Through a Social-Economics Lens
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Torrey Pines 1
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
Impact Evaluation Challenges of Agricultural Interventions: Uptake, Spillovers, Heterogeneity and Dynamics (Q1)
Presiding: Stephen Boucher (University of California-Davis)
Agricultural Spillover Effects of Cash Transfers: What Does LEWIE Have to Say?
J.Edward Taylor (University of California-Davis)
Matteusz Filipski (University of California-Davis)
Karen Thome (University of California-Davis)
The Heterogeneous Impact of Agro-Input Subsidies on Maize Production: A Field Experiment in Mozambique
Dean Yang (University of Michigan)
Rachid Lajaaj (Paris School of Economics)
Michael Carter (University of California, Davis)
Trust, Complexity, and Heterogeneity in Impact Evaluation: The Case of Index Insurance
Conner Mullally (Inter-American Development Bank)
Stephen Boucher (University of California-Davis)
Michael Carter (University of California-Davis)
Identifying the Impact Dynamics of a Small Farmer Development Scheme in Nicaragua
Michael Carter (University of California-Davis)
Emilia Tjernstrom (University of California-Davis)
Patricia Toledo (Ohio University)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Elizabeth Ballroom B
American Economic Association
China and the World Economy (O5)
Presiding: Chang-Tai Hsieh (University of Chicago)
Misallocation or Mismeasurement? Factor Income Shares and Factor Market Distortions in China's Manufacturing Industries
Xiaodong Zhu (University of Toronto)
Jessie Zhenjie Qian (Tsinghua University)
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A Structural Estimation of Capital Market Distortions
Zheng (Michael) Song (University of Chicago)
Guiying (Laura) Wu (Nanyang Technological University)
The Road to Real Exchange Rate Depreciation
Qingyuan Du (Monash University)
Shang-Jin Wei (Columbia University)
Peichu Xie (Peking University)
The Ownership Structure of Offshoring and Wage Inequality: Theory and Evidence from China
Dennis Yang (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Liugang Sheng (University of California-Davis)
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Discussants:
Chang-Tai Hsieh (University of Chicago)
Daniel Xu (Duke University)
Charles Engel (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Mine Z. Senses (Johns Hopkins University)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Elizabeth Ballroom G
American Economic Association
Competing Monetary Strategies, Where Do We Go from Here? (E5)
Presiding: Volker Wieland (Goethe University Frankfurt)
Measuring the Effect of the Zero Lower Bound on Medium- and Longer-Term Interest Rates
Eric T. Swanson (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
John C. Williams (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
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Output Gaps and Robust Monetary Policy Rules
Roberto M. Billi (Sveriges Riksbank)
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Real-time Model Uncertainty in the United States: Robust Policies Put to the Test
Robert J. Tetlow (Federal Reserve Board)
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The Performance of Competing Monetary Regimes under Model Uncertainty
Tobias Cwik (Federal Reserve Board)
Keith Kuester (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Volker Wieland (Goethe University Frankfurt)
Discussants:
John B. Taylor (Stanford University)
Yunus Aksoy (Birkbeck College, University of London)
Michael Dotsey (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
William A. Branch (University of California - Irvine)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Manchester E
American Economic Association
Demand Systems and Imperfect Competition (D4)
Presiding: Angus Deaton (Princeton University)
Pass-Through and Demand Forms
Eric Glen Weyl (University of Chicago)
Michal Fabinger (Harvard University)
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Monopolistic Competition and Optimum Product Diversity Under Firm Heterogeneity
Swati Dhingra (London School of Economics)
John Morrow (London School of Economics)
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Discrete Choice Cannot Generate Demand That Is Additively Separable in Own Price
Sonia Jaffe (Harvard University)
Scott Duke Kominers (University of Chicago)
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The Impact of Competition on Prices with Numerous Firms
Xavier Gabaix (New York University)
David I. Laibson (Harvard University)
Deyuan Li (Fudan University)
Hongyi Li (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Sidney Resnick (Cornell University)
Casper G. de Vries (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
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Discussants:
Jeremy I. Bulow (Stanford University)
Andres Rodriguez-Clare (University of California-Berkeley)
Jerry A. Hausman (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Timothy B. Armstrong (Stanford University)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Ford A
American Economic Association
Economic History (N0)
Presiding: Katharine Shester (Washington and Lee University)
The Long-Term Consequences of Distinctively Black Names: Evidence from the American Past
Trevon D. Logan (The Ohio State University)
Lisa D. Cook (Michigan State University)
Johnathan M. Parman (College of William and Mary)
Cognitive Human Capital and Wealth Accumulation of Former Slaves
Richard H. Steckel (Ohio State University)
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Fertility Responses to Infant and Maternal Mortality: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from 20th Century America
Sonia Bhalotra (University of Bristol)
David Hollywood (University College London)
Atheendar S. Venkataramani (Massachusetts General Hospital)
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The Persistence of the Inquisitorial Mind: Long-Run Effects of the Spanish Inquisition
Jordi Vidal-Robert (Boston University)
When Autarkic China Met Expansive Europe: The Rise of Merchant-Pirates in the Sixteenth Century
James Kai-sing Kung (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Chicheng Ma (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Randle A & B
American Economic Association
Economics of National Security (H5)
Presiding: Martin Feldstein (Harvard University and NBER)
Energy and National Security
Robert Topel (University of Chicago)
Kevin Murphy (University of Chicago)
Modest, Secure and Informed: Successful Development in Conflict Zones
Eli Berman (University of California-San Diego)
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Insurgent Compensation: Evidence from Iraq
Jacob Shapiro (Princeton University)
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Evaluating Economic Warfare: Lessons from Efforts to Suppress the Afghan Opium Trade
Jeffrey Clemens (Stanford University and University of California-San Diego)
Discussants:
Andrei Shleifer (Harvard University)
Michael Meese (U.S. Military Academy at West Point)
Martin Feldstein (Harvard University)
Melissa Dell (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Elizabeth Ballroom A
American Economic Association
Financial Markets and Economic Development (O1)
Presiding: Erica Field (Duke University and NBER)
Informal Risk Sharing, Index Insurance and Risk-Taking in Developing Countries
Mark R. Rosenzweig (Yale University)
Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale University)
Financial Markets and the Returns to Fertilizer
Christopher Udry (Yale University)
Lori Beaman (Northwestern University)
Dean Karlan (Yale University and NBER)
Bram Thuysbaert (Yale University)
Does Savings Lead to More Investment in Microenterprises?
Christopher M. Woodruff (University of Warwick and NBER)
Suresh de Mel (University of Peradeniya)
Craig McIntosh (University of California-San Diego)
Discussants:
Michael Kremer (Harvard University and NBER)
Paul Niehaus (University of California-San Diego)
Shawn Cole (Harvard Business School)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Gregory A & B
American Economic Association
High-Dimensional Issues in Econometrics (C1)
Presiding: Seth Pruitt (Federal Reserve Board)
The Three-Pass Regression Filter: A New Approach to Forecasting Using Many Predictors
Seth Pruitt (Federal Reserve Board)
Bryan Kelly (University of Chicago)
Constructing Factors from Continuous and Categorical Data
Serena Ng (Columbia University)
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Inference on Treatment Effects after Selection amongst High-Dimensional Controls
Victor Chernozhukov (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Alexandre Belloni (Duke University)
Christian Hansen (University of Chicago)
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Discussants:
Mohammad Hashem Pesaran (University of Cambridge)
Allan Timmermann (University of California-San Diego)
Whitney K. Newey (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Randle E
American Economic Association
Immigration Policy Analysis and Immigrants' Strategic Location Choices (F2)
Presiding: Brian Kovak (Carnegie Mellon University)
Immigration, Internal Migration, and Local Labor Market Adjustment During the Great Recession
Brian Cadena (University of Colorado-Boulder)
Brian K. Kovak (Carnegie Mellon University)
Do Local Immigration Laws Impact Employment and Wages? Evidence from the 287(g) Program
Sarah Bohn (Public Policy Institute of California)
Robert Santillano (Mathematica Policy Research)
The Impact of Mandated Employment Verification Systems on State-Level FDI
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes (San Diego State University)
Cynthia Bansak (St. Lawrence University)
Allan Zebedee (Clarkson University)
Discussants:
Pia Orrenius (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)
Sarah Bohn (Public Policy Institute of California)
Abigail Wozniak (University of Notre Dame)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Elizabeth Ballroom C
American Economic Association
International Trade, Productivity, and Skill Demand (F1)
Presiding: Nico Voigtlaender (University of California-Los Angeles and NBER)
Skill Biased Heterogeneous Firms, Trade Liberalization, and the Skill Premium
Ariell Reshef (University of Virginia)
James Harrigan (University of Virginia and NBER)
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Imported Inputs, Quality Complementarity, and Skill Demand
Nico Voigtlaender (University of California-Los Angeles and NBER)
Diego Saravia (Central Bank of Chile)
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International Trade, Technology, and the Skill Premium
Ariel Burstein (University of California-Los Angeles and NBER)
Jonathan Vogel (Columbia University and NBER)
Factor Intensity, Product Switching, and Productivity: Evidence from Chinese Exporters
Yue Ma (City University of Hong Kong)
Heiwai Tang (Tufts University and Johns Hopkins University)
Yifan Zhang (Lingnan University)
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Discussants:
Donald R. Davis (Columbia University)
Benjamin R. Mandel (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Stephen Redding (Princeton University)
Ferdinando Monte (Johns Hopkins University)
Jaebin Ahn (International Monetary Fund)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Edward A & B
American Economic Association
Internet Effects (L8)
Presiding: Jonathan Lafky (Lafayette College)
The Effect of Social Interaction on Economic Transactions: An Embarrassment of Niches?
Ryan C. McDevitt (University of Rochester)
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Consumer Uncertainty and Price Discrimination through Online Coupons: An Empirical Study of Restaurants in Shanghai
Jie Zhang (Fudan University)
Scott J. Savage (University of Colorado-Boulder)
Yongmin Chen (University of Colorado-Boulder)
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Measuring the Impact of File Sharing on the Movie Industry: An Empirical Analysis Using a Panel of Countries
Alejandro Zentner (University of Texas-Dallas)
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The Effect of Internet Distribution on Brick-and-mortar Sales
Andrea Pozzi (Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance)
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Reputation and Adverse Selection; Theory and Evidence from eBay
Maryam Saeedi (University of Minnesota)
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Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Manchester F
American Economic Association
Measuring Poverty in the United States: The Supplemental Poverty Measure (I3)
Presiding: David Johnson (U.S. Census Bureau)
The Supplemental Poverty Measure: Examining the Incidence and Depth of Poverty in the U.S. Taking Account of Taxes and Transfers in 2011
Kathleen Short (U.S. Census Bureau)
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Maintaining Consumption Levels over Economic Fluctuations and the Impact on Consumption vs. Spending-Based SPM Thresholds
Thesia I. Garner (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Marisa Gudrais (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
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Identifying the Disadvantaged: Official Poverty, Consumption Poverty, and the New Supplemental Poverty Measure
Bruce D. Meyer (University of Chicago and NBER)
James X. Sullivan (University of Notre Dame)
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Estimating the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) using the Survey of Income and Program Participation
John Iceland (Pennsylvania State University)
Patricia Ruggles (Orlin Research Inc.)
Discussants:
Robert T. Michael (University of Chicago)
Hilary Hoynes (University of California-Davis)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Elizabeth Ballroom F
American Economic Association
Models of Uncertainty Shocks (E3)
Presiding: Laura Veldkamp (New York University)
Does Uncertainty Reduce Growth? Using Disasters As Natural Experiments
Nicholas A. Bloom (Stanford University)
Scott R. Baker (Stanford University)
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Uncertainty Shocks: Puzzling Facts and Learning Theory
Anna Orlik (Federal Reserve Board)
Laura Veldkamp (New York University)
Inflation Dynamics and Time-Varying Uncertainty: New Evidence and an Ss Interpretation
Joseph Vavra (Yale University)
Discussants:
Lars Peter Hansen (University of Chicago)
Ruediger Bachmann (RWTH Aachen University)
Martin Eichenbaum (Northwestern University)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Ford B
American Economic Association
Politics (D8)
Presiding: Henry Chappell (University of South Carolina)
On the Extent of Strategic Voting
Jorg L. Spenkuch (University of Chicago)
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Fundamental Models for Forecasting Elections
Patrick Hummel (Google)
David Rothschild (Microsoft Research)
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Ethical Voters and the Demand for Political News
Florian Schuett (Tilburg University)
Amedeo Piolatto (IEB, University of Barcelona)
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Politicians' Luck of the Draw: Evidence from the Spanish Christmas Lottery
Manuel Bagues (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Berta Esteve-Volart (York University)
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Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Molly A & B
American Economic Association
Quasi Experimental Evidence on Gender Differences (J1)
Presiding: Shelly Lundberg (University of California-Santa Barbara)
•Willingness to compete: Family matters
Ingvild Almas (NHH Norwegian School of Economics)
Alexander W. Cappele (NHH Norwegian School of Economics)
Kjell G. Salvanes (NHH Norwegian School of Economics)
Erik O. Sorensen (NHH Norwegian School of Economics)
Bertil Tungodden (NHH Norwegian School of Economics)
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GENDER ROLES AND NON-COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR: FIELD EXPERIMENT ON THE EFFECT OF ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION ON INTRA-HOUSEHOLD ALLOCATION IN GHANA
Carolina Castilla (Colgate University)
Thomas Walker (World Bank)
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What Happens When a Woman Wins a Close Election? Evidence from Brazil
Ugo Troiano (Harvard University)
Fernanda Brollo (U iversity of Alicante)
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Are Women Better than Men at Multitasking Household Activities? New Experimental Evidence
Gigi Foster (University of New South Wales)
Charlene Kalenkoski (Ohio University)
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Discussants:
Daniele Paserman (Boston University)
Shelly Lundberg (University of California-Santa-Barbara)
Stefano Gagliaducci (University of Rome)
Peter Kuhn (University of California-Santa Barbara)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Edward C
American Economic Association
Recent Developments in Consumer Bankruptcy Research (K3)
Presiding: Tal Gross (Columbia University)
Social Networks and Personal Bankruptcy
Michelle Miller (Rutgers University)
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The Impact of Health Reform on Personal Bankruptcy
Sarah Miller (University of Illinois)
The Difference a Day (Doesn't) Make: Does Giving Borrowers More Time to Repay Break the Cycle of Repeated Payday Loan Borrowing?
Paige Marta Skiba (Vanderbilt University)
Susan Payne Carter (Vanderbilt University)
Justin Syndor (University of Wisconsin)
How Big a Deal was Bankruptcy Reform?
Tal Gross (Columbia University)
Ben Keys (University of Chicago)
Neale Mahoney (University of Chicago)
Discussants:
Wenli Li (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Matthew J. Notowidigdo (University of Chicago)
Neale Mahoney (University of Chicago)
Benjamin Keys (University of Chicago)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Manchester A
American Economic Association
Taxation in Developing Countries (H2)
Presiding: Dina Pomeranz (Harvard University)
Property Tax Experiment in Punjab, Pakistan: Preliminary Evidence on the Role of Incentives on Tax Inspectors' Behavior
Benjamin A. Olken (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Asim Khwaja (Harvard University)
Adnan Qadir (London School of Economics)
Tax Me if You Can: Third-party Cross-Checks and Evasion Substitution
Dina Pomeranz (Harvard University)
Monica Singhal (Harvard University)
Paul Carrillo (George Washington University)
Tax Me, But Spend Wisely: Public Finance and Government Accountability
Lucie Gadenne (University College London)
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Monitoring and Its Interaction with Punishment in Tax Enforcement: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design
Gabriela Aparicio (George Washington University)
Shahe Emran (Columbia University)
Discussants:
Joel Slemrod (University of Michigan)
Wojciech Kopczuk (Columbia University)
Raymond Fisman (Columbia University)
Stephan Litschig (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Elizabeth Ballroom H
American Economic Association
Technological Innovation and Climate Change (H2)
Presiding: John Van Reenen (London School of Economics)
Carbon Taxes, Path Dependency and Directed Technical Change: Evidence from the Auto Industry
John Van Reenen (London School of Economics)
Philippe Aghion (Harvard University)
Antoine Dechezlepretre (London School of Economics)
David Hemous (Harvard University)
Ralf Martin (Imperial College, London School of Economics)
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Environmental Policy and Directed Technological Change: Evidence from the European Carbon Market
Antoine Dechezlepretre (London School of Economics)
Raphael Calel (London School of Economics)
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Carbon Markets, Carbon Prices and Innovation: Evidence from Interviews with Managers
Ralf Martin (Imperial College, London School of Economics)
Mirabel Muuls (Imperial College, London School of Economics)
Ulrich J. Wagner (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
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Energy-Saving Technical Change
Per Krusell (IIES)
John Hassler (IIES)
Conny Olovsson (IIES)
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Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Randle D
American Economic Association
Topics in Education Policy (I2)
Presiding: John Ham (University of Maryland-College Park and IRP)
The Effect of Teacher Gender on Student Achievement in Primary School
Heather Antecol (Claremont McKenna College and IZA)
Ozkan Eren (University of Nevada-Las Vegas)
Serkan Ozbeklik (Claremont McKenna College)
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Getting Qualified High School Seniors to Enroll in College: An Experimental Study in New Hampshire
Scott Carrell (University of California Davis and NBER)
Bruce Sacerdote (Dartmouth University and NBER)
TBA
Reuben Ford (SRDC)
Philip Oreopoulos (University of Toronto and NBER)
Teacher Quality Policy When Supply Matters
Jesse Rothstein (University of California-Berkeley and NBER)
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Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Manchester B & C
American Economic Association
What Do Economists Think about Major Public Policy Issues? (A1)
Presiding: Anil Kashyap (University of Chicago)
Views among Economists: Professional Consensus or Point-Counterpoint?
Roger Gordon (University of California-San Diego)
Gordon B. Dahl (University of California-San Diego)
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Comparing Beliefs of Economists and the Public
Luigi Zingales (University of Chicago)
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Discussants:
James M. Poterba (Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER)
Paul Krugman (Princeton University)
Monika Piazzesi (Stanford University)
Robert Hall (Stanford University)
David Wessel (Wall Street Journal)
Justin Wolfers (University of Michigan)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Marina Salon D
American Finance Association
Anomalies and Inefficiency II (G1)
Presiding: Long Chen (Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business)
Horizon Pricing
Avraham Kamara (University of Washington)
Robert Korajczyk (Northwestern University)
Xiaoxia Lou (University of Delaware)
Ronnie Sadka (Boston College)
Misvaluation and Return Anomalies in Distress Stocks
Assaf Eisdorfer (University of Connecticut)
Amit Goyal (University of Lausanne)
Alexei Zhdanov (University of Lausanne)
Unknown Unknowns: Vol-of-vol and the Cross-Section of Stock Returns
Guido Baltussen (Erasmus University)
Sjoerd van Bekkum (Erasmus University)
Bart van der Grient (Robeco Asset Management)
Macro to Micro: Country Exposures, Firm Fundamentals and Stock Returns
Ningzhong Li (London Business School)
Scott Richardson (London Business School)
Ayse Tuna (London Business School)
Discussants:
Kent Daniel (Columbia University)
Amiyatosh Purnanandam (University of Michigan)
Zhi Da (University of Notre Dame)
Lauren Cohen (Harvard Business School )
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Balboa & Mission Hills
American Finance Association
Bankruptcy and Distress (G3)
Presiding: Efraim Benmelech (Harvard University)
Boarding a Sinking Ship? An Investigation of Job Applications to Distressed Firms
Jennifer Brown (Northwestern University)
David Matsa (Northwestern University)
Spillover Effects in the Supply Chain: Evidence from Chapter 11 Filings
Madhuparna Kolay (University of Utah)
Michael Lemmon (University of Utah)
Elizabeth Tashjian (University of Utah)
The Causal Effect of Bankruptcy Law on the Cost of Finance
Nicolas Serrano-Velarde (European University Institute)
Giacomo Rodano (Bank of Italy)
Emanuele Tarantino (University of Bologna)
Credit Ratings and Credit Risk
Jens Hilscher (Brandeis University)
Mungo Ivor Wilson (University of Oxford)
Discussants:
Bo Becker (Harvard Business School )
David Smith (University of Virginia)
Brian Melzer (Northwestern University)
Jennifer Dlugosz (Federal Reserve Board)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Marina Salon E
American Finance Association
Dividends, Repurchases, and Private Placements (G3)
Presiding: Mark Leary (Washington University-Saint Louis)
Investor Heterogeneity, Investor-Management Agreement and Open-Market Share Repurchases
Anjan Thakor (Washington University-Saint Louis)
Sheng Huang (Singapore Management University)
Buybacks Around the World
Alberto Manconi (Tilburg University)
Urs Peyer (INSEAD)
Theo Vermaelen (INSEAD)
Returns Over the Life-Cycles of Open Market Repurchase Programs
Leonce Bargeron (University of Pittsburgh)
Alice Bonaime (University of Kentucky)
Shawn Thomas (University of Pittsburgh)
Agency Implications of Equity Market Timing
Yuri Tserlukevich (Arizona State University)
Ilona Babenko (Arizona State University)
Pengcheng Wan (Arizona State University)
Discussants:
Scott Weisbenner (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Roni Michaely (Cornell University)
Yelena Larkin (Pennsylvania State University)
Jacob Oded (Tel Aviv University)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Marina Salon F
American Finance Association
Financial Regulation and Policy (G2)
Presiding: Patrick Bolton (Columbia University)
Macroprudential Policy, Countercyclical Bank Capital Buffers and Credit Supply: Evidence from the Spanish Dynamic Provisioning Experiments
Jose-Luis Peydro (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Gabriel Jimenez (Bank of Spain)
Steven Ongena (Tilburg University)
Jesus Saurina Salas (Bank of Spain)
"When the Cat's Away the Mice Will Play": Does Regulation at Home Affect Bank Risk Taking Abroad?
Alexander Popov (European Central Bank)
Steven Ongena (Tilburg University)
Gregory Udell (Indiana University-Bloomington)
Dynamic Macro-Prudential Regulation
Malherbe Frederic (London Business School)
Supervising Cross-Border Banks: Theory, Evidence and Policy
Thorsten Beck (Tilburg University)
Radomir Todorov (Tilburg University)
Wolf Wagner (Tilburg University)
Discussants:
Tobias Adrian (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
David Skeie (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Anton Korinek (University of Maryland)
Elod Takats (Bank for International Settlements)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Cardiff & Carlsbad
American Finance Association
Investment, Q, and Frictions (G3)
Presiding: Neng Wang (Columbia University)
Beyond Q: Estimating Investment without Asset Prices
Vito Gala (London Business School)
Joao Gomes (University of Pennsylvania)
Cross-Sectional Tobin's Q
Frederico Belo (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities)
Chen Xue (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)
Lu Zhang (Ohio State University)
Testing Dynamic Agency Theory via Structural Estimation
Boris Nikolov (University of Rochester)
Lukas Schmid (Duke University)
Discussants:
Toni Whited (University of Rochester)
Dimitris Papanikolaou (Northwestern University)
Andrea Eisfeldt (University of California-Los Angeles)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Marina Salon G
American Finance Association
Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts (G3)
Presiding: Jarrad Harford (University of Washington)
Large Wealth Creation in Mergers and Acquisitions
Eliezer Fich (Drexel University)
Tu Nguyen (Drexel University)
Micah S. Officer (Loyola Marymount University)
Hunting the Hunters: New Evidence on the Drivers of Acquirer's Announcement Returns in M&As
Ludovic Phalippou (University of Oxford)
Fangming Xu (University of Bristol)
Huainan Zhao (Nottingham University)
Structural Investigation of Acquiring Managers' Incentives in Takeovers
Di Li (Georgia State University)
Value Creation Estimates Beyond Announcement Returns: Mega-Mergers versus Other Mergers
Dinara Bayazitova (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Matthias Kahl (University of Colorado-Boulder)
Rossen Valkanov (University of California-San Diego)
Discussants:
Ran Duchin (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)
Sandy Klasa (University of Arizona)
Andrey Malenko (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Ronald Masulis (University of New South Wales)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Rancho Santa Fe 3
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
Bubbles and Real Estate Cycles (R2)
Presiding: Todd Sinai (University of Pennsylvania)
Integration and Contagion in US Housing Markets
John Cotter (University of Dublin)
Stuart Gabriel (University of California-Los Angeles)
Richard Roll (University of California-Los Angeles)
Booms-and-Busts in House Prices Explained by Constraints in Housing Supply
Carles Vergara-Alert (IESE Business School)
Narayan Bulusu (Bank of Canada)
Jefferson Duarte (Rice University)
Bubbles in Open Economies: Theory and Evidence From New Zealand's Housing Bubble
Henri Buchsteiner (University of Cambridge)
Kirill Zavodov (University of Cambridge)
Housing Demand Through Boom and Bust
Andrew Paciorek (Federal Reserve Board)
Discussants:
Fernando Ferreira (University of Pennsylvania)
Morris Davis (University of Wisconsin)
Robert Martin (Federal Reserve Board)
Thomas Davidoff (University of British Columbia)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Torrey Pines 2
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
Location and Neighborhood (R2)
Presiding: Matthew Kahn (University of California-Los Angeles)
Slums in Developing Countries: New Evidence for Indonesia
Jan Brueckner (University of California-Irvine)
Social Interaction and Urban Location Decisions
Zackary Hawley (Georgia State University)
Geoffrey Turnbull (University of Central Florida)
Estimating Neighborhood Choice Models: Lessons from a Housing Assistance Experiment
Sebastian Galiani (Washington University in St. Louis)
Alvin Murphy (Washington University in St. Louis)
Juan Pantano (Washington University in St. Louis)
Patterns of Gentrification in U.S. Cities
Richard Martin (University of Georgia)
Discussants:
Matthew Kahn (University of California-Los Angeles)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Rancho Santa Fe 2
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
Real Estate Investment (R3) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator: Anthony Sanders (George Mason University)
Joseph Ooi (National University of Singapore)
Robert Edelstein (University of California-Berkeley)
Thomas Chi Chiu Lai (University of Hong Kong)
Paul Anglin (University of Guelph)
Gianluca Maarcato (University of Reading)
Norman Miller (University of San Diego)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Gallery
Association for Comparative Economic Studies/American Economic Association
Social and Economic Consequences of Land Reforms in Russia (N3)
Presiding: Sergei Guriev (New Economic School)
Did Serfdom Matter? Economic Consequences of Emancipation in the Russian Empire
Andrei Markevich (New Economic School)
Ekaterina Zhuravskaya (Paris School of Economics and New Economic School)
Does Reform Prevent Rebellion? Evidence from Russia's Emancipation of the Serfs
Evgeny Finkel (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Scott Gehlbach (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Tricia Olsen (University of Denver)
Property Rights and Internal Migration: The Case of the Stolypin Agrarian Reform in the Russian Empire
Eugenia Chernina (Toulouse School of Economics)
Paul Castaneda Dower (New Economic School)
Andrei Markevich (New Economic School)
Revolution and Industrialization in Russia Through the Lens of Neoclassical Growth Theory
Anton Cheremukhin (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)
Mikhail Golosov (Princeton University)
Sergei Guriev (New Economic Schoo)
Aleh Tsyvinski (Yale University)
Discussants:
Amanda Gregg (Yale University)
Paul Gregory (University of Houston)
Steven Nafziger (Williams College)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Point Loma & Solana
Association for Evolutionary Economics
European Economic and Financial Crises and Capital Flows (Ayres Visiting Scholar Session) (G3)
Presiding: James Galbraith (University of Texas-Austin)
Financial Crises and Centre-Periphery Capital Flows
Ali Tarhan (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey)
Is the Euro Crisis Fuelling Europe's Evolution into Closer Unity or Just a Case of Reverse Alchemy?
Yanis Varoufakis (University of Athens, Greece, University of Texas-Austin, and Valve Corporation (Ayres Visiting Scholar 2013))
Dutch Bankers on the Financial Crisis: Views on Formal and Informal Institutions in 2012
Irene van Staveren (Institute of Social Studies, The Netherlands)
Sovereign Debt Crises in European Varieties of Capitalism
Klaus Nielsen (University of London, UK)
Debt Crises: Is a Global Restructuring Implementable?
David Cayla (Universite d'Angers, France)
Discussants:
Wolfram Elsner (University of Bremen, Germany)
John Marangos (University of Crete, Greece)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Maggie
Association of Environmental & Resource Economists
Energy Efficiency and Consumer Behavior (Q4)
Presiding: Stephen Holland (University of North Carolina-Greensboro)
Energy Efficiency Behavior: The Role of Information, Capital Costs, and Individual Discount Rates
Richard Newell (Duke University)
Juha Siikamaki (Resources for the Future)
How Consumers Respond to Product Certification: A Welfare Analysis of the Energy Star Program
Sébastien Houde (Stanford University)
Determinants of Residential Demand for Green Energy: A Cross-Country Analysis
Chandra Kiran Krishnamurthy (Umeå University)
Bengt Kriström (Swedish Agricultural University)
Regulating Hidden Attributes: Assigning Emission Factors in Low-Carbon Fuel Standards
Derek Lemoine (University of Arizona)
Discussants:
Ken Gillingham (Yale University)
David Rapson (University of California-Davis)
Arnab Mitra (University of Michigan)
Stephen Holland (University of North Carolina-Greensboro)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Miramar
Association of Financial Economists
Incentives, Contracts and Institutions (G3)
Presiding: Anthony Saunders (New York University)
Why is Debt Tax-Deductible? Incentives and Public Policy
Kose John (New York University)
Lemma W. Senbet (University of Maryland)
CEO Talent, CEO Compensation, and Product Market Competition
Hae Won Jung (University of Melbourne)
Ajay Subramanian (Georgia State University)
Agency Costs, Information, and the Structure of Corporate Debt Covenants
Richard Lowery (University of Texas-Austin)
Malcolm Wardlaw (University of Texas-Austin)
Discussants:
Dhammika Dharmapala (University of Illinois)
Alex Edmans (University of Pennsylvania)
Andrew Winton (University of Minnesota)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Ford C
Chinese Economic Association in North America
Health and Economic Development (I1)
Presiding: Michael Grossman (City University of New York Graduate Center)
Why Do the Rich Have So Few Kids?
Jeffrey Ely (Northwestern University)
Adriana Lleras-Muney (University of California-Los Angeles)
Does Health Matter? A Quantitative Analysis of Cross-Country Income Differences
Yin-Chi Wang (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Medicaid Insurance in Old Age
Cristina DeNardi (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Eric French (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
John Jones (State University of New York-Albany)
Intergeneration Transfer of Human Capital: Results from a Natural Experiment in Taiwan
Wehn-Jyuan Tsai (Shih Hsin University, Taiwan)
Jin-Tan Liu (National Taiwan University)
Shin-Yi Chou (Lehigh University)
Michael Grossman (City University of New York Graduate Center)
Discussants:
Masanori Kashiwagi (National Taiwan University)
Yi-Chan Tsai (University of Tokyo)
Minchung Hsu (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan)
Elaine Liu (University of Houston)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Cunningham A & B
Econometric Society
Contract Theory (D8)
Presiding: Yuliy Sannikov (Princeton University)
Optimal Long-term Contracting with Learning
Zhiguo He (University of Chicago)
Bin Wei (Federal Reserve Board)
Jianfeng Yu (University of Minnesota)
Flexible Renegotation and Persistent Private Information
Bruno Strulovici (Northwestern University)
Agency Models with Frequent Actions: A Quadratic Approximation Method
Tomasz Sadzik (New York University)
Ennio Stacchetti (New York University)
Moral Hazard and Long-Run Incentives
Yuliy Sannikov (Princeton University)
Discussants:
Yuliy Sannikov (Princeton University)
Jianfeng Yu (University of Minnesota)
Bruno Strulovici (Northwestern University)
Ennio Stacchetti (New York University)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Cunningham C
Econometric Society
Incentive Pay and Competition (G3)
Presiding: Jean Tirole (Economics TSE)
Rising Through the Ranks: The Evolution of the Market for Corporate Executives, 1936-2003
Carola Frydman (Boston University)
Competitive Pay and Work Ethics
Roland Benabou (Princeton University)
Jean Tirole (Toulouse School of Economics)
The (Ir)resistible Rise of Agency Rents
Bruno Biais (Toulouse School of Economics)
Augustin Landier (Toulouse School of Economics)
Seeking Alpha: Excess Risk Taking and Competition for Managerial Talent
Viral V. Acharya (New York University)
Marco Pagano (Universite di Napoli Federico II)
Paolo Volpin (London Business School)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, America's Cup A & B
Econometric Society
International Finance and Currency Risk (F3)
Presiding: Adrien Verdelhan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Conditional Currency Risk Premia
Martin Lettau (University of California-Berkeley)
Matteo Maggiori (New York University)
Michael Weber (University of California-Berkeley)
Pass-Through, Exposure, and the Currency Composition of Debt
Michael Michaux (University of Southern California)
The Share of Systematic Variation in Bilateral Exchange Rates
Adrien Verdelhan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Monetary Policy and the Uncovered Interest Rate Parity Puzzle
David Backus (New York University)
Federico Gavazzoni (Carnegie Mellon University)
Christopher Telmer (Carnegie Mellon University)
Stanley E. Zin (New York University)
Discussants:
Ralph Koijen (University of Chicago)
Veronica Rappoport (Columbia University)
Matteo Maggiori (University of California-Berkeley)
Bernard Dumas (INSEAD)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Gibbons
Econometric Society
Nonstationary Time Series (C2)
Presiding: Jun Yu (Singapore Management University)
Co-summability: From Linear to Non-linear Co-integration
Vanessa Berenguer-Rico (University of Oxford)
Jesus Gonzalo (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Regulated Variance Ratio Unit Root Tests
Mirza Trokic (McGill University)
Limits on the Linear Process of GARCH(1,1) Noises with Applications to Unit Root Tests
Chor-yiu Sin (National Tsing Hua University)
Double Asymptotics for Explosive Continuous Time Models
Xiaohu Wang (Singapore Management University)
Jun Yu (Singapore Management University)
Discussants:
Norman Swanson (Rutgers University)
Jesus Gonzalo (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Benoit Perron (University of Montreal)
Yacine Ait-Sahalia (Princeton University)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, America's Cup C
Econometric Society
Search and Mechanisms (J6)
Presiding: Benoit Julien (University of New South Wales)
Moral-Hazard Credit Cycles with Risk-Averse Agents
Roger Myerson (University of Chicago)
Buyers, Seller and Middlemen: Variations on Search-Theoretic Themes
Yuet-Yee Linda Wong (Binghamton University)
Randall Wright (University of Wisconsin)
Matching by Luck or Search? Empirical Evidence from Executive Labor Market
Michael Peters (University of British Columbia)
Pai XU (University of Hong Kong)
Directed Search and Moral Hazard
Benoit Julien (University of New South Wales)
Guillaume F. Roger (University of New South wales)
Discussants:
Michael Peters (University of British Columbia)
John Kennes (Aarhus University)
Gabriele Camera (Purdue University)
Veronica Guerrieri (University of Chicago)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Coronado Room
Health Economics Research Organization/American Economic Association
Early Effects of the 2010 Affordable Care Act (I1)
Presiding: Donald Yett (University of Southern California)
Did the Affordable Care Act's Dependent Coverage Provision Expand Health Insurance Coverage for Young Adults?
Joel C. Cantor (University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey)
Alan C. Monheit (University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey)
Derek Delia (University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey)
Kristen Lloyd (University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey)
An Early Look at the Preventive Care Provisions in the Affordable Care Act
Stacey McMorrow (Urban Institute)
Genevieve M. Kenney (Urban Institute)
Evaluating the Short-Run Impact of Medical Loss Ratio Regulation on the Individual and Small Group Markets
Jean M. Abraham (University of Minnesota)
Pinar Karaca-Mandic (University of Minnesota)
Kosali Simon (Indiana University)
Discussants:
Thomas Buchmueller (University of Michigan)
Donald Kenkel (Cornell University)
Michael E. Chernew (Harvard University)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Madeleine A
Industrial Organization Society
Empirical Behavioral Industrial Organization (L2)
Presiding: Matthew Shum (California Institute of Technology)
Estimating Structural Models of Limited Strategic Thinking in the Field: The Case of Missing Movie Critic Reviews
Alex Brown (Texas A&M University)
Colin Camerer (California Institute of Technology)
Dan Lovallo (University of Sydney)
When to Exit: Limited Rationality in Firm Decisions
Avi Goldfarb (University of Toronto)
Mo Xiao (University of Arizona)
Learning from Experience, Simply
Juanjuan Zhang (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
John Hauser (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Song Lin (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Multitasking and Incentive Effects: Evidence from Chinese Factories
Tanjim Hossain (University of Toronto)
Fuhai Hong (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)
John A. List (University of Chicago)
Migiwa Tanaka (University of Toronto)
Discussants:
Christopher Snyder (Dartmouth College)
Robert Adams (Federal Reserve Board)
Jacob Gramlich (Federal Reserve Board)
Ying Fan (University of Michigan)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Rancho Santa Fe 1
International Banking, Economics & Finance Association
Credit Relationships and Constraints (G2)
Presiding: Diana Hancock (Federal Reserve Board)
On the Importance of Prior Relationships in Bank Loans to Retail Customers
Manju Puri (Duke University)
Jorg Rocholl (European School of Management and Technology)
Sascha Steffen (European School of Management and Technology)
Lending Relationships and Credit Rationing: The Impact of Securitization
Santiago Carbo-Valverde (Bangor University, UK)
Hans Degryse (University of Leuven)
Francisco Rodriguez-Fernandez (University of Grenada)
Financial Constraints of Private Firms and Bank Lending Behavior
Patrick Behr (Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration)
Lars Norden (Erasmus University)
Felix North (Goethe University)
A Model of Investment Subject to Financing Constraints
Alistair Milne (Loughboroough University)
Donald Robertson (University of Cambridge)
Discussants:
Lamont K. Black (Federal Reserve Board)
Kasper Roszbach (Sveriges Riksbank)
Tara Rice (Federal Reserve Board)
Tassos Malliaris (Loyola University)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Oceanside
Labor & Employment Relations Association
Entrepreneurism, Good Jobs, Successful Enterprises, and 21st Century Prosperity (Employment Policy Research Network) (0) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator: Thomas Kochan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Adam Seth Litwin (Johns Hopkins University)
Scott Stern (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
John Haltiwanger (University of Maryland)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Laguna
Labor & Employment Relations Association/Union for Radical Political Economists
Insights of Marxist-Radical Thought for Employment Relations Practice and Theory (J5)
Presiding: Rafael Gomez (University of Toronto)
A Marxian Critique of and Alternative to U.S. Industrial Relations Theory and Practice
Michael Hillard (University of Southern Maine)
Richard McIntyre (University of Rhode Island)
The Employment Relation during Economic Crisis: Unemployment, Work Intensity, Hires, and Wages
Michele Naples (College of New Jersey)
From Monopoly Capital to Universal Competition: Radicals and Classical Marxists on Industrial Relations
James Devine (Loyola-Marymount University)
Sidney and Beatrice Webb, Fabian Rent Theory, and Labor Exploitation
Bruce E. Kaufman (Georgia State University)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Leucadia
Labor & Employment Relations Association
Unions, Immigrant Workers, and the Crisis of Capitalism (J5)
Presiding: Daniel Cornfield (Vanderbilt University)
Unions and Immigrant Workers in the US and Germany
Lee Howard Adler (Cornell University)
Michael Fichter (Free University of Berlin)
Unions and Immigrant Workers in the UK and France
Lowell Turner (Cornell University)
Identities, Education, Coalition Building: A Four-Country Comparative Analysis
Gabriella Alberti (Leeds University)
Jane Holgate (University of Leeds)
Discussants:
Ana Avendano (AFL-CIO)
Stefania Marino (University of Manchester)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Madeleine C & D
Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association
Contrasting Policy Advice at Time of Crisis: Latin America Then, Advanced Economies Now: What Have We Learned? (E6) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator: Roberto Rigobon (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Laura Alfaro (Harvard University)
Olivier Blanchard (International Monetary Fund and Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Ricardo Hausmann (Harvard University)
Simon Johnson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Carmen Reinhart (Peterson Institute for International Economics)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Madeleine B
Middle East Economic Association
Human Capital Topics in the MENA Countries (J1)
Presiding: Hassan Aly (Ohio State University)
Geographical Concentration of Human Capital in Turkey: Testing the Link between Returns to Education and Endowments of Human Capital
Burhan Can Karahasan (Okan University)
Enrique Lopez Bazo (University of Barcelona)
Educational Outcomes of 2nd Generation Middle East Migrants to Europe and North America
Hisham Foad (San Diego State University)
Determinants of Fertility Transition in Turkey: A Panel Data Analysis
Aysit Tansel (Middle East Technical University and IZA)
Gender Inequality in the MENA: Myths versus Facts
Nezahat Kucuk (Eastern Mediterranean University)
Discussants:
Edward Sayre (University of Southern Mississippi)
Mehmet Tosun (University of Nevada-Reno)
Hisham Foad (San Diego State University)
Aysit Tansel (Middle East Technical University and IZA)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Hyatt, Del Mar A & B
National Association of Forensic Economics
Forensic Economics II - Treatment of Taxes and Other Issues in Forensic Economics (K1)
Presiding: Stephen Horner (Economic Consulting)
The Treatment of Income Taxes in Personal Injury Cases: A Summary of Various Rationales from the State Courts
David Schap (College of the Holy Cross)
Tax Effects on Future Income Lost to Injury or Death
Scott Gilbert (Southern Illinois University at Carbondale)
Millo v. Delius and Losses that Are “Not Otherwise Compensable”: Analysis of an Important 2012 Decision
Thomas R. Ireland (University of Missouri-St. Louis)
Discussants:
Michael Nieswiadomy (University of North Texas)
Karen Smith (AdamsSmith Economics)
Constantine M. Boukidis (Vavoulis, Weiner & McNulty)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Torrey Pines 3
National Economic Association/American Society of Hispanic Economists
Pathways to Adulthood: Education, Healthcare, and Wealth Accumulation (J2)
Presiding: Mark López (Pew Hispanic Center)
Empirical Evidence of the Effects of Incarceration on Wealth Accumulation
Ngina Chiteji (Skidmore College)
The Effects of Job Corps Training on Wages
German Blanco (State University of New York-Binghamton)
Carlos Flores (University of Miami)
Alfonso Flores-Lagunes (State University of New York-Binghamton)
The Effect of U.S. Amnesty on Immigrant Youth Postsecondary Educational Access
Kalena Cortes (Texas A&M University)
Health Care Usage and Health Status of Immigrant Children: The Effects of Nativity versus Citizenship
Monica Garcia-Pere (St. Cloud State University)
Discussants:
Rucker Johnson (University of California-Berkeley)
Ronald Oaxaca (University of Arizona)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Atlanta
Society of Government Economists
Principles for Successful Investment in Indian Country (O1)
Presiding: Malka Pattison (U.S. Department of Interior)
Natural Resources on American Indian Reservations: Blessing or Curse?
Terry L. Anderson (Property and Environment Research Center)
Dominic P. Parker (Montana State University)
Indian Tribal Government Access to Tax-Exempt Bond Financing
Edith Brashares (U.S. Department of the Treasury)
Siobhan O'Keefe (U.S. Department of the Treasury)
Native American Participation in Value Chains
Leonard Greenhalgh (Dartmouth College)
Business Investment on American Indian Reservations: Heterogeneous Effects
Miriam Jorgensen (University of Arizona)
Randall Akee (Tufts University)
Discussants:
Judith Vergun (Consultant)
David Joulfaian (Department of the Treasury)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Malibu
Union for Radical Political Economists
Integrating Real and Financial Determinants of Economic Crisis (B1)
Presiding: Dorene Isenberg (University of Redlands)
Real and Financial Determinants of the Profit Share of Income 1980-2006
Matthew Bezreh (Bowdoin College)
Jonathan Goldstein (Bowdoin College)
Theories of Capitalist Instability: Real and Financial Components of Accumulation
Özgür Orhangazi (Kadir Has University, Turkey)
Growth, Instability and Fragility: Collapses of Three U.S. Institutional Structures
Ray Boddy (San Diego State University)
The Current Economic Crisis in the U.S.: A Crisis of Over-Investment
David Kotz (University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Financial Architectures and Development: Resilience, Policy Space and Human Development in the Global South
Ilene Grabel (University of Denver)
Discussants:
Özgür Orhangazi (Kadir Has University, Turkey)
Ilene Grabel (University of Denver)
Jan 05, 2013 8:00 am, Marriott, Newport Beach
Union for Radical Political Economists
Labor Markets and the Great Recession (E2)
Presiding: Aaron Pacitti (Siena College)
Is a Fair Labor Market Compatible with Full Employment and Price Stability? An Empirical Analysis of the Social Bargain
Aaron Pacitti (Siena College)
From Wall Street to Bree Street: The Great Recession and Informal Employment in South Africa
Jennifer Cohen (Whitman College)
Employer of Last Resort under the “Pay As You Go” Legislation: A Fairmodel Simulation
Michael Murray (Bemidji State University)
The Great Recession and Labor Market Flows in New York State
Arindam Mandal (Siena College)
Discussants:
Michael Murray (Bemidji State University)
Arindam Mandal (Siena College)
Aaron Pacitti (Siena College)
Jennifer Cohen (Whitman College)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Cunningham A & B
African Finance & Economics Association
Issues in African Development and Economic Transformation (O1)
Presiding: Olu Ajakaiye (African Centre for Shared Development)
The Fertility Transition in South Africa: A Retrospective Panel Data Analysis
Rulof Burger (University of Stellenbosch)
Ronelle Burger (University of Stellenbosch)
Market Competition in Export Cash Crops and Farm Income in Africa
Nicolás M. Depetris Chauvin (African Center for Economic Transformation, Ghana)
Guido G. Porto (Universidad de La Plata, Argentina)
Trust and Moral Hazard: An Analysis of the Motorcycle-Taxi Market in Togo and Benin
Moussa P. Blimpo (Stanford University)
Labor Markets in Swaziland: The Challenge of Youth Unemployment
Zuzana Brixiova (UNDP)
Robert Fakudze (Swaziland Ministry of Labor and Social Security)
Kumiko Imai (UNICEF)
Thierry Kangoye (UN Economic Commission for Africa and University of Auvergne)
Preferential Trade Agreements, Employment, and Productivity: Evaluating the Impacts of AGOA and Its Apparel Provisions
Francis Mulangu (African Center for Economic Transformation, Ghana)
Promoting Industrial Development in Africa: Serendipity or Good Policy?
Steve Onyeiwu (Allegheny College)
Jane Karonga (UN Economic Commission for Africa)
Discussants:
Abdoul Mijiyawa (African Center for Economic Transformation, Ghana)
John Karikari (US Government Accountability Office)
Samuel Amponsah (Tokyo International University)
Marva Corley-Coulibaly (International Labour Office, Geneva)
Elijah Obayelu (Federal University of Agriculture, Nigeria)
Julius Gatune Kariuki (African Center for Economic Transformation)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Torrey Pines 1
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
What is the Future for Biofuels? (Q4)
Presiding: David Zilberman (University of California-Berkeley)
Biofuels Without Subsidies: Oxymoron or Reality
Bruce Babcock (Iowa State University)
Challenges for Environmentally Sustainable Biofuels: Policy, Technology and Markets
Madhu Khanna (University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Xiaoguang Chen (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics)
The Indirect Effect of Biofuels: What Can We Say?
David Zilberman (University of California-Berkeley)
Geoff Barrows (University of California-Berkeley)
Gal Hochman (Rutgers University)
Deepak Rajagopal (University of California-Los Angeles)
Discussants:
Antonio Bento (Cornell University)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Randle A & B
American Economic Association
After the Crisis: What Did We Learn, and What Should We Teach, about Monetary Policy? (A2) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator: Janet Yellen (Federal Reserve Board)
Martin Eichenbaum (Northwestern University)
Benjamin M. Friedman (Harvard University)
Mark Gertler (New York University)
Michael Woodford (Columbia University)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Gregory A & B
American Economic Association
Causes and Consequences of Split-Household Migration (O1)
Presiding: Mark Rosenzweig (Yale University)
Mexicans in America
Maria Genoni (World Bank)
Gabriela Farfan (Duke University)
Luis Rubalcava (CAMBS)
Graciela Teruel (Universidad Iberoamericana)
Duncan Thomas (Duke University)
Village Political Economy, Land Tenure Insecurity, and the Rural to Urban Migration Decision: Evidence from China
John Giles (World Bank)
Ren Mu (Texas A&M University)
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Seasonal Migration and Risk Aversion
Gharad Bryan (London School of Economics)
Shyamal Chowdhury (University of Sydney)
Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale University)
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Interaction Between Migrants and Origin Households: Evidence from Linked Data
Joyce J. Chen (The Ohio State University)
Nazmul Hassan (Dhaka University)
Discussants:
Francisca Antman (University of Colorado-Boulder)
Alan de Brauw (International Food Policy Research Institute)
Michael Clemens (Center for Global Development)
Mark R. Rosenzweig (Yale University)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Elizabeth Ballroom B
American Economic Association
Default Risk and Aggregate Fluctuations (E3)
Presiding: Francois Gourio (Boston University)
Macroeconomic Risk and Debt Overhang
Hui Chen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Gustavo Manso (University of California-Berkeley)
Distressed, but not risky: Reconciling the empirical relationship between financial distress, market-based risk indicators, and stock returns (and more)
Ali K. Ozdagli (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)
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Understanding the Behavior of Distress Stocks
Yasser Boualam (University of Pennsylvania)
Joao Gomes (University of Pennsylvania)
Colin Ward (University of Pennsylvania)
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Credit Risk and Disaster Risk
Francois Gourio (Boston University)
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Discussants:
Ian Dew-Becker (Harvard University)
Dirk Hackbarth (University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Lars Kuehn (Carnegie Mellon University)
Pengfei Wang (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Randle D
American Economic Association
Economic Analysis of Environmental Policy (Q5)
Presiding: Don Fullerton (University of Illinois)
Measuring the General Equilibrium Benefits of Air Quality Regulation in Small Urban Areas
Constant Tra (University of Nevada-Las Vegas)
Helen Neill (University of Nevada-Las Vegas)
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Climate Change and U.S. Electric Power
Ian Sue Wing (Boston University)
Karina Veliz Roja (Boston University)
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Does the Effect of Pollution on Infant Mortality Differ between Developing and Developed Countries? Evidence from Mexico City
Paulina Oliva (University of California-Santa Barbara)
Eva Arceo (CIDE)
Rema Hanna (Harvard University, NBER, and BREAD)
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The Value of Water in the U.S. Economy: Problems of Basic Inference
Nicholas E. Flores (University of Colorado-Boulder)
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Discussants:
V. Kerry Smith (Arizona State University)
Catherine Wolfram (University of California-Berkeley)
Janet Currie (Princeton University)
Michael Hanemann (Arizona State University)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Elizabeth Ballroom A
American Economic Association
Extreme Wage Inequality: Evidence and Policy Responses (J3)
Presiding: John Van Reenen (London School of Economics)
Extreme Wage Inequality: Pay at the Very Top
Brian Bell (London School of Economics)
John Van Reenen (London School of Economics)
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Family, Education, and Sources of Wealth Among the Richest Americans, 1982-2012
Steven Kaplan (University of Chicago)
Joshua Rauh (Stanford University)
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The Evolution of Top Incomes and Top Tax Rates: Evidence and Policy Implications
Emmanuel Saez (University of California-Berkeley)
Bailouts and the Optimal Taxation of Bonus Pay
Timothy Besley (London School of Economics)
Maitreesh Ghatak (London School of Economics)
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Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Manchester A
American Economic Association
Financial Frictions and Real Activity: Lessons from the Crisis (E3)
Presiding: Tobias Adrian (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Which Financial Frictions? Parsing the Evidence from the Financial Crisis of 2007-09
Tobias Adrian (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Paolo Colla (Bocconi University)
Hyun Song Shin (Princeton University)
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Corporate Debt Structure and the Financial Crisis
Fiorella De Fiore (European Central Bank)
Harald Uhlig (University of Chicago)
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Global Banks, Financial Shocks and International Business Cycles: Evidence from an Estimated Model
Robert Kollmann (European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Universite Libre de Bruxelles and CEPR)
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Aggregate Implications of a Credit Crunch
Francisco Buera (University of California-Los Angeles)
Benjamin Moll (Princeton University)
Discussants:
Vincenzo Quadrini (University of Southern California)
Egon Zakrajsek (Federal Reserve Board)
Skander Van den Heuvel (Federal Reserve Board)
Tim Fuerst (University of Notre Dame)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Manchester F
American Economic Association
Financial Policies: Lessons from Historical and Long Run Perspectives (G1)
Presiding: William Goetzmann (Yale University)
Financial Innovation in Late-Eighteenth Century Netherlands: The Case of American Land Securities
Rik Frehen (Tilburg University)
William N. Goetzmann (Yale University)
Geert Rouwenhorst (Yale University)
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A Century of Capital Structure: The Leveraging of Corporate America
John Graham (Duke University)
Mark Leary (Washigton University in St. Louis)
Michael R. Roberts (University of Pennsylvania)
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A Century of Firm-Bank Relationships: Did Banking Sector Deregulation Spur Firms to Add Banks and Borrow More?
Fabio Braggion (Tilburg University)
Steven Ongena (Tilburg University)
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Economic Effects of Runs on Early "Shadow Banks": Trust Companies and the Impact of the Panic of 1907
Carola Frydman (Boston University)
Eric Hilt (Wellesley College)
Lily Zhou (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
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Discussants:
Peter Koudijs (Stanford University)
Anthony Saunders (New York University)
David Thesmar (HEC Paris)
Stewart Myers (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Edward C
American Economic Association
Gender, Trade and Productivity Shocks (J1)
Presiding: Claudia Olivetti (Boston University)
Offshoring and Firm‐Level Task Composition: Is there a Gender Component?
Giovanni Peri (University of California-Davis)
Jennifer Poole (University of California-Santa Cruz)
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Gender Empowerment in 19thCentury Sweden: Using Historical Data to Assess the Effects of Trade Shocks on Women's Economic Empowerment
Emilia Simeonova (Tufts University)
Andreas Madestam (Stockholm University)
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Men, Women, and Machines: How Trade Impacts Gender Inequality
Chinhui Juhn (University of Houston)
Gergely Ujhelyi (University of Houston)
Carolina Villegas-Sanchez (University of Houston)
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The German ‘Rosie the Riveter’: The Long-Term Effects of Postwar Reconstruction on Female Employment and Family Formation
Melanie Khamis (Wesleyan University)
Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel (Dalhousie University, IZA, and HICH)
Mutlu Yuksel (Dalhousie University and IZA)
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Discussants:
Gordon B. Dahl (University of California-San Diego)
Melissa A. Thomasson (Miami University of Ohio)
David Dorn (CEMFI)
Claudia Olivetti (Boston University)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Manchester B & C
American Economic Association
Health Insurance and Government Mandates: A Session to Honor Amy Finkelstein, John Bates Clark Medalist for 2012 (I1) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator: Amitabh Chandra (Harvard University)
Amy Finkelstein (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Martin Feldstein (Harvard University)
Jonathan Gruber (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Jonathan Skinner (Dartmouth College)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Elizabeth Ballroom H
American Economic Association
Household Heterogeneity, Business Cycles, and Monetary Policy (E2)
Presiding: Yuriy Gorodnichenko (University of California-Berkeley)
Inflation Expectations and Readiness to Spend: Cross-Sectional Evidence
Eric Sims (University of Notre Dame and NBER)
Rudi Bachmann (RWTH Aachen University, University of Michigan, NBER, CESifo, and Ifo Institute)
Tim O. Berg (Ifo Institute)
Monetary Policy and Inequality in the US
Olivier Coibion (College of William and Mary and NBER)
Yuriy Gorodnichenko (University of California-Berkeley and NBER)
Lorenz Kueng (University of California-Berkeley and NBER)
John Silvia (Wells Fargo Bank)
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Income Inequality and Current Account Imbalances
Michael Kumhof (International Monetary Fund)
Claire Lebarz (Paris School of Economics)
Romain Ranciere (Paris School of Economics and International Monetary Fund)
Alexander W. Richter (Indiana University)
Nathaniel A. Throckmorton (Indiana University)
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Intergenerational Redistribution in the Great Recession
Andrew Glover (University of Texas-Austin)
Jonathan Heathcote (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and CEPR)
Dirk Krueger (CEPR, University of Pennsylvania, and NBER)
Jose-Victor Rios-Rull (University of Minnesota, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, CEPR, and NBER CAERP)
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Discussants:
William A. Branch (University of California-Irvine)
James K. Galbraith (University of Texas-Austin)
Menzie Chinn (University of Wisconsin)
Martin Schneider (Stanford University)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Elizabeth Ballroom F
American Economic Association
International Macroeconomics (F3)
Presiding: David Backus (New York University)
The Real Exchange Rate, Real Interest Rates, and the Risk Premium
Charles Engel (University of Wisconsin)
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Evaluating International Consumption Risk Sharing Gains: An Asset Return View
Karen Lewis (University of Pennsylvania)
Edith Liu (Cornell University)
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BKK the EZ Way: An International Production Economy with Recursive Preferences
Riccardo Colacito (University of North Carolina)
Max Croce (University of North Carolina)
Steve Ho (University of North Carolina)
Philip Howard (University of North Carolina)
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The Share of Systematic Risk in Bilateral Exchange Rates
Adrien Verdelhan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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Discussants:
Nick Roussanov (University of Pennsylvania)
Matteo Maggiori (New York University)
David Backus (New York University)
Martin Evans (Georgetown University)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Manchester D
American Economic Association
Macro/International Finance (F4) (Poster Session)
Presiding: P.J. Glandon (Kenyon College)
Rating Systems and Procyclicality, an Evaluation in a DSGE Framework
Li Lin (University of Oxford)
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New Disaggregated Data on Flow of Funds and Economic Activity in the United States, 1816-1910, from the US Postal System
Robert W. Dimand (Brock University)
Terence M. Hines (Pace University)
Thomas Velk (McGill University)
Olivia Gong (McGill University)
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Native students and the gains from exporting higher education: evidence from Australia
Li Zhou (University of Alberta)
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Unexceptional Exporter Performance in China? The Role of Processing Trade
Mi Dai (Peking University)
Miaojie Yu (Peking University)
Madhura Maitra (Columbia University)
Saving the Euro: Mitigating Financial or Trade Spillovers?
Stijn Claessens (IMF)
Hui Tong (IMF)
Igor Zuccardi (University of Maryland)
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Stealing to Survive? Crime and Income Shocks in 19th Century France
Vincent Bignon (Bank of France)
Eve Caroli (Paris School of Economics)
Roberto Galbiati (Sciences Po and CNRS)
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Costly Information Processing and Consumption Behavior
Michael Peters (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Stefan Hoderlein (Boston College)
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Macroprudential Policy: Its Effects and Relationship to Monetary Policy
Hyunduk Suh (Indiana University and Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
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Determining the Peak and Trough of State Economic Activity
Anika R. Khan (Wells Fargo)
Azhar Iqbal (Wells Fargo)
John Silvia (Wells Fargo)
Mark Vitner (Wells Fargo)
Sarah Watt (Wells Fargo)
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The Impact of Interlinked Index Insurance and Credit Contracts on Financial Market Deepening and Small Farm Productivity
Michael R. Carter (University of California, Davis)
Lan Cheng (University of California, Davis)
Alexander Sarris (University of Athens)
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Does Monetary Policy Matter in China? A Narrative Approach
Rongrong Sun (University of Wuppertal)
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Mastering the Great Recession in Germany: Determinants of Working Time Accounts Use to Safeguard Employment during the Global Economic Crisis
Alexander Herzog-Stein (WSI in the Hans-Boeckler-Foundation)
Ines Zapf (Institute for Employment Research (IAB))
Why did Household Mortgage Leverage Rise from the mid-1980s until the Great Recession?
Sheharyar Bokhari (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Walter Torous (University of California Los Angeles)
William Wheaton (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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Real Business Cycles with a Human Capital Investment Sector and Endogenous Growth: Persistence, Volatility and Labor Puzzles
Jing Dang (SGCC)
Max Gillman (Cardiff Business School)
Michal Kejak (CERGE-EI)
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Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Emma C
American Economic Association
Pricing Behavior (D4)
Presiding: Viplav Saini (Oberlin College)
Time- and State-Dependent Pricing: A Unified Framework
Marco Bonomo (Getulio Vargas Foundation)
Carlos Carvalho (PUC-Rio)
Rene Garcia (EDHEC Business School)
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Asymmetries in Price-Setting Behavior: New Microeconometric Evidence from Switzerland
Bo Honore (Princeton University)
Daniel Kaufmann (Swiss National Bank)
Sarah Lein (Swiss National Bank)
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Selection and Monetary Non-Neutrality in Time-Dependent Pricing Models
Carlos Carvalho (PUC-Rio)
Felipe Schwartzman (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)
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Asset Pricing in Production Economies with Extrapolative Expectations
David Hirshleifer (University of California-Irvine)
Jianfeng Yu (University of Minnesota)
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Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Manchester H & I
American Economic Association
Reflections on the 100th Anniversary of the Federal Reserve (E5)
Presiding: Alan Blinder (Princeton University)
Time Consistency and Too Big to Fail
Robert E. Lucas, Jr. (University of Chicago)
Shifting Mandates: The Federal Reserve’s First Centennial
Carmen Reinhart (Harvard University)
Kenneth Rogoff (Harvard University)
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The Most Dangerous Idea in Federal Reserve History: Monetary Policy Doesn't Matter
Christina D. Romer (University of California-Berkeley)
David H. Romer (University of California-Berkeley)
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Discussants:
Alan S. Blinder (Princeton University)
Charles Plosser (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Donald Kohn (Brookings Institution)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Molly A & B
American Economic Association
Secrecy and Innovation (O3)
Presiding: Ivan Png (National University of Singapore)
Innovation Beyond Patents: Technological Complexity as a Protection against Imitation
Emeric Henry (Sciences Po)
Francisco Ruiz-Aliseda (Ecole Polytechnique)
The Importance (or Not) of Patents to UK Firms
Bronwyn Hall (University of California-Berkeley)
Christian Helmers (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Vania Sena (Essex Business School)
An Ear for your Quote. Patent Citations and the Size of Patented Inventions - Evidence from Hybrid Corn.
Petra Moser (Stanford University)
Paul Rhode (University of Michigan)
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Title: Trade Secrets, Non-Competes, and Mobility of Engineers and Scientists: Empirical Evidence
Ivan P. Png (National University of Singapore)
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Discussants:
Emeric Henry (Sciences Po)
Francisco Ruiz-Aliseda (Ecole Polytechnique)
Christian Helmers (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Petra Moser (Stanford University)
Ivan P. Png (National University of Singapore)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Elizabeth Ballroom G
American Economic Association
Structural Behavioral Economics (D0)
Presiding: Stefano DellaVigna (University of California-Berkeley)
What Goes Up Must Come Down? Experimental Evidence on Intuitive Forecasting
John Beshears (Stanford University)
James J. Choi (Yale University)
Andreas Fuster (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
David I. Laibson (Harvard University)
Brigitte C. Madrian (Harvard University)
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Heterogeneity, Market Structure, and the Effect of Inattention in Used Vehicle Markets
Meghan Busse (Northwestern University)
Nicola Lacetera (University of Toronto)
Devin Pope (University of Chicago)
Jorge Silva-Risso (University of California-Riverside)
Justin Sydnor (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Distinguishing Probability Weighting from Risk Misperceptions in Field Data
Levon Barseghyan (Cornell University)
Francesca Molinari (Cornell University)
Ted O'Donoghue (Cornell University)
Joshua Teitelbaum (Georgetown Law School)
The Importance of Being Marginal: Gender Differences in Generosity
Stefano DellaVigna (University of California-Berkeley)
John A. List (University of Chicago)
Ulrike Malmendier (University of California-Berkeley)
Gautam Rao (University of California-Berkeley)
Discussants:
Ulrike Malmendier (University of California-Berkeley)
Dan Silverman (Arizona State University)
Benjamin Handel (University of California-Berkeley)
Xavier Gabaix (New York University)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Ford C
American Economic Association
Technological Change (O3)
Presiding: Arthur Diamond (University of Nebraska-Omaha)
Credit Crunches, Asset Prices and Technological Change
Raoul Minetti (Michigan State University)
Luis Araujo (Michigan State University)
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Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns
William R. Kerr (Harvard University)
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A Dynamic Adoption Model with Bayesian Learning: An Application to U.S. Soybean Farmers
Xingliang Ma ((International Food Policy Research Institute)
Guanming Shi (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
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Moore's Law Goes Multicore: The Economic and Strategic Consequences of a Fundamental Change in How Computers Work
Neil C. Thompson (University of California-Berkeley)
Technological Innovation, Resource Allocation, and Growth
Dimitris Papanikolaou (Northwestern University)
Leonid Kogan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Amit Seru (University of Chicago)
Noah Stoffman (Indiana University)
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Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Maggie
American Economic Association
Trouble at the Bar: Improving Resource Allocation in Law (K3)
Presiding: Gillian Hadfield (University of Southern California)
The Hidden Quartile: Disclosing High-Risk Matriculations in Law School
Ian Ayres (Yale Law School)
An Exploratory Study of the Pricing of Legal Services
Clifford Winston (Brookings Institution)
Vikram Maheshri (University of Houston)
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Improving the Bar by Lowering the Bar: Licensing Difficulty and Attorney Quality in Japan
J. Mark Ramseyer (Harvard Law School)
Eric B. Rasmusen (Indiana University)
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Discussants:
Roger G. Noll (Stanford University)
Morris Kleiner (University of Minnesota)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Edward A & B
American Economic Association
Youth Behavior (J1)
Presiding: Rebecca Judge (St. Olaf College)
Peer Effects in Microenvironments: The Benefits of Homogeneous Classroom Groups
Fangwen Lu (Renmin University of China)
Michael Anderson (University of California-Berkeley)
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Do Cell Phone Restrictions Reduce Fatal Crashes Involving Young Drivers?
Siew Hoon Lim (North Dakota State University)
Junwook Chi (University of Hawaii-Manoa)
Making the Grade: The Impact of Classroom Behavior on Academic Achievement
Jeffrey Weinstein (Syracuse University)
Kalena Cortes (Texas A&M University)
Wael Moussa (Syracuse University)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Marina Salon D
American Finance Association
Anomalies and Inefficiency III (G1)
Presiding: Lauren Cohen (Harvard Business School)
Can Facebook Predict Stock Market Activity?
Yigitcan Karabulut (Goethe University-Frankfurt)
Geographic Momentum
Quoc Nguyen (University Of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Gradual Information Diffusion in the Stock Market: Evidence from U.S. Multinational Firms
Xing Huang (University of California-Berkeley)
Co-Momentum: Inferring Arbitrage Capital from Return Correlations
Dong Lou (London School of Economics)
Christopher Polk (London School of Economics)
Discussants:
Pengjie Gao (University of Notre Dame)
Kewei Hou (Ohio State University)
Kewei Hou (Ohio State University)
Abhiroop Mukherjee (Hong Kong University of Science & Technology)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Cardiff & Carlsbad
American Finance Association
Empirical Methods and Estimation (G1)
Presiding: Jay Shanken (Emory University)
Do Jumps Contribute to the Dynamics of the Equity Premium?
John Maheu (University of Toronto)
Thomas McCurdy (University of Toronto)
Xiaofei Zhao (University of Toronto)
Testing CAPM with a Large Number of Assets
Mohammad Hashem Pesaran (University of Southern California)
Takashi Yamagata (University of York)
Common Errors: How to (and Not to) Control for Unobserved Heterogeneity
Todd Gormley (University of Pennsylvania)
David Matsa (Northwestern University)
Discussants:
Robert Dittmar (University of Michigan)
Cesare Robotti (Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta)
Jonathan Lewellen (Dartmouth College)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Marina Salon E
American Finance Association
Inferential Errors in Financial Markets (AFA Lecture) (G1)
Presiding: Nicholas Barberis (Yale University)
Inferential Errors in Financial Markets
Matthew Rabin (University of California-Berkeley)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Marina Salon F
American Finance Association
Institutional Investors II (G2)
Presiding: Nicolas Bollen (Vanderbilt University)
Portfolio Manager Ownership and Mutual Fund Risk Taking
Linlin Ma (Georgia State University)
Yuehua Tang (Georgia State University)
Strategic Performance Allocation in Institutional Asset Management Firms: Behold the Power of Stars and Dominant Clients
Ranadeb Chaudhuri (Oakland University)
Zoran Ivkovich (Michigan State University)
Charles Trzcinka (Indiana University-Bloomington)
Determinants and Implications of Fee Changes in the Hedge Fund Industry
Vikas Agarwal (Georgia State University)
Sugata Ray (University of Florida)
Discussants:
Jeffrey Busse (Emory University)
Richard Evans (University of Virginia)
Christopher Schwarz (University of California-Irvine)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Balboa & Mission Hills
American Finance Association
Liquidity, Trading, and Frictions (G1)
Presiding: Ronnie Sadka (Boston College)
Sell-Side Analysts - Responses to Mutual Fund Flow-Driven Mispricing
Kelsey Wei (University of Texas-Dallas)
Johan Sulaeman (Southern Methodist University)
Convective Risk Flows in Commodity Futures Markets
Ing-Haw Cheng (University of Michigan)
Andrei Kirilenko (Commodity Futures Trading Commission)
Wei Xiong (Princeton University)
Do Prices Reveal the Presence of Informed Trading?
Pierre Collin-Dufresne (Columbia University)
Vyacheslav Fos (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Discussants:
Kent Womack (University of Toronto)
Kenneth Froot (NBER)
Robert Korajczyk (Northwestern University)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Marina Salon G
American Finance Association
Real and Nominal Term Premia (G1)
Presiding: Gregory Duffee (Johns Hopkins University)
Short-Run Bond Risk Premia
Philippe Mueller (London School of Economics)
Andrea Vedolin (London School of Economics)
Hao Zhou (Federal Reserve Board)
A Robust Analysis of the Risk-Structure of Equilibrium Term Structures of Bond Yields
Anh Le (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Kenneth Singleton (Stanford University)
Understanding Term Premia on Real Bonds
Jing-Zhi Jay Huang (Pennsylvania State University)
Zhan Shi (Pennsylvania State University)
Discussants:
Anna Cieslak (Northwestern University)
Ivan Shaliastovich (University of Pennsylvania)
Stefania D'Amico (Federal Reserve Board )
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Rancho Santa Fe 3
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
Homeownership (R2)
Presiding: Gary Engelhardt (Syracuse University)
The Boom, The Bust, and the Future of Homeownership
Stuart Gabriel (University of California-Los Angeles)
Stuart Rosenthal (Syracuse University)
Valuing the Element of Control in Homeownership
Kerry Vandell (University of California-Irvine)
Financing Constraints to Homeownership in Relation to the Pre-2008 Housing Market Boom
Susan Wachter (University of Pennsylvania)
Paul Calem (Freddie Mac)
Irina Barakova (Office of the Comptroller of the Currency)
The Home Front: Understanding the Rapid Wartime Increase in Home Ownership
Daniel Fetter (Wellesley College)
Discussants:
Karl Case (Wellesley College)
Thomas Davidoff (University of British Columbia)
Donald Haurin (The Ohio State University)
Price Fishback (University of Arizona)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Torrey Pines 2
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (G1)
Presiding: Seow Eng Ong (National University of Singapore)
Trading Activity and REIT Stock Price Volatility
Yuchiro Kawaguchi (University of Georgia)
Jay Sa-Aadu (University of Iowa)
James Shilling (DePaul University)
An Examination of Macroeconomic Effects on the Liquidity of REITs
Ran Lu (University of the Pacific)
John Glascock (University of Connecticut)
CEO Overconfidence, Corporate Investment Activity, and Performance: Evidence from REITs
Erkan Yonder (Maastricht University)
Piet Eichholtz (Maastricht University)
CEO Bonus: Alternative Performance Measure Versus Gamesmanship
Desmond Tsang (McGill University)
Crocker Liu (Cornell University)
Discussants:
Hendrik Devos (University of Texas-El Paso)
Wenlan Qian (National University of Singapore)
Walter Boudry (New York University)
Nils Kok (Maastricht University)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Rancho Santa Fe 2
American Real Estate & Urban Economic Association
Securitization and Security Design (G1)
Presiding: Chester Spatt (Carnegie Mellon University)
Credit Risk and Subordination Levels in Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS)
Xudong An (San Diego State University)
Yongheng Deng (National University of Singapore)
Joseph Nichols (Federal Reserve Board)
Anthony Sanders (George Mason University)
CMBS Subordination, Ratings Inflation, and Regulatory-Capital Arbitrage
Nancy Wallace (University of California-Berkeley)
Richard Stanton (University of California-Berkeley)
Governance and Design of Structured Securities: Theory and Evidence
Jun Zhu (Freddie Mac)
Timothy M. Riddiough (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
The Rise of Securitization: A Recursive Security Design Approach
Erwan Quintin (University of Wisconsin)
Dean Corbae (University of Wisconsin)
Discussants:
Amit Seru (University of Chicago)
John Griffin (University of Texas-Austin)
Burton Hollifield (Carnegie Mellon University)
Barney Hartman-Glaser (Duke University)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Gallery
Association for Comparative Economic Studies
The Euro-Area Debt Crisis, Current Account Imbalances, and Economic Growth (F4)
Presiding: Christian Dreger (DIW Berlin)
Debt Leveraging and the Exchange Rate
Pierpaolo Benigno (LUISS Guido Carli and NBER)
Frederica Romei (LUISS Guido Carli)
Determinants of Euro Area Public Expenditure Policies
Sebastian Hauptmeier (German Ministry of Finance)
A. Jesus Sanchez-Fuentes (U. Complutense de Madrid)
Ludger Schuknecht (German Ministry of Finance)
Current Account Imbalances in the Euro Area: Does Catching Up Explain the Development?
Ansgar Belke (University of Duisburg-Essen)
Christian Dreger (DIW Berlin)
Sovereign Debt Crises and Economic Growth in Emerging European Countries
Balazs Egert (OECD)
Ali M. Kutan (Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville)
Hakan Yilmazkuday (Florida International University)
Discussants:
David Papell (University of Houston)
Nicolas Veron (Bruegel and The Peterson Institute)
David Kemme (University of Memphis)
Josef Brada (Arizona State University)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Point Loma & Solana
Association for Evolutionary Economics
Long-Term Policies and Institutions for Full Employment, Quality of Life, Equitable Growth and Regional Development (H4)
Presiding: Sara Hsu (State University of New York-New Paltz)
An International Payments System Based on Keynes's Liquidity Theory and Soros's Concept of Reflexivity for Global Full Employment
Paul Davidson (Bernard Schwartz Centre for Economic Policy Analysis)
A Galbraithian Model for Shared Prosperity, Higher Quality of Life and Fewer Economic Crises
Richard P.F. Holt (Southern Oregon University)
Daphne Greenwood (University of Colorado-Colorado Springs)
Institutionalist Policies for Financial Inclusion
Deborah M. Figart (Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, USA)
Budgetary Deficits and Overhanging Public Debt: Are They Obstacles or Instruments to Achieve Veritable Full Employment in Contemporary Market Economies? A Kaleckian/Institutionalist Perspective
Mario Seccareccia (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Policy Convergence in Regional Economic Development
Richard V. Adkisson (New Mexico State University)
Boris Higgins (New Mexico State University)
Discussants:
Anna Klimina (St. Thomas More College, Canada)
Eric Hake (Catawba College)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Rancho Santa Fe 1
Association for Social Economics
Health, Social Exchanges, and Economic Life (Z1)
Presiding: Robert McMaster (University of Glasgow)
Kenneth Boulding: The First Social Health Economist?
Robert McMaster (University of Glasgow)
Spatial Identification of Stigma Behavior through Social Networks: The Case of Selling Blood
Xi Chen (Yale University)
Biform Matching Games: The Firm and Exchange
Roger McCain (Drexel University)
Making a Living in 21st Century America: Social Networks and New Opportunities
Daphne Greenwood (University of Colorado-Colorado Springs)
Student Academic Dishonesty: Capitalism and Crime in the Classroom
Peter Schuhmann (University of North Carolina-Wilmington)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, New York
Association for the Study of Grants Economy
Taxes, Transfers, and Inequality (H2)
Presiding: Daniel Feenberg (National Bureau of Economic Research)
Recent Trends in Top Incomes Share in Australia: Alternative Views from HILDA and Tax Record Data
Richard V. Burkhauser (Cornell University and University of Melbourne)
Markus Hahn (University of Melbourne)
Roger Wilkins (University of Melbourne)
Quantifying the Role of Federal and State Taxes in Mitigating Wage Inequality
Daniel Cooper (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)
Byron Lutz (Federal Reserve Board)
Michael Palumbo (Federal Reserve Board)
The Earned Income Tax Credit and Expenditures
Ankur J. Patel (U.S. Department of the Treasury)
Taxes and Capital Gains Realizations: Evidence from a Long Panel of State-Level Data
Jon Bakija (Williams College)
William Gentry (Willams College)
Discussants:
Daniel Feenberg (National Bureau of Economic Research)
Gerald Auten (U.S. Department of the Treasury)
James X. Sullivan (University of Notre Dame)
William Randolph (Congressional Budget Office)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Elizabeth Ballroom C
Association of Environmental & Resource Economists/American Economic Association
Designing a US Carbon Tax (Q4) (Panel Discussion)
Panel Moderator: Alan Krupnick (Resources for the Future)
Joe Aldy (Harvard University)
Lawrence Goulder (Stanford University)
Ian W.H. Parry (International Monetary Fund)
William Pizer (Duke University)
Roberton Williams (University of Maryland and Resources for the Future)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Miramar
Association of Financial Economists/American Economic Association
Covenants, Leverage and Banks (G2)
Presiding: Lemma Senbet (University of Maryland)
CEO Compensation and Covenant Violations
Bill B. Francis (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Iftekhar Hasan (Fordham University)
Xian Sun (Johns Hopkins University)
Bank Regulatory Capital Buffer and Liquidity: Evidence from U.S. and European Publicly Traded Banks
Isabelle Distinguin (Université de Limoges)
Caroline Roulet (OECD)
Amine Tarazi (Université de Limoges)
The Relation between Bank Credit-Risk Management Procedures and Originate-to-Distribute Mortgage Quality during the Financial Crises
Gauri Bhat (Washington University)
Jian Cai (Fordham University)
Richard Frankel (Washington University)
Xiumin Martin (Washington University)
Rethinking the Speed of Adjustment toward a Target Capital Structure: A Cost-Benefit Analysis
Brian Clark (Office of the Comptroller of the Currency)
Discussants:
Chenyang (Jason) Wei (American International Group)
Iikka Korhonen (Bank of Finland)
Akhtar Siddique (Office of the Comptroller of the Currency)
Mingming Zhou (University of Colorado-Colorado Springs)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, Orlando
Association of Indian Economics & Financial Studies
Is There a Policy Paralysis? (O2)
Presiding: Amitrajeet Batabyal (Rochester Institute of Technology)
India's Long Term Growth: 1900-2010
Uma Kambhampati (University of Reading)
Simon Burke (University of Reading)
Is Your Government Closer to Its People? Worldwide Indicators on Localization and Decentralization
Anwar Shah (World Bank)
Maksym Invanyna (Michigan State University)
Can Rural Public Works Affect Rural Wages? Evidence from India
Sambit Bhattacharyya (University of Sussex)
Erlend Berg (University of Oxford)
Manjula Ramachandra (Institute for Social and Economic Change)
Understanding Bank Runs: Do Depositors Monitor Bank Runs?
Manju Puri (Duke University)
Rajkamal Iyer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Nicholas Ryan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Do Curbing Corruption Complement Financial Development in Reducing Income Inequality?
Sourav Batabyal (State University of New York-Fredonia)
Abdur Chowdhury (Marquette University)
Food Inflation in India: Causes and Cures
Pradeep Agarwal (Indian Institute of Economic Growth)
Discussants:
Kalyan Chakraborty (Emporia State University)
Keshab Bhattarai (University of Hull)
Raja Kali (HEC, Montreal)
Anil Kumar (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)
Kusum Mundra (Rutgers University)
Debasri Mukherjee (Western Michigan University)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, America's Cup C
Econometric Society
Dynamic Games (C7)
Presiding: Jidong Zhou (New York University)
An Aggregation Method to Solve Dynamic Games
Carlos Daniel R.A. Santos (Tilburg University)
Aggregative Games with Entry
Simon Peter Anderson (University of Virginia)
Nisvan Erkal (University of Melbourne)
Daniel Piccinin (Brick Court Chambers)
Exploding Offers and Buy-Now Discounts
Jidong Zhou (New York University)
Mark Armstrong (University of Oxford)
Discussants:
Nisvan Erkal (University of Melbourne)
Jidong Zhou (New York University)
Carlos Daniel R A Santos (Tilburg University)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, America's Cup D
Econometric Society
Econometrics of Derivatives Markets (C5)
Presiding: Eric Renault (Brown University)
Affine Option Pricing Model in Discrete Time
Eric Michel Renault (Brown University)
The Term Structure of Variance Swaps, Risk Premia and the Expectation Hypothesis
Yacine Ait-Sahalia (Princeton University)
Mustafa Karaman (Swiss Finance Institute, University of Zurich)
Loriano Mancini (Swiss Finance Institute at EPFL)
Parametric Inference and Dynamic State Recovery from Option Panels
Viktor Todorov (Northwestern University)
Testing for Jumps: A Delta-Hedging Perspective
Jia Li (Duke University)
Discussants:
Kris Jacobs (University of Houston)
Ian Martin (Stanford University)
David S. Bates (University of Iowa)
Torben G. Andersen (Northwestern University)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, America's Cup A & B
Econometric Society
Mechanism Design (D4)
Presiding: Maciej Kotowski (Harvard University)
Information Aggregation in Double Auctions with Interdependent Values
Eiichiro Kazumori (University of Buffalo)
Repeated Implementation with Finite Mechanisms and Complexity
Jihong Lee (Seoul National University)
Hamid Sabourian (University of Cambridge)
On Asymmetric Reserve Prices
Maciej H. Kotowski (Harvard University)
Matching with Contracts in Large Economies
John Hatfield (Stanford University)
Eduardo Azevedo (Harvard University)
Discussants:
Shiran Rachmilevitch (University of Haifa)
Hanzhe Zhang (University of Chicago)
Charles Zheng (University of Western Ontario)
Jihong Lee (Seoul National University)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Madeleine C & D
Econometric Society
Networks, Mechanisms, and Big Data: Economics Meets Information Science (D0)
Presiding: B. Douglas Bernheim (Stanford University)
Network, Crowds, and Markets
Jon Kleinberg (Cornell University)
Human Computing
Luis Von Ahn (Carnegie Mellon University)
Discussants:
Hal R. Varian (Google)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Cunningham C
Econometric Society
Social Choice and Welfare Analysis (D6)
Presiding: Catherine Thomas (London School of Economics)
Redistributive Taxation in a Roy Model
Casey Goodfriend Rothschild (Wellesley College)
Florian Scheuer (Stanford University)
Behavioral Fair Social Choice
Marc Fleurbaey (Princeton University)
Erik Schokkaert (K U Leuven)
Endogenous Public Information and Welfare
Xavier Vives (IESE Business School)
Discussants:
Emmanuel Farhi (Harvard University)
Catherine Thomas (London School of Economics)
Jennifer La'o (University of Chicago)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Hyatt, Gibbons
Econometric Society
Testing (C1)
Presiding: Douglas Steigerwald (University of California-Santa Barbara)
Testing the Number of Components in Finite Mixture Models
Hiroyuki Kasahara (University of British Columbia)
Katsumi Shimotsu (University of Tokyo)
Credibility of Confidence Sets in Nonstandard Econometric Problems
Ulrich K. Mueller (Princeton University)
Andriy Norets (Princeton University)
Asymptotic F Test in GMM Framework with Cross Sectional Dependence
Yixiao Sun (University of California-San Diego)
Min Seong Kim (Ryerson University)
On Accurate Cluster-Robust Inference
Douglas G. Steigerwald (University of California-Santa Barbara)
Andrew Carter (University of California-Santa Barbara)
Kevin Schnepel (Economics UCSB)
Discussants:
Hiroaki Kaido (Boston University)
Federico Bugni (Duke University)
Tim Vogelsang (Michigan State University)
Ulrich Muller (Princeton University)
Jan 05, 2013 10:15 am, Marriott, La Costa
Health Economics Research Organization
Medical Interventions and Patient Offsetting Behavior (I1)
Presiding: Michael Grossman (City University of New York Graduate Center and NBER)
Does Statin Use Adversely Affect Health Behaviors?
Robert Kaestner (University of Illinois and NBER)
Michael Darden (Tulane University)
Darius N. Lakdawalla (University of Southern California and NBER)
Wesley Yin (Boston University and NBER)
Risk Compensation and Treatment for High Cholesterol
Cameron M. Kaplan (University of Pittsburgh)
Moral Hazard in Less Invasive Surgical Technology for Coronary Artery Disease: Offsetting Behavior in the HRS
Shin-Yi Chou (Lehigh University and NBER)
Michael Grossman (City University of New York Graduate Center and NBER)
Jason Hockenberry (Emory University and NBER)
Jesse Margolis (City University of New York)
Discussants:
Will Dow (University of California-Berkeley and NBER)
Sandra L. Decker (NCHS)