ACE at the ASSA Meetings in New Orleans

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

Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Deanie’s Seafood Restaurant – French Quarter, 841 Iberville Street, New Orleans, LA

Located 0.3 miles from the Marriott

The Future of Globalization: Insights from Economics and Theology (F6, F5)

Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
New Orleans Marriott – Preservation Hall Studio 10
Chair: Stephen Smith, Hope College

Panelist(s)

Robert C. Tatum – University of North Carolina-Asheville
Judith M. Dean – Brandeis University
Brent P. Waters – Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary
Andrew M. Yuengert – Pepperdine University

JEL Classifications
  • F6 – Economic Impacts of Globalization
  • F5 – International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy

Microeconomics Studies in Development (I3, I2)

Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
New Orleans Marriott – Preservation Hall Studio 10
Chair: Kira M. Villa, University of New Mexico

Floods, Women’s Outcomes and Infant Mortality: Evidence from Three Countries in Africa
Berenger Djoumessi Tiague, University of Minnesota

Long-term Impacts of Exposure to Natural Disasters during Childhood and Adolescence: Evidence from Indonesia
Mengqi Liu, Gordon College
Kira M. Villa, University of New Mexico

Why Programs Fail: Lessons for Improving Public Service Quality from a Mixed-Methods Evaluation of an Unsuccessful Teacher Training Program in Nepal
Julie A. Schaffner, Tufts University
Paul Glewwe, University of Minnesota
Uttam Sharma, Institute for Social and Environmental Research – Nepal

Digital Training for Micro-Entrepreneurs: Experimental Evidence from Guatemala
Manuel Alejandro Estefan Davila, University of Notre Dame


JEL Classifications

  • I3 – Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
  • I2 – Education and Research Institutions