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Conference Program (continued)
58th Annual AUBER Fall Conference:
Building Partnerships
October 17-19, 2004
Tucson Marriott University Park Hotel
Tucson, Arizona
Acknowledgements
Updated October 21, 2004
Sunday
| Monday
| Tuesday & Wednesday
Tuesday, October 19
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Breakfast (In hotel atrium, included
in cost of room, opens at 6:30 AM) |
8:00 am-noon
Foyer |
Registration |
8:00 am-4:00 pm
Ventana |
Publications Exhibit |
8:00 am-9:00 am
Madera |
Business Meeting
Presiding:
Marshall Vest, University of Arizona |
| 9:05 am-10:15 am |
Concurrent Skill Sessions |
| Canyon B, C |
A: WinCati Mixed Mode Interviewing
WinCati Mixed Mode is a commercially available software
system for creating and administering telephone, online,
and telephone/online mixed-mode surveys. In this session,
the president of Sawtooth Technologies will address what
mixed-mode interviewing is and why use it, how to create
a mixed-mode questionnaire, how to create a sample database,
how to execute and monitor the progress of a mixed-mode
survey, what the telephone and online versions of a mixed-mode
survey would look like, and how to export data for analysis.
Presiding: Stephen Smith, The University of Memphis
Joseph Curry,
President, Sawtooth Technologies |
| Madera |
B: Effective Use of the BLS Web
Site
Representatives from the Bureau of Labor Statistics will
give an on-line demonstration of their extensive web site.
Learn from the experts tips for quickly retrieving the
data that you need.
Presiding: Fred Carstensen,
University of Connecticut
Scott
Berridge, Economist, Division of Information
Services, Office of Publications and Special Studies,
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Dolores
James, Economist, Division of Information
Services, Office of Publications and Special Studies,
Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| Canyon A |
C: Measuring and Modeling the Border
Economy
Since the passage of NAFTA over a decade ago, we have
seen increased interest in measuring, benchmarking, modeling,
and forecasting the Mexico/U.S. border region. How successful
have efforts been to apply input-ouput and econometric
modeling, and to construct indexes for this multi-nation
region? Two leading researchers share their challenges
and successes.
Presiding: Alberta Charney, The
University of Arizona
Thomas
Fullerton, Jr., Wells Fargo Bank Professor
of Economics and Finance, University of Texas at El Paso
Borderplex Bridge and Air Econometric Forecast Accuracy
Vera Pavlakovich-Kochi,
Director, Regional Development Program, Office of Economic
Development, The University of Arizona
Measuring
the Non-Measurable: Lessons from the Arizona-Sonora Region |
10:15 am-10:30 am
Foyer |
Refreshment Break |
| 10:30 am-11:45 am |
Concurrent Sessions |
| Madera |
A: How Do Your Colleagues Conduct
Economic Outlooks?
Several of AUBER's most creative minds describe how they
approach economic outlooks. They seek their comparative
advantage, working for improvement and change and creating
a focus; build on opportunities; and make things happen,
always keeping an eye on the target as they produce a
forecasting conference or written materials. Also notable
is how they monitor quality and stay on top of current
issues.
Presiding: R.
Keith Schwer, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Conducting
Economic Outlooks
Esmael
Adibi, Director, A. Gary Anderson Center for Economic
Research, Chapman University
Rajeev
Dhawan, Director, Economic Forecasting Center,
Georgia State University
Lee
Reynis, Director, Institute for Applied Research
Services and the Bureau of Business and Economic Research,
University of New Mexico |
| Canyon A |
B: Thriving Small Centers
Come hear how your colleagues are managing all those problems
you face with a new and/or small research center: funding,
publicity, promotion and tenure, staff issues, and more.
Please feel free to bring your own problems and successes
so we can share ideas.
Presiding: James A. Kurre,
Penn State University Erie
Patrick
M. Barkey, Director, Economic and Policy
Studies, Ball State University
A
Faculty Support Model
Todd
A. Behr, Director, Business and Economic
Research Group, East Stroudsburg University, Strategic
Growth of Small Research Centers |
| Canyon B, C |
C: Environment/Land Use
Has your center been asked to do a study related to community
planning, land-use, and location? Researchers will discuss
economic techniques for determining how broad location
decisions get made and what the important factors are
in such a study.
Presiding: Phyllis Isley, Georgia
Southern University
Semoon
Chang, Director, Center for Business and
Economic Research, University of South Alabama
Proposed
LNG Terminal as a Coase Problem
Bengte
Evenson, Associate Director, Center for Business
and Economic Research, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Evaluating
the Determinants of Open-Space Provision
Phyllis Isley,
Director, Bureau of Business Research and Economic Development,
Georgia Southern University
A Methodology for
Forecasting Land Use |
11:45-1:15 pm
Pima |
President's Luncheon and Recognition
Awards
Presiding: Marshall Vest, The
University of Arizona and AUBER President, 2003-04 |
1:25-2:25 pm
Ventana |
Poster Session
Organizer:
Stephen Smith, University of Memphis
Pattabiraman Neelakantan, East Stroudsburg University
Income Gap Among Counties in Pennsylvania
R. Keith Schwer and Mary Riddel,
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Potential Economic
Impact of Nevada’s Renewal Energy Resources
Sofia G. Ayala, University of Texas at
Austin
The Effects of Remittances on Household
Consumption Behavior: A Preliminary Analysis of Rural
Mexico
Richard Wobbekind, Karen Eye,
Gary Horvath, Cindy DiPersio, Miles Light, and
Don Webb, University of Colorado at Boulder
Colorado’s Economic Opportunities: Today, Tomorrow,
and the Future |
| 2:30-3:45 pm |
Concurrent Sessions |
| Madera |
A: Publish or Perish
Your research manuscript was rejected; past and present
editors from four academic journals can tell you why.
The editors will discuss criteria used in accepting manuscripts
for publication. They will also provide updates on their
journals.
Presiding: Jeffery Collins, University
of Arkansas
Hart
Hodges, Director, Center for Economic and
Business Research, Western Washington University, economics
editor for the Northwest Journal of Business and Economics
Phyllis Isley,
Director, Bureau of Business Research and Economic Development,
Georgia Southern University, founding editor of Applied
Research in Economic Development
David
Plane, Professor, Department of Geography
and Regional Development, former editor of the Journal
of Regional Science
Kenneth
Poole, Chief Executive Officer, Center for
Regional Economic Competitiveness, George Mason University,
executive director, ACCRA, editorial board, Applied
Research in Economic Development
Eric
Thompson, Director, Bureau of Business Research,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, co-editor of Growth
and Change |
| Canyon B, C |
B: Successful Marketing of Research
Centers
Getting the word out about your center and maintaining
your center's integrity are challenges of center directors.
A three-member panel will discuss strategies they use
to keep their centers in the news.
Presiding:
Rajeev Dhawan, Georgia State University
Successful Marketing
of Research Centers
Jerry
Conover, Director, Indiana Business Research Center,
Indiana University
Marketing
Basics for AUBER Units
Soumen
Ghosh, Director, Office of Business and Economic
Research, Tennessee State University
Marketing
Centers of Economic Research: AUBER
Paul
Polzin, Director, Bureau of Business and Economic
Research, University of Montana |
| 4:00-5:15 pm |
Concurrent Sessions |
| Canyon B, C |
A: Contributed Papers
High tech - every state wants it. Should they? This session
will present the results of three studies dealing with
high-tech economic development. The papers will examine
impacts of high-tech industrial development on regional
economies. One of the papers will present a case study
of factors critical in implementing policies to promote
high-tech industries and foster the development of a knowledge-based
economy.
Presiding: Lee Reynis, University of
New Mexico
Jeffery
Collins, Director, Center for Business and
Economic Research, University of Arkansas Creating
Knowledge-based Employment in Arkansas
Elsie
Echeverri-Carroll, Director, Economic Development
Program, Bureau of Business Research, and Sofia
G. Ayala, Research Associate, Bureau of Business
Research, University of Texas at Austin
Income
Inequalities in High-Tech Regions
James
Kurre, Co-Director, Economic Research Institute
of Erie, Penn State University Erie
Determinants
of Productivity Differences across American Metro Areas |
| Madera |
B: Meeting Evaluation and Planning
for 2005 in Montana
Presiding: Jerry
Conover, Stephen Smith, and Paul Polzin |
| 5:15 pm |
Adjournment |
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Dinner on your own |
Wednesday, October 20
Return Flights: Arizona is on Pacific
daylight time-3 hours' difference from eastern. Better to
return Wednesday than try to get back Tuesday at a reasonable
time. You'd need to leave so early that you'd miss most of
Tuesday's program.
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