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Southwestern Social Science Association.

Thursday 8:30 – 9:45

EC 01:  ECONOMIC THOUGHT

Chair:  Joan Osborne, Palo Alto College

1.  “A note on Jean-Baptiste Say's Views Regarding Money and Credit,” Kenneth Sanders, Eastern New Mexico University

2.  “A Retrospective Look at the Kennedy-Johnson Council of Economic Advisers’ Attitudes  Regarding Phillips Curve Tradeoffs,” Robert Stanley Herren, North Dakota State University

3. “Past Tense: Views of History, Progress, and Value in Stuart and Smith,” Aida Ramos, University of Notre Dame

Discussants:  Betsy Jane Clary, College of Charleston

                           Joan Osborne, Palo Alto College

Thursday 8:30 – 9:45

EC 02:  INTERNATIONAL TRADE OF GOODS AND FACTORS OF PRODUCTION

Chair:  Christopher A Erickson, New Mexico State University

1.  “Cultural Distance and the Immigrant-Trade Link,” Roger White, Franklin and Marshall College

2.  “Geographic and Income Anatomy of International Exports,” Farhang Niroomand and Edward Nissan, University of Southern Mississippi

3. “Imports and the Demand for Foreign Exchange: Evidence from Jamaican Survey Data,” Tamalia Evony Franklin, University of the West Indies – Mona

4.  “Capital Inflow, Dutch Disease Effects and Monetary Policy in a Small Open Economy, Emmanuel Lartey, California State University-Fullerton

Discussants:  Mustafa Kilinic, University of California-Los Angeles

                         Christopher Erickson, New Mexico State University

                        Luisa Del Rocio Blanco Rayna, University of Oklahoma

Thursday 8:30-9:45

EC 03  INEQUALITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Chair:  Yong Bao, University of Texas-San Antonio

1.  “An Analysis of Inequality, Human Development, and Economic Growth,” Sukhwinder Bagi, Bloomsburg University

2.  “Diversity and Economic Performance: A Study of Indian States,” Hiranya K Nath, Sam Houston State University

3.  “Growth, Inequality and Poverty: An Analysis of Violence in Colombia,”  Alexander Cotte Poveda. University Salle

4.  “Economics of Discrimination,” Palakh Jani, University of New Delhi

Discussants:  Yong Bao, University of Texas-San Antonio

                           Wei Lin, University of Texas-Dallas

Thursday 8:30-9:45

EC 04:  POLITICAL ECONOMICS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Chair:  Bill Ballard, Wayland Baptist University

1.  “Turnout and Government Performance; A Formal Model,” Leonardo Gatica, Skidmore College

2.  “Political Competition and Employment; A Formal Model of the Provision of Public Goods Politics,” Georgina Soto, Universidad de Guadalajara

3.  “Economic Convergence in the EU: The Impact of the EU Structural Funds, Institutions, and Governance,” Justin T Mausel, University of Texas-Dallas

4.  “Civil Society, Social Capital and Sustainable Development for Transition Economies,” Fjorentina Angjellari-Dajci, Rollins College

Discussants:  Bill Ballard, Wayland Baptist University

  Anthony Christopher Homan, US Coast Guard

Thursday 10:00-11:15

EC 05  AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIC MODELS AND POLICIES

Chair:  Sanford Calvin Marble, University of Texas-Austin

1.  “Comparing the Competitiveness of Genetically Modified Crops in the Specific Factors Model, John Kagochi, Auburn University and Mostafa Malki, University of Texas- Brownsville

2.  “Groundwater Contamination from Agricultural Pesticides: Issues and Policy Options,” Naveen Musumuru, The University of Louisiana-Monroe

3.  “Costs of Producing Ethanol from a Lignocellulosic Biomass,” Randall D Little and David P Busby, Mississippi State University

4.  “A dynamic economic model of rancher's joint response to an invasive alien weed,” Kristine M Grimsrud and Jamie Chermak, University of New Mexico

Discussants:  Sanford Calvin Marble, University of Texas-Austin

                        Joselito Estrada, Texas A&M University-Galveston

Thursday 10-11:15

EC 06  INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL ECONOMICS

Chair:  Patricia Berbia,  Ernst and Young

1.  “The Wealth Effects of Bank Mergers and Acquisitions in Latin American Targets,” Felice Policastro and Anthony Negbenebor, Gardner-Webb University

2.  “Asymmetric information in Stock Market: Evidence from China’s Stock Market,”  Cheng Liu, University of Kentucky

3.  “Channels of financial spillovers in the global markets,” Veysel Ulusoy and Rita Madarassy, Bahcesehir University

4.  “Spot price dynamic linkage among international crude oil markets,  Wei Huang and David Bessler, Texas A & M University- College Station

5.  “An Empirical Study of Business Knowledge Transfer for Small Business Sustainability,” Anthony Negbenebor, Gardner-Webb University, and Jonathan Elimimian, Albany State University

Discussants:  Patricia Berbia, Ernst and Young

                          Adnan Daghestan, Barry University

                          Anthony D Nikias, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Thursday 10:00-11:15

EC 07  EDUCATION ECONOMICS

Chair:  Laura Connolly, University of Northern Colorado

1.  “Integrating Salemi and Siegfried's Learning Objectives.into the General Economics Education Courses,” Patricia E Graham and Christine Marston, University of Northern Colorado

2.  “Analysis of Student Performance in Economics Courses,” Jerry Dunn, and Harry Nowka, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

3.  “Teaching Undergraduate Money and Banking: T-Bill Auctions and Stock Market Models,” Daniel Earl Saros, Valparaiso University

4.  “The effectiveness of teacher professional development workshops: Econometric Evidence,” Benjamin Matta and Julio Cesar Aguirre-Carmona New Mexico State University

Discussants:  Laura Connolly, University of Northern Colorado

                           Ethiopia Keleta, Texas State University

Thursday  11:30 – 12:45

EC 08  ECONOMETRIC AND QUANTITATIVE APPLICATIONS

Chair:  Kristine M Grimsrud, University of New Mexico

1.  “Priming via Instruction in Economic Trust Games,” Stephanie M Brewer, and Zoe K Thorkildsen, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

2.  “Testing Convergence in Income Distribution,” Young Bao, University of Texas-San Antonio, and Shatakshee Dhongde, Rochester Institute of Technology

3.  “Tax evasion, tax competition and gains from nondiscrimination when investors are not indifferent,” Xuejun Wang, Southwestern College

4.  “A Methodology  for Multidimensional Impact Analysis,” Palmer W Smith University of Texas-Tyler

5. .” The Economics of Ideas: Theory and Evidence,” Jared Franz, University of Illinois

Discussants:  Kristine M Grimsrud, University of New Mexico

                            Monica Das, Skidmore College     

                           Javier Pedro Moreno, Tyson de Mexico

Thursday 11:30-12:45

EC 09  INTERNATIONAL HEALTH AND EDUCATION ISSUES

Chair:  Edward Sayre, Agnes Scott College

1.  “An estimate of the economic burden of Diabetes and Hypertension in the Caribbean,” Abdullahi Abdulkadri, University of the West Indies-Mona

2.  “Is Pre Natal Discrimination Against Girls a Substitute for Post Natal Discrimination,? Shwetlena Sabarwa and Paul Glewewe, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

3.  “Effects of Family Structure on Child Body Weight,” Yanjun Bao, University of Illinois-Chicago

Discussants:  Edward Sayre, Agnes Scott College

                   Va Nee L Van Vleck, California State University-Fresno

Thursday 11:30-12:45

EC 10  INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ISSUES

Chair:  Farhang Niroomand, University of Southern Mississippi

1.  “South Asia Free Trade Area Agreement: Implementation Hurdles,” Prahlad Kasturi, Radford University

2.  “International Industrial Integration: The Case of the Maquila Industry,” Christopher Erickson, New Mexico State University

3.  “The Debts on Life: An Econometric Analysis of External Debt Service and Economic Growth, Naderah Kimberley Gray-Farquharson, University of the West Indies-Mona

4.  “Global Reporting of Reserves: Oil and Gas Extractive Industry,” Tahany Naggar and Ali Naggar, West Chester University

Discussants:  Farhang Niroomand, University of Southern Mississippi Mark Tuttle, Sam Houston State University

Thursday 1:00-2:15

EC 11  GENERAL MACROECONOMICS I

Chair:  Chengyu Yang, University of Central Florida

1.  “Use of Federal Home Loan Bank Advances By Agricultural Banks, 2001-2006,” John E Martinez and Roy Patin,  Midwestern State University and Douglas McNeil, McNeese State University

2.  “Demand for Money in Jamaica: An application of ECM and VECM,” Abiodun O Folawewo, University of the West Indies-Mona

3,  “The Feldstein-Horioka Puzzle Revisited,” Yi- Tsung  Wu, Binghamton  University

Discussants:  Chengyu Yang, University of Central Florida

                Margot Claudette Quijano, University of Texas-San Antonio

Thursday 1:00-2:15

EC 12  HEALTH AND EDUCATION

Chair:  Elsaudi Mohamed, Tougaloo College

1.  “What is the burden of health insurance on industry profitability?’ Rose M  Rubin and Cyril F Chang, University of Memphis

2.  “The Impact of Economic Status and Race on Health Outcomes for inpatient CABG Procedures,” Roe Ann Roberts, Chris Bain, and Kirk Harlow,  Midwestern State.University

3.  “Investment, Expectations, And Accountability in Texas Public Higher Education,” Ethiopia Keleta and Emlyn Norman, Texas State University

Discussants:  Elsaudi Mohamed, Tougaloo College
                           Andres J Vargas, Texas Tech University  

Thursday 1:00-2:15

EC 13  INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION

Chair:  David Edwin Harrington, Kenyon College

1.  “Industrial Structure of the General Merchandisers Business,” George Carter, and Edward Nissan, University of Southern Mississippi

2.  “Has the Modification to the Mexican Revenue-Sharing Formula Been Effective?” Pablo Camacho-Gutierrez, Texas A&M International University

3.  “A Re-examination of Competition and Fragility in a Banking Industry,” Subhra Bhattacharjee, Iowa State University

4.  “Financial Variables consistent with high levels of financial leverage in firms having the greatest growth potential,” Adnan Daghestani, and Bruce Payne, Barry University

Discussants:  David Edwin Harrington, Kenyon College

                           Richard V Adkisson, New Mexico State University

Thursday 2:30-3:45

EC 14  ECONOMIC THOUGHTS PAST AND PRESENT

Joint Session with the Association for Social Economics

Chair: Joan Osborne, Palo Alto College

1.  “Adam Smith and the Living Wage,” Betsy Jane Clary, College of Charleston

2.  “Are the Costs of the Business Cycle “Trivially Small?” Greg Hannsgen,  Levy Institute of Bard College

Discussant: Joan Osborne, Palo Alto College

Thursday 2:30-3:45

EC 15  GLOBAL LABOR ECONOMIC ISSUES

Chair:  Andres J Vargas, Texas Tech University

1.  “Impact of Unemployment Insurance Benefits on Work Related Decisions,” Amaechi Nkemakolem Nwaokoro, Albany State University

2.  “On Outsourcing and Wage Differential: a theoretical analysis.,” Emmanuel Alanis and Margot Claudette Quijano, University of Texas-San Antonio

3.  “Displacement-Related Earning Losses: Evaluating Trade Adjustment Assistance and wage insurance,” Roger White, Franklin and Marshall College

4.  “Intraindustry trade and labor adjustment: the case of NAFTA,” Veysel Ulusoy, and Rita Madarassy, Bahcesehir University

5.  “Borderplex Migration Modeling,” Thomas M Fullerton, University of Texas-El Paso and Martha Patricia Barraza de Anda, Universidad Autonoma de Cd. Juarez

Discussants:  Andres J  Vargas, Texas Tech University

                           Alexander Cotte Poveda, University Salle

Thursday 2:30-3:45

EC 16  URBAN, RURAL, AND REGIONAL ECONOMICS

Chair:  Marilyn K Spencer, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

1.  “The effect of Hurricanes on Income and Employment Multipliers,” Charles A Campbell, Mississippi State University

2.  “Comparative Study of the Economic Transformation of Rust Belt Provinces and States of China and the U.S.,” Yaowu Song, Michigan State University

3.  “Regional Index of Leading Indicators,” James Owens, Midwestern State University

4.  “Aggregate Regional Retail Forecast Accuracy,” Brian Wayne Kelley and Thomas M Fullerton, University of Texas-El Paso

Discussants: Marilyn K Spencer, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

                       George Carter, University of Southern Mississippi           

Thursday 2:30-3:45

EC 17  UNDERGRADUATES I OUR FUTURE

Chair:  Jerry Dun, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

1.  “Benjamin Bernanke's Effect on Monetary Policy at the United States Federal Reserve, Aaron Roy Dighton, Coe College

2.  “Correspondence Testing of Racial Discrimination in Oklahoma Labour Markets,” Jonathan Robert McFadden, University of Oklahoma

3.  “The Opportunity Costs of Attending Law School,” Tracey Freiberg,  Coe College

4.  “Advertising Effects on Nonprofit Hospital Behavior,” Ashish Rajghanda, Coe College

5.  “Predicting Presidential Approval : What a Gas!,” Jonathan Alexander University of Northern Colorado

Discussants:  Johnny Garcia,  Wayland Baptist University

                            Michael Hand, University of New Mexico

             Nadine Sylvia Thompson, University of the West Indies-Mona

Friday 8:30-9:45

EC 18  FINANCIAL ECONOMICS DOMESTIC

Chair:  Veysel Ulusoy, Bahcesehir University

1.  “Determinants of the Cost of Capital in Emerging Countries: New Firm Level Data for Brazil,” Patricia Berbia, Ernst & Young

2.  “An analysis of the financial characteristics of firms identified as having the highest return to equity,” Adnan Daghestan,  and Bruce Payne, Barry University

3.  “The “Unlevered” Equity Risk Premium,” Margot Claudette Quijano, University of Texas-San Antonio

4.  “The Effects of Aggregation on Fairness in a Capital Budget Setting,” Anthony D Nikias, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Discussants:  Veysel Ulusoy, Bahcesehir University

                            Felice Policastro, Gardner-Webb University

                            Cheng Liu, University of Kentucky