2012 Northeast Ohio Economics Workshop Schedule
Breakfast 8:30-9:15 in MC 101
Session 1A: Empirical IO, 9:15-10:45 in Main Classroom 102
Chair: Emmanuel Dechenaux (Kent State University)
Title: Search Frictions in a Negotiated Price Context: Empirical Estimates from an Audit Study
Authors: James B. Rebitzer (Boston University), Mark E. Votruba (Case Western Reserve University),
Rajkamal Iyer (MIT) and Antoinette Schoar (MIT)
Title: Bayesian Analysis of a Single-Firm Event Study
Authors: Jenny R. Hawkins (Oberlin College)
Session 1B: Applied Microeconomic Theory, 9:15-10:45 in Main Classroom 103
Chair: Myong-Hun Chang (Cleveland State University)
Title: Dynamic Mismatching in the Labor Market
Authors: Justin Barnette (Kent State University)
Title: Neighborhood Dynamics and the Distribution of Opportunity
Authors: Dionissi Aliprantis (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland) and Daniel Carroll (Federal Reserve Bank
of Cleveland)
Morning Break 10:45-11:00 in Main Classroom 101
Session 2A: Issues in International Trade, 11:00-12:30 in Main Classroom 102
Chair: Emmanuel Dechenaux (Kent State University)
Title: Do Foreign Trade Zones in the United States Spillover?
Authors: Sucharita Ghosh (University of Akron), C. Lockwood Reynolds (Kent State University) and Shawn
Rohlin (Kent State University)
Title: Training and Foreign Competition: Evidence from the US Manufacturing Sector
Authors: Vasilios D. Kosteas (Cleveland State University)
Session 2B: Financial Economics and Banking, 11:00-12:30 in Main Classroom 103
Chair: Myong-Hun Chang (Cleveland State University)
Title: Do Political Institutions and Culture Jointly Matter for Financial Development?
Authors: Nabamita Dutta (U. of Wisconsin- La Crosse) and Deepraj Mukherjee (Kent State University)
Title: Bank Balance Sheet Dynamics under a Regulatory Liquidity-Coverage-Ratio Constraint
Authors: Lakshmi Balasubramanyan (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland) and David VanHoose (Baylor
University)
Lunch 12:30-1:30 in Main Classroom 101
Session 3A: Health Economics, 1:30-3:00 in Main Classroom 102
Chair: Vasilios D. Kosteas (Cleveland State University)
Title: Rationally Addicted to Cigarettes, Alcohol and Coffee?
Authors: Aycan Koksal (Cleveland State University)
Title: Does Black Birthweight Reach Genetic Potential? Genetic Epidemiology Model is Sensitive to Twin SexComposition and Mortality
Authors: ‘Muriel’ Zheng Fang (University of Akron)
Title: Exercise and Addictive Substance Use among Adolescents: Evidence from Longitudinal Data
Authors: Mir M. Ali (Food and Drug Administration), Alisaksandr Amialchuk (University of Toledo) and
Lauren R. Heller (Berry College)
Session 3B: Urban Economics, 1:30-3:00 in Main Classroom 103
Chair: Subhra Saha (Cleveland State University)
Title: Who Benefits from Land-based Economic Development Programs?
Authors: C. Lockwood Reynolds (Kent State University) and Shawn Rohlin (Kent State University)
Title: Determinants of Public Transportation in Cleveland, OH
Authors: Scott Carson (Cleveland State University) and Subhra Saha (Cleveland State University)
Title: Fracking: NIMBY or IMBY? An examination of the effects of hydraulic fracturing of Marcellus Shale to
local housing markets in Pennsylvania
Authors: Albert J. Sumell (Youngstown State University)