{"id":1256,"date":"2013-04-01T14:23:49","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T18:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/economics\/?p=1256"},"modified":"2026-01-22T14:40:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T19:40:28","slug":"maine-economics-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/economics\/2013\/04\/01\/maine-economics-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine Economics Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>April 27, 2013 &#8211; Maine Economics Conference<br \/>\nBates College<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Organized by Colby, Bowdoin and Bates Colleges.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">8:15 \u2013 9:00 a.m., Pettengill Hall, Room G65<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<i><span>&#8220;Breakfast as conference participants arrive.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b>9:00 \u2013 9:45 a.m., Pettengill Hall, Room G65<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<i>\u201cEffects and Role of Macroprudential Policy: Evidence from Reserve Requirements Based on a Narrative Approach\u201d <\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Presenter:\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Guillermo Vulletin<\/span> (Colby College); co-authors: Pablo Federico (BlackRock), and Carlos Vegh (University of Maryland and NBER)<\/li>\n<li>Discussant:\u00a0 Daniel Riera-Crichton (Bates College)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b>9:45 \u2013 10:30 a.m., Pettengill Hall, Room G65<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<i>\u201cHousing and Endogenous Default\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Presenter: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Paul Shea<\/span> (Bates College); co-author: Emily Marshall (University of Kentucky)<\/li>\n<li>Discussant:\u00a0 TBA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b>10:30 \u2013 10:45 a.m. <\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<i>Coffee break<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b>10:45 \u2013 11:45 a.m., Pettengill Hall, Perry Atrium<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<i>Student Poster Session<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thomas Abe (Colby College). &#8220;Can the Stock Market Predict Approval Designations for New Drug Applications by the FDA?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Joe Durgin (Bowdoin College). \u201cThe Role of Competition and Patient Travel in<br \/>\nHospital Profits: Why Insurers Should Subsidize Patient Travel.\u201d<i><\/i><\/li>\n<li>Danny Garin (Colby College). \u201cThe Effects of Political Signaling on the Federal Reserve.\u201d<i><\/i><\/li>\n<li>Henry Geng (Bates College). &#8220;Willingness to Pay for Anadromous Fisheries Restoration: Split Sample Survey of Kennebec and Androscoggin River Watershed Residents.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Chelsea Graves (Bates College). \u201cThe Eurozone Debt Crisis: Determinants of Sovereign Credit Spreads.\u201d<i><\/i><\/li>\n<li>Meagan Hennessey (Colby College). \u201cThe Economics of Rockweed Harvesting:<br \/>\nTomorrow&#8217;s Promise or a Crisis in the Making?\u201d<i><\/i><\/li>\n<li>Marcus Josefsson (Colby College). &#8220;The Dissolution of Currency Unions: Evidence from the Narrative.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Qasim Mahmood (Bates College). \u201cEstimating the Equity Premium.\u201d<i><\/i><\/li>\n<li>Aung Phone Myint (Bates College).\u00a0 \u201cGrowth, Trade, and the Environment: Water<br \/>\nPollution from Industrial Sources.\u201d<i><\/i><\/li>\n<li>Becky Newman (Colby College). \u201cThe Relevance of Inflation Targeting.\u201d<i><\/i><\/li>\n<li>Qi Sun (Colby College) and Siyang Xu (Colby College). \u201cHow Independent Are Central<br \/>\nBanks-Evidence Based on Narrative Approach.\u201d<i><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b>11:45 a.m. \u2013 12:45 p.m., New Commons Room 221<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<i>Lunch<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b>1:00 \u2013 1:45 p.m., Pettengill Hall, Room G65<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<strong><em>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/economics\/files\/2013\/04\/Health-and-Cognition-at-Work-Labor-Market-Performance-in-a-Low-Income-Setting.pdf\">Health and Cognition at Work Labor Market Performance in a Low Income Setting<\/a>&#8220;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Presenter:\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Dan LaFave<\/span> (Colby College); co-author: Duncan Thomas (Duke University)<\/li>\n<li>Discussant:\u00a0 John Fitzgerald (Bowdoin College)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b>1:45 \u2013 2:30 p.m., Pettengill Hall, Room G65<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<i>\u201cWill Offshore Energy Face \u2018Fair Winds and Following Seas\u2019?: Understanding the Factors Influencing Support\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Presenter:\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Mario Teisl<\/span> (University of Maine, Orono); co-authors: Shannon McCoy (University of Maine, Orono), Sarah Marrinan (EPA), Caroline L. Noblet (University of Maine, Orono),<sup>\u00a0<\/sup>Teresa Johnson (University of Maine, Orono), Robert Roper (University of Maine, Augusta), Sharon Klein (University of Maine, Orono), and Megan Wibberly (Island Institute).<\/li>\n<li>Discussant:\u00a0 Lynne Lewis (Bates College)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b>2:30 \u2013 2:45 p.m.<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<i>Coffee break<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b>3:00 \u2013 3:45 p.m., Pettengill Hall, Room G65<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<i>\u201cAn Analysis of the Economic Impacts of Big-Box Stores on Maine\u2019s Retail Sector\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Presenter:\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">James McConnon<\/span> (University of Maine, Orono); co-authors: Emily Freedman (University of Maine, Orono), Todd M. Gabe (University of Maine, Orono), and Gary L. 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