2009 North American Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society |
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Summary of All Sessions |
| # | Date/Time | Location | Type | Title | Papers | Organizer |
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| 1 | January 3, 2009 2:30-4:30 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Migration and Wages | 4 | Shelly Lundberg |
| 2 | January 3, 2009 2:30-4:30 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Dynamic Agency and Governance | 4 | Toni Whited |
| 3 | January 3, 2009 2:30-4:30 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Growth, Technology, and Business Cycles | 4 | Tao Zha |
| 4 | January 3, 2009 2:30-4:30 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Health, Fertlity, and Development | 4 | Oded Galor |
| 5 | January 3, 2009 2:30-4:30 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Exchange Rate and the Macroeconomy | 4 | Helene Rey |
| 6 | January 3, 2009 2:30-4:30 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Frontiers of Social Economics | 3 | Caroline Hoxby |
| 7 | January 3, 2009 2:30-4:30 | Hilton San Francisco | invited | Plenary Session: Preferences and Decision Theory; Plenary Speakers LAWRENCE E. BLUME, Cornell University and CHRIS SHANNON, University of California-Berkeley | 0 | Steven Durlauf |
| 8 | January 3, 2009 8:00-10:00 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Information and Trade | 4 | Dirk Bergemann |
| 9 | January 3, 2009 8:00-10:00 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Econometric Theory - Identification | 3 | Jinyong Hahn |
| 10 | January 3, 2009 8:00-10:00 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Learning in Macroeconomics | 4 | Noah Williams |
| 11 | January 3, 2009 8:00-10:00 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Heterogeneous Firms in Trade: Theory and Empirics | 4 | James Rauch |
| 12 | January 3, 2009 8:00-10:00 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Relationships | 3 | Lawrence Blume |
| 13 | January 3, 2009 8:00-10:00 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | General Equilibrium Theory | 4 | Chris Shannon |
| 14 | January 3, 2009 10:15-12:15 | Hilton San Francisco | invited | Plenary Session: Decisionmaking in Complex Environments, Plenary Speakers CHARLES F. MANSKI, Northwestern University and THOMAS J. SARGENT, New York University and Hoover Institution, Stanford University | 0 | Steven Durlauf |
| 15 | January 3, 2009 10:15-12:15 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Higher Order Expectations in Macro | 4 | Steven Durlauf |
| 16 | January 4, 2009 2:30-4:30 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Evolution and Sex | 4 | Dirk Bergemann |
| 17 | January 4, 2009 2:30-4:30 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Macro Time Series | 4 | Guido Kuersteiner |
| 18 | January 4, 2009 2:30-4:30 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Asset Pricing and Housing | 3 | Toni Whited |
| 19 | January 4, 2009 2:30-4:30 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Labor and Investment | 4 | Noah Williams |
| 20 | January 4, 2009 2:30-4:30 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | decision theory under risk and uncertainty | 4 | Lin Zhou |
| 21 | January 4, 2009 2:30-4:30 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Education | 4 | Dennis Epple |
| 22 | January 4, 2009 8:00-10:00 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Early Influences on Economic Success | 4 | Shelly Lundberg |
| 23 | January 4, 2009 8:00-10:00 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Institutions and Political Decisions | 4 | David Austen-Smith |
| 24 | January 4, 2009 8:00-10:00 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Estimation of Dynamic and Non-Linear Models | 4 | Moshe Buchinsky |
| 25 | January 4, 2009 8:00-10:00 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Nutritional and Behavioral Problems in Children and Adolescents | 4 | Petra Todd |
| 26 | January 4, 2009 8:00-10:00 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Empirical Studies of Industry Dynamics and Innovation | 4 | Jonathan Levin |
| 27 | January 4, 2009 8:00-10:00 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Taxation, Public Sector Incentives, and Selection | 4 | Dennis Epple |
| 28 | January 4, 2009 8:00-10:00 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Model Averaging in Growth Empirics | 4 | Steven Durlauf |
| 29 | January 4, 2009 10:15-12:15 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Financial Econometrics | 4 | Jinyong Hahn |
| 30 | January 4, 2009 10:15-12:15 | Hilton San Francisco | invited | Plenary Session: Development, Education and Inequality; Plenary Speakers DENNIS EPPLE, Carnegie Mellon University and JAMES J. HECKMAN, University of Chicago | 0 | Steven Durlauf |
| 31 | January 5, 2009 1:00-3:00 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Cost and Diffusion of Information | 4 | Dirk Bergemann |
| 32 | January 5, 2009 1:00-3:00 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Non-Linear Time Series | 4 | Guido Kuersteiner |
| 33 | January 5, 2009 1:00-3:00 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | The Determination of Schooling, Wages, and Earnings: New Empirical Evidences | 3 | Moshe Buchinsky |
| 34 | January 5, 2009 1:00-3:00 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Asymmetric information in electricity markets, credit markets, life insurance and in migration decisions | 4 | Petra Todd |
| 35 | January 5, 2009 1:00-3:00 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | International Trade and the Cycle | 4 | Helene Rey |
| 36 | January 5, 2009 1:00-3:00 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Design of Procurement and Sale Mechanisms | 4 | Steve Tadelis |
| 37 | January 5, 2009 8:00-10:00 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Schooling and Learning | 4 | Shelly Lundberg |
| 38 | January 5, 2009 8:00-10:00 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Econometric Theory - Inference | 4 | Jinyong Hahn |
| 39 | January 5, 2009 8:00-10:00 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Dynamic Competition and Negotiation | 4 | Jonathan Levin |
| 40 | January 5, 2009 8:00-10:00 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Determinants of Economic Growth | 4 | Oded Galor |
| 41 | January 5, 2009 8:00-10:00 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Advanced Empirical Findings in the Economics of Education | 4 | Caroline Hoxby |
| 42 | January 5, 2009 8:00-10:00 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Decision Theory | 4 | Chris Shannon |
| 43 | January 5, 2009 8:00-10:00 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Economic Analysis of Subjective Well-Being | 4 | Justin Wolfers |
| 44 | January 5, 2009 10:15-12:15 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Elections and Redistribution | 4 | David Austen-Smith |
| 45 | January 5, 2009 10:15-12:15 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Empirical Monetary Economics | 4 | Tao Zha |
| 46 | January 5, 2009 10:15-12:15 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Monetary Economics and Policy | 4 | Noah Williams |
| 47 | January 5, 2009 10:15-12:15 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Social Interactions | 4 | Lawrence Blume |
| 48 | January 5, 2009 10:15-12:15 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Political Economy | 4 | Dennis Epple |
| 49 | January 5, 2009 10:15-12:15 | Hilton San Francisco | invited | Plenary Session: Empirical Microeconomics; Plenary Speakers MOSHE BUCHINSKY, University of California-Los Angeles and CHRISTOPHER R. TABER, University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | Steven Durlauf |
| 50 | January 5, 2009 10:15-12:15 | Hilton San Francisco | contributed | Forensic Economics | 4 | Justin Wolfers |
50 sessions, 180 papers |
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2009 North American Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society |
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Complete List of All Sessions |
Session 1: Migration and Wages |
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| Session Organizer: Shelly Lundberg, University of Washington |
| Session Chair: Joseph Altonji, Yale University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: J2 |
| Date: January 3, 2009 |
| Time: 2:30 - 4:30 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Migrants, Natives and a New Measure of Assimilation |
| JEL codes: F22, O15, J61 |
| By Ira N. Gang, Economics, Rutgers University John Landon-Lane, Economics, Rutgers University Myeong-Su Yun, Economics, Tulane University |
| Presented by: Myeong-Su Yun, Tulane University |
| Wage Dynamics among Foreign-Born Workers in the United States |
| By Seik Kim, University of Washington |
| Presented by: Seik Kim, University of Washington |
| The Occupations and Human Capital of U.S. Immigrants |
| By Todd Schoellman, Clemson University |
| Presented by: Todd Schoellman, Clemson University |
| Why Doesn't Labor Flow from Poor to Rich Countries? Micro Evidence from the European Integration Experience |
| By Catia Batista, University of Oxford |
| Presented by: Catia Batista, University of Oxford |
Session 2: Dynamic Agency and Governance |
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| Session Organizer: Toni Whited, University of Wisconsin |
| Session Chair: Toni Whited, University of Wisconsin |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: G32;G34 |
| Date: January 3, 2009 |
| Time: 2:30 - 4:30 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Why are CEOs Rarely Fired? Evidence from Structural Estimation |
| By Lucian Taylor, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business |
| Presented by: Lucian Taylor, University of Chicago |
| Discussant: Youchang Wu, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Dynamic agency and the q theory of investment |
| By Peter DeMarzo, Stanford, Michael Fishman, Northwestern, Zhiguo He, Northwestern, Neng Wang, Columbia |
| Presented by: Neng Wang, Columbia Business School |
| Discussant: Ajay Subramanian, Georgia State University |
| Optimal CEO Incentives and Industry Dynamics |
| By Antonio Falato, Federal Reserve Board Dalida Kadyrzhanova, University of Maryland |
| Presented by: Antonio Falato, Federal Reserve Board |
| Discussant: Liu Yang, |
| Total Executive Compensation |
| By Gian Luca Clementi New York University Thomas F. Cooley New York University Sonia Di Giannatale CIDE |
| Presented by: Gian Luca Clementi, Stern School of Business |
| Discussant: Yuri Tserlukevich, Hong Kong University of Science and Tech |
Session 3: Growth, Technology, and Business Cycles |
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| Session Organizer: Tao Zha, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
| Session Chair: Yuriy Gorodnichenko, University of Michigan, UC Berkeley |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: E3 |
| Date: January 3, 2009 |
| Time: 2:30 - 4:30 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Using firm optimization to evaluate and estimate returns to scale |
| JEL codes: C23, C33, D24 |
| By Yuriy Gorodnichenko, UC Berkeley |
| Presented by: Yuriy Gorodnichenko, University of Michigan, UC Berkeley |
| Entry Barriers, Competition and Technology Adoption |
| By Lei Fang Arizona State University |
| Presented by: Lei Fang, Arizona State University |
| Cointegrated TFP Processes and International Business Cycles |
| By Pau Rabanal, la caixa Juan Rubio-Ramirez, Duke Vicente Tuesta, Peru Central Bank |
| Presented by: Juan Rubio-Ramirez, |
| Technology Adoption and Product Turnover |
| By Chris Edmond, NYU Stern Virgiliu Midrigan, NYU Daniel Xu, NYU |
| Presented by: Chris Edmond, New York University |
Session 4: Health, Fertlity, and Development |
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| Session Organizer: Oded Galor, Brown University |
| Session Chair: David Weil, |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: 04,I0,J1 |
| Date: January 3, 2009 |
| Time: 2:30 - 4:30 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| The Baby Boom and World War II: A Macroeconomic Analysis |
| JEL codes: D58, E24, J13 |
| By Matthias Doepke, UCLA Moshe Hazan, Hebrew University Yishay Maoz, University of Haifa |
| Presented by: Matthias Doepke, University of California Los Angeles |
| DISEASES AND DEVELOPMENT: A Theory of Infection Dynamics and Economic Behavior |
| By Shankha Chakraborty, University of Oregon Chris Papageorgiou, Internationa Monetary Fund Fidel Perez-Sebastian, University of Alicante |
| Presented by: Fidel Perez-Sebastian, Universidad de Alicante |
| Longevity and Education: A Macroeconomic Perspective |
| By Francesco Ricci, Université de Cergy-Pontoise(THEMA) and Toulouse School of Economics (LERNA) Marios Zachariadis, University of Cyprus |
| Presented by: Marios Zachariadis, University of Cyprus |
| Relationship between consumption, labor supply and fertility - theory and evidence from Japan |
| By Reiko Aoki, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University Yoko Konishi, RIETI and Hitotsubashi University |
| Presented by: Reiko Aoki, Hitotsubashi University |
Session 5: Exchange Rate and the Macroeconomy |
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| Session Organizer: Helene Rey, London Business School |
| Session Chair: Takatoshi Ito, University of Tokyo |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: F3 |
| Date: January 3, 2009 |
| Time: 2:30 - 4:30 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Rare Disasters and Exchange Rates |
| JEL codes: E43, E44, F31, |
| By Emmanuel Farhi (Harvard) Xavier Gabaix (NYU Stern) |
| Presented by: Emmanuel Farhi, Harvard |
| What Are the External Effects of US Economic Fluctuations |
| By Giancarlo Corsetti, European University Institute Luca Dedola, European Central Bank Sylvain Leduc, Federal Reserve Board |
| Presented by: Sylvain Leduc, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
| Aggregation and the PPP puzzle in a sticky price model |
| By Carlos Carvalho, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Fernanda Nechio, Princeton University |
| Presented by: Fernanda Nechio, Princeton University |
| Effects of Japanese Macroeconomic Announcements on the Dollar/Yen Exchange Rate |
| By Takatoshi Ito, University of Tokyo Yuko Hashimoto, Toyo University |
| Presented by: Takatoshi Ito, University of Tokyo |
Session 6: Frontiers of Social Economics |
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| Session Organizer: Caroline Hoxby, Stanford University |
| Session Chair: Caroline Hoxby, Stanford University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: Z1 |
| Date: January 3, 2009 |
| Time: 2:30 - 4:30 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| The Economics of Consanguineous Marriages |
| JEL codes: J1, I1, O1 |
| By Quy-Toan Do, The World Bank Sriya Iyer, University of Cambridge Shareen Joshi, Georgetown University |
| Presented by: Sriya IYER, University of Cambridge |
| Discussant: Michele Tertilt, Stanford University |
| Economic Liberalization and Violent Crime in India: 1985-2005 |
| By Kislaya Prasad University of Maryland |
| Presented by: Kislaya Prasad, University of Maryland |
| Discussant: Jeffrey Miron, Department of Economics |
| The Social Multiplier of Tax Evasion: Evidence from Italian Audit Data |
| By Roberto Galbiati University of Insubria and Econpubblica, Bocconi University, Italy Giulio Zanella University of Siena, Italy |
| Presented by: Giulio Zanella, University of Siena |
| Discussant: Raj Chetty, UC-Berkeley |
Session 7: Plenary Session: Preferences and Decision Theory; Plenary Speakers LAWRENCE E. BLUME, Cornell University and CHRIS SHANNON, University of California-Berkeley |
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| Session Organizer: Steven Durlauf, University of Wisconsin |
| Session Chair: Philip Reny, University of Chicago |
| Session type: invited |
| Session JEL code: D0 |
| Date: January 3, 2009 |
| Time: 2:30 - 4:30 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
Session 8: Information and Trade |
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| Session Organizer: Dirk Bergemann, Yale University |
| Session Chair: Johannes Hoerner, |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: D8 |
| Date: January 3, 2009 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Dynamic Trading and Asset Prices: Keynes vs. Hayek |
| JEL codes: G10, G12, G14 |
| By Giovanni Cespa, Queen Mary University of London, CSEF-Universita di Salerno, and CEPR. Xavier Vives, IESE Business School and Universitat Pompeu Fabra. |
| Presented by: Xavier Vives, IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL |
| Selling Service Plans to Differentially Informed Customers |
| By Roman Inderst University of Frankfurt Martin Peitz University of Mannheim |
| Presented by: Martin Peitz, University of Mannheim |
| Cherry Picking and Asset Complexity: A Theory of Ratings Inflation |
| By Vasiliki Skreta, NYU Laura Veldkamp, NYU |
| Presented by: Laura Veldkamp, NYU Stern |
| Information Revelation and Acquisition in Bargaining |
| By Stephanie Lau, Washington University in St. Louis |
| Presented by: Stephanie Lau, Washington University |
Session 9: Econometric Theory - Identification |
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| Session Organizer: Jinyong Hahn, UCLA |
| Session Chair: Ivan Fernandez-Val, Boston University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: C0 |
| Date: January 3, 2009 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Identification and Estimation of Marginal Effects in Nonlinear Panel Models |
| By Victor Chernozhukov (MIT), Ivan Fernandez-Val (BU), Jinyong Hahn (UCLA), Whitney Newey (MIT) |
| Presented by: Ivan Fernandez-Val, Boston University |
| Semiparametric double index model identification and estimation |
| By Yingying Dong, Boston College Arthur Lewbel, Boston College |
| Presented by: Arthur Lewbel, Boston College |
| Testing for Identification in Possibly Nonlinear Models |
| By Atsushi Inoue, University of British Columbia and North Carolina State University Barbara Rossi, Duke University |
| Presented by: Atsushi Inoue, North Carolina State University |
Session 10: Learning in Macroeconomics |
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| Session Organizer: Noah Williams, University of Wisconsin |
| Session Chair: George Evans, University of Oregon |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: E3 |
| Date: January 3, 2009 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Macroeconomic Learning and the Propagation of Technology Shocks |
| JEL codes: C02, E0, E32 |
| By Hamilton Fout (Kansas State) and Neville Francis (UNC Chapel Hill) |
| Presented by: Neville Francis, University of North Carolina |
| Learning about Risk and Return: A Simple Model of Bubbles and Crashes |
| By William A. Branch, U.C. Irvine George W. Evans, University of Oregon |
| Presented by: William Branch, University of California, Irvine |
| Learning to Optimize |
| By George W. Evans, University of Oregon Bruce McGough, Oregon State University |
| Presented by: George Evans, University of Oregon |
| Learning and the Great Moderation |
| By James Bullard, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Aarti Singh, University of Sydney |
| Presented by: Aarti Singh, University of Sydney |
Session 11: Heterogeneous Firms in Trade: Theory and Empirics |
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| Session Organizer: James Rauch, UCSD |
| Session Chair: Arnaud Costinot, University of California, San Diego and |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: F12,16,23 |
| Date: January 3, 2009 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Trade, Technology Adoption and Wage Inequalities: Theory and Evidence |
| JEL codes: F10, F12, F41 |
| By Bas Maria, Paris School of Economics (PSE) |
| Presented by: Maria BAS, PSE -Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques- |
| Heterogeneity and Trade |
| By Arnaud Costinot UCSD and NBER |
| Presented by: Arnaud Costinot, University of California, San Diego and |
| Productivity and the Sourcing Modes of Multinational Firms: Evidence from French Firm-Level Data |
| By Fabrice Defever: London School of Economics Farid Toubal: Paris School of Economics, University of Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne |
| Presented by: Farid Toubal, University of Paris 1, Pantheon-Sorbonne |
| Financial Frictions and International Trade |
| By Ruanjai Suwantaradon, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota |
| Presented by: Ruanjai Suwantaradon, University of Minnesota |
Session 12: Relationships |
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| Session Organizer: Lawrence Blume, CORNELL UNIVERSITY |
| Session Chair: Lawrence Blume, CORNELL UNIVERSITY |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: C7 |
| Date: January 3, 2009 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Failure of Negotiations between Informed Parties, or the Algebra of Strikes |
| By Yair Tauman, Tel Aviv University and Stony Brook University Andriy Zapechelnyuk, Kyiv School of Economics |
| Presented by: Andriy Zapechelnyuk, University of Bonn |
| By , |
| Presented by: , |
| Dynamics in an Evolving Partnership |
| By David McAdams, MIT |
| Presented by: David McAdams, Duke University |
| Coalitional matchings |
| By Dinko Dimitrov, University of Bayreuth Emiliya Lazarova, Queen's University Belfast |
| Presented by: Emiliya Lazarova, Queen's University Belfast |
Session 13: General Equilibrium Theory |
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| Session Organizer: Chris Shannon, UC Berkeley |
| Session Chair: Chris Shannon, UC Berkeley |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: F5 |
| Date: January 3, 2009 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| “Principals and Agents in Competitive Analysis” |
| JEL codes: D51,D82 |
| By Edward Simpson Prescott |
| Presented by: edward prescott, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
| Optimism and Equilibrium with Missing Markets |
| By Aloisio Araujo, EPGE/FGV and IMPA José Heleno Faro, IMPA Rodrigo Novinski, IMPA |
| Presented by: Jose Faro, IMPA |
| Collateral, default penalties and almost finite-time solvency |
| By V. Filipe Martins-da-Rocha Graduate School of Economics, Getulio Vargas Foundation and Yiannis Vailakis School of Business and Economics, University of Exeter |
| Presented by: Yiannis Vailakis, University of Exeter |
| Non-existence of equilibria in markets with dynamically inconsistent preferences |
| By Tommaso Gabrieli, University of Warwick (UK) Sayantan Ghosal, University of Warwick (UK) |
| Presented by: Tommaso Gabrieli, University of Warwick |
Session 14: Plenary Session: Decisionmaking in Complex Environments, Plenary Speakers CHARLES F. MANSKI, Northwestern University and THOMAS J. SARGENT, New York University and Hoover Institution, Stanford University |
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| Session Organizer: Steven Durlauf, University of Wisconsin |
| Session Chair: Noah Williams, University of Wisconsin |
| Session type: invited |
| Session JEL code: C0 |
| Date: January 3, 2009 |
| Time: 10:15 - 12:15 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
Session 15: Higher Order Expectations in Macro |
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| Session Organizer: Steven Durlauf, University of Wisconsin |
| Session Chair: Giacomo Rondina, University of California, San Diego |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: E0 |
| Date: January 3, 2009 |
| Time: 10:15 - 12:15 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Analytical Solutions to Rational Inattention Problems |
| By Mirko Wiederholt |
| Presented by: Mirko Wiederholt, Economics |
| Monetary policy and the informativeness of prices |
| By George Marios Angeletos, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Guido Lorenzoni, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Presented by: George-Marios Angeletos, M.I.T. |
| Dynamic Higher Order Expectations |
| By Kristoffer Nimark, Reserve Bank of Australia (September 2008 ==> CREI and Universitat Pompeu Fabra) |
| Presented by: Kristoffer Nimark, Reserve Bank of Australia |
| Incomplete Information in Macroeconomics: Methods in Linear Spaces |
| By Giacomo Rondina, University of California - San Diego |
| Presented by: Giacomo Rondina, University of California, San Diego |
Session 16: Evolution and Sex |
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| Session Organizer: Dirk Bergemann, Yale University |
| Session Chair: Dirk Bergemann, Yale University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: C7 |
| Date: January 4, 2009 |
| Time: 2:30 - 4:30 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Experienced Utility, Anticipated Utility, and Evolved Intertemporal Choice |
| JEL codes: D80, D90 |
| By Arthur J. Robson, Simon Fraser University Larry Samuelson, Yale University |
| Presented by: Arthur Robson, Simon Fraser University |
| Testing Theories of Sex Against the Observation that Sex is Biparental |
| By Motty Perry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Philip J. Reny, University of Chicago Arthur J. Robson, Simon Fraser University |
| Presented by: Philip Reny, University of Chicago |
| Kludged |
| By Jeffrey Ely Northwestern University |
| Presented by: Jeffrey Ely, Northwestern University |
| Sex selective abortions and gender balance |
| By V. Bhaskar, University College London |
| Presented by: V. Bhaskar, University College London |
Session 17: Macro Time Series |
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| Session Organizer: Guido Kuersteiner, University of California-Davis |
| Session Chair: Oscar Jorda, U.C. Davis |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: C3 |
| Date: January 4, 2009 |
| Time: 2:30 - 4:30 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Low-Frequency Robust Cointegration Testing |
| JEL codes: C32, C12 |
| By Ulrich Mueller, Princeton University Mark Watson, Princeton University |
| Presented by: Ulrich Mueller, Princeton University |
| Path Forecast Evaluation |
| By Oscar Jorda U.C. Davis Massimiliano Marcellino Universita Bocconi |
| Presented by: Oscar Jorda, U.C. Davis |
| Forecast Evaluation of Small Nested Model Sets |
| By Kirstin Hubrich, European Central Bank, Research Department Kenneth D. West, University of Wisconsin |
| Presented by: Kirstin Hubrich, European Central Bank |
| Nonparametric Bayesian Spectrum Estimation for Large Covariance Matrices |
| By Matthew Harding (Stanford University) Martin Burda (University of Toronto) |
| Presented by: Matthew Harding, Stanford University |
Session 18: Asset Pricing and Housing |
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| Session Organizer: Toni Whited, University of Wisconsin |
| Session Chair: Morris Davis, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: G0 |
| Date: January 4, 2009 |
| Time: 2:30 - 4:30 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Housing as a Measure for the Long Run Risk in Asset Pricing |
| JEL codes: E21, G12 |
| By Jose L. Fillat University of Chicago |
| Presented by: Jose Fillat, University of Chicago |
| Discussant: Amir Yaron, The Wharton School |
| Stochastic House Appreciation and Optimal Mortgage Lending |
| By Tomasz Piskorski, Columbia Business School Alexei Tchsityi, NYU Stern |
| Presented by: Tomasz Piskorski, Columbia GSB |
| Discussant: Zhiguo He, |
| Home Equity and Risk Sharing |
| By Dmytro Hryshko, University of Alberta Maria Luengo-Prado, Northeastern University Bent Sorensen, University of Houston |
| Presented by: Maria Luengo-Prado, Northeastern University |
| Discussant: Wei Yang, University of Rochester |
Session 19: Labor and Investment |
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| Session Organizer: Noah Williams, University of Wisconsin |
| Session Chair: Rudiger Bachmann, University of Michigan |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: E3 |
| Date: January 4, 2009 |
| Time: 2:30 - 4:30 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Aggregate Hours Adjustment in Frictional Labor Markets |
| JEL codes: C11, C32, E20, |
| By Michael U. Krause, Deutsche Bundesbank Thomas A. Lubik, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
| Presented by: Thomas Lubik, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
| Exogenous vs. Endogenous Separation |
| By Garey Ramey, UC San Diego |
| Presented by: Garey Ramey, UC San Diego |
| A Putty-Clay Analysis of Housing Investment and Price Dynamics |
| By James Kahn (Stern-New York University and Wharton-UPenn) Francois Gourio (Boston U.) |
| Presented by: James Kahn, University of Pennsylvania |
| Cross-section of Firms: Long-run Trends and the Cycle |
| By Bachmann, Ruediger, University of Michigan Bayer, Christian, University of Bonn |
| Presented by: Rudiger Bachmann, University of Michigan |
Session 20: decision theory under risk and uncertainty |
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| Session Organizer: Lin Zhou, Arizona State University |
| Session Chair: Mark Machina, University of California, San Diego |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: D81 |
| Date: January 4, 2009 |
| Time: 2:30 - 4:30 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Risk, Ambiguity and the Rank-Dependence Axioms |
| JEL codes: D81 |
| By Mark Machina, Univerisity of California, San Diego |
| Presented by: Mark Machina, University of California, San Diego |
| Probabilistic Choice and Stochastic Dominanc |
| By Pavlo R. Blavatskyy, University of Zurich (IEW) |
| Presented by: Pavlo Blavatskyy, University of Zurich |
| Loss Aversion with a State-dependent Reference Point |
| By Enrico De Giorgi, University of Lugano Thierry Post, Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| Presented by: Enrico De Giorgi, University of Lugano |
| Invariance axioms for state- and process-dependent preferences |
| By Martin E. Sandbu, Wharton |
| Presented by: Martin Sandbu, Wharton School, Univ. of Pennsylvania |
Session 21: Education |
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| Session Organizer: Dennis Epple, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Session Chair: Eric Hanushek, Stanford University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: I2 |
| Date: January 4, 2009 |
| Time: 2:30 - 4:30 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Suspending the Right to an Education or Preserving It? An Equilibrium Model of Student Behavor, Achievement, and Suspension |
| By Josh Kinsler University of Rochester |
| Presented by: Josh Kinsler, University of Rochester |
| An Equilibrium Analysis of Public School Accountability and Private School Choice |
| By Maria Marta Ferreyra, Tepper School of Business- Carnegie Mellon University Pierre Jinghong Liang,Tepper School of Business- Carnegie Mellon University |
| Presented by: Maria Ferreyra, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Getting the Incentives Right: Responses of Teachers and Students to Accountability |
| By Jane Cooley, University of Wisconsin |
| Presented by: Jane Cooley, University of Wisconsin--Madison |
| A theory of school choice lotteries: Why ties shouldn't be broken randomly. |
| By Onur Kesten, Carnegie Mellon University and M. Utku Ünver, University of Pittsburgh |
| Presented by: Onur Kesten, Carnegie Mellon University |
Session 22: Early Influences on Economic Success |
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| Session Organizer: Shelly Lundberg, University of Washington |
| Session Chair: Blau David, |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: J1 |
| Date: January 4, 2009 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Season of Birth and Later Outcomes: Old Questions, New Answers |
| JEL codes: J11, J13, C2 |
| By Kasey Buckles, University of Notre Dame Daniel Hungerman, University of Notre Dame and NBER |
| Presented by: Kasey Buckles, University of Notre Dame |
| The Determinants of the Family Structure Experiences of Children in the United States |
| By David Blau, Ohio State University Wilbert van der Klaauw, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
| Presented by: Blau David, |
| Changes in the Characteristics of American Youth: Implications for Adult Outcomes |
| By Joseph G. Altonji Yale Uinversity Prashant Bharadwaj Yale University Fabian Lange Yale University |
| Presented by: Joseph Altonji, Yale University |
| Intergenerational Correlations of Skills |
| By Emiko Usui, Nagoya University Tsunao Okumura, Yokohama National University |
| Presented by: Emiko Usui, Nagoya University |
Session 23: Institutions and Political Decisions |
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| Session Organizer: David Austen-Smith, Northwestern University |
| Session Chair: Steven Callander, Northwestern University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: D7 |
| Date: January 4, 2009 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Federal Directive and Local Discretion |
| JEL codes: H77 - D72 |
| By Kellogg School of Management Northwestern University |
| Presented by: Antoine LOEPER, Kellogg Shool of Management |
| One-dimensional Bargaining with Markov Recognition Probabilities |
| By P. Jean-Jacques Herings, Maastricht University Arkadi Predtetchinski, Maastricht University |
| Presented by: P. Jean-Jacques Herings, Maastricht University |
| On the Possibility of Collective Wisdom through Voting |
| By Lu Hong, Loyola University Chicago Scott E. Page, University of Michigan |
| Presented by: Lu Hong, Loyola University Chicago |
| Informational Structure, Committees, and the Optimality of Open Rules |
| By John W. Hatfield Graduate School of Business Stanford University |
| Presented by: John Hatfield, Graduate School of Business |
Session 24: Estimation of Dynamic and Non-Linear Models |
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| Session Organizer: Moshe Buchinsky, UCLA |
| Session Chair: Moshe Buchinsky, UCLA |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: C5 |
| Date: January 4, 2009 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Sequential Estimation of Structural Models with Fixed Point Constraint |
| JEL codes: C13, C14, C63 |
| By Hiroyuki Kasahara, University of Western Ontario Shimotsu Katsumi, Queen's University |
| Presented by: Hiroyuki Kasahara, University of Western Ontario |
| Instrumental Variable Estimation of Nonlinear Models with |
| By Jinyong Hahn, Department of Economics,UCLA Yingyao Hu, Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University Geert Ridder, Department of Economics, University of Southern California |
| Presented by: Geert Ridder, University of Southern California |
| A Practitioner’s Guide to Bayesian Estimation of Discrete Choice Dynamic Programming Models |
| By Andrew Ching, University of Toronto Susumu Imai, Queen's University Masakazu Ishihara, University of Toronto Neelam Jain, Northern Illinois University |
| Presented by: Andrew Ching, University of Toronto |
| Nonparametric Identification of Dynamic Models with Unobserved State Variables |
| By Yingyao Hu, Johns Hopkins University Matthew Shum, Johns Hopkins University |
| Presented by: Yingyao Hu, Johns Hopkins University |
Session 25: Nutritional and Behavioral Problems in Children and Adolescents |
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| Session Organizer: Petra Todd, University of Pennsylvania |
| Session Chair: Jere Behrman, University of Pennsylvania |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: J1 |
| Date: January 4, 2009 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Preventing Behavior Problems in Childhood and Adolescence:Evidence from Head Start |
| JEL codes: C21, I28, I38 |
| By Pedro Carneiro University College London, Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice, and Institute for Fiscal Studies Rita Ginja University College London |
| Presented by: Rita Ginja, University College London |
| Minimizing Bias in Selection on Observables Estimators when Unconfoundedness Fails |
| By Daniel L. Millimet, SMU Rusty Tchernis, Indiana U |
| Presented by: Daniel Millimet, Southern Methodist University |
| Identifying the Effects of Food Stamps on the Nutritional Health of Children when Program Participation is Misreported |
| By Brent Kreider, Iowa State University John Pepper, University of Virginia Craig Gundersen, University of Illinois Dean Jolliffe, USDA |
| Presented by: John Pepper, University of Virginia |
| The Persistence of Bulimia Nervosa among Young Girls |
| By Michelle S. Goeree (michelle.goeree@gmail.com) Department of Economics, KAP 300 USC, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0253 John C. Ham (johnham@usc.edu) Department of Economics, KAP 300 USC, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0253 Daniela Iorio (Daniela.Iorio@uab.cat) Department of Economics and Economic History, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain |
| Presented by: John Ham, University of Southern California |
Session 26: Empirical Studies of Industry Dynamics and Innovation |
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| Session Organizer: Jonathan Levin, Stanford University |
| Session Chair: Nick Bloom, Stanford & CEP |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: L13, L16 |
| Date: January 4, 2009 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Dynamic Olley-Pakes Decomposition with Entry and Exit |
| JEL codes: C10, O47 |
| By Marc J. Melitz, Princeton University Sašo Polanec, University of Ljubljana |
| Presented by: Sašo Polanec, Ekonomska fakulteta Univerze v Ljubljani |
| Durable Goods Oligopoly with Innovation: Theory and Empirics |
| By Ronald Goettler, Carnegie Mellon University Brett Gordon, Columbia University |
| Presented by: Ronald Goettler, Chicago GSB |
| Identifying technology spillovers and product market rivalry |
| By Nicholas Bloom (Stanford) Mark Schankerman (LSE) John Van Reenen (LSE) |
| Presented by: Nick Bloom, Stanford & CEP |
| Advertising and Market Share Dynamics |
| By Minjung Park University of Minnesota |
| Presented by: Minjung Park, University of Minnesota |
Session 27: Taxation, Public Sector Incentives, and Selection |
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| Session Organizer: Dennis Epple, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Session Chair: Holger Sieg, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: H2 |
| Date: January 4, 2009 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| An Optimal Selective Migration Policy in the Absence of Symmetric Information and in the Presence of Skill Formation Incentives |
| JEL codes: F22, J24, J61 |
| By Oded Stark University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; University of Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria; University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Warsaw University and Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland Alessandra Casarico Università Bocconi, Milano, Italy; CEPR, London, UK; CESifo, Munich, Germany Silke Uebelmesser Center for Economic Studies, University of Munich, Munich, Germany; CESifo, Munich, Germany |
| Presented by: Oded Stark, University of Bonn |
| Price vs. Quantity-Based Approaches to Airport Congestion |
| By Jan K. Brueckner |
| Presented by: Jan Brueckner, UC Irvine |
| Schedule Selection by Agents: from Price Plans to Tax Tables |
| By Erzo F.P. Luttmer, Harvard Kennedy School Richard J. Zeckhauser, Harvard Kennedy School |
| Presented by: Erzo Luttmer, Harvard University |
| Do Agglomeration Economies Reduce the Sensitivity of Firm Location to Tax Differentials? |
| By Marius Brülhart, University of Lausanne Mario Jametti, York University, Toronto Kurt Schmidheiny, Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Presented by: Kurt Schmidheiny, Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
Session 28: Model Averaging in Growth Empirics |
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| Session Organizer: Steven Durlauf, University of Wisconsin |
| Session Chair: Steven Durlauf, University of Wisconsin |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: O4 |
| Date: January 4, 2009 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Model Averaging Approaches in Structural Equation Models |
| By Andros Kourtellos, University of Cyprus and Chih Ming Tan, Tufts University |
| Presented by: Andros Kourtellos, University of Cyprus |
| A Comparison of Two Averaging Techniques with an Application to Growth Empirics |
| By Jan R. Magnus, Tilburg, Owen Powell, Tilburg, and Patricia Prufer, Tilburg |
| Presented by: Jan R. Magnus, Tilburg University |
| Robust Growth Determinants |
| By Gernot Doppelhofer, Norwegian School of Economics and Melvyn Weeks Cambdridge University |
| Presented by: Gernot Doppelhofer, Norwegian School of Economics |
| Determining Growth Determinants: Default Priors and Predictive Performance in Bayesian Model Averaging |
| By Theo Eicher, Univeristy of Washington, Chris Papageorgiou, International Monetary Fund-Research and Adrian Raftery, Univeristy of Washington |
| Presented by: Chris Papageorgiou, IMF |
Session 29: Financial Econometrics |
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| Session Organizer: Jinyong Hahn, UCLA |
| Session Chair: Yacine Ait-Sahalia, Princeton University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: C5 |
| Date: January 4, 2009 |
| Time: 10:15 - 12:15 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Estimating the Degree of Activity of Jumps in High Frequency Financial Data |
| JEL codes: C13; C14; C22 |
| By Yacine Ait-Sahalia, Princeton University Jean Jacod, Universite de Paris-6 |
| Presented by: Yacine Ait-Sahalia, Princeton University |
| Nonparametric Stochastic Volatility |
| By Federico Bandi Roberto Renò |
| Presented by: Roberto Renò, public |
| Duration-Based Volatility Estimation |
| By Torben G. Andersen, Northwestern University Dorislav P. Dobrev, Federal Reserve Board of Governors Ernst Schaumburg, Northwestern University |
| Presented by: Ernst Schaumburg, Northwestern University |
| Fitting and testing vast dimensional time-varying covariance models |
| By Robert F. Engle, Stern Business School, New York University Neil Shephard,Oxford-Man Institute, University of Oxford Kevin Sheppard Department of Economics, University of Oxford |
| Presented by: Kevin Sheppard, University of Oxford |
Session 30: Plenary Session: Development, Education and Inequality; Plenary Speakers DENNIS EPPLE, Carnegie Mellon University and JAMES J. HECKMAN, University of Chicago |
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| Session Organizer: Steven Durlauf, University of Wisconsin |
| Session Chair: Steven Durlauf, University of Wisconsin |
| Session type: invited |
| Session JEL code: D9 |
| Date: January 4, 2009 |
| Time: 10:15 - 12:15 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
Session 31: Cost and Diffusion of Information |
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| Session Organizer: Dirk Bergemann, Yale University |
| Session Chair: Dirk Bergemann, Yale University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: D8 |
| Date: January 5, 2009 |
| Time: 1:00 - 3:00 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Information Percolation with Equilibrium Search Dynamics |
| JEL codes: D83, D62 |
| By Darrell Duffie - Stanford University and NBER Semyon Malamud - ETH Zurich Gustavo Manso - MIT |
| Presented by: Gustavo Manso, MIT |
| Information-Constrained State-Dependent Pricing |
| By Mike Woodford, Columbia University |
| Presented by: Michael Woodford, Columbia University |
| Rationally Inattentive Seller: Sales and Discrete Pricing |
| By Filip Matejka, Princeton University |
| Presented by: Filip Matejka, Princeton University |
| Rational Inattention and Discreteness of Responses |
| By Chris Sims, Princeton University and Filip Matejka, Princeton University |
| Presented by: Filip Matejka, Princeton University |
Session 32: Non-Linear Time Series |
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| Session Organizer: Guido Kuersteiner, University of California-Davis |
| Session Chair: Zhongjun Qu, Boston University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: C32 |
| Date: January 5, 2009 |
| Time: 1:00 - 3:00 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Functional-Coefficient Models for Nonstationary Time Series Data |
| By Zongwu Cai, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Qi Li, Texas A&M University Joon Y. Park, Texas A&M University |
| Presented by: ZONGWU CAI, Department of Mathematics and Statistics |
| Testing for the Markov Property in Time Series |
| By Bin Chen, University of Rochester Yongmiao Hong, Cornell University |
| Presented by: Bin Chen, University of Pittsburgh |
| A test against spurious long memory with application to realized volatility |
| By Zhongjun Qu Department of Economics Boston University |
| Presented by: Zhongjun Qu, Boston University |
| Dynamic Model Adequacy Checks for Data with Discrete Components |
| By Carlos Velasco (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) Igor Kheifets (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) |
| Presented by: Igor Kheifets, Univerdidad Carlos III de Madrid |
Session 33: The Determination of Schooling, Wages, and Earnings: New Empirical Evidences |
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| Session Organizer: Moshe Buchinsky, UCLA |
| Session Chair: Moshe Buchinsky, UCLA |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: I2 |
| Date: January 5, 2009 |
| Time: 1:00 - 3:00 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Choosing the Field of Study in French Post-Secondary Education: Do Expected Earnings Matter? |
| JEL codes: J24,C35,D84 |
| By Magali Beffy (DEPP,CREST-INSEE,Paris, and IZA,Bonn) Denis Fougère (CNRS,CREST-INSEE,Paris, CEPR,London, and IZA,Bonn) Arnaud Maurel (CREST-ENSAE,PSE,Paris) |
| Presented by: Arnaud Maurel, ENSAE |
| Employer size, employee wage and stochastic labour demand |
| By Sebastian Buhai, Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus, Denmark and Tinbergen Institute, the Netherlands |
| Presented by: Sebastian Buhai, Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus |
| Ability, Schooling Inputs and Earnings: Evidence from the NELS |
| By Ozkan Eren University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| Presented by: Ozkan Eren, University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
Session 34: Asymmetric information in electricity markets, credit markets, life insurance and in migration decisions |
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| Session Organizer: Petra Todd, University of Pennsylvania |
| Session Chair: Christopher R. Taber, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: D8 |
| Date: January 5, 2009 |
| Time: 1:00 - 3:00 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Electricity Pricing to U.S. Manufacturing Plants,1963-2000 |
| JEL codes: L60, L94, Q40 |
| By Steven J. Davis, University of Chicago Cheryl Grim, Bureau of the Census John Haltiwanger, University of Maryland Mary Streitwieser,Bureay of Economic Analysis |
| Presented by: Steven Davis, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO |
| The Anatomy of U.S. Personal Bankruptcy Under Chaper 13 |
| By Hulya Erasian, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Wenli Li, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Pierre Sarte, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
| Presented by: Wenli Li, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia |
| Testing for asymmetric information in the viager market |
| By Philippe Février, CREST-LEI Laurent Linnemer, CREST-LEI Michael Visser, ERMES-CNRS and PSE |
| Presented by: Michael Visser, CNRS-ERMES |
| The Evolution of the Documented and Undocumented Population of Mexican Migrants to the US |
| By Melissa Tartari (Yale) |
| Presented by: melissa tartari, Yale |
Session 35: International Trade and the Cycle |
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| Session Organizer: Helene Rey, London Business School |
| Session Chair: Enrique G. Mendoza, University of Maryland |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: F10 |
| Date: January 5, 2009 |
| Time: 1:00 - 3:00 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| International Trade in Durable Goods in a Sticky-Price Model |
| JEL codes: E32 F3 F4 |
| By Charles Engel, University of Wisconsin Jian Wang, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas |
| Presented by: Jian Wang, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas |
| Measuring U.S. International Relative Prices: A WARP View of the World |
| By Charles Thomas - Federal Reserve Board Jaime Marquez - Federal Reserve Board Sean Fahle - Federal Reserve Board |
| Presented by: Jaime Marquez, Federal Reserve Board |
| International Portfolios, Capital Accumulation and Foreign Assets Dynamics |
| By Nicolas Coeurdacier, London Business School and CEPR Robert Kollmann, ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Université Paris XII and CEPR Philippe Martin, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris School of Economics and CEPR |
| Presented by: Robert Kollmann, Free University of Brussels |
| The Finnish Great Depression: From Russia with Love |
| By Yuriy Gorodnichenko, UC Berkeley and NBER Enrique G. Mendoza, University of Maryland and NBER Linda L. Tesar, University of Michigan and NBER |
| Presented by: Enrique G. Mendoza, University of Maryland |
Session 36: Design of Procurement and Sale Mechanisms |
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| Session Organizer: Steve Tadelis, University of California, Berkeley |
| Session Chair: Jakub Kastl, Stanford University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: D4 |
| Date: January 5, 2009 |
| Time: 1:00 - 3:00 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| The Effect of Information on the Bidding and Survival of Entrants in Procurement Auctions |
| JEL codes: H4, H57, D44 |
| By Dakshina G. De Silva, Texas Tech University Georgia Kosmopoulou, Univesity of Oklahoma Carlos Lamarche, University of Oklahoma |
| Presented by: Georgia Kosmopoulou, University of Oklahoma |
| Endogenous Commitment |
| By Larry Samuelson, Yale University Johannes Horner, Northwestern University |
| Presented by: Larry Samuelson, Yale University |
| A model and an experimental test of the lowest unique bid auction |
| By Miguel A. Costa-Gomes, University of Aberdeen (UK), Makoto Shimoji, University of York (UK) |
| Presented by: Miguel Costa-Gomes, University of Aberdeen |
| Outsourcing using Online Auctions |
| By Elena Krasnokutskaya, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania Christian Terwiesch, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania |
| Presented by: Elena Krasnokutskaya, University of Pennsylvania |
Session 37: Schooling and Learning |
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| Session Organizer: Shelly Lundberg, University of Washington |
| Session Chair: Salvador Navarro, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: I2 |
| Date: January 5, 2009 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| One Size Fits All? The effects of teacher cognitive and non-cognitive abilities on student achievement |
| By Erik Gronqvist Institute for Labor Market Evaluation (IFAU) Jonas Vlachos Stockholm University and CEPR |
| Presented by: Jonas Vlachos, Stockholm University |
| Teacher Effort and School Incentives: Evidence from Lao PDR |
| By Hai-Anh Dang, World Bank Elizabeth M. King, World Bank Jeffrey Waite, World Bank |
| Presented by: Hai-Anh Dang, World Bank |
| A student just like my child: The role of teacher family characteristics on teaching quality and discrimination |
| By Erik Grönqvist, Institute for labour market policy evaluation Jonas Vlachos, Stockholm university, IFN, CEPR |
| Presented by: Erik Grönqvist, IFAU |
| Do Young People Learn Criminal Behaviour? Quasi-Experimental Evidence |
| By Anna Piil Damm, Dep. of Economics and CIM, Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus. Christian Dustmann, Dep. of Economics and CReAM, University College London |
| Presented by: Anna Piil Damm, Aarhus School of Business, University of |
Session 38: Econometric Theory - Inference |
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| Session Organizer: Jinyong Hahn, UCLA |
| Session Chair: Hidehiko Ichimura, University of Tokyo |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: C0 |
| Date: January 5, 2009 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Nonparametric Inference on Optimal Treatment Allocation under Budget Constraints |
| JEL codes: C14 |
| By Debopam Bhattacharya, Dartmouth College Pascaline Dupas, Dartmouth College |
| Presented by: Debopam Bhattacharya, Dartmouth College |
| Set Estimation and Inference with Models Characterized by Conditional Moment Inequalities |
| By KYOO IL KIM, University of Minnesota |
| Presented by: Kyoo il Kim, University of Minnesota |
| How to Account For the Dependence Structure For the Kernel Density Estimator? |
| By Yoichi Arai, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo Hidehiko Ichimura, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo |
| Presented by: Hidehiko Ichimura, University of Tokyo |
| On the Efficiency of Generalized Likelihood Ratio Tests |
| By Yongmiao Hong and Yoonjin Lee |
| Presented by: Yoon-Jin Lee, Indiana University |
Session 39: Dynamic Competition and Negotiation |
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| Session Organizer: Jonathan Levin, Stanford University |
| Session Chair: Joseph Harrington, Johns Hopkins University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: D40, L13 |
| Date: January 5, 2009 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Collusion with Monitoring Based on Self-Reported Sales |
| JEL codes: L13 |
| By Joseph E. Harrington, Jr. Department of Economics Johns Hopkins University Andrzej Skrzypacz Graduate School of Business Stanford University |
| Presented by: Joseph Harrington, Johns Hopkins University |
| The value of switching costs |
| By Gary Biglaiser, University of North Carolina Jacques Crémer, Toulouse School of Economics Gergely Dobos |
| Presented by: Jacques Cremer, Toulouse School of Economics |
| Information Disclosure and Endogenous Sequencing in Bilateral Negotiations |
| By Silvana Krasteva, Duke University Huseyin Yildirim, Duke University |
| Presented by: Huseyin Yildirim, Duke University |
| Lumpy Capacity Investment and Disinvestment Dynamics |
| By David Besanko, Northwestern University Ulrich Doraszelski, Harvard University Lauren Lu, University of North Carolina Mark Satterthwaite, Northwestern University |
| Presented by: Ulrich Doraszelski, Harvard University |
Session 40: Determinants of Economic Growth |
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| Session Organizer: Oded Galor, Brown University |
| Session Chair: Peter Howitt, |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: O4 |
| Date: January 5, 2009 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| A Contribution to the Empirics of Structural Change in Economic Growth |
| JEL codes: C33, O49 |
| By Andros Kourtellos Department of Economics, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, CY-1678, Nicosia, Cyprus Ioanna Stylianou Department of Economics, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, CY-1678, Nicosia, Cyprus Chih Ming Tan Department of Economics, Braker Hall, Tufts University, 8 Upper Campus Road, Medford, MA 02155 |
| Presented by: Ioanna Stylianou, University Of Cyprus |
| Time, Quality, and Growth |
| By Francisco Alcalá, Universidad de Murcia |
| Presented by: Francisco Alcala, Universidad de Murcia |
| Growth, Selection and Appropriate Contracts |
| By Alessandra Bonfiglioli, Institute for Economic Analysis (CSIC) Gino Gancia, CREI UPF and CEPR |
| Presented by: Alessandra Bonfiglioli, Institute for Economic Analysis |
| Democracy, Diversification, and Growth Reversals |
| By David Cuberes, Clemson University Michal Jerzmanowski, Clemson University |
| Presented by: David Cuberes, Clemson University |
Session 41: Advanced Empirical Findings in the Economics of Education |
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| Session Organizer: Caroline Hoxby, Stanford University |
| Session Chair: Caroline Hoxby, Stanford University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: I2 |
| Date: January 5, 2009 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Are Teacher-Level Value-Added Estimates Biased? An Experimental Validation of Non-Experimental Estimates |
| By Thomas Kane, Harvard University Graduate School of Education Douglas Staiger, Dartmouth College |
| Presented by: Caroline Hoxby, Stanford University |
| Learning about academic ability and the college drop-out decision |
| By Todd Stinebrickner The University of Western Ontario Ralph Stinebrickner Berea College |
| Presented by: Todd Stinebrickner, University of Western Ontario and NBER |
| Measuring Segregation |
| By David M. Frankel, Iowa State University Oscar Volij, Ben Gurion University |
| Presented by: David Frankel, Iowa State University |
| The Signaling Value of Central School Exams |
| By Guido Schwerdt Ifo Institute Institute for Economic Research Department Human Capital & Innovation Poschingerstraße 5 81679 München Germany Tel.: +49(0)89/9224-1310 Fax: +49(0)89/9224-1460 E-Mail: schwerdt@ifo.de http://www.cesifo-group.de/portal/page/portal/ifoHome/f-about/f3aboutifo/50ifostaff/_ifocv_schwerdt_g Ludger Wößmann Center for Economic Studies, University of Munich and Ifo Institute for Economic Research Poschingerstraße 5 81679 München Germany Tel.: +49(0)89/9224-1699 Fax: +49(0)89/9224-2699 E-Mail: woessmann@ifo.de http://www.cesifo-group.de/portal/page/portal/ifoHome/f-about/f3aboutifo/50ifostaff/_ifocv_woessmann_l |
| Presented by: Guido Schwerdt, Ifo Institute for Economic Research |
Session 42: Decision Theory |
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| Session Organizer: Chris Shannon, UC Berkeley |
| Session Chair: Chris Shannon, UC Berkeley |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: D0 |
| Date: January 5, 2009 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Symmetry of evidence without evidence of symmetry |
| By Larry G. Epstein, Boston University Kyoungwon Seo, MEDS, Northwestern University (starting 7/1/2008) |
| Presented by: Larry Epstein, Boston University |
| A million answers to twenty questions: choosing by checklist |
| By Michael Mandler, Royal Holloway, University of London Paola Manzini, Queen Mary, University of London Marco Mariotti, Queen Mary, University of London |
| Presented by: Michael Mandler, Royal Holloway College, University of London |
| Three Easy Pieces: Applications of Vector Expected Utility |
| By Marciano Siniscalchi, Northwestern University |
| Presented by: Marciano Siniscalchi, Northwestern University |
| Complexity and Bounded Rationality in Individual Decision Problems |
| By Theodoros Diasakos, Collegio Carlo Alberto Paolo Ghirardato, Univ. di Torino and Collegio Carlo Alberto |
| Presented by: Paolo Ghirardato, Univ. Torino and Collegio Carlo Alberto |
Session 43: Economic Analysis of Subjective Well-Being |
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| Session Organizer: Justin Wolfers, University of Pennsylvania |
| Session Chair: Andrew Oswald, Warwick University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: D6 |
| Date: January 5, 2009 |
| Time: 8:00 - 10:00 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness |
| JEL codes: D6, I32, J1, J7 |
| By Betsey Stevenson The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania and CESifo and NBER betsey.stevenson@wharton.upenn.edu http://bpp.wharton.upenn.edu/betseys Justin Wolfers The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania CESifo, CEPR, IZA and NBER jwolfers@wharton.upenn.edu http://www.nber.org/~jwolfers |
| Presented by: Betsey Stevenson, University of Pennsylvania |
| Lost in Transition: Life Satisfaction on the Road to Capitalism |
| By Richard A. Easterlin, University of Southern California |
| Presented by: Richard Easterlin, University of Southern California |
| What Good Is Wealth Without Health? The Effect of Health on the Marginal Utility of Consumption |
| By Amy Finkelstein, MIT Erzo F.P. Luttmer, Harvard Matt Notowidigdo, MIT |
| Presented by: Amy Finkelstein, MIT |
| National Time Accounting: The Currency of Life |
| By Alan Krueger, Princeton University and NBER, Daniel Kahneman, Princeton University, David Schkade, University of California at San Diego, Arthur Stone, State University of New York at Stony Brook and Norbert Schwarz, University of Michigan |
| Presented by: Alan Krueger, Princeton and NBER |
Session 44: Elections and Redistribution |
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| Session Organizer: David Austen-Smith, Northwestern University |
| Session Chair: Scott Page, University of Michigan |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: D7 |
| Date: January 5, 2009 |
| Time: 10:15 - 12:15 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| An Agenda-Setting Model of Electoral Competition |
| JEL codes: D72 |
| By Josep M. Colomer, Universitat Pompeu Fabra and CSIC Humberto Llavador, Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Presented by: Humberto Llavador, Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Searching for Good Policies: Repeated Elections, Learning, and Policy Dynamics |
| By Steven Callander, Northwestern University |
| Presented by: Steven Callander, Northwestern University |
| Voting and Experimentation |
| By Bruno Strulovici (Oxford University / Northwestern University) |
| Presented by: Bruno Strulovici, Oxford University, Nuffield College |
| Work Values, Endogenous Sentiments and Redistribution |
| By Matteo Cervellati, University Bologna Joan Esteban, IAE Barcelona Laurence Kranich, University at Albany |
| Presented by: Matteo Cervellati, University of Bologna, IAE Barcelona |
Session 45: Empirical Monetary Economics |
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| Session Organizer: Tao Zha, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
| Session Chair: James Hamilton, University of California, San Diego |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: E4 |
| Date: January 5, 2009 |
| Time: 10:15 - 12:15 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Insights from an Estimated Search-Based Monetary Model with Nominal Rigidities |
| JEL codes: C5, E4, E5 |
| By S. Boragan Aruoba, University of Maryland Frank Schorfheide, University of Pennsylvania |
| Presented by: S. Boragan Aruoba, University of Maryland |
| Daily Monetary Policy Shocks and the Delayed Response of New Home Sales |
| By James D. Hamilton, University of California, San Diego |
| Presented by: James Hamilton, University of California, San Diego |
| Forming Priors for DSGE Models (and How It Affects the Assessment of Nominal Rigidities) |
| By Marco Del Negro, FRBNY Frank Schorfheide, University of Pennsylvania |
| Presented by: Marco Del Negro, FRBNY-Research |
| Should the Central Bank be Concerned about Housing Prices? |
| By Karsten Jeske Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Zheng Liu Emory University |
| Presented by: Zheng Liu, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
Session 46: Monetary Economics and Policy |
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| Session Organizer: Noah Williams, University of Wisconsin |
| Session Chair: Noah Williams, University of Wisconsin |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: E4 |
| Date: January 5, 2009 |
| Time: 10:15 - 12:15 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| A Black Swan in the Money Market |
| JEL codes: E4, E5 |
| By John B. Taylor, Stanford University John C. Williams, FRB San Francisco |
| Presented by: John Williams, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
| Optimal Monetary Policy in a Data-Rich Environment |
| By Jean Boivin, HEC Montreal Marc Giannoni, Columbia University |
| Presented by: Marc Giannoni, Columbia University |
| Inflation Stabilization and Welfare (and Model Uncertainty) |
| By Thomas D. Tallarini, Jr. - Federal Reserve Board |
| Presented by: Thomas Tallarini, The Federal Reserve Board |
| Interest Rate Rules, Inflation Risk, and Multiple Equilibria |
| By Noah Williams, University of Wisconsin |
| Presented by: Noah Williams, University of Wisconsin |
Session 47: Social Interactions |
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| Session Organizer: Lawrence Blume, CORNELL UNIVERSITY |
| Session Chair: Steven Durlauf, University of Wisconsin |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: Z1 |
| Date: January 5, 2009 |
| Time: 10:15 - 12:15 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Schelling Redux: An Evolutionary Dynamic Model of Residential Segregation |
| JEL codes: C73, R20 |
| By Emin Dokumaci, University of Wisconsin William H. Sandholm, University of Wisconsin |
| Presented by: William Sandholm, University of Wisconsin |
| Efficiency and Stability of Dynamic Innovation Networks |
| By Michael David Koenig, Chair of Systems Design, ETH Zurich, Kreuzplatz 5, CH-8032 Zurich, Switzerland Stefano Battiston, Chair of Systems Design, ETH Zurich, Kreuzplatz 5, CH-8032 Zurich, Switzerland Mauro Napoletano, Chair of Systems Design, ETH Zurich, Kreuzplatz 5, CH-8032 Zurich, Switzerland Frank Schweitzer, Chair of Systems Design, ETH Zurich, Kreuzplatz 5, CH-8032 Zurich, Switzerland |
| Presented by: Michael König, ETH Zürich |
| Emergent networks in dynamic strategic settings |
| By Jeremy Fox, Chicago David A. Miller, UCSD |
| Presented by: David Miller, University of California, San Diego |
| Heterogeneity in Social Networks and the Classical Theory of Public Goods |
| By Dennis O'Dea University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Presented by: Dennis O'Dea, University of Illinois |
Session 48: Political Economy |
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| Session Organizer: Dennis Epple, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Session Chair: Jon Sonstelie, University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: H3 |
| Date: January 5, 2009 |
| Time: 10:15 - 12:15 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| Immigration and Spending on Public Education: California, 1969-1999 |
| JEL codes: H4, H7, F22 |
| By Daniele Coen-Pirani (Carnegie Mellon University) |
| Presented by: Daniele Coen-Pirani, Carnegie Mellon University |
| The Dynamics of Metropolitan Communities |
| By Dennis Epple, Carnegie Mellon University Richard Romano, University of Florida Holger Sieg, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Presented by: Holger Sieg, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Competitive Nonlinear Taxation and Constitutional Choice |
| By Massimo Morelli, Columbia University Huanxing Yang, Ohio State University Lixin Ye, Ohio State University |
| Presented by: Lixin Ye, Ohio State University |
| A Dynamic Model of Housing Supply |
| By Alvin Murphy; Duke University / Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis |
| Presented by: Alvin Murphy, Duke University |
Session 49: Plenary Session: Empirical Microeconomics; Plenary Speakers MOSHE BUCHINSKY, University of California-Los Angeles and CHRISTOPHER R. TABER, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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| Session Organizer: Steven Durlauf, University of Wisconsin |
| Session Chair: Petra Todd, University of Pennsylvania |
| Session type: invited |
| Session JEL code: D0 |
| Date: January 5, 2009 |
| Time: 10:15 - 12:15 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| The Dynamics of Educational Choices in the United States |
| By Moshe Buchinsky UCLA, CREST—INSEE, and NBER Alvaro Mezza UCLA Douglas McKee University of Pennsylvania |
| Presented by: Moshe Buchinsky, UCLA |
Session 50: Forensic Economics |
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| Session Organizer: Justin Wolfers, University of Pennsylvania |
| Session Chair: Justin Wolfers, University of Pennsylvania |
| Session type: contributed |
| Session JEL code: K4 |
| Date: January 5, 2009 |
| Time: 10:15 - 12:15 |
| Location: Hilton San Francisco |
| An Eliot Effect? Prosecutorial Discretion in Mutual Fund Settlement Negotiations, 2003-7 |
| JEL codes: K32,L51,H77G28 |
| By Eric Zitzewitz, Dartmouth College |
| Presented by: Eric Zitzewitz, Dartmouth College |
| Detecting Illegal Arms Trade |
| By Stefano DellaVigna UC Berkeley and NBER Eliana La Ferrara Universita' Bocconi and IGIER |
| Presented by: Stefano DellaVigna, University of California at Berkeley |
| The Price of Political Opposition: Evidence from Venezuela’s Maisanta |
| By Chang-Tai Hsieh, University of California, Berkeley Edward Miguel, University of California, Berkeley Daniel Ortega, Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administracion Francisco Rodríguez, Wesleyan University |
| Presented by: Daniel ortega, |
| Identifying Agent Discretion: Exaggerating School Attendance in Response to a Conditional School Nutrition Program |
| By Gauri Kartini Shastry, Virginia Leigh L. Linden, Columbia |
| Presented by: Leigh Linden, Columbia University |
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