Eastern Economics Association 2008 Sessions ISSUES IN POLITICAL ECONOMY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH Session I: Private Business and Investment (Friday 9am) Session Chair: Katie Mauro, University of Mary Washington A History of Competition in Economics Tyler Sines, Furman University The Impact of Wal-Mart on local prices Matthew Borgen, Minnesota State University. Method-of-payment and the returns to acquiring-firm shareholders during mergers Ahsan M. Siddiqui, The College of Wooster. The effect of strategic entity ownership on investment risk in multinational corporations Daniel Cariello,. Leah Brendel, Minnesota State University Chad Miller, Furman University Sierra Stoney, University of Mary Washington Theodore Hickey, The College of Wooster
Session II: Marginalized Labor and Gender (Friday 11am) Session Chair: Julia Behrman, University of Mary Washington College Women's Choice of Majors: Evidence of from a survey Leah Brendel, Minnesota State University. What is Known About the Types of Jobs Women do When Self-employed? Margaret Graybeal, University of Mary Washington. "Why Not Women Too? An Analysis of the Effects of Women's Marital Status and Other Related Factors on Wages" Samuel S. Giffin and Quinton White, Furman University. Women s Suffrage: The Passage of the 19 th Amendment to the United States Constitution Katie Mauro, University of Mary Washington. Rhys D. Williams, Virginia Military Institute. Geoffrey C. Wescott, Austin College Billy Swanson, University of Mary Washington Mihika Chatterjee, The College of Wooster
Session III: Labor and Wages (Friday 2pm) Session Chair: Margaret Graybeal, University of Mary Washington Does Race Influence the Salaries of NFL Players? Josh Mahoney, The University of Northern Iowa. The Income Effects of Language Ability and Education within the Latino-American Labor Market Geoffrey C. Wescott, Austin College. Marxian Look into the Socio-economic Development of Imperial China, and its legitimacy: Specifically Looking at the Qin, and Tang Dynasties. Jason Sabol, Keene State College Erika Lamanna, Erin Beddingfield, University of Mary Washington Samuel S. Giffin, Furman University
Session IV: Growth and Development (Friday 4pm) Session Chair: Daniel Cariello, Achieving Economic Stabilization in Zimbabwe Sekai Ndemanga, Manhattanville College. What Factors Impact the Level of Health of a Country Julia Behrman, University of Mary Washington. The Honduran Stove Project Christine Exley, Will Hawk, Ashley Lippolis, Anna Lowell, Katherine MacEwen, Daniel Marsh, and Sierra Stoney, University of Mary Washington. The Impact of Microcredit on Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa Erika Lamanna,. World Poverty: History, Measurement, Scope, and Policy Chad Miller, Furman University. Isaac Knowles, University of Mary Washington Ryan R. Beaudry, Manhattanville College Lindsey M. Cramer, The College of Wooster Katie Mauro, University of Mary Washington Jason Sabol, Keene State College
Session V: Macroeconometrics (Saturday 9am) Session Chair: Billy Swanson, University of Mary Washington "Autocorrelation and Its Removal from the Heteroscedasticity-free Simple U.S. Nominal and Real Consumption Functions, acquired using the annual data Of 1959 to 2003" Dagmar Heinmets and Yingying Wang, SUNY Potsdam. "Transparency and Inflation Volatility" Nancy Dexter, Smith College "Effects of Central Bank Independence and Accountability on Inflation Measures" Martha Woerner, Smith College "Heteroscedasticity in the Simple U.S. Nominal and Real Consumption Functions: Acquired Using Annual Data Between 1959 to 2003" Francis Fox, Joshua Patapow, and John A. Russell, Jr, SUNY Potsdam. Aniris Javier, Bryant University Amber Gill, Wilkes University Robert Fox, Bryant University Puja Singhal, Smith College
Session VI: Economics of the Unfortunate (Saturday 11am) Session Chair: Erin Beddingfield, University of Mary Washington Motivations of Terrorism Lindsey M. Cramer, The College of Wooster. The Economic Impact of Atlantic Storms James Z. Klingensmith, Washington and Jefferson College. India s Unwanted Female Children: District Level Analysis of Sex Differential in Child Mortality. Puja Singhal, Smith College. Supersize Me? Productivity and Obesity in Developed Nations. Katherine Parkman,. "Catastrophic Illness, Household Resource Allocation and National Savings in Tanzania: The Importance of Prevention." Mihika Chatterjee, The College of Wooster. Adam Hoffer, Washington and Jefferson College Katherine Parkman, Margaret Graybeal, University of Mary Washington Dagmar Heinmets, SUNY Potsdam Julia Behrman, University of Mary Washington
Session VII: International Trade and Exchange (Saturday 2pm) Session Chair: Christine Exley, University of Mary Washington Current US and China Trade Quality Issues and the Effects They May Have on Future Trade Relations. Robert Fox and Cristina Valejo, Bryant University "The Political Determinants of Exchange-Rate Regime Choice in Latin-America." Theodore Hickey, The College of Wooster. Trade Liberalization and the Returns to Capital Billy Swanson, University of Mary Washington Coming to America: An Examination of the Effect of Immigration on Bilateral Trade Flows Jamie Hoggard, The Dollar s Depreciation: An Analysis of the Short and Long Term Impacts Aniris Javier, Sahana Zutshi, and Gregory Mello, Bryant University Will Hawk, University of Mary Washington Martha Woerner, Smith College Daniel Cariello, Sekai Ndemanga, Manhattanville College. Francis Fox, SUNY Potsdam
Session VIII: Incentives and Behavior (Saturday 4pm) Session Chair: Erika Lamanna, Why do people commit crimes again? Christine Exley, University of Mary Washington. The Factors that Affect Game Day Attendance. Adam Hoffer, Washington and Jefferson College. The Effect of Increasing Fuel Efficiency on Passenger Motor Vehicle Travel in the State of Virginia. Erin Beddingfield, University of Mary Washington Factors Affecting the Demand for Graduate Business Programs in the US: A Panel Data Approach Rhys D. Williams, Virginia Military Institute. The Effects of Early Financial Education Amber Gill and Ashish Javia, Wilkes University Will Radke, Austin College Josh Mahoney, The University of Northern Iowa Mark T. Bender, Washington and Jefferson College Jamie Hoggard, Matthew Borgen, Minnesota State University
Session IX: Market Failures (Sunday 9am) Session Chair: Jamie Hoggard, The Effects of Digital Music Piracy on Total Music Sales Mart T. Bender, Washington and Jefferson College. Perpetuating Stereotypes: The Effect of Segregation on Housing Demand Sierra Stoney, University of Mary Washington. Informed Counterfeiting: Circumnavigating Legal Avenues with Third Shift Goods Will Radke, Austin College. Between Network and State: A common agency model of corruption. Isaac Knowles, University of Mary Washington Christine Exley, University of Mary Washington James Z. Klingensmith, Washington and Jefferson College Thomas Frick, Tyler Sines, Furman University
Session X: Financial Markets and Banking (Sunday 11am) Session Chair: Katherine Parkman, Hedge Funds: Alternative Investments to Provide Portfolio Diversification and Promote Market Efficiency Ryan R. Beaudry, Manhattanville College. The January Effect: Small Capitalization Indices and Mutual Funds Thomas Frick and Jeremy Kitts, Ahsan M. Siddiqui, The College of Wooster Nancy Dexter, Smith College