As I have done in previous years, I tabulated the names I could find from BU faculty, students, and alumni on the preliminary ASSA (Allied Social Science Associations) program for the Atlanta AEA (American Economics Association) meetings, the largest annual US gathering of economists.<\/p>\n
BU set a new record<\/strong> for its presence at the 2019 ASSA\/AEA (American Economics Association) meetings with BU faculty, students or alumni names appearing 87 times. <\/strong>This is up 22% from the 71 times in 2017 in Philadelphia, and surpases the count for the 2015 ASSA meetings, which were held in Boston, (83 appearances, with a home field advantage).<\/p>\n Of those 87 appearances there are<\/p>\n 60 presenters or coauthors (up from 43 last year!) (ASSA does not differentiate coauthors from presenters in the ASSA program.)<\/p>\n 21 discussants<\/p>\n 6 session chairs.<\/p>\n Of those 87 appearances:<\/p>\n 27 are by CAS Economics Department faculty (21 distinct economics faculty names are on the program\u2013 one more than last year!)<\/p>\n 18 are by Questrom School of Business faculty (8 distinct names)<\/p>\n 1 is from the BU SPH faculty<\/p>\n 1 is by a PhD student who submitted a paper while still a student<\/p>\n 1 is by a former MA student (poster presentation) who submitted while still a student<\/p>\n 40 are by BU Ph.D. Alumni (Up from 22 last year!) These are clearly undercounted since it is hard to recognize all of their names.)<\/p>\n The busiest BU participant at the ASSA this year will be alumnus Kristopher Gerardi<\/strong>, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta with four roles.<\/p>\n Many people will be very busy at ASSA this year with three roles each Pascual Restrepo<\/strong> (BU Econ), Andrea Vedolin<\/strong>(Questrom), Evgeny Lyandres<\/strong> (Questrom), Keith Marzilli Ericson <\/strong>(Questrom),Robert Metcalfe<\/strong> (Questrom), Francisco Pino<\/strong> (U. Chile) and Jonathan Hersh<\/strong> (Chapman U.)<\/p>\n Recall that these numbers count chairs, discussants and coauthors equally. Questrom factulty were particularly active this year at getting on the ASSA program.<\/p>\n I apologize for any names that I have inadvertently missed, but creating this list requires looking through about 10,000 names of authors, chairs and discussants for familiar names. If you send corrections to me, I will at least correct them on my blog posting of this email, which is linked here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n The BU reception will be <\/strong>Saturday, January 5, 2019 from\u00a06 to 8pm at the\u00a0Atlanta Marriott Marquis, room\u00a0International C<\/strong>..All are welcome, even if you are not registered for the conference.<\/p>\n A detailed list of papers and names that may help with planning your travel, learning what your colleagues are up to or making corrections are below. They are sorted chronologically by time.<\/p>\n It is not too early to begin planning which papers you want to present at the ASSA 2020 (January 3-5, 2020 (Friday, Saturday, & Sunday)<\/strong> Also note that the AEA <\/strong>registration and housing reservations<\/strong> will open on September 12th at 11 a.m. EDT. Link is here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Randy Ellis<\/p>\n Go to https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/conference\/2019\/preliminary<\/a> to view the preliminary program.<\/p>\n Boston University faculty, students, and identified alumni are in bold.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Censorship <\/a>(D8, O3) <\/strong>Paper Session Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM <\/strong>Atlanta Marriott Marquis, International 3 Hosted By: American Economic Association<\/p>\n Bringing Economic Research into Public Policy Discussions <\/a><\/strong>Paper Session\u00a0 Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM <\/strong>Atlanta Marriott Marquis, International 8 Hosted By: American Economic Association<\/p>\n Reforming Non-competes to Support Workers <\/strong><\/p>\n Matthew Marx <\/strong>Boston University<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Topics in Economic Theory I <\/a><\/strong>Paper Session Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM <\/strong><\/p>\n Don\u2019t Sweat the Small Stuff: Intra-household Earning Distribution and Marriage Durability <\/strong><\/p>\n Chiara Margaria<\/strong>, Boston University<\/p>\n Andrew F. Newman,<\/strong> Boston University<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Uncertainty and Financial Markets <\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>Paper Session Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM <\/strong>Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M304 Hosted By: American Economic Association<\/p>\n Uncertainty, Financial Frictions, and Investment Dynamics <\/strong><\/p>\n Simon Gilchrist<\/strong>, Boston University<\/p>\n Jae W. Sim<\/strong>, Federal Reserve Board<\/p>\n Egon Zakrajsek, Federal Reserve Board<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Asset Pricing: Implications of Financial Constraints <\/a><\/strong>Paper Session Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM <\/strong>Hilton Atlanta, Grand Ballroom A Hosted By: American Finance Association<\/p>\n Model-Free International Stochastic Discount Factors <\/strong><\/p>\n Paula Mirela Sandulescu, University of Lugano & Swiss Finance Institute<\/p>\n Fabio Trojani, University of Geneva and Swiss Finance Institute<\/p>\n Andrea Vedolin<\/strong>, Boston University<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Macroeconomics and Housing <\/a><\/strong>Paper Session Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM <\/strong>Hilton Atlanta, 305 Hosted By: Chinese Economic Association in North America<\/p>\n Housing Wealth and Consumption: New Evidence from Household-Level Panel Data <\/strong><\/p>\n Kristopher Gerardi<\/strong>, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta<\/p>\n Kyle Herkenhoff, University of Minnesota<\/p>\n Paul Willen, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston<\/p>\n Individual and Social Decisions <\/a><\/strong>Paper Session Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM <\/strong><\/p>\n Atlanta Marriott Marquis, L507 Hosted By: Econometric Society<\/p>\n Chair: Bart Lipman<\/strong>, Boston University<\/p>\n Technology, Productivity, Growth, and Jobs <\/a><\/strong>Paper Session Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM <\/strong>Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A706 Hosted By: Society of Policy Modeling & American Economic Association<\/p>\n The Threat of Reshoring: Industrial Automation and Growth in the Emerging World <\/strong><\/p>\n Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/p>\n Pascual Restrepo<\/strong>, Boston University<\/p>\n Applications of Machine Learning in Microeconomics for Public Policy <\/a><\/strong>Paper Session Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM <\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Atlanta Marriott Marquis, International 7 Hosted By: American Economic Association<\/p>\n Cell Phone Coverage and Traffic Accidents: New Evidence Using Cell Phone Towers <\/strong><\/p>\n Bree Lang, University of California-Riverside<\/p>\n Matthew Lang, University of California-Riverside<\/p>\n Jonathan Hersh<\/strong>, Chapman University<\/p>\n What Determines Labor Market Re-attachment? A Machine Learning Approach <\/strong><\/p>\n Jonathan Hersh<\/strong>, Chapman University<\/p>\n Benedikt Herz, European Commission<\/p>\n Discussant(s)<\/strong><\/p>\n Bree Lang, University of California-Riverside<\/p>\n Benedikt Herz, European Commission<\/p>\n Jonathan Hersh<\/strong>, Chapman University<\/p>\n Matthew Harding, University of California-Irvine<\/p>\n Steve Cicala, University of Chicago-Harris<\/p>\n Financial Innovation in Developing Countries: How Novel Savings and Loan Products Relax Liquidity Constraints and Improve Welfare <\/a><\/strong>Paper Session Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM <\/strong>Atlanta Marriott Marquis, International 9 Hosted By: American Economic Association<\/p>\n Relaxing Borrowing Constraints in Savings Groups <\/strong><\/p>\n Alfredo Burlando<\/strong>, University of Oregon<\/p>\n Jessica Goldberg, University of Maryland<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Household Finance <\/a><\/strong>Paper Session Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM <\/strong>Atlanta Marriott Marquis, International 3 Hosted By: American Economic Association<\/p>\n The Economic Consequences of Bankruptcy Reform <\/strong><\/p>\n Tal Gross<\/strong>, Boston University<\/p>\n Ray Kluender, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/p>\n Matthew Notowidigdo, Northwestern University<\/p>\n Jialan Wang, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Macro-Finance: Collateral and Currency Markets <\/a><\/strong>Paper Session Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM <\/strong>Atlanta Marriott Marquis, International 8 Hosted By: American Economic Association<\/p>\n Discussant(s)<\/strong><\/p>\n Adrien Verdelhan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER<\/p>\n Dongho Song, Boston College<\/p>\n Ozge Akinci, Federal Reserve Bank of New York<\/p>\n Andrea Vedolin<\/strong>, Boston University<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Social Norms, Female Labor Supply and the Family <\/a><\/strong>Paper Session Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM <\/strong>Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A706 Hosted By: American Economic Association<\/p>\n Social Norms, Labor Market Opportunities, and the Marriage Gap for Skilled Women <\/strong><\/p>\n Marianne Bertrand, University of Chicago<\/p>\n Patricia Cortes<\/strong>, Boston University<\/p>\n Claudia Olivetti, Boston College<\/p>\n Jessica Pan, National University of Singapore<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What Role (If Any) Should Economic History Play in the Training of an Economist? <\/a><\/strong>Paper Session Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM <\/strong>Atlanta Marriott Marquis, International 4 Hosted By: American Economic Association<\/p>\n The Economic History Requirement: Past, Present, Future <\/strong><\/p>\n Robert Margo<\/strong>, Boston University<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Market Power and Firm Strategies in Health Insurance <\/a><\/strong>Paper Session Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM\u00a0 <\/strong>Hilton Atlanta, 304 Hosted By: American Society of Health Economists<\/p>\n Multimarket Contact in Health Insurance: Evidence from Medicare Advantage <\/strong><\/p>\n Haizhen Lin<\/strong>, Indiana University<\/p>\n Ian McCarthy, Emory University<\/p>\n How Important Is Price Variation Between Health Insurers? <\/strong><\/p>\n Stuart Craig, University of Pennsylvania<\/p>\n Keith Marzilli Ericson<\/strong>, Boston University<\/p>\n Amanda Starc, Northwestern University<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Blockchain and Tokenomics <\/a><\/strong>Paper Session Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM <\/strong>Atlanta Marriott Marquis, L508 Hosted By: Econometric Society<\/p>\n A Theory of ICOs: Diversification, Agency, and Information Asymmetry <\/strong><\/p>\n Evgeny Lyandres<\/strong>, Boston University<\/p>\n Discussant(s)<\/strong><\/p>\n Zhiguo He, University of Chicago<\/p>\n Evgeny Lyandres<\/strong>, Boston University<\/p>\n Sabrina Howell, New York University<\/p>\n Jiasun Li, George Mason University<\/p>\n Brett Green, University of California-Berkeley<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Methodological Advances in IO <\/a><\/strong>Paper Session Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM <\/strong>Atlanta Marriott Marquis, International C Hosted By: Econometric Society<\/p>\n How Do Physicians React to Patient Costs? <\/strong><\/p>\n Michael Dickstein, New York University<\/p>\n Jihye Jeon,<\/strong> Boston University<\/p>\n Eduardo Morales, Princeton University<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Public Utilities II <\/a><\/strong>Paper Session Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM <\/strong>Hilton Atlanta, 303 Hosted By: Transportation and Public Utilities Group<\/p>\n Long-Term Transportation Electricity Use Considering the Effect of Autonomous-Vehicles: Estimates & Policy Observations <\/strong><\/p>\n Peter Fox-Penner<\/strong>, Boston University<\/p>\n Will Gorman, University of California-Berkeley<\/p>\n Jennifer Hatch<\/strong>, Boston University<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gender and Identity in Developing Economies <\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>Paper Session Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 12:30 PM – 2:15 PM <\/strong>Hilton Atlanta, 313 Hosted By: Association for the Study of Generosity in Economics & International Association for Feminist Economics<\/p>\n Discussant(s)<\/strong><\/p>\n Selim Gulesci, Bocconi University<\/p>\n Rebecca Thorton, University of Illinois<\/p>\n Alicia Adsera<\/strong>, Princeton University<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Applied Machine Learning <\/a><\/strong>Paper Session Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM <\/strong>Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom A Hosted By: American Economic Association<\/p>\n Causal Impact of Democracy on Growth: An Applied Econometrics Perspective <\/strong><\/p>\n Ivan Fernandez-Val<\/strong>, Boston University<\/p>\n Victor Chernozhukov, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cultural Practices and Women’s Lives <\/a><\/strong>Paper Session Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM <\/strong>Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A708 Hosted By: American Economic Association<\/p>\n The Impact of Education on Female Genital Cutting <\/strong><\/p>\n Giulia La Mattina<\/strong>, University of South Florida<\/p>\n Elisabetta De Cao, London School of Economics<\/p>\n Intentional and Unintentional Effects of Safety Net Programs <\/a><\/strong>Paper Session Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM <\/strong>Atlanta Marriott Marquis, International 7 Hosted By: American Economic Association<\/p>\n Discussant(s)<\/strong><\/p>\n Amanda Kowalski, University of Michigan<\/p>\n Samuel Bazzi<\/strong>, Boston University<\/p>\n Adriana Lleras-Muney, University of California-Los Angeles<\/p>\n <\/p>\n New Data and New Facts for the Global Economy <\/a><\/strong>Paper Session Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM <\/strong>Atlanta Marriott Marquis, A707 Hosted By: American Economic Association<\/p>\n United States Exporters: New Evidence <\/strong><\/p>\n Stefania Garetto<\/strong>, Boston University<\/p>\n Lindsay Oldenski, Georgetown University<\/p>\n Nitya Pandalai\u00ad\u2010Nayar, University of Texas-Austin<\/p>\n Natalia Ramondo, University of California-San Diego<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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