OHIO
ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMISTS AND POLITICAL
SCIENTISTS
68th ANNUAL MEETING
&
CONFERENCE
October 24-25, 2008
Akron, OH 44308
Akron City Center Hotel
20 W Mill St
Akron, OH 44308
(330) 384-1500
http://www.akroncitycentrehotel.com
*Conference fees listed
on the last page
FRIDAY OCTOBER 24TH
6:00 P.M. Cocktail Reception
7:00 P.M. Dinner
7:30 P.M. Election 2008: Reporters
Roundtable
SATURDAY OCTOBER 25TH 9:00 A.M.
Panel: Politics and Policy
Chair: Tom Sutton, Baldwin Wallace
Papers
“Metropolitan-Rural Voting Patterns in U.S.
Legislative Elections”
Larry Schwab and Elizabeth A. Stiles, John
Carroll University
“A New View on the Economic Vote. “
Derek Feuerstein, The University of Akron
“Reconciling Postmodern Public
Administration And Constitutionalism: Some
Reflections On The Ideas Of Stuart
Hampshire”
Michael W. Spicer, Cleveland State
University
"Checking Our Pulse: Ohio's Civil Health in
2008"
Clyde Brown, Miami University
Panel: Graduate Student Economics Panel
Chair: Mary Ellen Benedict, Bowling Green
State University
Papers
"Estimating the New Keynesian Phillips Curve
And An Alternate Measure Of Expected
Inflation".
Rajeevee Chrishanthi Panditharatna, Bowling
Green State University
“The Effect Of Institutions On Economic
Growth In Asia”
Dongwoo Yoo, The Ohio State University
"The Application of the Taylor Rule to the
Japanese Economy"
Daniel Lee Richey, Bowling Green State
University
Panel: International Relations
Chair: Daniel Coffey, University of Akron
Papers
“South Korean Attitudes toward the ROK-US
Alliance: Group Analysis”
Haesook Chae, Ph.D.
"Democracies at War: The Russian-Georgian
Conflict, the End of Democratic Peace
Theory, and the New War Variable."
Steve Dobransky, Kent State University.
“ Fiscal Policies in Canadian Provinces:
Convergence or Divergence?”
Oleg Kodolov, Kent State University.
Undergraduate Political Science
Chair: TBA
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25TH 10:30 A.M.
Roundtable: The Battle for Buckeye: Ohio &
Election 2008
Chair: Abe Zaidan
Participants:
David B. Cohen, University of Akron
Justin S. Vaughn, Cleveland State University
Panel: Undergraduate Economics:
Chair: Robert Rogers, Ashland University
Papers
“The Role of Art Education in the Demand for
Performing Arts”
Tracy Plavney, The University of Akron
“Caning ABLE? A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the
Ohio Adult Basic Literacy Education Program”
William Nadolski, Bowling Green State
University
“Figuring It Out: Understanding
Intertemportal Choice”
Rachel G. Childers, Bowling Green State
University
“IT Investment: A Case Study Of The Effects
Of Capital Investment On Production”
Gilbert Traverse, Ashland University
Panel: Economics
Chair: Michael C. Carroll, Bowling Green
State University
Papers
“Closing the College Enrollment Rate Gap
between White Youth and Minority Youth”
Kazuhisa Matsuda, Ohio Northern University
“Implications of Self-Reported Economic
Knowledge of Traditional and Nontraditional
Students for the Delivery of Principles of
Economics”
Kenneth C. Fah, Ohio Dominican University
“An Economic Viability Analysis of a
BGSU-Firelands Wind Turbine”
Peter G. VanderHart, BGSU Economics
“What Drives Inflation: Labor’s Share or
Output Gap?
Dandan Liu, Kent State University
“International Club Membership in a
Transboundary Pollution Game”
Xudong Chen, Baldwin-Wallace College and Luc
Noiset
Kennesaw State University
Roundtable Discussion on the Economic Crisis
Participants: TBA
SATURDAY, October 25th, 12:15-1:30 P.M.
Lunch (Red Cedar Room AB)
“A Factor—Advance Akron. Our Region. Our
Future”
Daniel C. Colantone, President and CEO of
the Greater Akron Chamber
Please Note: Business Meeting, OEAPS to
follow lunch and the presentation.
Conference and Membership Fees
OAEPS Association Membership: $35 (students
$5)
Conference Registration: $10 (members) $35
(nonmembers); free for students
Conference Lunch: $15
Ohio Association of Economists and Political
Scientists
http://www.oaeps.org/index.html
OAEPS Mission Statement:
The OAEPS has a proud tradition as the
leading scholarly association for social
scientists in Ohio. Since 1940, the OAEPS
has been devoted to the understanding and
dissemination of knowledge and to the
facilitation of dialogue regarding economic
and political concepts and events. The OAEPS
sponsors an annual conference and publishes
the Journal of Economics and Politics.
2007-2008 OAEPS Officers
President: Vice President:
Michael Carroll Daniel Coffey
Bowling Green State University University of
Akron
Treasurer: Secretary:
Gary Keener Bob Rogers
Heidelberg College Ashland University
Webmaster/Communications: Newsletter Editor:
Andrew M. Lucker Jennifer Hamilton
Case Western Reserve University Miami
University
Past President & Editor-in-Chief:
Journal of Economics and Politics
Henry Rennie
Heidelberg College
For More Information:
E-Mail:
dcoffey@uakron.edu (330-972-7983)
Web: http://www.oaeps.org
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