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Welcome - 8:50-9:00am at CWY 206

Dean Magali Michael, USF College of Arts and Sciences

Keynote Speech - 9:00-10:00am at CWY 206

“The Geography of Knowledge Spillovers and Economic Growth”
Shawn Kantor, Florida State University

Coffee Break - 10:00-10:30am

Parallel Sessions - 10:30-12:00pm

Session 1 at CWY 206

• “Estimating diffusion models of interest rates at the zero lower bound: From the great Depression to the great recession and beyond
  Lealand Morin (University of Central Florida)
  
  
• “Variable import and export markups, and the pro-competitive gains from trade”
  Hamid Firooz (University of Rochester), Gunnar Heins (University of Florida), and Sankalp Mathur (University of Florida)
  
  
• “Inflation dynamics and quantitative easing”
  Tarron Khemraj (New College of Florida) and Sherry Yu (New College of Florida)

Session 2 at CWY 206D

• “Changes in the air ambulance market and effects on individual health outcomes”
  Melanie Guldi (University of Central Florida), Elizabeth Munnich (University of Louisville), and Steven Talbet (University of Central Florida)
  
  
• “Firm conduct in the airline industry: Evidence from the 737 Max Grounding”
  Anthony Manucci (Florida State University)
  
  
• “Coordinated effects in the American Airlines-U.S. Airways merger”
  Douglas C. Turner (University of Florida)

Session 3 at CWY 206E

• “She is great but not perfect: Gender gap in online ratings of college professors”
  Xi Zhang (University of Florida)
  
  
• “Racial, ethnic, and gender property tax disparities: Evidence from multiple Florida jurisdictions”
  Keith Ihlanfeldt (Florida State University) and Luke Rodgers (Florida State University)
  
  
• “The impact of China shock on occupational employment of high-skilled workers: Evidence from US local labor markets”
  Shubhi Agarwal (University of Florida)

Introduction to the Florida Research Data Center - 12:00-12:30pm at CWY 206

Jaclyn Hall, University of Florida

Lunch - 12:30-2:00pm

Parallel Sessions - 2:00-3:30pm

Session 1 at CWY 206

• “Time on the market and list prices in ‘hot’ real estate markets”
  Eric Schmidbauer (University of Central Florida) and Dmitry Lubensky (Amazon)
  
  
• “Increased (platform) competition reduces (seller) competition”
  Shana Cui (University of Florida)
  
  
• “Strategies of disclosure timing”
  Rivin Perinchery (Florida State University)

Session 2 at CWY 206D

• “Natural Disasters and Acceptance of Domestic Violence”
  Padmaja Ayyagari (University of South Florida), Giulia La Mattina (University of South Florida), Lei Lv (University of South Florida)
  
  
• “Natural disasters support authoritarian populism: Evidence from the Brazilian shrimp vote”
  Diogo Baerlocher (University of South Florida), Renata Caldas (University of South Florida), Francisco Cavalcanti (PUC-Rio), and Rodrigo Schneider (Skidmore College)
  
  
• “Domination and mutualism: Consumption and conservation of resources in the lab”
  Tom Frye (Florida State University)

Session 3 at CWY 206E

• “Local Segregation in Neighborhood Amenities”
  Kenneth Whaley (University of South Florida)
  
  
• “Analyzing the impact of changes in flood risk on housing value: Evidence from a coastal county”
  Travis LaHue (Florida State University)
  
  
• “Illegal gun bounties and gun violence”
  Brad Davis (Florida State University)
  

Coffee Break - 3:30-4:00pm

Keynote Speech - 4:00-5:00pm at CWY 206

“Robustness in the stochastic frontier model”
William H. Greene, University of South Florida