We have two sessions as well as a luncheon and business meeting set for the ASSA meetings in January. If you are attending the conference we would love to see you at one or all of these. The details are here. For the paper abstracts, check out the ASSA program here, and filter for sessions sponsored by the Association of Christian Economists.
ACE Fellowship Luncheon and Business Meeting
Friday, Jan. 3, 2020 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, Coronado B
Session: Applied Micro in Economic Development: Natural Disasters, Education, and Technology
Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, America’s Cup C
Chair: Stephen Smith, Hope College
The Intergenerational Health Impact of Early Life Climate Variability and its Implications for Child Recovery from Natural Disasters: Evidence from Indonesia
Leah Bevis, Ohio State University
Kira Villa, University of New Mexico
The Effects of Fuel-Efficient Cook Stoves on Fuel Use, Particulate Matter, and Cooking Practices: Results from a Randomized Trial in Rural Uganda
Garrick Blalock, Cornell University
Theresa Beltramo, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Stephen Harrell, University of California-Berkeley
David I. Levine, University of California-Berkeley
Andrew M. Simons, Fordham University
What Explains Vietnam’s Exceptional Performance in Education Relative to Other Countries? Analysis of the Young Lives Data from Ethiopia, Peru, India (Andhra Pradesh), and Vietnam
Paul Glewwe, University of Minnesota
Zoe James, University College London
Jongwook Lee, University of Minnesota
Caine Rolleston, University College London
Khoa Vu, University of Minnesota
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten? Evidence from the Philippines
Jeffrey Bloem, University of Minnesota
Bruce Wydick, University of San Francisco
Discussant(s)
Sarah E. Hamersma, Syracuse University
Russell D. Toth, University of Sydney
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Agnes Scott College
Denise Stanley, California State University-Fullerton
JEL Classifications
O1 – Economic Development
I2 – Education and Research Institutions
Session: New Thinking on Adam Smith and Economics
Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, America’s Cup C
Chair: Edd Noell, Westmont College
Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, and Adam Smith
Mary Hirschfeld, Villanova University
Smith and Hume on Religious Markets
Paul Oslington, Alphacrucis College-Sydney
Economists on Adam Smith on Economics and Religion
Ross Emmett, Arizona State University
Work in the World: A Smithian Sermon
Deirdre McCloskey, University of Illinois-Chicago
JEL Classifications
B3 – History of Economic Thought: Individuals
Z1 – Cultural Economics; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology