Preliminary Conference Program:


Monday, May 18:                                                                                                                                                         

 

11:00am: Registration table opens, BSU Fishers Center, 3rd floor

 

11:30am: Lunch Program, BSU Fishers Center, 3rd floor Flex Space

12:00pm: Lunch Plenary

Mike Hicks, Center for Business and Economic Research, Ball State University

           

1:00pm: Break

 

1:15pm: Housing & Land Use: Perspectives from Industry Professionals Panel, BSU Fishers Center, 3rd floor Flex Space

           

2:15pm: Break

 

2:30pm: Housing & Land Use: Perspectives from Policy Professionals Panel, BSU Fishers Center, 3rd floor Flex Space

 

3:30pm: Break

 

3:45pm: Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Perspectives from Policy Professionals Panel, BSU Fishers Center, 3rd floor Flex Space

 

 

4:45pm: Break

 

5:00pm: Reception

 

5:30pm: Evening Plenary

            Robert Salvino, Grant Center for Real Estate and Economics, Coastal Carolina University

Housing, Land Use, and the Politics of Growth: From NIMBYs to YIMBYs and BANANAs

            

6:30pm: IHS Housing & Land-Use Policy Research Reception 

 

 

 

Tuesday, May 19:                                                                                                                                                         

9:00am: Registration table re-opens

 

9:30am – 4:15pm: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research Workshop

 

9:30am: Paper #1, BSU Fishers Center, Room 316

            Donghyuk Kim, Iowa State University

            The Cost and Benefit of Rent-Seeking: Evidence from Texas Electric Vehicle Markets

 

10:30am: Break

 

10:45am: Paper #2, BSU Fishers Center, Room 316

            Md Mohiuddin, Texas Tech University

            Preparing Students for an AI Economy: How States Are Shaping the Future Workforce

 

11:45am: Lunch Program, BSU Fishers Center, 3rd floor Flex Space

12:00pm: Lunch Plenary

Shane Courtland, Institute for Humane Studies

 

1:30pm: Paper #3, BSU Fishers Center, Room 316

            Bin Qiu, DePauw University

            How Does Firm Exposure to Government Agencies Impact Corporate Innovation?

 

2:30pm: Break

 

2:45pm: Paper #4, BSU Fishers Center, Room 316

            Nicholas Thielman, R Street Institute

            Boon or Bust? A Classical Liberal Perspective on AI’s Labor Impact

 

3:45pm: Break

 

4:00pm: Paper #5, BSU Fishers Center, Room 316

            Atul Singh, Ball State University

Can Social Media Help Overcome Hurdles for Capitalizing Expenditures  Related to Internally Developed Intangibles?

 

5:00pm: Reception

 

5:30pm: Evening Plenary

Bruce Weinberg, The Ohio State University

 

6:30pm: IHS Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research Reception

           

 

Wednesday, May 20                                                                                                                                                   

8:30am: Registration Table Re-opens / Light Breakfast Available, BSU Fishers Center, 3rd floor

 

9:00am: Concurrent Research Presentation Sessions

 

Room 1: General Policy-Relevant Research Track #1, BSU Fishers Center, Room 316

·        David Gallegos, Students for Liberty Inc.

Disruptive Innovation and the Political Economy of Fear

·        Paul Niekamp, Ball State University

   The Impact of Naloxone Access Laws on Law Enforcement Officer Safety

 

Room 2: Housing & Land-Use Research Track #1, BSU Fishers Center, Room 317

·        Gary Wagner, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Takings for Economic Development: An Empirical Analysis of Eminent Domain Exercises in New York City

·        Cole Carrol

Testing Rational-Eviction: An Empirical Study of Vacancy Decontrol and its effect on Eviction Rates in NYC

 

10:30am: Break

 

10:45am: Graduate Student Research Session #1, BSU Fishers Center, 3rd floor Flex Space

·        Thaddeus Meadows, West Virginia University

Low Income Housing and School Performance: Evidence from New York State Report Cards

·        Zev van Zanten, Duke University

Buy here or buy there? Exploring Potential Non-Compliance in North Carolina’s Alcohol Beverage Control System

 

11:45am: Lunch Program, BSU Fishers Center, 3rd floor Flex Space

12:00pm: Lunch Plenary

Jason Sorens, American Institute for Economic Research 

Some Thorny Problems in the Political Economy of Housing      

 

1:00pm: Break

 

1:15pm: Graduate Student Research Session #2, BSU Fishers Center, 3rd floor Flex Space

·        Edgar Orozco, West Virginia University

Do Urban Revitalization Tax Incentives Affect Housing Prices? Evidence from Des Moines’ Plan 4A Program

·        Lan An, University of Chicago

From Digital Carts to Cleaner Air: The Role of E-commerce in Reducing Urban Air Pollution

 

2:15pm: Break

 

2:30pm: Concurrent Research Presentation Sessions

 

Room 1: General Policy-Relevant Research Track #2, BSU Fishers Center, Room 316

·        Cole Phillips

Concentration at the Top: Labor Access and Agricultural Production in the United States

·        Philip DeCicca, Ball State University

      Investigating the Effect of Compulsory Schooling on Sex-Based Political Preferences

 

Room 2: Housing & Land-Use Research Track #2, BSU Fishers Center, Room 317

·        Robert Salvino, Grant Center for Real Estate and Economics at Coastal Carolina University

Development Costs and the Spread of Housing Pressures

·        Nicholas McFaden, Menard Family Initiative at the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

Individualistic attitudes and contemporary land use regulation

 

4:00pm: Concluding Remarks, BSU Fishers Center, 3rd floor Flex Space

 

4:15pm: Conference Concludes