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
Jason Kenny, Union Home Mortgage
Jordan Moody, Moody & Company, Keller Williams
2:15pm: Break
2:30pm: Housing & Land Use: Perspectives from Policy Professionals Panel, BSU Fishers Center, 3rd floor Flex Space
Greg Lawson, The Buckeye Institute
Jessi Troyan, Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy
Jarrett Skorup, Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Kyle Sweetland, Pacific Legal Foundation
3:30pm: Break
3:45pm: Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Perspectives from Policy Professionals Panel, BSU Fishers Center, 3rd floor Flex Space
Rea Hederman, The Buckeye Institute
Jessi Troyan, Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy
Michael Van Beek, Mackinac Center for Public Policy
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