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Main Page Contact Francisco Duque, 912.961.3173 For Immediate Release Faculty, Students Present at Economic Conference(Savannah, GA, October 4, 2007) The 64th annual conference of the International Atlantic Economic Society (IAES) being held in Savannah from October 8-10 will include presentations from economics faculty and students at Armstrong Atlantic State University. The conference will take place October 8-10 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Savannah's Historic District. Richard J. Cebula, the Shirley & Philip Solomons Eminent Scholar at Armstrong Atlantic State University, will deliver the welcome address on Monday morning. Additionally, three economics students from Armstrong Atlantic and one recent graduate will present sessions at the conference. Cebula, a member of the editorial board of the IAES refereed journal, International Advances in Economic Research, will present two papers at the conference. One addresses Medicaid issues and the other addresses employment implications of asymmetric pollution abatement controls. A paper by AASU associate professor Richard McGrath on survey methodology also is to be presented at the conference. The student presenters include Holly Meads, a 2006 economics graduate and current Auburn University graduate student, who will analyze voter participation. Jay Carmichael, will analyze determinants of minor league baseball attendance; Heather Smith will analyze tax evasion; and Reese Goldman, will analyze housing price determination in the Savannah Historic Landmark District. For the last three years Cebula has organized undergraduate student sessions that present the results of studies done under his supervision. This year's presentation by student Reese Goldman is part of a larger study being conducted by Goldman, Cebula, and Michael Toma, associate professor of economics at AASU. The work will be submitted for publication in a major refereed scholarly journal. For more information, email Richard.Cebula@armstrong.edu. |
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