Sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's Americas Center and the Stetson School of Business and Economics at Mercer University
| Friday, December 2, 2011 | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Registration and breakfast |
| 8:15 | Opening remarks John Robertson, Vice President and Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
| 8:30 | Session 1: Economic and Institutional Consequences of Banking and Finance |
"The Long Run Effects of Banking Crises on Investment"  Felix Rioja, Georgia State University, Fernando Rios-Avila, Georgia State University, and Neven Valev, Georgia State University Discussant: Santanu Chatterjee, University of Georgia |
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| "Financial Development and Total Factor Productivity: Evidence from India's Manufacturing Sector" Zhenhui Xu, Georgia College & State University, and Sudeshna Pal, Georgia College & State University Discussant: Kaiji Chen, Emory University |
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| "The Impact of Regulation on Financial Services Industry Groups: Evidence from the 2007–2009 Crisis" Anita Pennathur, Florida Atlantic University, Deborah Smith, Florida Atlantic University, and Vijaya Subrahmanyam, Mercer University Discussant: Carl Hudson, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
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| 10:30 | Break |
| 10:45 | Session 2: Credit, Growth, and Economic Development |
| "Credit Decomposition and Business Cycles" Berrak Bahadir, University of Georgia Discussant: Federico Mandelman, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
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| "Toward a Search-Theoretic Approach of Modern Economic Development, Financial Deepening, and Urbanization: A Cross-Country Perspective" Tetsuya Saito, Lehigh University Additional results Discussant: Fernando Martin, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis |
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| "Export Growth and Credit Constraints" Tibor Besedes, Georgia Institute of Technology, Byung-Cheol Kim, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Volodymyr Lugovskyy, Georgia Institute of Technology Discussant: Kevin Tsui, Clemson University |
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| 12:45 p.m. | Lunch |
| 2:00 | Session 3: Labor Markets, Migration, and Conflict in Latin America |
| "Unions, Wage Gaps and Wage Distribution in Bolivia and Chile" Fernando Rios-Avila, Georgia State University Discussant: Huan Ni, Kennesaw State University |
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| "Life Satisfaction and International Migration: Testing a Subjective Well-Being Model of Intention to Migrate Abroad" Namrata Chindarkar, University of Maryland–College Park Discussant: Kathryn Anderson, Vanderbilt University |
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| "Conflict and Its Impact on Educational Accumulation and Enrollment in Colombia: What We Can Learn from Recent IDPs" Kate Wharton, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Georgia Institute of Technology Discussant: David Davis, Emory University |
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| 4:00 | Closing remarks Penelope Prime, Stetson School of Business and Economics at Mercer University, and Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
