AEAweb: AEA 2010 Annual Meeting PapersJanuary 3, 2010
Jan. 3, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atrium Ballroom A
AEA Session: What's Happening to Unemployment in the Current Recession? (E32) (Panel Discussion)
Presiding:
Christopher Pissarides
(London School of Economics)
Robert Shimer, University of Chicago
Steven J. Davis, University of Chicago
Lawrence Katz, Harvard University
Christopher Pissarides, London School of Economics
Jan. 3, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A707
AEA Session: Ideas, Location and Innovation Policy (O3)
Presiding:
Julia Lane
(National Science Foundation)
Regional Disadvantage: How Non-compete Agreements Impact Careers, Entrepreneurship, and Innovative Dynamics
The Foundations of Regional Scientific Advantage: The Impact of Federal Stem Cell Policy on the Geography of Scientific Discovery
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Modeling the Innovative Process: Policy Implications
Estimating the Effect of Exposure to Superstar Scientists: Evidence from Academia and the Biopharmaceutical Sector
Discussants:
Carol Corrado (Conference Board)
Dan Black (University of Chicago)
Julia Lane (National Science Foundation)
Wes Cohen (Duke University)
Jan. 3, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A708
AEA Session: Energy, Environmental, Regional (Q5)
Presiding:
Michael Bonnal
(University of Tennessee-Chattanooga)
An Examination of the Effects of Environmental Regulations on Retail Gasoline Price Seasonality
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Good for the Air, Bad for the Water: The Effect of Ethanol Production on Water Pollution
Bedrock Depth and the Formation of the Manhattan Skyline, 1890-1915
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The Value of Climate Amenities: Evidence from U.S. Migration Decisions
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The Lesser of Two Evils: An Empirical Investigation of FDI-Pollution Tradeoff
Dialects, Cultural Identity, and Economic Exchange
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Jan. 3, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, L401
AEA Session: The Firm and Regulation (L2)
Presiding:
Stephen Strand
(Carleton College)
Measuring the Degree of Competition Between Nonprofits and For-Profits: The Case of Fitness Centers
Delegation in Multi-Establishment Firms: The Structure of I.T. Systems Purchasing Authority
Efficacy and Durability of Terrorist Organizations: New Evidence from the ITERATE Database, 1968-2007
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Estimating Network Effects in the DVD Market
The Importance of Hold Up in Contracting: Evidence from a Field Experiment
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Add-on Pricing, Consumer Myopia and Regulatory Intervention
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Jan. 3, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom - Salon A
AEA Session: Deficit (E6) (Panel Discussion)
Presiding:
Peter Diamond
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Alan Auerbach, University of California-Berkeley
Thomas Sargent, New York University
Martin Feldstein, NBER and Harvard University
Robert Barro, Harvard University
Jan. 3, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M102
AEA Session: Circumstance and Selection in Early Childhood Health (J1)
Presiding:
Hoyt Bleakley
(University of Chicago)
Son Preference and Early Childhood Investments in China
The Marginal Child throughout the Life Cycle: Evidence from Early Law Variation
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Health, Human Capital, and Development
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The Effects of Experiencing the Great Depression as a Child on Socioeconomic and Health Outcomes
Vulnerable Mothers and Vulnerable Sons: Low-Cognitive-Achievement Mothers Discriminate Against Low Birth Weight Sons More Than Low Birth Weight Daughters.
Discussants:
Ren Mu (Texas A&M University)
Joe Ferrie (Northwestern University & NBER)
Pascaline Dupas (University of California-Los Angeles)
Rodney Andrews (University of Texas-Dallas)
Diane Schanzenbach (University of Chicago)
Jan. 3, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M103
AEA Session: Development 1 (O1)
Presiding:
Suhas Ketkar
(Vanderbilt University)
Adjustment Costs, the Marginal Product of Capital, and the Lucas Paradox
Women, Children and Patience: Experimental Evidence from Indian Villages
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Trade and Geography in the Origins of Islam
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On the Waterfront: An Empirical Study of Corruption in Ports
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Voter Rationality and Politician Incentives: Exploiting Luck in Indian and Pakistani Elections
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Social Learning and Parameter Uncertainty in Irreversible Investments: Evidence from Greenhouse Adoption in Northern China
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Jan. 3, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M104
AEA Session: Housing and Labor Markets (J2)
Presiding:
Fernando Ferreira
(University Pennsylvania)
Dynamic Asset Pricing in a System of Local Housing Markets
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Local Multipliers
Changes in Transportation Infrastructure and Commuting Patterns in U.S. Metropolitan Areas, 1960-2000
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Place Based Policies, Heterogeneity, and Agglomeration
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Jan. 3, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M105
AEA Session: Internationalization of Firms (F1)
Presiding:
Ryuhei Wakasugi
(Kyoto University)
Firm Heterogeneity and Different Modes of Internationalization: Evidence from Japanese Firms
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Quantitative Evaluation of Determinants of Export and FDI: Firm-Level Evidence from Japan
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Firm Heterogeneity and FDI with Matching Frictions
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Intra-Firm Trade and Contract Completeness: Evidence from Japanese Affiliate Firms
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Discussants:
Lee Branstetter (Carnegie Mellon University)
Isao Kamata (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Hiroshi Mukunoki (Gakushuin University)
Shuichiro Nishioka (West Virginia University)
Jan. 3, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M302
AEA Session: Methods and Applications (C1)
Presiding:
David Colander
(Middlebury College)
Heterogeneity in income processes
A Neurochemical Theory of Decision Making Under Risk
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Median Unbiased Estimation of Structural Change Models: An Application to PPP
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Risk Sensitive Allocations With Multiple Goods in International Finance: Existence, Survivorship, and Dynamics
Can You Trust the Good Guys?
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Field Experiment on Incentive of Compilation and Behavioral Evaluation in Peer Review System
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Jan. 3, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M303
AEA Session: Labor Mobility (J6)
Presiding:
Andrey Launov
(University of Mainz)
Estimating Incentive and Welfare Effects of Non-Stationary Unemployment Benefits
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Internal Migration and Income Inequality in China: Evidence from Village Panel Data
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Locus of Control and Job Search Strategies
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The Cyclicality of Effective Wages Within Employer-Employee Matches in a Rigid Labor Market
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Vacancy Posting, Job Separation and Unemployment Fluctuations
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Employer Learning Under Asymmetric Information: The Role of Job Mobility
Jan. 3, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A701
AEA Session: Credit Constraints, House Prices and Agglomeration (E5)
Presiding:
John Duca
(Federal Reserve Bank-Dallas)
The Impact of Hurricanes on Housing Prices: Evidence from US Coastal Cities
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House Prices and Credit Constraints: Making Sense of the US Experience
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Macroeconomic Implications of Agglomeration
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Discussants:
Morris A. Davis (University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business)
Clifford R. Kern (Binghampton University)
Stuart S. Rosenthal (Syracuse University)
Jan. 3, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M304
AEA Session: Perspectives on Social Security, Saving, and Retirement (H5)
Presiding:
Dayanand Manoli
(University of California-Los Angeles)
The Link between Pensions and Retirement Behavior: Lessons from California Teachers
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Pension Benefits & Retirement Decisions: Income vs. Price Elasticities
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The Perception of Social Security Incentives for Labor Supply and Retirement: The Median Voter Knows More Than You'd Think
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Fatalism, Locus of Control, and Retirement Saving
Children and Household Wealth
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Discussants:
Courtney Coile (Wellesley College)
Eric French (Federal Reserve Bank-Chicago)
Giovanni Mastrobuoni (Collegio Carlo Alberto)
Kathleen Mullen (RAND)
Jeff Brown (University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Jan. 3, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, International B
AEA Session: The Maturity Structure of Sovereign Debt (F3)
Presiding:
Dirk Niepelt
(Gerzensee, Bern and IIES, Stockholm)
Default and the Maturity Structure in Sovereign Bonds
Maturity, Indebtedness, and Default Risk
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Debt dilution, overborrowing, and sovereign default risk
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Debt-Maturity without Commitment
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Discussants:
Satyajit Chatterjee (Federal Reserve Bank-Philadelphia)
Ananth Ramanarayanan (Federal Reserve Bank-Dallas)
Dirk Niepelt (Gerzensee, Bern & IIES, Stockholm)
Leonardo Martinez (Federal Reserve Bank-Richmond)
Jan. 3, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, International C
AEA Session: Work, Fertility, and Family Formation (00)
Presiding:
H. Peters
(Cornell University)
Low-Skilled Immigration and Work-Fertility Tradeoffs Among High-Skilled U.S. Natives
Alternative Paths to Parenthood: ART Versus Adoption
The Effect of Slavery on Family Formation
Booms, Busts, and Divorce
Discussants:
Una Osill (Purdue University-Indianapolis)
Lisa Gennetian (Brookings Institution)
Howard Bodenhorn (Clemson University)
Betsey Stevenson (University of Pennsylvania)
Jan. 3, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A702
AEA Session: K-12 Economic and Financial Literacy Education (00)
Presiding:
Richard MacDonald
(St. Cloud State University)
Human Capital in the Classroom: Teacher Comprehension and Student Achievement
Evaluation of Financial Fitness for Life Program and Future Outlook in the Mississippi Delta
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Does AP Improve Student Achievement in Economics?
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An Evaluation of EnterpriseMath: Impact of Economics and Financial Literacy on Math Achievement and Attitudes
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Discussants:
Paul W. Grimes (Mississippi State University)
James O'Neill (University of Delaware)
William Bosshardt (Florida Atlantic University)
Matthew Nicklay (St. Cloud State University)
Jan. 3, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A703
AEA Session: Topics in Knowledge Spillovers (O3)
Presiding:
Prithwiraj Choudhury
(Harvard Business School)
Looking Inside a Multinational R&D Center in an Emerging Market: Cross-border Employee Mobility, Social Networks and Knowledge Creation
From Beijing to Bentonville: Do Multinational Retailers Link Markets?
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Knowledge Spillovers and Firm Size Heterogeneity
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Borders and Distance in Knowledge Spillovers: Dying over Time or Dying with Age?
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Jan. 3, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A704
AEA Session: Financial Institutions 1 (G2)
Presiding:
Rick Harris
(Wake Forest University)
Liar's Loans? Effects of Origination Channel and Information Falsification on Mortgage Delinquency
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On the Real Effects of Bank Bailouts: Micro-Evidence from Japan
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Being a Foreigner Among Domestic Banks; Asset or Liability?
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A Market-Based Measure of Credit Quality and Banks' Performance During the Subprime Crisis
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CoVaR
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Does Payday Lending Impact Neighborhood Crime Rates?
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Jan. 3, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A705
AEA Session: Export Dynamics (F1)
Presiding:
Emanuel Ornelas
(London School of Economics)
An Empirical Model of Search and Learning in Export Markets
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Export Entrepreneurs: Evidence from Peru
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Firm Selection, Growth and Learning
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Sequential Exporting
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Discussants:
Beata Javorcik (University of Oxford)
Nina Pavnick (Dartmouth College)
Natalia Ramondo (University of Texas-Austin)
Kalina Manova (Stanford University)
Jan. 3, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A706
AEA Session: National Defense Policy: Analysis and Implications (H1)
Presiding:
Mike Hanlon
(University of Washington)
Can Hearts and Minds Be Bought? The Economics of Counterinsurgency in Iraq
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The Impact of Reconstruction Spending on the Labor Market for Insurgents
Violent Rebellions and Criminal States
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The Humanitarian Impact of Economic Sanctions
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The Industrial Organization of Rebellion: The Logic of Forced Labor and Child Soldiering
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Discussants:
Justin Wolfers (University of Pennsylvania)
Stefano Dellavigna (University of California-Berkeley)
Michael McBride (University of California-Irvine)
Robert McNab (Naval Postgraduate School)
Edward Miguel (University of California-Berkeley)
Jan. 3, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atrium Ballroom A
AEA Session: Remembering Arthur S. Goldberger (Panel Discussion)
Presiding:
James Heckman
(University of Chicago)
Lawrence Klein, University of Pennsylvania
Glen Cain, University of Wisconsin
Kate Antonovics, University of California-San Diego
Gary Chamberlain, Harvard University
Charles Manski, Northwestern University
Harry Kelejian, University of Maryland
Jan. 3, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A707
AEA Session: Demand and Supply for Government Bonds (E4)
Presiding:
Dimitri Vayanos
(London School of Economics)
Bond Positions, Expectations, and the Yield Curve
Bond Supply and Excess Bond Returns
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Repo Market Effects of the Term Securities Lending Facility
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Discussants:
Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh (New York University)
Annette Vissing-Jorgensen (Northwestern University)
Arvind Krishnamurthy (Northwestern University)
Jan. 3, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A708
AEA Session: Race and Self-Employment: Capital Markets and Institutions (J7)
Presiding:
Alicia Robb
(University of California-Santa Cruz)
Financial Capital Injections Among New Black and White Business Ventures: Evidence from the Kauffman Firm Survey
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How do Credit Card Interest Rates Impact Entrepreneurship
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The Role of Information and Institutions in Understanding the Black-White Gap in Self-Employment
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Discussants:
Mariassunta Giannetti (Stockholm School of Economics)
Sandy Darity (Duke University)
Vicki Bogan (Cornell University)
Jan. 3, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, L401
AEA Session: Managerial Incentives and Executive Compensation (G3)
Presiding:
Oliver Hart
(Harvard University)
Growing Out of Trouble? Managerial Responses to Risk of Corporate Liability
Managerial Incentives and Value Creation: Evidence from Private Equity
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Competition for Managers, Corporate Governance and Incentive Compensation
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Dynamic Incentive Accounts
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Discussants:
Sendhil Mullainathan (Harvard University)
Steven N. Kaplan (University of Chicago)
Michael Weisbach (Ohio State University)
Oliver Hart (Harvard University)
Jan. 3, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom - Salon A
AEA Session: Growth in a Partially De-Globalized World (O1)
Presiding:
Philippe Aghion
(Harvard University)
Limits of Political Globalization
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Making Room for China in the World Economy
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Which Parts of Globalization Matter for Catch-up Growth?
Discussants:
A. Michael Spence (Stanford University)
Philippe Aghion (Harvard University)
Jan. 3, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom - Salon C
AEA Session: Personal Bankruptcy and Home Foreclosure (K3)
Presiding:
Michelle White
(University of California-San Diego)
Race, Gender and Political Ideology in Personal Bankruptcy Outcomes
Did Bankruptcy Reform Contribute to the Mortgage Crisis?
The Regulation of Non-Judicial Debt Collection and the Consumer's Choice Among Repayment, Bankruptcy and Informal Bankruptcy
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How the 2005 Bankruptcy Reform Increased Foreclosures & Lowered the Cost of Auto Credit
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Effects of Foreclosure Laws and Bankruptcy Asset Exemptions on Mortgage Default and Foreclosure Rates
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Discussants:
Marianne Bertrand (University of Chicago)
Itzhak Ben-David (Ohio State University)
Edward Morrison (Columbia University)
Brian Melzer (Northwestern University)
Susan Carter (Vanderbilt University)
Jan. 3, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom - Salon D
AEA Session: Capital Flows, Contagion and Regulatory Responses (F3)
Presiding:
Nobuhiro Kiyotaki
(Princeton University)
Contagion, Liberalization, and the Optimal Structure of Globalization
Decoupling and Contagion
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Overborrowing and Systemic Externalities in the Business Cycle
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Excessive Volatility in Capital Flows: A Pigouvian Taxation Approach
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Discussants:
Marcus Miller (Warwick University)
Olivier Jeanne (Johns Hopkins University)
Alessandro Rebucci (Inter-American Development Bank)
Nobuhiro Kiyotaki (Princeton University)
Jan. 3, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M104
AEA Session: Law and Economics 1 (K1)
Presiding:
James Leitzel
(University of Chicago)
Forgive and Forget: Who Gets Credit after Bankruptcy and Why?
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Everybody Stay Cool, This Is a Robbery!
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Measuring the Influence of Media Coverage on Court Decisions
WHO BRIBES? Evidence from the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program
Democracy, Judicial Attitudes and Heterogeneity: the Civil Versus Common Law Tradition
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Diluting Deterrence: Extra-Legal Actors and the Courts
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Jan. 3, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M302
AEA Session: International Trade 1 (F1)
Presiding:
Vikram Kumar
(Davidson College)
Matching and Inequality in the World Economy
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Quality Heterogeneity across Firms and Export Destinations
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Income Differences and Prices of Tradables
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Accounting for Intermediates: Production Sharing and Trade in Value Added
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Offshoring and the Onshore Composition of Tasks and Skills
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Business Travel as an Input to International Trade
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Jan. 3, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A701
AEA Session: Risk and Retention in the Workplace: The Effect of Gender and Incentives (00)
Presiding:
Linda Bell
(Haverford College)
Women's Labor Choices in Promotion Tournaments: Experimental Evidence
Learning Through the Lens of Your Job: The Effect of Employer-Financed Education on Retention
The Effects of Gender Composition of Top Management on the Economic Fallout
Discussants:
Lise Vesterlund (University of Pittsburgh)
John Bishop (Cornell University)
Judy Hellerstein (University of Maryland)
Jan. 3, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M304
AEA Session: Energy Use in Developing Countries (Q4)
Presiding:
A. Mushfiq Mobarak
(Yale University)
Household Energy Use in Developing Countries: Anti-Poverty Programs and Appliance Acquisition
Development Effects of Electrification: Evidence from the Geologic Placement of Hydropower Plants in Brazil
Demand for Fuel Economy in the Indian Passenger Vehicle Market
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Costly Blackouts? Measuring Productivity and Environmental Effects of Electricity Shortages
Discussants:
Manuela Angelucci (University of Arizona)
Taryn Dinkelman (Princeton University)
Jan. 3, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, International B
AEA Session: Financial Institutions 2 (G2)
Presiding:
Peter Liu
(Cornell University)
Securitization and Distressed Loan Renegotiation: Evidence From the Subprime Mortgage Crisis
Financial Intermediary Leverage and Value-at-Risk
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The Costs of Being Private: Evidence from the Loan Market
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Are Mutual Fund Fees Competitive? What IQ-Related Behavior Tells Us
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The Dark Side of Bank Wholesale Funding
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Financial Leverage, Corporate Investment and Stock Returns
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Jan. 3, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, International C
AEA Session: Incorporating Behavioral Assumptions into Industrial Organization (L2)
Presiding:
David Laibson
(Harvard University)
Who Thinks About the Competition? Managerial Ability and Strategic Entry in US Local Telephone Markets
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Using Rationalizable Bounds for Conditional Choice Probabilities as Control Variables
To Review or Not To Review? Limited Strategic Thinking at the Movie Box Office
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Fishing for Fools
Discussants:
Stephen R. Ryan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Adam Rosen (University College London)
Stefano Dellavigna (University of California-Berkeley)
Xavier Gabaix (New York University)
Jan. 3, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A702
AEA Session: Topics in Markets and Firms (L0)
Presiding:
Reuben Kyle
(Middle Tennessee State University)
Measuring the Impact of Time of Use Rates on Peak and Off-peak Energy Consumption: Results from a Randomized Controlled Experiment
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Gaming and Strategic Ambiguity in Incentive Provision
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Survival and Financing of Black Owned Start-ups in the U.S.
Tariff Choice with Consumer Learning and Switching Costs
The Effect of Heterogeneity on the Performance of Employees and Organizational Divisions of the Firm
Ability, Adverse Learning and Agency Costs: Evidence from Retail Banking
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Jan. 3, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A703
AEA Session: Research in Economic Education (00)
Presiding:
William Greene
(New York University)
Achievement Goals, Locus of Control, and Academic Success and Effort in Introductory and Intermediate Microeconomics
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The Effectiveness of Peer Tutoring on Student Achievement at the University Level
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Do Online Homework Tools Improve Student Results in Microeconomics Principles Courses?
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The Efficacy of Collaborative Learning Recitation Sessions on Student Outcomes
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Discussants:
Wendy Stock (Montana State University)
Sam Allgood (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Tisha Emerson (Baylor University)
Georg Schaur (University of Tennessee)
Jan. 3, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A704
AEA Session: Trade Collapses (F4) (Panel Discussion)
Presiding:
Paolo Pesenti
(Federal Reserve Bank-New York)
Marc Auboin, World Trade Organization
Jonathan Eaton, New York University
Kei-Mu Yi, Federal Reserve Bank-Philadelphia
Joe Kaboski, Ohio State University
Jan. 3, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A705
AEA Session: Adapting to Climate Change: Lessons from History (N5)
Presiding:
Hoyt Bleakley
(University of Chicago)
Adjusting to Climatic Variation: Historical Perspectives from North American Agricultural Development
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The Enduring Impact of the American Dust Bowl: Short and Long-run Adjustments to Environmental Catastrophe
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The Little Ice Age and Health: Europe from the Early Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century
Adapting to Warmer Weather: Lessons from U.S. History
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Discussants:
Hoyt Bleakley (University of Chicago)
Paul Rhode (University of Arizona)
Richard Hornbeck (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Sok Chul Hong (Sogang University)
Jan. 3, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A706
AEA Session: Evaluating Alternative School Models Using Lotteries (I2)
Presiding:
Parag Pathak
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
How New York City's Charter Schools Affect Achievement
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Accountability and Flexibility in Public Schools: New Evidence from Boston's Charters and Pilots
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Identification of Causal Effects when Program Participation is Partially Determined by Lotteries: The Case of Oversubscribed Magnet Programs
Livin in the Zone: An Analysis of a Bold Experiment in Harlem
Discussants:
Holger Sieg (Carnegie-Mellon University)
Susan Dynarski (University of Michigan)
Jonah Rockoff (Columbia University)
Josh Angrist (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Jan. 3, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M103
AEA/ACAES Session: The Economics of the ASEAN Economic Community (F1)
Presiding:
Manoranjan Dutta
(Rutgers University)
An Empirical Assessment of the ASEAN Economic Community
Governance and Regional Economic Integration: What Stakes for ASEAN and Asia?
ASEAN FTAs: Are They Useful to Business and a Building Block towards the AEC?
FDI Flow Volatility and ASEAN Members: An Exploratory Approach
Discussants:
Mordechai E. Kreinin (Michigan State University)
Ayhan Kose (International Monetary Fund)
Kanda Naknoi ()
Mardi Dungey (University of Cambridge)
Jan. 3, 10:15 am, Hilton Atlanta, Room 211
AEA/AERE Session: Combining Environmental and Development Goals: Strategies for Moving Forward (Panel Discussion)
Presiding:
Kathleen Segerson
(University of Connecticut )
Christopher Barrett, Cornell University
Ariel Dinar, University of California-Riverside
Paul Ferraro, Georgia State University
Charles Perrings, Arizona State University
Ma Zhong, Renmin University, China
David Zilberman, University of California-Berkeley
Jan. 3, 10:15 am, Hilton Atlanta, Room 204
AEA/AREUEA Session: The Future of the GSEs (L3)
Presiding:
Kevin Warsh
(Federal Reserve Board)
Do the GSEs Expand the Supply of Mortgage Credit?
GSE Affordable Housing Goals and Subprime Mortgage Lending
The Role of the Government in Financing Mortgages in the United States and the Need for a Government Bond Insurer
The Future Role of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the US Mortgage Market
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Discussants:
Brent Ambrose (Pennsylvania State University)
Shane Sherlund (Federal Reserve Board)
Robert Van Order (George Washington University)
Anthony Sanders (George Mason University)
Jan. 3, 10:15 am, Hilton Atlanta, Room 205
AEA/HERO Session: Health System Reform: Essential for Universal Insurance Coverage?
Presiding:
Donald Yett
(University of Southern California)
Impact of Medical Home Intervention on Health Care Utilization and Spending
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Economics of Comparative Effectiveness
Pharmaceutical Industry Drug Quality and Regulation: Evidence from the U.S. and Italy
Discussants:
James Rebitzer (Boston University)
Amitabh Chandra (Harvard University)
Rusty Tchernis (Indiana University)
Jan. 3, 10:15 am, Hilton Atlanta, Grand Salon C
AEA/SPM Session: Economics of Crime (K4)
Presiding:
Dominick Salvatore
(Fordham University)
On the Allocation of Criminal Activity and Policy to Ensure Its Social Benefits
On the Measure and Economic Analysis of Crime
New Directions in the Economic Analysis of Crime
Whodunit? Financial Crime and Near-Crime in the Economic Collapse
Understanding Why Crime Exploded in the 1960s, and the Implications for Future Crime
Jan. 3, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M109
AEA/TPUG Session: Externalities, Space and Rents in Transportation (L9)
Presiding:
Jeffrey Osleeb
(University of Connecticut)
Do Energy Efficiency Standards Increase Social Welfare?
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Spatial Heterogeneity and the Geographic Distribution of Airport Noise
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Union Wage Premiums Following Intrastate Deregulation: Evidence from the U.S. Trucking Industry
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Geography, Rates, and Pricing in Railroad Markets
Discussants:
Ken Button (George Mason University)
Wim Vijverberg (City University of New York)
John Brown (Georgia Southern University)
Jan. 3, 10:15 am, Hilton Atlanta, Room 408
AEA/URPE Session: Debating Aggregate Supply and Aggregate Demand (A2)
Presiding:
Duncan Foley
(New School for Social Research)
Two Into One Won't Go: A Critical View of the Popular AD/AS Model
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Critique of Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply: Mankiw's Presentation
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Response to Grieve and Critique
Response to Moseley and Critique
Discussants:
David Collander (Middlebury College)
Michele Naples (College of New Jersey)
Jan. 3, 10:30 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atrium Ballroom B
AEA Session: Chairman Bernanke Presentation (E52)
Presiding:
Robert Hall
(Stanford University)
Ben S. Bernanke, Federal Reserve Board
Jan. 3, 12:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Imperial Ballroom
AEA/AFA Session: Joint Luncheon
Presiding:
Darrell Duffie
(Stanford University)
Robert Shiller, Yale University
Jan. 3, 12:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A704
AEA/EEA Session: Lecture
Presiding:
James Poterba
(MIT and NBER)
Empirical Evidence and Tax Policy Design: Lessons from the Mirrlees Review
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Jan. 3, 12:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M105
AEA/HES Session: Complexity in the History of Economic Thought (B2)
Presiding:
Mauro Boianovsky
(Universidade de Brasilia)
Chaos Theory Before Lorenz
The Emergence of Agent-based Modeling in Economics
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Inherent Vice: Complexity vs. Behavioral Explanations of Macroeconomic Crisis
The Sins of the Sons of Samuelson
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Discussants:
Wade Hands (University of Pudget Sound)
Elias Khalil (Monash University)
Judy Klein (Mary Baldwin College)
Michael Makowsky (Towson University)
Jan. 3, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atrium Ballroom A
AEA Session: Mortgages (G2)
Presiding:
Susan Woodward
(Sand Hill Econometrics)
The Equilibrium Distribution of Prices Paid by Imperfectly Informed Customers
Past Failures and Potential Success of Mandated Mortgage Disclosures: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment and Qualitative Interviews with Real Consumers
Securitization and Moral Hazard: Evidence from a Lender Cut-off Rule
Jan. 3, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A707
AEA Session: The Massachusetts Health Reform Experiment: Early Experiences (I1)
Presiding:
Jonathan Gruber
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
How Sensitive are Low Income Individuals to Price Differences Across Health Plan Choices?
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Disentangling the Effects of Health Reform in Massachusetts: How Important Are the Special Provisions for Young Adults?
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The Impact of Copayments on Low Income Populations
Discussants:
Joseph Newhouse (Harvard University)
Thomas Buchmueller (University of Michigan)
Jan. 3, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A708
AEA Session: Evidence on AEA and NSF Mentoring Programs (00)
Presiding:
William Darity, Jr.
(Duke University)
Can Mentoring Help Female Assistant Professors? The Case of CSWEP's CeMENT Program
The Impact of Pipeline Mentoring Programs
Discussants:
Hank Farber (Princeton University)
Claudia Goldin (Harvard University)
Mark Lopez (Pew Hispanic Center)
Rhonda Sharpe (Bennett College for Women)
Jan. 3, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, L401
AEA Session: Empirical Health (I1)
Presiding:
Daniel Millimet
(Southern Methodist University)
The Effect of School Accountability Policies on Children's Health
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You'll Never Be Fat Again: Deceptive Advertising of OTC Weight Loss Products
Education, Knowledge and the Evolution of Disparities in Health
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Estimation of Treatment Effects Without an Exclusion Restriction: with an Application to the Analysis of the School Breakfast Program
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Discussants:
David Figlio (Northwestern University)
Darius N. Lakdawalla (RAND Corporation)
Jody L. Sindelar (Yale University)
Jason Fletcher (Yale University)
Jan. 3, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom - Salon A
AEA Session: Growth or Stagnation after Recession? (F4)
Presiding:
Dominick Salvatore
(Fordham University)
Sustaining the recovery. Challenges on the supply and the demand side
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U.S. Growth in the Decade Ahead
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Growth and Crisis in the World Economy
Global Imbalances and the Genesis of the Great Recession of 2007
Robust Growth or Anemic Recovery in the U.S. and the Global Economy
Jan. 3, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom - Salon C
AEA Session: Measuring Disaster Risk (F3)
Presiding:
Geert Bekaert
(Columbia University)
Stock Market Crashes and Depressions
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Disasters Implied by Equity Index Options
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Can Rare Events Explain the Equity Premium Puzzle?
Crash Risk in Currency Markets
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Discussants:
Jessica Wachter (University of Pennsylvania)
David Bates (University of Iowa)
Hanno Lustig (University of California-Los Angeles)
Geert Bekaert (Columbia University)
Jan. 3, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom - Salon D
AEA Session: How Should the Financial Crisis Change How We Teach Economics? (00) (Panel Discussion)
Presiding:
David Colander
(Middlebury College)
Benjamin Friedman, Harvard University
Raghuram Rajan, University of Chicago
Robert Shiller, Yale University
Alan Blinder, Princeton University
Jan. 3, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M104
AEA Session: Information, Uncertainty, Networks (D8)
Presiding:
Jennifer Reinganum
(Vanderbilt University)
Initiating Bargaining
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Financial Value of Reputation: Evidence from the eBay Auctions of Gmail Invitations
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Learning and Discovery
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Group Cooperation under Uncertainty
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Exploring Higher Order Risk Effects
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Reputable Friends as Watchdogs: Social Incentives and Modes of Governance
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Jan. 3, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M302
AEA Session: Law and Economics 2 (K4)
Presiding:
Naci Mocan
(Louisiana State University)
Intended and Unintended Consequences of Prison Reform
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Enforcement Spillovers
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The Economics of Rape Reporting: Will Victims Pay for Police Involvement?
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Optimal Compensation for Regulatory Takings
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Discussants:
Hope Corman (Rider University)
Sara Markowitz (Emory University)
Lars Lefgren (Brigham Young University)
Marco Castaneda (Tulane University)
Jan. 3, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A701
AEA Session: Multi-Sided Platforms: Theory and Measurement (L1)
Presiding:
Michael Katz
(New York University)
Why Do Intermediaries Divert Search?
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A Price Theory of Multi-Sided Platforms
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Competition between Exchanges: Lessons from the Battle of the Bund
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Platform Pricing at Sportscard Conventions
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Discussants:
Michael L. Katz (New York University)
Luis M. B. Cabral (New York University)
Jerry A. Hausman (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Greg Lewis (Harvard University)
Jan. 3, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M304
AEA Session: International Trade 2 (F1)
Presiding:
Michael Clemens
(Center for Global Development)
A Model of International Cities: Implications for Real Exchange Rates
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Tough Love: Do Czech Suppliers Learn from Their Relationships with Multinationals?
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Corruption, Delays, and the Pattern of Trade
A Multi-Sector Specific Factors Model of the U.S. Economy with Skilled and Unskilled Labor as Mobile Factors
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Financial Development and the Patterns of International Capital Flows
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How Sensitive Is Foreign Investment in China to Wage Differences? Skill Intensity, Product Market Competition, and Networks
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Jan. 3, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, International B
AEA Session: Agriculture and Energy: New Direct and Indirect Links Can Lead to Unintended Consequences (Q4)
Presiding:
William H. Meyers
(University of Missouri )
Economy-Wide Implications from U.S. Bioenergy Expansion
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Ethanol Policy Effects on US Natural Gas Prices and Quantities
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Is Biofuel the Culprit: OPEC food and fuel
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Discussants:
Vincent Smith (Montana State University)
Jan. 3, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, International C
AEA Session: Financial Markets 1 (G1)
Presiding:
Abigail Hornstein
(Wesleyan University)
Rollover Risk during the Crisis
Consumption Volatility Risk
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Assessing the Effectiveness of the Paulson "Teaser Freezer" Plan: Evidence from the ABX Index
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Financial Intermediation, Asset Prices, and Macroeconomic Dynamics
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Your House or Your Credit Card, Which Would You Choose? Personal Delinquency Tradeoffs and Precautionary Liquidity Motives
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A Trans-Niagara Tale of Informed Traders
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Jan. 3, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A703
AEA Session: Banks and the Real Economy: Evidence from the Crisis of 2007-2009 (G3)
Presiding:
Heitor Almeida
(University of Illinois)
Liquidity Management in the Financial Crisis
The Real Effects of Financial Constraints: Evidence from a Financial Crisis
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Aggregate Risk and the Choice Between Cash and Lines of Credit
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Costly External Finance, Corporate Investment, and the Subprime Mortgage Credit Crisis
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Discussants:
Philip Strahan (Boston College)
Peter Tufano (Harvard Business School)
Ran Duchin (University of Michigan)
Amir Sufi (University of Chicago)
Jan. 3, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A704
AEA Session: On the Price of Capital: International Macro Perspectives (F4)
Presiding:
Angus Deaton
(Princeton University)
The Mystery of Capital Prices
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The Elasticity of Trade: Estimates and Evidence
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International Capital Mobility Through the Lens of the Neoclassical Model: Puzzles, Private Flows, and Global Imbalances
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Discussants:
James Feyrer (Dartmouth College)
Kim Ruhl (New York University)
Francesco Caselli (London School of Economics)
Jan. 3, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A705
AEA Session: Field Experiments on Consumer Purchase Behavior (D1)
Presiding:
David Reiley
(Yahoo! Research)
Experiments in Choice
How Does Popularity Information Affect Choices? A Field Experiment
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Does Retail Advertising Work? Measuring the Effects of Advertising on Sales via a Controlled Experiment on Yahoo!
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Discussants:
Alan Sorensen (Stanford University)
Jonathan Zinman (Dartmouth College)
Sendhil Mullainathan (Harvard University)
Jan. 3, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A706
AEA Session: Over 50 Years of NSF Support for Economics: 35 Years Through Economics Program Officer Daniel Newlon (O3) (Panel Discussion)
Presiding:
Ernst Berndt
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Daniel H. Newlon, retired from National Science Foundation
Edward P. Lazear, Stanford University
Barbara M. Fraumeni, University of Southern Maine
Charles R. Plott, California Institute of Technology
Jan. 3, 2:30 pm, Hilton Atlanta, Room 208
AEA/CEANA Session: Financial Markets and the Macro Economy
Presiding:
Serena Ng
(Columbia University)
Credit Frictions and Monetary Policy Analysis
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Financial Intermediation and Credit Policy
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Financial Factors in Business Cycles
The Macroeconomic Effects of Housing Wealth, Housing Finance, and Limited Risk Sharing in General Equilibrium
Discussants:
Tao Zha (Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta)
John Leahy (New York University)
Jan. 3, 2:30 pm, Hilton Atlanta, Room 201
AEA/IAEE Session: Climate Policy for a Post-Kyoto World (Q)
Presiding:
Carlo Bollino
(University of Perugia, Italy)
Global Climate Policy Scenarios: An Update
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Climate Change Policy After Copenhagen
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Rethinking Climate Treaty Negotiations
Jan. 3, 4:45 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Imperial Ballroom
AEA Session: Richard T. Ely Lecture (L11)
Presiding:
Robert Hall
(Stanford University)
Hal Varian, University of California-BerkeleyComputer Mediated Transactions
Jan. 3, 8:00 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A704
AEA Session: The Economics Humor Session in Honor of Caroline Postelle Clotfelter (A10)
Presiding:
Kenneth West
(University of Wisconsin)
Busted Dreams and Cheatin' Hearts: The Credit Crisis, Nashville-Style
The Economics of Faking Ecstasy
Economists Do It with Models
What to Expect When You're Expecting the Nobel Prize
January 4, 2010
Jan. 4, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atrium Ballroom A
AEA Session: Growth Diagnostics in Practice (O5)
Presiding:
Dani Rodrik
(Harvard University)
Constraints to Growth in Malawi
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Ghana
What is the weakest link for entrepreneurial activity in Burundi?
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Diagnostics in Transition: Analyzing the Constraints to Economic Growth in Moldova
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Competitiveness and Growth in Argentina: Appropriability, Misallocation or Disengagement?
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Discussants:
Philippe Aghion (Harvard University)
Justin Yifu Lin (World Bank)
Jan. 4, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A707
AEA Session: Industrial Organization and Environmental Policy (L5)
Presiding:
Stephen Ryan
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Pollution Permits and the Evolution of Market Structure
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The Impact of Climate Change on Household Welfare
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Profiting from Regulation: An Event Study of the European Carbon Market
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Allocating Emissions Permits: Theory and Evidence
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Discussants:
Jeremy Fox (University of Chicago)
Arthur Campbell (Massuchusetts Institute of Technology)
Chris Knittel (University of California-Davis)
Stephen Holland (University of North Carolina-Greensboro)
Jan. 4, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A708
AEA Session: International Finance (F3)
Presiding:
Juergen von Hagen
(University of Bonn)
Export Responses to Real Exchange Rate Fluctuations
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Foreign Lenders in Emerging Economies
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Serial Default and Debt Renegotiation
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Accounting for Crises
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Evidence for Relational Contracts in Sovereign Bank Lending
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Jan. 4, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atrium Ballroom B
AEA Session: Lectures in Macroeconomics (E0)
Presiding:
Alan Blinder
(Princeton University)
Disentangling the Channels of the 2008-2009 Recession
A Life Cycle Model of Trans-Atlantic Employment Experiences
Jan. 4, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, L508
AEA Session: Education (I2)
Presiding:
Scott Carrell
(University of California-Davis)
Magnet Schools and Student Achievement: Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment in China
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Examining the Effect of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) on Public School Incentives and Response: Evidence from Wisconsin
How Responsive is Higher Education? The Linkages between Higher Education and the Labor Market
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The Influence of Peers on Student Proficiency in Elementary School
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A Framework for the Analysis of Dynamic Treatment Effects: Grade Retention and Test Scores
Do Female Faculty Influence Female Students' Choice of College Major, and Why?
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Jan. 4, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom - Salon A
AEA Session: Performance-Based Financial Incentives in Education (I2)
Presiding:
Steven Levitt
(University of Chicago)
The Effect of Financial Incentives on High School Achievement: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Paying to Learn: The Effect of Financial Incentives on Elementary School Test Scores
Incentives in Education: Evidence from Randomized Experiments in Urban School Districts
Discussants:
Brian Jacob (University of Michigan)
Susanna Loeb (Stanford University)
Steven Rivkin (Amherst College)
Jan. 4, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom - Salon C
AEA Session: New Evidence on the Adequacy of Retirement Saving (J1)
Presiding:
Erik Hurst
(University of Chicago)
Are All Americans Saving 'Optimally' for Retirement?
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Economic Preparation for Retirement: Then and Now
What Happens to Consumption When Children Fly the Coop? A Test of the Permanent Income Hypothesis
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Tapping Assets in Retirement: Which Assets, How, and When?
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Discussants:
Janice Eberly (Northwestern University )
Erik Hurst (University of Chicago)
Gary Engelhardt (Syracuse University)
Sarah Holden (Investment Company Institute)
Jan. 4, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom - Salon D
AEA Session: Financial Crises and Government Policy (G1)
Presiding:
Itay Goldstein
(University of Pennsylvania)
Fear of Fire Sales and the Credit Freeze
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Contingent Debt Currency
Using Market Prices as a Guide for Government Intervention
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Discussants:
Charles Kahn (University of Illinois)
Christine Parlour (University of California-Berkeley)
Adriano Rampini (Duke University)
Jan. 4, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M101
AEA Session: Demographic and Family Economics (D1)
Presiding:
David Frisvold
(Emory University)
Altruistic and Exchange Motives in Education Investment on Children: Evidence from Pension Reform in Urban China
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Cheaper Child Care, More Children
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Transfers and Development – Easy Come, Easy Go?
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Booms, Busts, and Divorce
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WHY ARE MORE BOYS BORN DURING WAR? EVIDENCE FROM GERMANY AT MID CENTRUY
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Social Norms and Productivity
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Jan. 4, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M102
AEA Session: Dissertation Session (00)
Presiding:
Ngina Chiteji
(Skidmore College)
Housing Prices, Race, and Demographic Change
Family Structure and Stability Effects on Child Cognitive Performance
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Intertia and Overwithholding: Explaining the Prevalence of Income Tax Refunds
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The Economic Impact of Microcredit on Poor Households: A Study of Flagship Programs in Bangladesh
Discussants:
Marie Mora (University of Texas-Pan American)
Kerwin Charles (University of Chicago )
Mark Hugo Lopez (Pew Hispanic Center)
Sue Stockly (Eastern New Mexico University)
Jan. 4, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M104
AEA Session: Competition and Market Structure (L1)
Presiding:
Fiona Scott Morton
(Yale University)
"One Discriminatory Rent" or "Double Jeopardy": Multi-component Negotiation for New Car Purchases
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Entry and Exit in the Market for Real Estate Agents
Revisiting the Income Effect: Gasoline Prices and Grocery Purchases
Expanding Choice In Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance: Who Gains and Why
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Jan. 4, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M302
AEA Session: Access to Clean Water in Developing Countries (O1)
Presiding:
A. Mushfiq Mobarak
(Yale University)
Making Water Safe: Price, Persuasion, Peers, Promoters, or Product Design?
Negotiation over Water Quality: Evidence from Brazilian Water Basin Committees
Reality Versus Propaganda in the Formation of Beliefs about Privatization
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Willingness to Pay for Clean Water: Evidence from Field Experiments in Northern Ghana.
Discussants:
David Atkin (Princeton University)
Rick Hornbeck (Harvard University)
Sheila Olmstead (Yale University)
Jenny Aker (Tufts University)
Jan. 4, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A701
AEA Session: Impacts of Gender Differences in Risk Aversion (00)
Presiding:
Nancy Jianakoplos
(Colorado State University)
Female Hires and the Success of Start-up Firms
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Portfolio Choice and Risk Attitudes: A Household Bargaining Approach
Gender Differences in Wealth at Retirement
Discussants:
Mary Ann Feldman (University of North Carolina)
Robert Pollack (Washington University-St. Louis)
Olivia Mitchell (University of Pennsylvania)
Jan. 4, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M304
AEA Session: Trade and the Internal Organization of Firms (F2)
Presiding:
Stephen Redding
(London School of Economics)
Profiting from Government Stakes in a Command Economy: Evidence from Chinese Asset Sales
The Organization of Firms Across Countries
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Outsourcing Professional Services and Wage Inequality: Theory and Evidence
Intra-firm Trade and Product Contractability
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Discussants:
Kathryn Shaw (Stanford University)
Bob Gibbons (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Paul Oyer (Stanford University)
Keith Head (University of British Columbia)
Jan. 4, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, International C
AEA Session: Determinants of Educational Success of Young Children (I2)
Presiding:
David Mustard
(University of Georgia)
Competitive Effects of Means Tested School Vouchers
Do Non-cognitive Skills Explain the Gender Gap in Educational Achievement?
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Information Asymmetry and Equilibrium Monitoring in Education
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What a Difference a Day Makes: Estimating Daily Learning Gains During Kindergarten and First Grade Using a Natural Experiment
Discussants:
Rajashri Chakrabarti (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Sarah E. Turner (University of Virginia)
Christopher M. Cornwell (University of Georgia)
Jan. 4, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A702
AEA Session: Migrants and Immigrants: Impact, Behavior and Economic Outcomes (J6)
Presiding:
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
(Georgia Institute of Technology)
The Intergenerational Effects of Paternal Migration on Schooling: What Can We Learn from Children's Time Allocations?
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Migrant Remittances and Household Labor Supply in the Post-Conflict Tajikistan
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Explaining the Generational Gap of Migrant Households
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Welfare Usage in the U.S. Does immigrant birthplace and Immigration Status Matter?
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Discussants:
John Giles (Michigan State University)
Chung Yu Ho (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Luisa Blanco (Pepperdine University)
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes (San Diego State University )
Jan. 4, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A703
AEA Session: Sufficient Statistics for Policy Evaluation: A Forum on Combining Structural and Quasi-Experimental Methods (C5)
Presiding:
Lawrence Katz
(Harvard University)
Sufficient Statistics for Welfare Analysis:A Bridge Between Structural and Reduced-Form Methods
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Estimating Welfare in Insurance Markets Using Variation in Prices
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Slutsky Meets Marschak: First-Order Identification of Multi-Product Production
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Discussants:
Ariel Pakes (Harvard University)
James J. Heckman (University of Chicago)
Jonathan Gruber (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Jan. 4, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A705
AEA Session: The Role of Markets in Law and Economics (K1)
Presiding:
David Abrams
(University of Pennsylvania)
Predicting Crime
Empirical Evidence of Prosecutorial Charging Manipulation: And What it Tells Us About What Prosecutors are Trying to Do
Building Criminal Capital vs Specific Deterrence: The Effect of Incarceration Length on Recidivism
Discussants:
Paige Marta Skiba (Vanderbilt University)
Jeremy Tobacman (University of Pennsylvania and NBER)
Emily Owens (Cornell University)
Jan. 4, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A706
AEA Session: Household Economics (G2)
Presiding:
Sendhil Mullainathan
(Harvard University)
"Can Psychological Aggregation Manipulations Affect Portfolio RiskTaking?"
Do Consumers Choose the Right Credit Contracts?"
Twin Picks: Disentangling the Determinants of Risk-Taking in Household Financial
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The Market for Financial Advice: An Audit Study
Discussants:
Andrew W. Lo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Enrichetta Ravina (Columbia University)
Deborah Lucas (Northwestern University)
John Campbell (Harvard University)
Jan. 4, 8:00 am, Hilton Atlanta, Room 207
AEA/KAEA Session: Global Financial Crisis, Regional Integration and Policy Responses in East Asia (F3)
Presiding:
Yoonbai Kim
(University of Kentucky)
The Global Crisis and Capital Flows to Emerging Markets
Comparison of Asian Crisis 1997-98 and Global Crisis of 2008-09
Capital Inflows and Liquidity Crunch during the 2007-09 Global Economic Crisis
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Surfing the Waves of Globalization: Asia and Financial Globalization in the Context of the Trilemma
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Discussants:
Hui Tong (International Monetary Fund)
Woochan Kim (KDI School of Public Policy & Management)
Kwanho Shin (Korea University)
Cheol S. Eun (Georgia Tech)
Hyun Song Shin (Princeton University)
Jan. 4, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atrium Ballroom A
AEA Session: New Directions in the Economic Analysis of Human Capital (G1, I1, I2)
Presiding:
Gary Becker
(University of Chicago)
Inputs and Impacts in Charter Schools
The Market for College Graduates and the Worldwide Boom in Higher Education of Women
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The Role of Human Capital in Imperfectly Informed Financial Markets
Education and Health
Discussants:
Eric Bettinger (Stanford University)
Derek Neal (University of Chicago)
Chetan Subramanian (State University of New York-Buffalo)
Edward Vytlacil (Yale University)
Jan. 4, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A707
AEA Session: Institutions and Development (O1)
Presiding:
Christopher Udry
(Yale University)
Institutions, Factor Prices and Taxation: Virtues of Strong States?
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Coping with Political Instability: Micro Evidence from Kenya's 2007 Election Crisis
Do Traditional Institutions Constrain Female Entrepreneurship? A Field Experiment on Business Training in India
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Creating Property Rights: Land Banks in Ghana
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Jan. 4, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A708
AEA Session: Asset Pricing in DSGE Models (G1)
Presiding:
Harald Uhlig
(University of Chicago)
Asset Prices in Business Cycle Analysis
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The Bond Premium in a DSGE Model with Long-Run Real and Nominal Risks
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A DSGE Model of the Term Structure with Regime Shifts
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Easy EZ in DSGE
Discussants:
Thomas Tallarini (Federal Reserve Board)
John Campbell (Harvard University)
Federico Ravenna (University of California-Santa Cruz)
Burton Hollifield (Carnegie Mellon University)
Jan. 4, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atrium Ballroom B
AEA Session: Housing (L7) (Panel Discussion)
Presiding:
Susan Woodward
(Sand Hill Econometrics)
John Quigley, University of California-Berkeley
Paul Willen, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Robert Shiller, Yale University
Chris Mayer, Columbia University
Karen Pence, Federal Reserve Board
Jan. 4, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, L508
AEA Session: Measuring Labor and Wage Dynamics with Administrative Data (00)
Presiding:
V. Hotz
(Duke University)
Measuring Employment Transitions and Mass Layoffs with Administrative Data
Understanding Earnings Instability: A Comparison of Measures Based on Survey and Administrative Reports
Localized Shocks, Job Displacement and Wages: Evidence from Mexico
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Internal and External Job Mobility and Wages: Does It Matter?
Discussants:
Melissa Tartari (Yale University)
David Ribar (University of North Carolina-Greensboro)
Jan. 4, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom - Salon A
AEA Session: Revisiting and Rethinking the Business Cycle (E3)
Presiding:
James Poterba
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology & NBER)
Real-Time Macroeconomic Monitoring: Real Activity, Inflation, and Interactions
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Indicators for Dating Business Cycles: Cross-History Selection, Comparisons, Possible Changes
The Business Cycle in a Changing Economic, Financial and Global Setting: Conceptualization, Measurement, Dating
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Criteria in Defining Business Cycles: Current Practice and Proposed Changes
Discussants:
Marcelle Chauvet (University of California)
Jeremy Piger (University of Oregon)
Martin Feldstein (Harvard University and NBER)
Mark Watson (Princeton University)
Jan. 4, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom - Salon C
AEA Session: The Great Inflation (E5)
Presiding:
Michael Bordo
(Rutgers University)
Falling Behind the Curve: A Positive Analysis of Stop-Start Monetary Policies and the Great Inflation
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The Supply-Shock Explanation of the Great Stagflation Revisited
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Monetary Policy Mistakes and the Evolution of Inflation Expectations
Opting Out of the Great Inflation: German Monetary Policy after the Break Down of Bretton Woods
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Discussants:
Athanasios Orphanides (Central Bank of Cyprus)
Michael D. Bordo (Rutgers University)
John B. Taylor (Stanford University)
Vitor Gaspar (Bureau of European Policy Advisers)
Jan. 4, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom - Salon D
AEA Session: Lectures in Public Finance (H0)
Presiding:
Emmanuel Saez
(University of California-Berkeley)
Capital Income Taxes with Heterogeneous Discount Rates
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Land Use Regulation as a Barrier to Entry: Evidence from the Texas Lodging Industry
Jan. 4, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M101
AEA Session: Financial Markets 2 (G1)
Presiding:
Karlyn Mitchell
(North Carolina State University)
Collateral and Capital Structure
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Optimal Securitization with Moral Hazard
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Washington Meets Wall Street: A Closer Examination of the Presidential Cycle Puzzle
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Betting Markets and Market Efficiency: Evidence from College Football
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Capital Adequacy of Hedge Funds and Financial Stability: Theory and Empirical Evidence
Heterogeneous Background Risks, Portfolio Choice, and Asset Returns:Evidence from Micro-Level Data
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Jan. 4, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M104
AEA Session: Field Experiment in Firms (O1)
Presiding:
John Van Reenen
(London School of Economics)
Wage Subsidies for Microenterprises
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Management as Technology: Evidence from Medium and Large Indian Firms
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Self-control and the Development of Work Arrangements
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Returns to Entrepreneurship Mentoring for Small and Medium Enterprises in Mexico
Jan. 4, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M302
AEA Session: International Capital Flows, Global Imbalances, and Crises (F3)
Presiding:
Guillermo Calvo
(Columbia University)
Global Imbalances and Global Depressions
Two Hundred Years of Financial Integration: Latin America Since Independence
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Financial Crises and International Portfolio Dynamics
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How Do Recoveries Follow Recessions?
Discussants:
Carmen Reinhart (University of Maryland)
Carlos Vegh (University of Maryland)
Jan. 4, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A701
AEA Session: Pay, Promotion, and Stability: Women in the Labor Market (00)
Presiding:
Francine Blau
(Cornell University)
High-Tech Industries and the Gender Wage Gap: A Test of the Skill-Biased Polarization Hypothesis
Stop the Clock Policies and Career Success in Academia
Are There Gender Differences in the Job Mobility Patterns of Academic Economists?
Do Men Enjoy Greater Job Stability Thanks to Women? Gender Differences in Establishments' Employment Practices
Discussants:
Mary Daly (Federal Reserve Bank-San Francisco)
Donna Ginther (University of Kansas)
Debra Barbezat (Colby College)
John Haltiwanger (University of Maryland)
Jan. 4, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M304
AEA Session: Economics and Human Biology in Development (O1)
Presiding:
Fidel Perez-Sebastian
(University of Alicante)
The 'Out of Africa' Hypothesis, Human Genetic Diversity, and Comparative Economic Development
A 'Bioeconomic' Foundation of the Malthusian Equilibrium: Body Size and Population Size in the Long Run
A Bioeconomic View of the Neolithic Transition to Agriculture
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The Mortality and Morbidity Transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Adult Heights
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Dynamic Formation of Directed Firm Citation Network
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Discussants:
Douglas Gollin (Williams College)
Omer Moav (Royal Holloway University of London & Hebrew University)
Luis Rayo (University of Chicago)
Richard Steckel (Ohio State University)
Jan. 4, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, International B
AEA Session: The Real Effects of the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis (G3)
Presiding:
Kalina Manova
(Stanford University)
Off the Cliff and Back? Credit Conditions and International Trade During the Global Financial Crisis
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Firm Operating and Financial Responses to a Financial Crisis
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Corporate Debt and the Real Effects of the 2007 Credit Crisis
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The Spread of Liquidity Crunch in 2008-09: The Role of Exposure to Financial Globalization
Discussants:
Andrei Levchenko (University of Michigan)
Luc Laeven (International Monetary Fund)
Fritz Foley (Harvard Business School)
Bo Becker (Harvard Business School)
Jan. 4, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, International C
AEA Session: New Issues in the Regulation of Biotech: Biosimilars and Personalized Medicine (L5) (Panel Discussion)
Presiding:
Fiona Scott Morton
(Yale University)
Scott Stern, Northwestern University
Henry Grabowski, Duke University
Adrian Towse, United Kingdom Office of Health Economics
Jan. 4, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A702
AEA Session: Economics of Security (F5)
Presiding:
Tilman Brueck
(German Institute for Economic Research and Humboldt University Berlin)
Corporate Demand for Insurance: An Empirical Analysis of the U.S. Market for Catastrophe and Non-Catastrophe Risks
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Does Terrorism Work?
The Economics of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism: A Survey
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Discussants:
Claude Berrebi (RAND Corporation)
Esteban Klor (Hebrew University)
Jan. 4, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A703
AEA Session: Innovative Teaching Strategies for Teaching Undergraduate Economics (00)
Presiding:
Benjamin Friedman
(Harvard University)
Findings from a Teaching Innovations Program for Economics Faculty
Developing Teacher Expertise for Economists through a Workshop Experience
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Online Faculty Instruction to Improve Interactive Teaching of Economics
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Advancing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Economics
Discussants:
Robert Rebelein (Vassar College)
Kirsten Madden (Millersville University)
Tisha Emerson (Baylor University)
Sue K. Stockly (Eastern New Mexico University)
Jan. 4, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A705
AEA Session: Cognitive Abilities and Financial Decision Making (G2)
Presiding:
David Laibson
(Harvard University)
Cognitive Abilities and Household Financial Decision Making
Information Disclosure, Cognitive Biases and Payday Borrowing
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IQ and Stock Market Participation
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Households @ Risk: A Cross-Country Study of Household Financial Risk
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Discussants:
Keith Chen (Yale University)
James Choi (Yale University)
Annette Vissing-Jorgensen (Northwestern University)
Sumit Agarwal (Federal Reserve Bank-Chicago)
Jan. 4, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A706
AEA Session: Governance and Incentives at Financial Institutions (G3)
Presiding:
Raghuram Rajan
(University of Chicago)
The Internal Governance of Firms
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Investment Banking Careers
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Seeking Alpha: Excess Risk Taking and Competition for Managerial Talent
Discussants:
Patrick Bolton (Columbia University)
Paul Oyer (Stanford University)
Ulf Axelson (Swedish Institute of Financial Research and London School of Economics)
Jan. 4, 10:15 am, Hilton Atlanta, Crystal A&F
AEA/ACES Session: The Great Transformation after Twenty Years: What Is Left to be Done? (P2) (Panel Discussion)
Presiding:
John Bonin
(Wesleyan University)
Erik Berglof, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Sergei Guriev, New Economics School, Russia
Justin Lin, World Bank
Peter Murrell, University of Maryland
Jan Svejnar, University of Michigan and CERGEI-EI
Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia University
Jan. 4, 10:15 am, Hilton Atlanta, Room 305
AEA/AFE Session: Incentives and the Financial Crisis (G3)
Presiding:
Lemma Senbet,
( University of Maryland)
Bank CEO Incentives and the Credit Crisis
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The Seeds of a Crisis: A Theory of Bank Liquidity and Risk-Taking over the Business Cycle
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The Evolution of the Market for Finance Executives since the 1980s: Evidence and Implications for the 2007 US Financial Crisis.
MBS Ratings and the Mortgage Credit Boom
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Discussants:
Holger Mueller (New York University)
Anjan Thakor (Washington University)
Thomas Philippon (New York University)
Effi Benmelech (Harvard University)
Jan. 4, 10:15 am, Hilton Atlanta, Room 301
AEA/IBEFA Session: The Government's Response to the Financial Crisis: Evaluation and Next Steps (G2) (Panel Discussion)
Presiding:
Dennis Lockhart
(Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta)
Ricardo Caballero, MIT Department of EconomicsPublic-Private Partnerships for Liquidity Provision
Markus Brunnermeier, Princeton UniversityThe Fundamental Principles of Financial Regulation
Randy Kroszner, University of ChicagoThe Response of the Federal Reserve to the Recent Banking and Financial Crisis
Jeremy C. Stein, Harvard UniversityPolicy Making during a Financial Crisis
Diana Hancock, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve SystemAugmenting Capital Regulation to Limit Future Financial Crises
Wayne Passmore, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve SystemAugmenting Capital Regulation to Limit Future Financial Crises
Jan. 4, 10:15 am, Hilton Atlanta, Room 212
AEA/IHEA Session: Determinants of Child Health (I1)
Presiding:
Jonathan Gruber
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Childhood Nutritional Status in the US and the Relative Price of Food
Childhood Endowments, Parental Investments and the Developent of Human Capital: Evidence from Siblings
The Medium Term Schooling Effects of Low Birth Weight: Evidence from Siblings and Twins
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Discussants:
Jody L. Sindelar (Yale University and NBER)
Angela R. Fertig (University of Georgia)
Kasey S. Buckles (University of Notre Dame)
Jan. 4, 12:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Imperial Ballroom
AEA Session: Nobel Laureate Luncheon Honoring Paul Krugman
Presiding:
Robert Hall
(Stanford University)
Avinash Dixit, Princeton University
Jan. 4, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atrium Ballroom A
AEA Session: Paul Samuelson Memorial Session (Panel Discussion)
Presiding:
Robert E. Hall
(Stanford University)
Robert Solow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kenneth Arrow, Stanford University (remarks read by Bob Hall)
Peter Diamond, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Avinash Dixit, Princeton University
Stanley Fischer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (remarks read by Bob Hall)
Robert Merton, Harvard University
James Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Jan. 4, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A707
AEA Session: Economic Growth and Open-Economy Macroeconomics (F4)
Presiding:
Anthony Landry
(Federal Reserve Board-Dallas)
Trade, Multinational Production, and the Gains From Openness
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Where Did Capital Flow? Fifty Years of International Rate of Return Differentials and Capital Flows
The Marginal Product of Capital, Capital Flows and Convergence
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The Quantitative Role of Capital-Goods Imports in U.S. Growth
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Discussants:
Arnaud Costinot (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Philip Lane (Trinity College-Dublin)
Gaetano Antinolfi (Washington University-St. Louis)
Kim Ruhl (New York University-Stern)
Jan. 4, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A708
AEA Session: DATA WATCH: New Developments in Measuring Innovation Activity (O3)
Presiding:
Robert Strom
(Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation)
Science & Technology Agents of Revolution (STAR) Database: A Progress Report
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The Redesign of the National Science Foundation's Business R&D and Innovation Survey: What Worked and What Didn't in Trying to Measure Global R&D, Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer, and Innovation
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Extending the Surveys on R&D to Measure Intangibles: Evidence from a Pilot Survey in the UK and the Kauffman Firm Survey
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Analyzing the Innovative Activity of Young Businesses Across Countries Using Administrative Data
Discussants:
Joseph Kennedy (Pew Charitable Trusts)
John P. Walsh (Georgia Institute of Technology)
William Kerr (Harvard Business School)
Jan. 4, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atrium Ballroom B
AEA Session: Nobel and Clark Lectures (A1)
Presiding:
Robert E. Hall
(Stanford University)
From Optimal Tax Theory to Practice: Comprehensive US Income Tax Reform
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Globalization and the Crisis
Jan. 4, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, L508
AEA Session: Natural Resources (O5)
Presiding:
Francesco Caselli
(London School of Economics)
Do Oil Windfalls Improve Living Standards? Evidence from Brazil
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Income and Health Spending: Evidence from Oil Price Shocks
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Harnessing Windfall Revenues: Optimal Policies for Resource-Rich Developing Economies
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Commodity Price Shocks and Civil Conflict: Evidence From Columbia
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Discussants:
Claudio Ferraz (PUC-Rio)
Charles Jones (Stanford University)
Aleh TSYVINSKI (Yale University)
Ernesto Dal Bo (University of California-Berkeley)
Jan. 4, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom - Salon A
AEA Session: Evolutionary Perspectives on the Crisis (E3)
Presiding:
Sidney Winter
(University of Pennsylvania)
Innovating Toward Disaster: The Evolution of the Derivatives Industry and the Financial Crisis
The Imperceptible but Inevitable Emergence of Crises
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Survival of the Reckless: How the U.S. Mortgage Market Evolved Toward Disaster
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Ecological Analysis of Risk and Financial Innovation
Discussants:
David Colander (Middlebury College)
Robert Shiller (Yale University)
Jan. 4, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom - Salon C
AEA Session: International Financial Markets (F4)
Presiding:
Kenneth West
(University of Wisconsin)
Global Interest Rates, Currency Returns and the Real Value of the Dollar
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Estimation of De Facto Flexibility Parameter and Basket Weights in Evolving Exchange Rate Regimes
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Growth in a Time of Debt
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Discussants:
Eric van Wincoop (University of Virginia)
Atish Ghosh (IMF)
Olivier Jeanne (Johns Hopkins)
Jan. 4, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom - Salon D
AEA Session: Fiscal Stabilization Policy (E6)
Presiding:
Steven Davis
(University of Chicago)
Fiscal Multipliers
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Industry Evidence on the Effects of Government Spending
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Simple Analytics of the Government Expenditure Multiplier
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Jan. 4, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M101
AEA Session: Organizational Responses to Globalization (L2)
Presiding:
Paola Conconi
(European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics )
The Organization of Firms Across Countries
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The Flattening Firm and Product Market Competition
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Global Sourcing Under Imperfect Capital Markets
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Trade Policy and Firm Boundaries
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Discussants:
Roberto Rigobon (Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER)
Maria Guadalupe (Columbia University)
Beata Javorcik (University of Oxford)
Katheryn Russ (University of California-Davis)
Jan. 4, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A601
AEA Session: Poster Session: Active Learning Strategies for the Undergraduate Economics Curriculum (00)
Presiding:
Wendy Stock
(Montana State University)
Classroom Experiments Improve Learning in Calculus-Based Micro Theory Courses
Economics on the Move
Teaching Strategies for Corporate Finance
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Using Appropriate Visual Aids in Teaching Economics
Undergraduate Teaching Tools for Computable General Equilibrium Models
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Assessing the Effectiveness of "Writing to Learn" in Introductory Economics
Fusion Teaching - Utilizing Course Management Technology to Deliver a Multimodal Pedagogy
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Polling the Audience: Using Opinion Surveys to Improve Teaching
The Taxman Can be Indirect
Computer Animations and Demonstrations for Teaching Economics
A Classroom Experiment on Status Goods and Consumer Choice
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Television for Economists
Active Learning: Using Excel Based Interactive Graphs to Teach Incidence of Excise Tax and Deadweight Loss in a Principles Class
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Active Learning in Economics via Real World Investigations
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Team-Based Learning in the Economics Classroom
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Teaching Macroeconomics by Induction
A Classroom Economic Experiment: How to Estimate the Unemployment Rate
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Forecasting Student Success in a Principles of Economics Online Class
The Relationship Between Music and Student Enjoyment of Economics Class
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Demonstrations in Large-Enrollment Principles Courses
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Context-Rich Problems in Public Finance: Reverse Engineering an Upper-Level Policy Course
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Teaching Econometrics as Active Learning
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Being Aware of Health Care: Using Cooperative Learning to Synthesize and Communicate U.S. Health Care Reform Issues
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Context-rich Problems in Principles of Microeconomics and Intermediate Microeconomics
The Role of Homework on Learning Outcomes in the Classroom: Evidence from a Field Experiment
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Teaching Real and Nominal Gross Domestic Product
A Game Approach to Learning and Retaining Microeconomics
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Jan. 4, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M104
AEA Session: Fluctuations 3 (E3)
Presiding:
David Parsley
(Vanderbilt University)
Nominal Shocks and Long-Term Contracts
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Firm Entry, Firm Heterogeneity, and Monetary Policy
Loss Aversion and Monetary Policy Transmission Mechanism
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The Role of Second Menu Costs: Two-Product Firms and the Real Effects of Large Nominal Shocks
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All you need is loan. The role of credit constraints on the cleansing effect of recessions
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Convenient Prices and Price Rigidity: Cross-Sectional Evidence
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Jan. 4, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A701
AEA Session: The Impacts of Immigration on Natives: New Approaches (J1)
Presiding:
Abigail Wozniak
(University of Notre Dame)
Immigration in American Public Schools
The Effect of Immigration on Productivity: Evidence from US States
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Timing is Everything: Immigrant and Native Migration Dynamics in the U.S.
The Dynamics of Immigration and Wages
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Discussants:
Tara Watson (Williams College)
Elizabeth Cascio (Dartmouth College)
Christopher L. Smith (Federal Reserve Board)
Steven Lugauer (University of Notre Dame)
Jan. 4, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M304
AEA Session: Delegated Portfolio Management and Asset Prices (G1)
Presiding:
Ron Kaniel
(Duke University)
Institutional Flows and Asset Prices
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Dynamic Trading with Predictable Returns and Transaction Cost
Multi-Market Delegated Asset Management
The Delegated Lucas-Tree
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Discussants:
Lasse Heje Pedersen (New York University)
Francis Longstaff (University of California-Los Angeles)
William Fuchs (University of California-Berkeley)
Leonid Kogan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Jan. 4, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, International C
AEA Session: Implicit Measurement of Teacher Quality (I2)
Presiding:
Richard Murnane
(Harvard University)
Assessing the Potential of Using Value-Added Estimates of Teacher Job Performance for Making Tenure Decisions
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Using Student Performance Data to Identify Effective Classroom Practices
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Subjective and Objective Measures of Teacher Effectiveness
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Generalizations About Using Value-Added Measures of Teacher Quality
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Discussants:
David Figlio (Northwestern University)
Brian Jacob (University of Michigan)
Jan. 4, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A702
AEA Session: Consumption and Credit (D1)
Presiding:
Sumit Agarwal
(Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
The Response of Consumer Spending to Rebates: Evidence from Recent Tax Cuts
The Effect of Interest Rate on Household Consumption: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in India
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The Consumption Response of ARM Borrowers
Paying Off Plastic: A Field Experiment on the Effects of Framing Debt Repayment Behavior
Discussants:
Jeff Campbell (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Jeremy Tobacman (University of Pennsylvania and NBER)
Brent Ambrose (Pennsylvania State University)
Anna Paulson (Federal Reserve Bank-Chicago)
Jan. 4, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A703
AEA Session: Opting In or Out: Trends in the Labor Attachment of High Skilled Women (J1)
Presiding:
Claudia Goldin
(Harvard University)
The Opt-In Revolution: Contraception, Women's Labor Supply and the Gender Gap in Wages
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Opting For Families: Recent Trends in the Fertility of Highly Educated Women
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A Dynamic Analysis of Married Women's Decision to Opt-out of and Re-Enter to the Labor Market Surrounding Childbirth
Dynamics of the Gender Gap for Young Professionals in the Financial and Corporate Sectors
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Discussants:
Kasey Buckles (Notre Dame University)
Jane Leber Herr (University of Chicago)
Christopher Ruhm (University of North Carolina-Greensboro)
Claudia Olivetti (Boston University)
Jan. 4, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A704
AEA Session: Self Control (D6)
Presiding:
George Akerlof
(University of California-Berkeley)
New Commitment Devices
Borrowing to Save: Perspectives from Portfolios of the Poor
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Bulow Rogoff Revisted
Jan. 4, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A705
AEA Session: Measuring Cognition and Linking it to Economic Outcomes (00)
Presiding:
David Laibson
(Harvard University)
Stock Market Crash and Expectations of American Households
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Financial Literacy and Financial Sophistication Among Older Households
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Cognition, Medicare Spending and Mortality Among the Elderly
Discussants:
Stephen Zeldes (Columbia University)
Brigitte Madrian (Harvard University)
David Howard (Emory University)
Jan. 4, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A706
AEA Session: Banking and Securitization (G2)
Presiding:
David Scharfstein
(Harvard Business School)
Unstable Banking
Securitization, House Prices, and the Real Economy: Evidence from the U.S. Mortgage Default Crisis
Loan Syndication and Cyclicality
Discussants:
Gary Gorton (Yale University)
Philip Strahan (Boston College)
Viral Acharya (New York University)
Jan. 4, 4:40 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Imperial Ballroom
AEA Session: Awards Ceremony and Presidential Address followed by Business Meeting
Presiding:
Robert Hall
(Stanford University)
Angus Deaton, Princeton UniversityQuality, Inequality, and the Measurement of World Poverty
January 5, 2010
Jan. 5, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A707
AEA Session: Screening Technologies in Economics (D8)
Presiding:
Steven Levitt
(University of Chicago)
Using Experiments to Screen: Theory and Empirical Evidence
Can We Infer Social Preferences from the Lab? Evidence from the Trust Game
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Can You Recognize an Effective Teacher When You Recruit One?
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Discussants:
Anya Savihkin (Purdue University)
Ulrike Malmendier (University of California-Berkeley)
Stephan Meier (Columbia University)
Jan. 5, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A708
AEA Session: Intermediation in International Trade (F1)
Presiding:
Pol Antras
(Harvard University)
Wholesalers and Retailers in U.S. Trade
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Imports "R" Us: Retail Chains as Platforms for Developing-Country Imports
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Facts and Figures on Intermediated Trade
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Intermediation and Economic Integration
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Discussants:
Donald Davis (Columbia University)
David Atkin (Yale University)
James Tybout (Pennsylvania State University)
Jonathan Eaton (Pennsylvania State University)
Jan. 5, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, L508
AEA Session: Fluctuations 1 (E3)
Presiding:
Richard MacDonald
(St. Cloud State University)
Are Recessions Good for Young People?
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Do Menu Costs Make Prices Sticky?
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Price Setting in a Variable Macroeconomic Environment: Evidence from Brazilian CPI
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Estimating the Cross-Sectional Distribution of Price Stickiness from Aggregate Data
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On the Welfare Costs of Imperfect Information for Monetary Policy
Jan. 5, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom - Salon A
AEA Session: Ending Government Bailouts As We Know Them (H0) (Panel Discussion)
Presiding:
John B. Taylor
(Stanford University)
John H. Cochrane, University of Chicago
Thomas M. Hoenig, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Carmen M. Reinhart, University of Maryland
Gary H. Stern, former President, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Jan. 5, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom - Salon C
AEA Session: Trade and Climate Change (F1)
Presiding:
Sam Kortum
(University of Minnesota)
Can Openness Mitigate the Effects of Weather Shocks? Evidence from India's Famine Era
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Climate Shocks and Exports
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Oil Monopoly and the Climate
Analysis of Carbon Leakage and Outsourcing from Unilateral U.S. Climate Policy using CIM-Earth
Discussants:
Chang-Tai Hsieh (University of California-Berkeley)
Chad Jones (Stanford University)
Francesco Caselli (London School of Economics)
Tim Kehoe (University of Minnesota)
Jan. 5, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom - Salon D
AEA Session: The Future of Financial Regulation (G2) (Panel Discussion)
Presiding:
Rene Stulz
(Ohio State University)
Gary Gorton, Yale University
Anil Kashyap, University of Chicago
Andrew Lo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jan. 5, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M101
AEA Session: Equilibrium Consequences of Search-on-the Job (J6)
Presiding:
Robert Shimer
(University of Chicago)
Directed Search on the Job, Heterogeneity, and Aggregate Fluctuations
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Unemployment and Small Cap Returns: The Nexus
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Wage Dispersion in the Search and Matching Model with Intra-Firm Bargaining
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Job to Job Movements in A Simple Search Model
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Discussants:
Kenneth Burdett (University of Pennslyvania)
Robert Shimer (University of Chicago)
Jan. 5, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M102
AEA Session: Proximity, Coresidence, Migration, and Intergenerational Transfers (J1)
Presiding:
Michael Hurd
(Rand Corporation)
Housing Mobility and Health Shocks at Older Ages in England and the United States
Proximity to Mom and the Labor Supply of Daughters
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Living Arrangements among Elderly Women in the PSID
Moving Out or Moving Up? New Economists Sacrifice Job Opportunities for Proximity to Significant Others -- and Vice Versa
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Discussants:
John Laitner (University of Michigan )
Barbara S. Schone (Agency for Health Care Research and Quality )
Betsey Stevenson (University of Pennsylvania )
Robert J. Willis (University of Michigan )
Jan. 5, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M103
AEA Session: Global Production, FDI and Productivity: Causes and Effects (F2)
Presiding:
Laura Alfaro
(Harvard Business School & NBER)
Gravity in the Weightless Economy
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Do the Biggest Aisles Serve a Brighter Future? Global Retail Chains and Their Implications for Romania
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Hymer's Multinationals: Strategic Pricing and Cross-Border Takeovers
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The Global Networks of Multinational Firms
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Discussants:
Ann Harrison (University of California-Berkeley)
Stefania Garetto (Boston University)
Keith Head (University of British Columbia)
Amit Khandelwal (Columbia Business School)
Jan. 5, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M104
AEA Session: Default, Coordination and Illiquidity in Debt Prices (G3)
Presiding:
Hyun Shin
(Princeton University)
Liquidity Risk of Corporate Bond Returns
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Rollover Risk and Credit Risk
Self-Fulfilling Credit Market Freezes
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Illiquidity Component of Credit Risk
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Discussants:
Itay Goldstein (University of Pennsylvania)
Hyun Song Shin (Princeton University)
Jakub Steiner (Northwestern University)
Viral V. Acharya (New York University)
Jan. 5, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M106
AEA Session: Asset Pricing: New Risk Channels (G1)
Presiding:
Amir Yaron
(University of Pennsylvania)
Heterogeneous Beliefs, Rare Disasters, and Asset Pricing
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Risk Sharing for the Long-Run: The Gains from Financial Integration
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Growth Opportunities, Technology Shocks and Asset Prices
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Confidence Risk and Asset Prices
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Discussants:
Ian Martin (Stanford University)
Adrien Verdelhan (Boston University)
Hengjie Ai (Duke University)
Ralph Koijen (University of Chicago)
Jan. 5, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M302
AEA Session: Economic Experiments and Children's Behavior (D1)
Presiding:
William Harbaugh
(University of Oregon)
Strategic Thinking and Its Development with Age
The development of inequality acceptance
Temptation at Work: A Field Experiment on Willpower and Productivity
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Health and Competitiveness in Preschoolers: An Experimental Analysis
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Instant Gratification and Self Control in an Experiment with Children and Teenagers
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Discussants:
Lise Vesterlund (University of Pittsburg)
Eric Bettinger (Stanford University)
Monica Capra (Emory University)
Marco Castillo (George Mason University and ICES)
William Harbaugh (University of Oregon)
Jan. 5, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A701
AEA Session: Measuring Intangible Capital (00)
Presiding:
John Haltiwanger
(University of Maryland)
How Do You Measure a "Technological Revolution"?
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New approaches to surveying organizations
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Artistic Originals As Capital Assets
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Discussants:
Kathryn Shaw (Stanford University)
Stan Liebowitz (University of Texas)
Barbara Fraumeni (University of Southern Maine)
Jan. 5, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, International B
AEA Session: Understanding the Impact of Fiscal Policy (E3)
Presiding:
Christian Broda
(University of Chicago)
Are the Pro-Poor Tax Cuts More Effective
Labor Taxes, Labor Search and Sticky Wages
Fiscal Policy in a Model With Financial Frictions
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Debt consolidation and fiscal stabilization of deep recessions
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Jan. 5, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, International C
AEA Session: Innovation and Open Science (O3)
Presiding:
Suzanne Scotchmer
(University of California, Berkely)
Openness and the Process of Innovation
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Network Effects in Biology R&D
Openness, Open Source and the Veil of Ignorance
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Jan. 5, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A702
AEA Session: Public Policy and Education (I2)
Presiding:
Jim Murdoch
(University of Texas-Dallas)
The Impact of LIHTC Program on Neighborhood Schools
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Does it Pay to get an A? School Resource Allocations in Response to Accountability Ratings
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Mobility, Housing Markets, and Schools: Estimating General Equilibrium Effects of Interdistrict Choice
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Is the GED an Effective Route to Postsecondary Education for School Dropouts?
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Discussants:
Kelly Edmiston (Federal Reserve Bank-Kansas City)
Wim Vijverberg (City University of New York)
mark Thayer (San Diego State University)
Isaac McFarlin (University of Michigan)
Jan. 5, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A703
AEA Session: On-Line Training Modules on Econometric Techniques in Economic Education Research (00)
Presiding:
Michael Watts
(Purdue University)
Accessing and Using On-Line Modules on Data Issues and Heteroskedasticity, Endogenous Regressors, Panel Data, and Sample Selection Issues
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Discussants:
William Bosshardt (Florida Atlantic University)
Gail Hoyt (University of Kentucky)
Jan. 5, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A704
AEA Session: Mortgage Market and the Financial Crisis (R2)
Presiding:
Nancy Wallace
(University of California-Berkeley)
Learning to Cope: Voluntary Financial Education Programs and the Housing Crisis
The Failure of Models That Predict Failure: Distance, Incentives and Defaults
Participants in the Securitization Process and Their Impact on Performance
What "Triggers" Mortgage Default?
Discussants:
Sean Campbell (Federal Reserve Board)
Jeremy Stein (Harvard University)
Karen Pence (Federal Reserve Board)
Jan. 5, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A705
AEA Session: Labor Demand and Supply (J2)
Presiding:
Kurt Schaefer
(Calvin College)
Assessing the Performance of a Model of Labor Supply and Welfare Participation
Are Adults in Demand When Children Leave the Land? Evidence from Rural Mexico
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Changes in Consumption at Retirement
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A Natural Experiment on Sick Pay Cuts, Sickness Absence, and Labor Costs
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Are obese elders working more or less, and why?
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Moral Hazard and The Monday Effect in Workers' Compensation: Evidence from the CA Reforms
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Jan. 5, 8:00 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A706
AEA Session: Newspapers (L8)
Presiding:
Sam Schulhofer-Wohl
(Princeton University)
Market Structure and Product Quality in the U.S. Daily Newspaper Market
Media Bias and Influence: Evidence from Newspaper Endorsements
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The Effect of Newspaper Entry and Exit on Electoral Politics
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Do Newspapers Matter? Evidence from the Closure of The Cincinnati Post
Discussants:
Ali Yurukoglu (Stanford University)
Stefano DellaVigna (University of California-Berkeley)
Douglas Gollin (Williams College)
Raymond Fisman (Columbia University)
Jan. 5, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atrium Ballroom A
AEA Session: Designing Online Advertising Markets (L1)
Presiding:
Michael Schwarz
(Yahoo! Research)
Optimal Auction Design and Equilibrium Selection in Sponsored Search Auctions
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Online Advertising: Heterogeneity and Conflation in Market Design
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The Impact of Targeting Technology on Advertising Markets and Media Competition
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Discussants:
Dirk Bergemann (Yale University)
Michael Grubb (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Michael Ostrovsky (Stanford University)
Jan. 5, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A707
AEA Session: Performance in Academia (A1)
Presiding:
Amelie Constant
(DIW DC & George Washington University)
Rising Tuition and Enrollment in Public Higher Education
Highly Cited Leaders and the Performance of Research Universities
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A Suggested Method for the Measurement of World-Leading Research (with an Application to Data on Economics)
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Comparing the Early Research Performance of PhD Graduates in Labor Economics in Europe and the USA
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The Americanization of European Education and Research
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Discussants:
Hilmar Schneider (IZA)
Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA, Bonn University & DIW Berlin)
Martin Kahanec (IZA)
Julie L. Hotchkiss (Federal Reserve Bank-Atlanta)
Ana Rute Cardoso (IAE Barcelona, CSIC)
Jan. 5, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A708
AEA Session: Financial Constraints and the Internationalization Strategies of Firms (F1)
Presiding:
Monika Schnitzer
(University of Munich)
Firm Exports and Multinational Activity under Credit Constraints
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Exporter Dynamics and Productivity Growth
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Financial Constraints and the Margins of FDI
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FDI in the Banking Sector
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Discussants:
Laura Alfaro (Harvard Business School)
Philippe Aghion (Harvard University)
Fritz Foley (Harvard Business School)
Linda Goldberg (Federal Reserve Bank-New York)
Jan. 5, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atrium Ballroom B
AEA Session: Why Did Economists Not Predict the Crisis? (E3) (Panel Discussion)
Presiding:
Dani Rodrik
(Harvard University)
Paul Krugman, Princeton University
Raghuram G. Rajan, University of Chicago
Thomas J. Sargent, New York University & Stanford University
Robert J. Shiller, Yale University
Jan. 5, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, L508
AEA Session: Empirical Issues in Personnel Economics (00)
Presiding:
Maria Guadalupe
(Columbia University)
The Disciplining Effect of Concern for Referrals for Better Informed Agents: Evidence from Real Estate Transactions
Firm Organizational Structure and Productivity
Applicant Screening and Performance-Related Outcomes
Discussants:
Maria Guadalupe (Columbia University)
Lan Shi (University of Washington)
Casey Ichniowski (Columbia University)
Jan. 5, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom - Salon A
AEA Session: Development, Culture, and Institutions (N4)
Presiding:
Joseph Stiglitz
(Columbia University)
Cultural and Institutional Bifurcation: China and Europe Compared
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Equilibrium Fictions:A Cognitive Approach to Institutions, with an Application to Race
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Christians in Colonial Africa
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Discussants:
Carol Shiue (University of Colorado)
Roland Benabou (Princeton University)
Murat Iyigun (University of Colorado)
Jan. 5, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom - Salon C
AEA Session: Health Care Reform in the U.S.: Status and Prospects (I1) (Panel Discussion)
Presiding:
Jonathan Gruber
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Len Nichols, New America Foundation
Gail Wilensky, Project Hope
Uwe Reinhardt, Princeton University
Jan. 5, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom - Salon D
AEA Session: Dealing with Exchange Rate Misalignments (F4)
Presiding:
Charles Engel
(University of Wisconsin)
Understanding the Forward Premium Puzzle A Microstructure Approach
Assessing the Emerging Global Financial Architecture: Measuring the Trilemma's Configurations over Time
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Chronicle of Large Currency Collapses: Re-examining the Effects on Output
Currency Misalignments and Optimal Monetary Policy: A Reexamination
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Discussants:
Mark Taylor (BlackRock Global Investors and Warwick University)
Roberto Chang (Rutgers University)
Giancarlo Corsetti (European University Institute)
Chris Erceg (Federal Reserve Board)
Jan. 5, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M101
AEA Session: International Migration and Remittances (O1)
Presiding:
Dean Yang
(University of Michigan)
Parental Migration and Overweight and Underweight Status of Children in Rural China
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Accounting for Selectivity and Duration-Dependent Heterogeneity When Estimating the Impact of Emigration on Incomes and Poverty in Sending Areas
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The Place Premium: Wage Differences for Identical Workers Across the U.S. Border
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The Impact of Remittance Fees on Remittance Flows: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Discussants:
Wei Ha (UNICEF)
Ted Miguel (University of California-Berkeley)
Patricia Cortes (University of Chicago)
Shawn Cole (Harvard Business School)
Jan. 5, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M104
AEA Session: Labor Economics (J0)
Presiding:
Sophie Mitra
(Fordham University)
New Evidence on Job Hazard Pay and Worker Risk Attitudes
Does Ownership Structure Influence Regulatory Behavior? - The Impact of Franchising on Labor Standards Compliance
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Does the Stock Market Fully Value Intangibles? Employee Satisfaction and Equity Prices
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Employers’ Preferences for Gender, Age, Height and Beauty: Direct Evidence
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Testing for Racial Prejudice in Health Care: The Case of Bouncebacks in the Emergency Department
Working for Female Managers: Gender Hierarchy in the Workplace
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Jan. 5, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M302
AEA Session: The Causes and Consequences of Indoor Air Pollution: Insights from 3 Field Experiments (O1)
Presiding:
A. Mushfiq Mobarak
(Yale University)
Marketing Stoves: A Randomized Intervention Study in Bangladesh
The Effect of Improved Cooking Stoves on Health
Improved Stoves: Impacts on Health, Fuel Use and Technology Adoption
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Discussants:
Benjamin Olken (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Mark Rosenzweig (Yale University)
Pascaline Dupas (University of California-Los Angeles)
Jan. 5, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A701
AEA Session: Financial Markets & Business Cycles (E3)
Presiding:
Mark Watson
(Princeton University)
Financial Volatility and Economic Activity
Monetary Tightening Cycles, Financial Cycles, and the Business Cycle
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Money, Credit, Monetary Policy and the Business Cycle in the Euro Area
Discussants:
Arturo Estrella (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Anthony Rodrigues (Federal Reserve Bank-New York)
Andrew Scott (London Business School)
Fabio Fornari (European Central Bank)
Jan. 5, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, International B
AEA Session: Human Capital, Health Outcomes and Diverse Populations (00)
Presiding:
Ngina Chiteji
(Skidmore College)
The Impact of External Incentives on Achievement
The Health Returns of Education Policies from Pre-School to High School & Beyond
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The Health of Latino Communities in the South
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HIV/AIDS, Health Status and Economic Growth: A Survey on Health Variables and Income per Capita
Discussants:
Anne Case (Princeton University)
Amitabh Chandra (Harvard University )
Mark Lopez (Pew Hispanic Center)
Jan. 5, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, International C
AEA Session: Long Run Risks and Asset Markets (G1)
Presiding:
Stanley Zin
(Carnegie Mellon University)
Long-Run Risks, the Macroeconomy and Asset Prices
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Long-Run Risks, Credit Markets, and Financial Structure
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Long-Run Risk, the Wealth-Consumption Ratio, and the Temporal Pricing of Risk
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An Equilibirum Term Structure Model with Recursive Preferences
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Discussants:
Lars Lochstoer (Columbia University)
Lukas Schmid (Duke University)
George Tauchen (Duke University)
Ivan Shaliastovich (University of Pennsylvania)
Jan. 5, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A702
AEA Session: Heterogeneity and Public Good Provision (H3)
Presiding:
James Cox
(Georgia State University)
The Effect of Social Diversity on Volunteering: Evidence from New Zealand
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One Bad Apple? Uncertainty and Heterogeneity in Public Good Provision
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When Public Goods Go Bad
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Equality versus Incentives: An Experiment
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Discussants:
Sherry Xin Li (University of Texas-Dallas)
Susan Laury (Georgia State University)
James Cox (Georgia State University)
R. Mark Isaac (Florida State University)
Jan. 5, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A703
AEA Session: Oil, Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy (E3)
Presiding:
Nathan Balke
(Southern Methodist University)
Does the Fed Respond to Oil Price Shocks?
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External Capital Structures and Oil Price Volatility
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The Relationship Between Oil and Breakeven Inflation Rates
Commodity Traders' Positions and Crude Oil Prices: Evidence from the Recent Boom-Bust Cycle
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Discussants:
Ana Maria Herrera (Wayne State University)
Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti (International Monetary Fund & CEPR)
Jonathan Wright (Johns Hopkins University)
Hendrik Bessembinder (University of Utah)
Jan. 5, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A704
AEA Session: Entrepreneurship in Medieval China, Early Muslim Societies, and the Dutch Republic: Economies with Extraordinary Creativity that Did Not Last - Lessons for the U.S. (N9)
Presiding:
William Baumol
(New York University)
The Consequences of Financial Innovation: A Research Agenda
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RAPID INVENTION, SLOW INDUSTRIALIZATION, AND THE ABSENT INNOVATIVE ENTREPRENEUR IN MEDIEVAL CHINA
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Early Muslim Science Entrepreneurship in Islam
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Invention, Entrepreneurship and Prosperity: The Dutch Golden Age
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Jan. 5, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A705
AEA Session: Short-term Debt and Financial Crises (G2)
Presiding:
Viral Acharya
(New York University )
The Maturity Rat Race
Rollover Risk and Market Freezes
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Dynamic Bank Runs
Discussants:
Itay Goldstein (University of Pennsylvania)
Arvind Krishnamurthy (Northwestern University)
Guido Lorenzoni (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Jan. 5, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A706
AEA Session: Banking and the Global Financial Crisis (G2)
Presiding:
Stephen Cecchetti
(Bank for International Settlements)
Incentives and Tranche Retention in Securitisation: A Screening Model
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Time to Buy or Just Buying Time? The Market Reaction to Bank Rescue Packages
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The US Dollar Shortage in Global Banking and the International Policy Response
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Allocating Systemic Risk to Individual Institutions: Methodology and Policy Applications
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Discussants:
Jan Pieter Krahnen (Goethe University)
Charles Kahn (University of Illinois)
Philip R. Lane (Trinity College)
Andrew W. Lo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Jan. 5, 10:15 am, Hilton Atlanta, Grand Salon B
AEA/ES Session: In Memory of Sir Clive W.J. Granger - Retrospective and Directions for Future Research (Panel Discussion)
Presiding:
Norman Swanson
(Rutgers University)
Robert Engle, New York University
James Stock, Harvard University
Hal White, University of California-San Diego
Jan. 5, 1:00 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, L402
AEA Session: Development 2 (O1)
Presiding:
Ruth Uwaifo
(Georgia Institute of Technology)
Malaria Policy: Alternative Prevention and Eradication Strategies in a Dynamic Model
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Why Is the Take-up of Microinsurance So Low? Evidence from a Health Insurance Scheme in India
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“Poor stays poor†Household asset poverty traps in rural semi-arid India
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Does the Leader's Ethnicity Matter? Ethnic Favoritism, Education and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
Quantitative Aspects of Africa's Past Economic Development
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Jan. 5, 1:00 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom - Salon A
AEA Session: Europe's Role and Position in the Current Economic Crisis (E2) (Panel Discussion)
Presiding:
Klaus Zimmermann
(IZA, Bonn University & DIW Berlin)
David G. Blanchflower, Dartmouth College
Pierre Cahuc, Ecole Polytechnique-Paris
Richard Freeman, Harvard University
Daniel Gros, Centre for European Policy Studies
Jan. 5, 1:00 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom - Salon C
AEA Session: Economic Incentives to Promote Health in the Developing World (I1)
Presiding:
Paul Gertler
(University of California-Berkeley)
Financial Incentives and HIV Prevention
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Evaluating Conditional Cash Transfers to Prevent HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) in Tanzania
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Performance-Based Contracting for HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment in Rwanda
Conditional Cash and Risk Behaviors: Evidence from Mexico
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Discussants:
Pascaline Dupas (University of California-Los Angeles)
Jane Fortson (Mathematica Policy Research)
Taryn L. Dinkelman (Princeton University)
Berk Ozler (World Bank)
Jan. 5, 1:00 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom - Salon D
AEA Session: Behavioral Economics and Public Policy (D6)
Presiding:
William Congdon
(The Brookings Institution)
Behavioral Public Finance
Behavioral Economics and the Regulation of Consumer Finance
Labor Market Policies and Behavioral Economics
Discussants:
Raj Chetty (Harvard University)
Xavier Gabaix (New York University )
Kathryn Shaw (Stanford University)
Jan. 5, 1:00 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M101
AEA Session: Health (I1)
Presiding:
David Howard
(Emory University)
Disease in Childhood and Adult Stature: Recent Historical Evidence for Spain
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Air Pollution and Infant Mortality: A Natural Experiment from Power Plant Desulfurization
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Does Sorry Work? The Impact of Apology Laws on Medical Malpractice
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Medicaid Redesign: Personal Responsibility and Health
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Grandparents and Grandchildren: The Causal Impact of Income on Health Behaviors in South Africa
Public versus Private: A Dynamic Model of Health Insurance Choice
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Jan. 5, 1:00 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M102
AEA Session: Growth (O3)
Presiding:
Dhongde Shatakshee
(Rochester Institute of Technology)
Discrete Adjust Costs and Investment Dynamics in Chilean Manufacturing: A Maximum Likelihood Approach
Accounting for China's Growth in 1952-2008: China's Growth Performance Debate Revisited with a Newly Constructed Data Set
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Financial Innovation and Endogenous Growth
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Exploring firm growth across countries
Getting Cited: Does Open Access Help?
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Identifying the Aggregate Productivity Effects of Entry and Size Restrictions: An Empirical Analysis of License Reform in India
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Jan. 5, 1:00 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M103
AEA Session: Economic Systems and Economic Education (P0)
Presiding:
Prathibha Joshi
(Gordon College)
Dissertations for Sale: Corruption in Russia's Doctoral Education
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Risk, Cooperation and the Economic Origins of Social Trust: an Empirical Investigation
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A More Realistic Aggregate Demand-Aggregate Supply Model in Introductory Economics
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Assessing the Effect of Online Homework on Exam Performance: A Large Sample Size Experiment.
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Ideological Change and the Economics of Voting Behavior in the US, 1920-2008
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Endogenous Preferences: The Political Consequences of Economic Institutions
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Jan. 5, 1:00 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M104
AEA Session: Integration and Synchronization: De-coupling or Re-coupling? (F3)
Presiding:
Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan
(University of Houston and NBER)
Business Cycle Synchronization and the Euro
Financial Integration and Business Cycle Synchronization
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Inflation Targeting and Business Cycle Synchronization
Discussants:
Charles Engel (University of Wisconsin and NBER)
Phil Lane (Trinity College)
Michael Ehrmann (European Central Bank)
Linda Tesar (University of Michigan andNBER)
Jan. 5, 1:00 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M106
AEA Session: Limited Strategic Thinking: Theory, Experiments, and Field Evidence (C9)
Presiding:
Tore Ellingsen
(Stockholm School of Economics)
Testing Game Theory in the Field: Swedish LUPI Lottery Games
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When Does Communication Improve Coordination?
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Measuring Attention and Strategic Behavior in Games with Private Information
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A Window of Cognition: Eyetracking the Reasoning Process in Graphical Beauty Contest Games
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Discussants:
Chen-Ying Huang (National Taiwan University)
Joseph Tao-yi Wang (National Taiwan University)
Tore Ellingsen (Stockholm School of Economics)
Colin F. Camerer (California Institute of Technology )
Jan. 5, 1:00 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M302
AEA Session: Structure, Conduct, Performance (L1)
Presiding:
Eric Glen Weyl
(Harvard Society of Fellows)
An Offer You Can't Refuse: Are Cigarette Price Discounts Targeted at New Consumers?
Price and Promotion Effects of Supermarket Mergers
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Software Quality, Killer Applications, and Network Effects: The Case of the U.S. Home Video Game Industry
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The Failure of Price Competition in Settings with Marketing Costs: The Case of Credit Cards
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Mergers and Sequential Innovation: Evidence from Patent Citations
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Sited, Sighted, and Cited: The Effect of JSTOR in Economic Research
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Jan. 5, 1:00 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A701
AEA Session: Public Finance (H0)
Presiding:
Janet Kolhase
(University of Houston)
Things My Mortgage Broker Never Told Me About Homeownership: Escrow, Property Taxes, and Mortgage Delinquency
Information and Voting: the Wisdom of the Experts versus the Wisdom of the Masses
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Road investment and inventory reduction: Firm level evidence from China
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The Habit of Giving
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Am I My Brother's Firefighter? Social Capital, Crowd-Out, and the Private versus Public Provision of Local Public Goods.
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Changing Threat Perceptions and the Efficient Provisioning of International Security
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Jan. 5, 1:00 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, International B
AEA Session: Macroeconomics (E1)
Presiding:
Grace O
(Georgia State University)
A Dynamic General Equilibrium Model of Driving, Gasoline Use and Vehicle Fuel Efficiency
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Retirement Savings and Portfolio Choices in Taxable and Tax-Deferred Accounts
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Do Credit Constraints Amplify Macroeconomic Fluctuations?
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Deconstructing Life-cycle Consumption with Home Production
Equity Misvaluation and Capital Misallocation?: A Revealed Preference Approach
Fiscal policy and the labour market: the effects of public sector employment and wages
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Jan. 5, 1:00 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, International C
AEA Session: Fluctuations 2 (E3)
Presiding:
Liang Ding
(Macalester College)
Has Globalization Transformed U.S. Macroeconomic Dynamics?
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Liquidity, Jobs and the Business Cycle
Forecasting House Prices Bottom: A Bayesian FA-VAR Approach
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Measuring Oil-Price Shocks Using Market-Based Information
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Imperfect Risk Sharing, Output-Inflation Tradeoffs and Business Cycles
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News Shocks, Expectation Driven Business Cycles and Financial Market Frictions
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Jan. 5, 1:00 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A702
AEA Session: The Effects of Student Testing on Classroom Instruction and Student Outcomes (I2)
Presiding:
Julian Betts
(University of California-San Diego)
Evidence Based Teaching? Using Student Test Data to Improve Classroom Instruction
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The Impact of Diagnostic Feedback to Teachers on Student Learning: Experimental Evidence from India
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The High-Stakes Effects of “Low-Stakes†Testing: Performance Labels Matter to Vulnerable Students
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The Effect of Diagnostic Testing in Math on Student Outcomes
Discussants:
Dan Goldhaber (University of Washington)
David Figlio (Northwestern University)
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