Maine Economics Conference
April 27, 2013 – Maine Economics Conference
乐播传媒 College
Organized by Colby, Bowdoin and 乐播传媒 Colleges.
8:15 鈥� 9:00 a.m., Pettengill Hall, Room G65
“Breakfast as conference participants arrive.
9:00 鈥� 9:45 a.m., Pettengill Hall, Room G65
鈥淓ffects and Role of Macroprudential Policy: Evidence from Reserve Requirements Based on a Narrative Approach鈥�
- 笔谤别蝉别苍迟别谤:听 Guillermo Vulletin (Colby College); co-authors: Pablo Federico (BlackRock), and Carlos Vegh (University of Maryland and NBER)
- Discussant:听 Daniel Riera-Crichton (乐播传媒 College)
9:45 鈥� 10:30 a.m., Pettengill Hall, Room G65
鈥淗ousing and Endogenous Default鈥�
- Presenter: Paul Shea (乐播传媒 College); co-author: Emily Marshall (University of Kentucky)
- Discussant:听 TBA
10:30 鈥� 10:45 a.m.
Coffee break
10:45 鈥� 11:45 a.m., Pettengill Hall, Perry Atrium
Student Poster Session
- Thomas Abe (Colby College). “Can the Stock Market Predict Approval Designations for New Drug Applications by the FDA?”
- Joe Durgin (Bowdoin College). 鈥淭he Role of Competition and Patient Travel in
Hospital Profits: Why Insurers Should Subsidize Patient Travel.鈥� - Danny Garin (Colby College). 鈥淭he Effects of Political Signaling on the Federal Reserve.鈥�
- Henry Geng (乐播传媒 College). “Willingness to Pay for Anadromous Fisheries Restoration: Split Sample Survey of Kennebec and Androscoggin River Watershed Residents.”
- Chelsea Graves (乐播传媒 College). 鈥淭he Eurozone Debt Crisis: Determinants of Sovereign Credit Spreads.鈥�
- Meagan Hennessey (Colby College). 鈥淭he Economics of Rockweed Harvesting:
Tomorrow’s Promise or a Crisis in the Making?鈥� - Marcus Josefsson (Colby College). “The Dissolution of Currency Unions: Evidence from the Narrative.”
- Qasim Mahmood (乐播传媒 College). 鈥淓stimating the Equity Premium.鈥�
- Aung Phone Myint (乐播传媒 College).听 鈥淕rowth, Trade, and the Environment: Water
Pollution from Industrial Sources.鈥� - Becky Newman (Colby College). 鈥淭he Relevance of Inflation Targeting.鈥�
- Qi Sun (Colby College) and Siyang Xu (Colby College). 鈥淗ow Independent Are Central
Banks-Evidence Based on Narrative Approach.鈥�
11:45 a.m. 鈥� 12:45 p.m., New Commons Room 221
Lunch
1:00 鈥� 1:45 p.m., Pettengill Hall, Room G65
“Health and Cognition at Work Labor Market Performance in a Low Income Setting“
- 笔谤别蝉别苍迟别谤:听 Dan LaFave (Colby College); co-author: Duncan Thomas (Duke University)
- Discussant:听 John Fitzgerald (Bowdoin College)
1:45 鈥� 2:30 p.m., Pettengill Hall, Room G65
鈥淲ill Offshore Energy Face 鈥楩air Winds and Following Seas鈥�?: Understanding the Factors Influencing Support鈥�
- 笔谤别蝉别苍迟别谤:听 Mario Teisl (University of Maine, Orono); co-authors: Shannon McCoy (University of Maine, Orono), Sarah Marrinan (EPA), Caroline L. Noblet (University of Maine, Orono),听Teresa Johnson (University of Maine, Orono), Robert Roper (University of Maine, Augusta), Sharon Klein (University of Maine, Orono), and Megan Wibberly (Island Institute).
- Discussant:听 Lynne Lewis (乐播传媒 College)
2:30 鈥� 2:45 p.m.
Coffee break
3:00 鈥� 3:45 p.m., Pettengill Hall, Room G65
鈥淎n Analysis of the Economic Impacts of Big-Box Stores on Maine鈥檚 Retail Sector鈥�
- 笔谤别蝉别苍迟别谤:听 James McConnon (University of Maine, Orono); co-authors: Emily Freedman (University of Maine, Orono), Todd M. Gabe (University of Maine, Orono), and Gary L. Hunt (University of Maine, Orono)
- Discussant:听 Daniel Stone (Bowdoin College)
3:45 鈥� 4:30 p.m., Pettengill Hall, Room G65
“American Renters: Declining Incomes, Touch Choices”
- 笔谤别蝉别苍迟别谤:听 Michael Murray (乐播传媒 College)
- Discussant: Andreas Waldkirch (Colby College)
4:30 鈥� 5:00 p.m., New Commons Room 221
Happy Half Hour
5:00 p.m., New Commons Room 221
Dinner
PDF: Maine Economics Conference Schedule