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ISSUES IN POLITICAL ECONOMY - UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH
Session I: Public Policy(Friday 9am-10:40)
Session Organizers: Steve DeLoach, ElonUniversity; Steve Greenlaw, University of MaryWashington
Session Chair: Kathleen Niple,ElonUniversity
“Voting Behavior in National Presidential Elections: A State Level Approach”
Allie Finkell and Nicholas Sanders, FurmanUniversity
“Stealing from your Grandkids: The Impact of Budget Deficits on Corporate Bond Yields”
Dean Shaffer,University of MaryWashington
“Relationship Between per Student Public Expenditure and Student Achievement”
Kathryn Niemeier, SweetBriarCollege
“The Elasticity of Private Savings With Respect to Public Savings”
Megan Green, ElonUniversity
“Cautious or Cowboys: What are the Socio-Economic Determinants of GunOwnership in the United States”
Rebecca Clark, SweetBriarCollege
Discussants:
Elizabeth Elzer, University of MaryWashington
Brian Allen Buschmann, BellarmineUniversity
Jesse Hoban, MinnesotaStateUniversity-Moorhead
Rebecca Clark, SweetBriarCollege
Ryan Kilpatrick, College of Wooster
ISSUES IN POLITICAL ECONOMY - UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH
Session II: Institutions and Growth (Friday 11am-12:30pm)
Session Organizers: Steve DeLoach, ElonUniversity; Steve Greenlaw, University of MaryWashington
Session Chair: Elizabeth Elzer, University of MaryWashington
“Islam vs. Mammon?: An Analysis of the Impact of Islamic Institutions on the Growth of Nations”
Farzana Chowdhury, BallStateUniversity
“Human Capital, Schooling Quality, and Economic Growth”
Anthony Knapp, College of Wooster
“The Effects of Information Infra-Structure On Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Empirical Analysis”
Dee Notartomaso, ElonUniversity
“The Effects of Intellectual Property Rights on Foreign Direct Investment”
Chris Hines, University of MaryWashington
“Freedom and Legalization on Property Rights as a Generator of Wealth”
Offra Elmkies, SweetBriarCollege
Discussants:
Nate Huret, ElonUniversity
Derek Hagan, Minnesota State University-Moorhead
Daniel Barclay, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alexander Lindsay, ElonUniversity
Mandi Taylor, BuffaloStateCollege, SUNY
ISSUES IN POLITICAL ECONOMY - UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH
Session III: Growth and Development (Friday 2pm-3:40pm)
Session Organizers: Steve DeLoach, ElonUniversity; Steve Greenlaw, University of MaryWashington
Session Chair: Nate Huret, ElonUniversity
“Accounting for Economic Growth in China and Japan”
Daniel Barclay, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“Women and Children: Working Conditions in Overseas Factories”
Jessica Ritzenthaler, BuffaloState College, SUNY
“Factors of Economic Growth in the Transition Economies of Eastern Europe: The Case of Macedonia”
Hristina Bojadzieva, SmithCollege
“The Intrinsic Nature of Growth and Development in Lesser Developed Countries” Brian Allen Buschmann,BellarmineUniversity
Discussants:
Chris Hines, University of MaryWashington
Corinne Reed-Williams, BuffaloStateCollege,SUNY
Kathryn Niemeier, SweetBriarCollege
Kathleen Niple, ElonUniversity
ISSUES IN POLITICAL ECONOMY - UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH
Session IV: Macroeconomics (Friday 4pm-5:30pm)
Session Organizers: Steve DeLoach, ElonUniversity; Steve Greenlaw, University of MaryWashington
Session Chair: Chris Hines, University of MaryWashington
“Illegal Trade and GDP Measurements”
Diana Boncheva,SweetBriarCollege
“Are We Ricardian? Evidence from U.S. Counties”
Kathleen Niple,ElonUniversity
“Red Tape and Economic Growth”
Jesse Hoban, Minnesota State University-Moorhead
“History of United States Currency”
Corinne Reed-Williams, BuffaloStateCollege, SUNY
Discussants:
Jessica Ritzenthaler, BuffaloStateCollege, SUNY
David Torpen, Minnesota State University-Moorhead
Justin Byma, HamlineUniversity
Hristina Bojazieva, SmithCollege
ISSUES IN POLITICAL ECONOMY - UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH
Session V: Land and Property (Saturday 9am-10:40am)
Session Organizers: Steve DeLoach, ElonUniversity; Steve Greenlaw, University of MaryWashington
Session Chair: Dee Notartomaso,ElonUniversity
“The Price of Houses in Fargo-Moorhead”
Derek Hagan, Minnesota State University-Moorhead
“A Case Study of Arlington, Virginia Housing Prices in 2004”
Daniel Grantham,University of MaryWashington
“Are ‘New Urban’ Neighborhood Design Characteristics Associated with Greater Levels of Social Capital within Neighborhoods”
Bill Grams, Thad Wilson, Michael Root,FurmanUniversity
“The Price of Recreational Land in Minnesota’s LakeCountry”
David Torpen, Minnesota State University-Moorhead
“Bulls, Bears… and Cow Shares: Market Responses to the U.S. Ban on Retail Raw Milk Sales”
Kathryn Merritt,BallStateUniversity
“A Partial Adjustment of Minnesota Dairy Herd Size”
Justin Byma,HamlineUniversity
Discussants:
Marie Funk, University of MaryWashington
Megan Green, ElonUniversity
Kenneth Armstrong, BuffaloStateCollege, SUNY
Lyndsay Welsh, SweetBriarCollege
Brenden Reese, ElonUniversity
Rachel Nornes, Minnesota State University-Moorhead
ISSUES IN POLITICAL ECONOMY - UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH
Session VI: Labor Inequality (Saturday 11am-12:30pm)
Session Organizers: Steve DeLoach, ElonUniversity; Steve Greenlaw, University of MaryWashington
Session Chair: Marie Funk, University of MaryWashington
“Unemployment and Okun’s Law: 1984-2004”
Elizabeth Elzer,University of MaryWashington
“Ukraine’s Transitions to a Market Economy”
Natalya Gonchar,KeeneState College
“The Male-Female Earnings Gap in Minnesota”
Rachel Nornes, Minnesota State University-Moorhead
“Parental Pressures: Perpetuating the Problem of Income Inequality”
Nate Huret,ElonUniversity
“Phillips Curve and the Race Differential”
Martial Codjovi,BuffaloStateCollege, SUNY
Discussants:
Offra Elmkies, SweetBriarCollege
Kathryn Merritt, BallStateUniversity, SUNY
Brett Bechtold, BuffaloStateCollege, SUNY
Nicholas Sander and Allie Finkell, FurmanUniversity
Farzana Chowdhury, BallStateUniversity
ISSUES IN POLITICAL ECONOMY - UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH
Session VII: Behavior and Misbehavior (Sunday 9am-10:40am)
Session Organizers: Steve DeLoach, ElonUniversity; Steve Greenlaw, University of MaryWashington
Session Chair: Dean Shaffer, University of MaryWashington
“You Let Yourself Go, America: An Economic Evaluation of U.S. Weight Gain”
Marie Funk,University of MaryWashington
“Pullin’ Out the Truth about Birth Control”
Alexander Lindsay, ElonUniversity
“The Effect of State Control of Liquor Prices”
Lyndsay Welsh,SweetBriarCollege
“Warren Buffet: Luck, Genius, or Rational Thinking”
Brenden Reese, ElonUniversity
“Are Major League Baseball Players Paid the Value of their Marginal Product?”
Jeff Cockayne,University of MaryWashington
Discussants:
Daniela Arias, KeeneState College
Billy Grams, Michael Root, and Thad Wilson, FurmanUniversity
Martial Codjovi, BuffaloState College, SUNY
Daniel Grantham, University of MaryWashington
Desislava Demitrova, College of Wooster
ISSUES IN POLITICAL ECONOMY - UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH
Session VIII: International Monetary Policy (Sunday 11am-12:30pm)
Session Organizers: Steve DeLoach, ElonUniversity; Steve Greenlaw, University of MaryWashington
Session Chair: Megan Green, ElonUniversity
“Money Laundering”
Mandi Taylor,BuffaloState College, SUNY
“Price of Goods and Exchange Rate in Select United States Manufacturing Industries” Ryan Kilpatrick, College of Wooster
“Impact of the Euro”
Brett Bechtold, BuffaloStateCollege, SUNY
“The Bank Crisis of Argentina”
Daniella Arias,KeeneStateCollege
“Exchange Rate Determination and Policy Implications”
Kenneth Armstrong,BuffaloStateCollege, SUNY
“The Bivariate Causality between Exchange Rates and Stock Prices: A
Multivariate Simultaneous Equation Model”
Desislava Demitrova, College of Wooster
Discussants:
Natalya Gonchar, KeeneState College
Dean Shaffer, University of MaryWashington
Dee Notartomaso, ElonUniversity
Jeff Cockayne, University of MaryWashington
Anthony Knapp, College of Wooster
Billy Grams, Michael Root, and Thad Wilson, FurmanUniversity