Program Outline

The conference will be held on Saturday, April 27, 2024.  

Here is the outline of the events of the day:

9:00-9:30am                Check In; Coffee and Breakfast Available

9:30-9:45am              Welcoming Remarks

9:45-10:00am Break

10:00am-11:15am Presentation Sessions: 3 Parallel Sessions

Session 1A: Macroeconomics and Finance

Session 1B: Messaging, Beliefs and Behavior

11:15-11:30am Break

11:30am-12:15pm Keynote Address (Sandile Hlatshwayo)

12:15-1:15pm Lunch and Networking

1:15-2:30pm Presentation Sessions

      Session 2A: Industrial Organization and MNCs

Session 2B: Development Economics

2:30-2:45pm Break

2:45-4:00pm Presentation Sessions 

Session 3A: Foreign Direct Investment and Free Trade Agreements

Session 3B: Labor topics

Session 3C: US Policy topics

4:00-4:15pm Break

4:15-5:15pm Panel: Pathways in Economics!

5:15-5:30pm Closing Remarks

6:00pm Informal dinner (presenters only)

Preliminary Presentation Schedule

SESSION 1: 10.00 AM - 11.15 AM 

Session 1A: Macroeconomics, Finance and Trade Agreements

• Jennie Ebihara, Remodeling and Rethinking Policy Responses to Digital Bank Runs.

• Jack Jee, An Investigation into the Influence of Macroeconomic Factors on Stock-Bond Relationships.

• Mariia Dzholos, Unlocking Prosperity: Do Free Trade Agreements Generate Social Welfare? A Case Study of The Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) between Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, and the European Union.

Session 1B: Messaging, Beliefs and Behavior

• Natalie Eddy, The Effect of Climate Change Beliefs on Fertility Expectations. 

• Antonia Vázquez, Self-Efficacy and Sense of Community among Students in Business Classes.

• Ritsa Giannakas, Equality in Times of Uncertainty: Economic Downturn and Body Image Messaging Toward Women.

• Morgan Keating, Validating the "T" in LGBT: How Our Labor Markets and Economic Institutions Can Better Support Transgender Employees.

SESSION 2: 1.15 PM - 2.30 PM 

Session 2A: Industrial Organization, MNCs and Finance

• Haru Nakazawa, Industrial Organization of the Migration Industry.

• Jess Yao, Evaluation of Target Date Fund Performance Under Correlation Risk. 

• Zhou Hu, How do exchange rate fluctuations influence the investment decisions of multinational corporations? The case of primary sector activities in commodity-exporting countries.

Session 2B: Development economics

• Amy Halder, Farmer Suicides in India.

• Ariana Rodriguez Bruzon, Does a little go a long way? Evidence from the Vaso de Leche school nutrition program in El Salvador.

• Miki Wang, Unveiling Asymmetry: Exploring Information Dynamics in Economic Development.

SESSION 3: 2.45PM - 4PM

Session 3A: Foreign Direct Investment 

• Josue Herrera Rivera, Green Foreign Direct Investment: A Catalyst for Growth in Latin America.

• Sofia Guimaraes, Unveiling the Impact: Chinese Direct Investment and Poverty Reduction in Latin America.

• Yufeng Wu, Impact of Chinese Infrastructure Aid on Education: Evidence from Kenya.

Session 3B: US Policy topics

• Aryen Shrestha, The Housing Impacts of the Community Preservation Act.

• Parunjodhi Munisamy, NYC Community Schools and Student Crime Incidents.

• Alexandra Lenart, America's Obesity Epidemic: The cost of Medicare coverage for weight loss medication.

• Dick Nchang, Steel Tariffs and Canned Food Prices: An Empirical Analysis of Steel Tariffs on Producer and Consumer Welfare.

Session 3C: Occupational choice, wages and wealth

• Josh Kirschner, A More Perfect Union: Analysis of Same-Sex Division of Labor in a Patchwork Policy Environment.

• Semra Vignaux, Tracking Wealth Distribution in the Forbes 400.

• Fatima Djalalova, Optimal policy with endogenous wages.