Society of Government Economists
Sessions at the American Economic Association Annual Meetings
San Diego, January 2013
The SGE will hold what promises to be exciting sessions at the AEA annual meetings in San Diego. We received 68 paper proposals and selected 27 through a double blind review process. We will have seven sessions on a wide range of topics ranging from value-added in trade and modeling short and long run income dynamics to small business finance, SNAP, and Native Americans (Indian county). We will also organize a panel session on ethics of professional economic practice with the Association for Social Economics. The program is provided below. We are still looking for discussants, so if you are interested, please let us know.
Session 1: “Measuring Trade in Value-added – Data and Estimation Methods”
Chair: Michael Ferrantino, U.S. International Trade Commission
Organizer: Zhi Wang, U.S. International Trade Commission
A Three Stage Optimization Method to Construct Time Series International Input-output Database
- Nadim Ahmad, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- Zhi Wang, U.S. International Trade Commission
- Norihiko Yamano, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- DISCUSSANT: Robert Yuskavage, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
The Task Content of Value-Added Trade
- Sébastien Miroudot, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- Bernard Hoekman, The World Bank Group
- DISCUSSANT: Bernard Hoekman, The World Bank Group
Domestic Value-added in China’s Exports and its Distribution by Firm Ownership
- Pieter Bottelier, Johns Hopkins University
- Hong Ma, Tsinghua University
- Zhi Wang, U.S. International Trade Commission
- Kunfu Zhu, Johns Hopkins University
- DISCUSSANT: Michael Ferrantino, U.S. International Trade Commission
Session 2: “Institutional Structures and Strategies for Economic Growth in Indian Country”
Chair: Benjamin Simon, Department of the Interior
Organizer: Steven Payson, Department of the Interior
Political Institutions, Constitutional Change, and Economic Development: Evidence from the Constitutions of American Indian Nations
- Randall Akee, Tufts University
- Miriam Jorgensen, University of Arizona
- Uwe Sunde, SEW-University of St. Gallen
- DISCUSSANT: TBD
Fostering the Local Economies of Native American Communities
- Leonard Greenhalgh, Dartmouth College
- DISCUSSANT: TBD
The Microeconomics of a Natural Resource Boom: Evidence from a Tribal Fishery
- Dominic P. Parker, Montana State University
- Randal R. Rucker, Montana State University
- Peter H. Nickerson, Nickerson and Associates
- DISCUSSANT: TBD
The Challenge of Acquiring Economic Statistics on Indian Nations: Prospects for the Future
- Steven Payson, U.S. Department of the Interior
- DISCUSSANT: TBD
Session 3: “Principles for Successful Investment in Indian Country”
Chair: Malka Pattison, Department of the Interior
Organizer: Steven Payson, Department of the Interior
Natural Resources on American Indian Reservations: Blessing or Curse?
- Terry L. Anderson, Property and Environment Research Center
- Dominic P. Parker, Montana State University
- DISCUSSANT: TBD
Indian Tribal Government Access to Tax-Exempt Bond Financing
- Edith Brashares, U.S. Department of the Treasury
- Siobhan O’Keefe, U.S. Department of the Treasury
- DISCUSSANT: TBD
Native American Participation in Value Chains
- Leonard Greenhalgh, Dartmouth College
- DISCUSSANT: TBD
Business Investment on American Indian Reservations: Heterogeneous Effects
- Miriam Jorgensen, University of Arizona
- Randall Akee, Tufts University
- DISCUSSANT: TBD
Session 4: “Modeling Short and Long Run Income Dynamics”
Chair/Organizer: John Sabelhaus, Federal Reserve Board
Offsets to Labor Income Shocks: Evidence from the Great Recession
- Kevin B. Moore, Federal Reserve Board
- John Sabelhaus, Federal Reserve Board
- DISCUSSANT: Brian Bucks, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Modeling Individual Earnings Paths in CBO’s Long-Term Microsimulation Model
- Jonathan A. Schwabish, Congressional Budget Office
- Julie H. Topoleski, Congressional Budget Office
- DISCUSSANT: Thomas DeLeire, University of Wisconsin
Estimating Business Income Risk Using a Panel of US Tax Returns 1987-2006
- Jason DeBacker, U.S. Department of the Treasury
- Bradley Heim, Indiana University
- Vasia Panousi, Federal Reserve Board
- Ivan Vidangos, Federal Reserve Board
- DISCUSSANT: Annette-Vissing Jorgensen, Northwestern University
Just How Big Is the Too Big to Fail Problem?
- James R. Barth, Auburn University
- Apanard Prabha, University of Illinois – Springfield
- Phillip Swagel, University of Maryland
- DISCUSSANT: TBD
Session 5: “Small Business Finance”
Chair: John S. Earle, George Mason University
Organizer: J. David Brown
Don’t Quit Your Day Job: Using Wage and Salary Earnings to Launch a New Business
- Lee Kristin Sandusky, U.S. Census Bureau
- Christopher Goetz, U.S. Census Bureau
- DISCUSSANT: John S. Earle, George Mason University
Racial Differences in Financial Capital Injections among New Businesses
- Robert Fairlie, University of California – Santa Cruz
- Alicia Robb, University of California – Santa Cruz
- David T. Robinson, Duke University
- DISCUSSANT: W. Scott Frame, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
The Role of Credit Access in Firm Sustainability: A Comparison of the 1998 and 2003 Surveys of Small Business Finances
- Traci L. Mach, Federal Reserve Board
- John D. Wolken, Federal Reserve Board
- DISCUSSANT: Zoltan Acs, George Mason University
Which SBA Loan Recipients Create More Jobs? Small vs. Large vs. Young
- J. David Brown, U.S. Bureau of the Census
- John S. Earle, George Mason University
- DISCUSSANT: Alexey Levkov, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Why Do Guaranteed SBA Loans Cost Borrowers So Much?
- Flavio de Andrade, Merrill Lynch
- Deborah Lucas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- DISCUSSANT: Alexey Levkov, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Session 6: “SNAP: Participation and Food Insecurity”
Chair/Organizer: Jonathan Schwabish, Congressional Budget Office
Food Stamps, Food Sufficiency, and Diet-Related Disease Among the Elderly
- Nadia Greenhalgh-Stanley, Kent State University
- Katie Fitzpatrick, Seattle University
- DISCUSSANT: James P. Ziliak, University of Kentucky
SNAP: Work Support or Welfare Magnet?
- Jonathan Schwabish, Congressional Budget Office
- DISCUSSANT: Marianne Bitler, University of California – Irvine
How State Policies Influence the Efficacy of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in Reducing Poverty
- Laura Tiehen, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Dean Jolliffe, The World Bank Group
- Craig Gundersen, University of Illinois
- DISCUSSANT: Stacy Dickert-Conlin, Michigan State University
Session 7: “Micro Analysis of Education, Health and Wages”
Chair: Quentin Wodon, The World Bank Group
Organizer: Marvin Ward Jr., DC Office of the Chief Financial Officer
Method of Pay, Immigrants’ Legal Status, and Wage Gaps
- Catherine Y. Co, University of Nebraska – Omaha
- Ira N. Gang, Rutgers University
- Myeong-Su Yun, Tulane University
- DISCUSSANT: TBD
The ACA’s Extension of Coverage to Dependents and its Impact on the Health Insurance Status, Type of Coverage and Access to Care of Young Immigrants and Natives
- Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, San Diego State University
- Mehmet E. Yaya, Eastern Michigan University
- DISCUSSANT: TBD
Measuring the Impact of Child Marriage on Education
- Minh Cong Nguyen , The World Bank Group
- Quentin Wodon, The World Bank Group
- DISCUSSANT: TBD
Educational Credentials and Employee Job Performance: Evidence from Marine Corps Officers
- Adam Clemens, CNA Corporation
- Lauren Malone, CNA Corporation
- DISCUSSANT: TBD
Expert Panel
(Jointly with the Association for Social Economics)
The Ethics of Professional Economic Practice – Has Anything Changed?
Panel Members
- George DeMartino, University of Denver
- David Colander, Middlebury College
- David Levy and Sandra Peart, George Mason University
- Steven Payson, U.S. Department of the Interior