2008 Annual Meeting

October 10, 2008

Holiday Inn North

Lexington, Kentucky

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8:00-8:30 Registration and Breakfast

8:30-9:45 Concurrent Sessions

Session 1: Belmont Room

Undergraduate Papers I

Chair, Bruce Johnson

 

Ying Wu (Centre): “Which Factors Might Affect Pictures Prices in Auctions?”

 

Natalie McIntyre (Centre): “Determinants of Obesity Rates”

 

Jillian Loukinas (Eastern): “Factors that Influence Party Voting in Presidential Elections in Ohio”

 

Discussants: Bob Houston, Gail Hoyt, Bruce Johnson

 

Session 2: Keeneland Room

Business and International Economics

Chair, David Zimmer

William H. Hoyt, Christopher Jepsen, and Kenneth R. Troske: “Business Incentives

and Employment: What Incentives Work and Where?”

 

Gil Kim and Yoonbai Kim: “Output and Exchange Rate Changes: Developed vs. Developing Economies”

Khondaker E. Haque: “Integrated Energy and Food Security Farming: Proposal for Mini Dairy Farms in Bangladesh”

Discussants: Monica Greer, Justin Crest

Session 3: Lexington Room

Pedagogy and E-Bay Auctions

Chair, Chris Bollinger

Tom Cate and Linda Dynan: “Structured Writing Assignments as Pedagogy: Teaching Content, Enhancing Skills”

Steven Dickey and Robert Houston: “Disaggregating Education Production in Macroprinciples”

David Eaton: “Reputation and Entry Decisions in Online Auction Markets”

Discussants: Paul Hamilton, Tom Cate, Chris Bollinger

 

10:00-11:15 Concurrent Sessions

Session 4: Belmont Room

Panel Discussion: Financial Crisis 2008

Chair, Talina Matthews

 

Donald J. Mullineaux, DuPont Chair in Banking and Financial Services (UK)

J. Frank O’Connor, Professor of Economics (EKU)

John Garen, Gatton Endowed Professor of Economics (UK)

 

Session 5: Keeneland Room

Undergraduate Papers II and Rating Design

 

Kevin Batts (Murray State): “Ethanol: Falling Gas Prices, Falling Economy”

Amanda Creech (Transylvania): “Foreign Direct Investment, Trade Policy, and Economic Growth”

Anna E. Bargagliotti and Lingfang (Ivy) Li: “Rating System Design: Transforming Individual Preferences to Rating Scores”

 

Discussants: Khondaker E. Haque, Lingfang (Ivy) Li, Michael Jones

 

11:30-12:20 Belmont Room

 

2008 Kentucky Distinguished Economist Lecture: John Whitehead

 

"Some Economics of Economics Blogs"

 

12:30-1:30 Lunch

 

Best Paper Sponsored by E.ON U.S.

Best Undergraduate Paper Sponsored by Cengage

Recognition of Past KEA Presidents

 

1:45-3:00 Concurrent Sessions

 

Session 6: Belmont Room

Panel Discussion: What Math Skills Do Principles Students Need?

Chair, Jeff Florea

 

Khondaker E. Haque, Associate Professor of Economics (Elizabethtown)

Gail Hoyt, Professor of Economics (UK)

Dan Bell, Professor of Economics (Big Sandy)

 

Session 7: Keeneland Room

Taxation and Wage Issues

            Chair, Steven Dickey

 

William H. Hoyt, Paul A. Coomes, and Amelia M. Biehl: "Tax Limits, Houses, and Schools: Seemingly Unrelated and Offsetting Effects"

 

Justin Cress and David Zimmer: “Tax-Preferred Flexible Spending Accounts and

Preventative Health Care Utilization”

 

Chris Bollinger, Ken Troske, and Jim Ziliak: “Down From the Mountain: Skill Upgrading and Wages in Appalachia”

 

Discussants: Steven Dickey, William Hoyt, David Zimmer

 

Session 8: Lexington Room

Kentucky Economy

Chair, Tom Cate

Carlos Lopes: “State Fiscal Policy and Migration”

 

Frank O’Connor: "Does the Economy Matter in Presidential Voting in Kentucky?"

Tom Creahan: “The Economic Benefits of Hiking and Biking Trails in Rowan County, KY”  

 

Discussants: Monica Greer, Carlos Lopes, David Eaton

 

 

3:15 KEA Business Meeting: All members invited

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kentucky Economic Association – Roll of Presidents

 

James W. Martin                     1975-76

Ray M. Ware                           1976-77

Stephen E. Lile                        1977-78

Dannie Harrison                      1978-79

James R. McCabe                   1979-80

Bernard Davis                         1980-81

Frank Slesnick                                    1981-82

Lawrence Lynch                      1982-83          

Clyde Bates                             1983-84

Richard Sims                           1984-85

Frank Spreng                          1985-86

William Baldwin                     1986-87

Richard Crowe                        1987-88

Richard Thalheimer                 1988-89

Louis Noyd                             1989-90

Gilbert Mathis                         1990-91

Claude M. Vaughan                1991-92

L. Randolph McGee                1992-93

Paul Coomes                           1993-94

Jim Ramsey                             1994-95

Ginny Wilson                          1995-96

Bruce Sauer                             1996-97

James E. Payne                       1997-98

Mark Berger                            1998-99

Martin Milkman                      1999-2000

Catherine Carey                       2000-2001

Manoj Shanker                        2001-2002

David Eaton                            2002-2003

Alan Bartley                            2003-2004

John Jones                              2004-2005

Brian Strow                             2005-2006

Thomas Creahan                     2006-2007

Talina Matthews                      2007-2008

 

The following representatives and companies have provided financial support for the 2008 KEA conference:

 

John Carey                              Cengage Publishing

Bruce Sauer                             E.ON U.S.