2010 Northeast Ohio Economics Workshop Preliminary Program
Registration and Breakfast 8:30-9:15
Session 1A: Health Economics, 9:15-10:45
Session Chair: Vasilios Kosteas (Cleveland State University)
Title: Hyperbolic Discounting and the U.S. Obesity Epidemic
Authors: Sebastien Buttet (Clevleand State University) and Veronika Dolar (Long Island University)
Title: The Influence of Body Weight on Social Network Ties among Adolescents
Authors: Mir M. Ali (University of Toledo), Aliaksandr Amialchuk (University of Toledo) and John A. Rizzo (SUNY Stony Brook)
Session 1B: Applied Microeconomics I, 9:15-10:45
Title: Product Life-Cycles and the Geographic Diffusion of Industries
Authors: Joel Elvery (CSU Urban College) and Jeff Lin (Philadelphia FRB)
Title: Spill-Over Effects of Geographically Targeted Development Incentives
Authors: Shawn Rohlin (University of Akron), Andrew Hanson (Georgia State University)
Break 10:45-11:00
Session 2A: Trade and Labor, 11:00-12:30
Title: Offshoring: Endogenous Technology Adoption, Innovation and Skill Premium
Author: Manisha Goel (The Ohio State University)
Title: The Cleansing Effect of Offshore Outsourcing In an Analysis of Employment
Author: Jooyoun Park (Kent State University)
Session 2B: Applied Microeconomics II, 11:00-12:30
Title: Can the Government Incentivize the Purchase of Private Long-Term Care Insurance? Evidence from the Long-Term Care Partnership Program
Author: Nadia Greenhalgh-Stanley(Kent State University)
Title: The Effect of Household Health Shocks on Educational Attainment of Youth
Authors: Eric Johnson (Kent State University) and C. Lockwood Reynolds(Kent State University)
Lunch 12:30-1:30
Session 3A: Growth and Econometrics, 1:30-3:00
Title: Growth, Taxes and Time Allocation
Authors: Cara McDaniel
Title: A Bayesian Analysis of Common Trends and Cycles on Nonstationary Time Series Panel Data
Authors: Wensheng Kang (Kent State University) and Marco Ferreira (University of Missouri)
Session 3B: Applied Microeconomics- Theory, 1:30-3:00
Title: Announced vs. Surprise Inspections with Corruption
Authors: Emmanuel Dechenaux (Kent State University) and Andrew Samuel (Loyola University of Maryland)
Title: The Effect of Prepayment Penalties on Subprime Borrowers’ Decisions to Default: A Perfect Storm
Authors: Munpyung O (University of Akron)