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Three Perspectives on Economics and Faith

Association of Christian Economists
25th Anniversary Conference

Thursday, April 16-Saturday, April 18, 2009

Schedule

Thursday, April 16

5:00-7:00 p.m. Cashion Fifth Floor

Registration and Social Time

7:00-9:00 p.m. Cashion Fifth Floor, Banquet Room

Dinner and Plenary Speaker

Early Christianity: 'Opium' of the Privileged?
Rodney Stark, Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences and Co-Director of the Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University

Friday, April 17

7:30-8:30 a.m. Cashion Fifth Floor, Conference Room

Continental Breakfast

8:30-9:30 a.m. Cashion Fifth Floor, Banquet Room

Plenary Speaker on theme of Faithful Economics

What Do Markets Need to Work? Faith, Hope, and Charity
Arthur C. Brooks, President, American Enterprise Institute

9:30-10:00 a.m.

Break

10:00-11:30 a.m.

First Concurrent Session

Faithful Economics--Cashion Fifth Floor, Conference Room

• Douglas Schwalm, Illinois State University, Economics: Welfare Effects of Direct to Consumer Advertising of Pharmaceuticals
• Earl Grinols, Baylor University, Economics: Public Financing More for the Health Care Dollar
• Paul E. McNamara, University of Illinois, Economics: Identifying Rural Areas with the Poorest Access to Health Care: A Comparison of the Inclusive Value Approach with Rural Health Rules of Thumb and Geographic Approaches

Faithful Economics--Cashion Fifth Floor, Seminary Room

• Bruce Webb, Gordon College, Economics: The Subprime Mortgage Debacle: Causes, Culprits, and Cures
• Paul Koch, Olivet Nazarene University, Economics: Animal Spirits in the 21st Century: The Role of Global Asset Bubbles in the Current Financial Crisis
• Tim Barnett, Jacksonville State University, Political Science: The Role of Wall Street in Money Supply Dynamics
• William Polley, Western Illinois University, Economics: The Role of the Federal Reserve in the Financial Crisis

Economics of Religion--Cashion 306

• Carol Gwin (Carl Gwin), Pepperdine University, Marketing: The Impact of Religiosity on Consumer Spending, Saving, and Donations
• Robert Black, Houghton College, Economics: Economic Efficiency in Old Testament and New Testament Principles
• Todd Steen, Hope College, Economics: The Impact of Religious Upbringing on Earnings: Does It Change over Time?

Heterodox Economics--Cashion 400

• Nancy Ruth Fox, Saint Joseph's University, Economics: Hekhsher Tzedek: Answering to a Higher Authority
• Scott E. Bryant, Baylor University, Religion: The Economic Policy of Walter Rauschenbusch's Social Gospel
• Timothy J. Sandoval, Chicago Theological Seminary, Theology: Beyond Simple Retribution: George Lakoff and Economic Rhetoric as Moral Metaphor in the Book of Proverbs

11:30-1:00 p.m. Cashion Fifth Floor, Banquet Room

Lunch and Plenary Speaker on Theme of Economics of Religion

The Economics of Religion: Invest Now, Repent Later
Laurence R. Iannaccone, Koch Professor of Economics at George Mason University and Director of the Center for the Economic Study of Religion.

1:30-3:00 p.m.

Second Concurrent Session

Faithful Economics--Cashion 306

• Andrew M. Yuengert, Pepperdine University, Economics: Taking Satiation Seriously
• Jonathan Deming, Seattle Pacific University, Economics: Quasi-hyperbolic Discounting and the Economics of Addiction: Why Is It So Hard for the Rich Man to Enter Heaven
• Walter Schultz, Northwestern College, Economics: Arrow's Theorem, Sen's Paradox and a Social Decision Mechanism for Optimal Market Outcomes

Faithful Economics--Cashion 311

• Adel Abadeer, Calvin College, Economics: How Informal Norms Marginalize Women in Less Developed Countries: A New Institutional Economic Analysis
• Emily Kerr, Baylor University, Masters Candidate in Economics: Micro-Credit and Household Productivity: Evidence from Bangladesh
• John E. Charalambakis, David Coulliette and Ken Rietz, Asbury College: Collateralization of Assets, Over-Extension of Credit, and Free Trade: An Empirical Analysis in Search of Justice and an Expanding Middle Class
• Michael McGuire, Nursen Zanca, Fadi Fawaz, Luz Romay, David Mitchell, University of the Incarnate Word, Economics: World Bank Tax Advice: Does It Foster Equitable Development?

Economics of Religion--Cashion 309

• Charles North (Wafa Orman and Carl Gwin), Baylor University, Economics: Mom and Dad Took Me to Church
• Kurt C. Schaefer, Calvin College, Economics: The Economic Context of the New Testament Household Codes
• Tisha Emerson (Joseph McKinney), Baylor University, Economics: Religious Faith and Ethical Attitudes in Business

Heterodox Economics--Cashion 307

• Andy Hartropp, Oxford Centre for Mission Studies (UK), Theology: How a Biblically Rooted Understanding Can Enable Economists to Think about Justice
• Doug Downing, Seattle Pacific University, Economics: The Consequences of Misunderstanding the Cause of Poverty
• John D. Mueller, Ethics and Public Policy Center, Center Director: The Restoration of Economic Orthodoxy: The Outline of Neo-Scholastic 'AAA' Economics
• Jeffrey Young, St. Lawrence University, Economics: What Should Christian Economists Think about Adam Smith?

3:00-3:30 p.m.

Break

3:30-5:00 p.m. Cashion 303

Roundtable Discussion on Theme of Faithful Economics

• Paul McNamara, University of Illinois
• Edd Noell, Westmont College
• John Mason, Gordon College
• Nancy Fox, St. Joseph's University

5:00-5:30 p.m.

Break

5:30-7:00 p.m.

Third Concurrent Session

Skepticism on Christian Scholarship in Economics--Cashion 305

• James Hartley, Mount Holyoke College, Economics: Time to Bury the Christian Economics Experiment
• John Stapleford, Eastern College, Economics: Christian Perspectives on Economics: Are We Just Preaching to the Choir?

Faithful Economics--Cashion 307

• Edd Noell, Westmont College, Economics: Borrower Beware, Lender Beware: Subprime Mortgage Loans and Moral Reflections on Credit in the Scholastic Tradition
• John D. Mason, Gordon College, Economics: Only in America: Tiebout-Sorting & Socio-Economic Upward Mobility
• John E. Anderson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Economics: Samaritans and Disasters

Economics of Religion--Cashion 309

• David Mustard, University of Georgia, Economics: A Postsecondary Revival of Christian Education
• Lynn Hunnicutt, Pacific Lutheran University, Economics: Religious Non-Governmental Organizations and Economic Development: The Influence of Religious Affiliation, Structure, and Culture on Organizational Effectiveness
• Thomas Watts, University of Texas at Arlington, Social Work: Faith-Based Organizations and the National Social Research Board

Heterodox Economics--Cashion 311

• Charles Clark, St. John's University, Economics: What Can Economists Learn from Catholic Social Thought?
• James Halteman, Wheaton College, Economics: The Decline and Restoration of Moral Reflection in Economics
• Greg Krohn, Bucknell University, Economics: A Place for Religious Ethics in Economics

Heterodox Economics--Cashion 306

• Jeffrey M. Herbener, Grove City College, Economics: Blessed Are Those Who Walk in the Law of the Lord: Economic Law and the State
• Shawn Ritenour, Grove City College, Economics: Fulfilling the Cultural Mandate: Toward a Free and Prosperous Commonwealth
• Timothy D. Terrell, Wofford College, Economics: Calvin's Legacy in Economic Policy

7:00-8:30 p.m. Cashion Fifth Floor, Banquet Room

Dinner and Plenary Speaker on the theme of Heterodoxy

Notes from the Revolution: Principles of a New Economics
John P. Tiemstra, Professor of Economics at Calvin College

Saturday, April 18

7:30-8:30 a.m. Cashion Fifth Floor, Conference Room

Continental breakfast

8:30-10:00 a.m. Cashion 303

Roundtable Discussion on Theme of Economics of Religion

• Laurence Iannaccone, George Mason University
• David Mustard, University of Georgia
• Stephen Smith, Gordon College
• Charles North, Baylor University

10:00-10:15 a.m.

Break

10:15 a.m.-11:45 p.m.

Faithful Economics--Cashion 305

• J. David Richardson, Syracuse University, Economics: Entry and Exit Equilibria Among For-Profit, Not-For-Profit, and Business-as-Mission Firms
• Jose Juan Bautista, Xavier University of Louisiana, Economics: Moral Decisions in the Practice of Price Discrimination
• Raśl Gonz lez-Fabre, Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Spain), Economics: Agent-Based Computer Economics as a Tool for Dialogue Between Christian Ethics and Microeconomics

Heterodox Economics--Cashion 311

• Kim Hawtrey (John Lunn) Hope College, Economics: The Socio-Economic Ideas of the Emerging Church: Some Reflections
• Robin J. Klay (Todd J. Steen), Hope College, Economics: Christian Hope: Reflections from Two Economists
• Victor V. Claar, Hope College, Economics: Strategies for Engaging the Emerging Church in Dialogue Regarding Fair Trade
• Robert Mochrie, Heriot-Watt University (UK), Economics: Fair Trade, Just Price, and Charity

Heterodox Economics--Cashion 309

• Charles McDaniel, Baylor University, Church State Studies: Christian Values and Financial Crisis: Distributism's Relevance to Global Economic Instability
• Daniel Skubik, California Baptist University, Law and Ethics: Are Credit Card Interest Rates Blasphemous? Usury in Judeo-Christian-Islamic Perspective
• Mitsunobu Miyahira, Mondo Bible Church (Nishinomiya City, Japan): Theology, Multiple Aspects of Life Insurance Relating to the Sex-Discrimination Problem

Marriage and Family--Cashion 307

• John Larrivee, Mount St. Mary's University, Economics: Markets and Marriage: To What Extent Are Economic Factors Responsible for Family Decline?
• Joseph Burke (Catherine Pakaluk), Ave Maria University, Economics: Contraception, Marriage, and Promiscuity: The Impact of the Pill on the Family

Christianity and the Economics Classroom--Cashion 303

• Gabriel Martinez, Ave Maria University, Economics: Economics in a Catholic Christian Liberal Arts University
• John Pisciotta, Baylor University, Economics: Do Courses in Economics Contribute to "The Abolition of Man"?
• Kenneth Elzinga, University of Virginia, Economics: Teaching Christianity and Economics: Confessions of a First-Time Offender

11:45-1:45 p.m. Cashion Fifth Floor Banquet Room

Lunch and Roundtable Discussion on Theme of Heterodoxy

• John Tiemstra, Calvin College
• Gabriel Martinez, Ave Maria University
• Robbie Mochrie, Heriot-Watt University
• Andrew Yuengert, Pepperdine University

Please direct inquiries about the conference to:

Dr. John Pisciotta
Department of Economics
Baylor University
One Bear Place #98003
Waco, TX 76798-8003
(254) 710-6224
John_Pisciotta@baylor.edu