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AUBER Vision Statement
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and education as the premiere professional organization dedicated
to continually improving the quality, effectiveness, and application
of research in business, economics, and public policy.
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57th Annual Fall Conference Program
Keeping Abreast of AUBER Innovation
October 12-14, 2003
Hotel Monteleone
New Orleans, LA
Updated: November 4, 2003
Sunday
| Monday | Tuesday
Tuesday, October 14
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
La Nouvelle Orleans Mezzanine |
Registration |
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Queen Anne Parlor |
Publications Exhibit |
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Riverview Room |
Business Meeting (Breakfast Provided)
Presiding: Jerry Wall, University of Louisiana
at Monroe
Wade Druin, University of South Dakota
AUBER: Who Are We? Survey Results |
| 9:05 AM - 10:20 AM |
Concurrent Sessions |
| La Nouvelle Orleans East |
Census Bureau's Longitudinal Employer-Household
Dynamics (LEHD) Program
The LEHD/State Partnership is an ongoing project using
existing data to provide new information about the economy.
Specifically, this project integrates state administrative
data and Census data products, allowing improved labor
market information.
Presiding: Tom
Witt, West Virginia University
Julia Lane, Senior Research Fellow, U.S. Census Bureau |
| Iberville Room |
Adobe
Adobe will present the latest and most popular of their
electronic publishing and video offerings in these morning
sessions. Acrobat 6, the only way to securely share information
online, now provides rich multimedia embedding, full-text
searching, electronic stapling, and new file format support
for both import and export. Adobe InDesign, the latest
page layout program, provides rich design and multichannel
output (PDF, XML, HTML, SVG) to provide the best program
when you need to author once, and publish to multiple
formats on-the-fly. Adobe Photoshop Album provides the
best methods to organize your digital and scanned images,
providing instant creation of albums, cards, and most
interestingly, three-dimensional web sites made possible
by Adobe's new 3D web authoring tool, Adobe Atmosphere.
This session, along with the one offered at 10:30, will
bring you up to date on Adobe's latest offerings but also
provide numerous tips and tricks on making the most of
these standard applications and aware of their seamless
integration to one another.
Presiding: Stephen Smith, The University of Memphis
Tom Dent, Adobe |
| Royal Room |
Economic Development Research: Cluster
Analysis
As regions around the country struggle with the implications
of a declining manufacturing sector and structural economic
change in general, industry-cluster analysis has emerged
as one of the hottest tools in economic development research.
An industry cluster is a concentration of industries that
are closely related in terms of goods produced, resources
used, and linkages across production processes. Identifying
and understanding a region's clusters can help direct
economic development efforts in the future. This session
will provide an overview of this important research technique,
along with applications.
Presiding: Andrew Brod, University of North Carolina
at Greensboro
Danny Vasquez, Multicultural Economics
Duncan Meldrum, Chief
Economist, Air Products and Chemicals, and President,
National Association for Business Economics (see
PowerPoint) |
| 10:20 AM - 10:30 AM |
Coffee Break |
| 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM |
Concurrent Sessions |
| La Nouvelle Orleans East |
Keys to a Successful and Entrepreneurial
Organization
This session focuses on key elements, personnel requirements,
and strategic partnerships necessary to sustain and grow
a successful research and service organization. Panelists
will focus on need to be entrepreneurial and self-financing
for survival in the emerging university fiscal environment.
Presiding: Tim Hogan, Arizona
State University
William Gunther, University
of Southern Mississippi (see
PowerPoint)
Janet Harrah, Wichita State University
Robert Dauffenbach,
University of Oklahoma |
| Iberville Room |
Adobe (continued)
Presiding: Stephen Smith, The University of Memphis
Tom Dent, Adobe |
11:45 AM - 1:10 PM
La Nouvelle Orleans West |
President's Luncheon and Recognition
Awards
Presiding: Jerry Wall, University of Louisiana
at Monroe and AUBER President, 2002-03 |
| 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM |
Concurrent Sessions |
| Royal Room |
Economic Impact Studies and Dynamic Scoring
Presiding: Fred Carstensen University of Connecticut
Philip Jeffress, University of Southern Mississippi-Gulf
Coast
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems
Alberta Charney, The University of Arizona
Beware "Dynamic Scoring" (see
PowerPoint)
An integral component of supply side economics is the
concept that lower tax rates can increase revenues via
higher economic growth rates. "Dynamic scoring"
is the latest phrase associated with attempts to measure
"revenue feedbacks" of changes in tax policy.
In this paper, basic model frameworks are outlined, several
state-specific models are reviewed, and conclusions are
drawn regarding the potential use of these models in tax
policy assessment. |
| Iberville Room |
Index This: Four Innovative Economic
Indexes
AUBER units around the country utilize economic indexes
as a succinct way to track and predict trends in key
sectors of their state and local economy. This session
will present and describe three innovative indexes
developed by AUBER units. Participants will learn how
to develop or enhance such indexes for their own state
or local economy, and more generally enhance their
knowledge of index development.
Presiding: Eric Thompson, University of Kentucky
Steve Lanza, University of Connecticut
Connecticut Indexes: Labor Markets, Prices and More
Tracy Clark, Arizona
State University
Arizona Tourism Barometer (see
PowerPoint)
Scott Richard, Montana State University, Billings
BISDAQ (The Billings Area Business Stock Index)
Robert Dauffenbach,
University of Oklahoma
Price College Indicators (see
PowerPoint) |
| La Nouvelle Orleans East |
Federal Statistics Update
This session will focus on three issues: (1) the Bureau
of Economic Analysis's new regional program initiatives
to accelerate the timeliness of the regional estimates,
(2) the new metropolitan area definitions and their implications
for BEA statistics, and (3) improvements to BEA's Regional
Input-Output Modeling System (RIMS II)
Presiding: Paul Zelus, Idaho State University
Rob Brown, Chief Regional Economic Measurement Division,
Bureau of Economic Analysis (see
PowerPoint)
Kathy Albetski, Chief REIS Branch of REMD, Bureau of Economic
Analysis (see
PowerPoint)
Zoe Ambargis, Program Manager for RIMS II, Regional Economic
Analysis Division, Bureau of Economic Analysis (see
PowerPoint) |
| 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM |
Concurrent Sessions |
| Royal Room |
Cost/Benefit, Feasibility Studies
Presiding: Fred Carstensen, University of Connecticut
Hart Hodges, Western Washington University
Cost Benefit of Water Resource Management Projects
Jeff Collins, University of Arkansas
Research and Tech Park |
| La Nouvelle Orleans East |
Working with State and Local Workforce
Investment Boards
The federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA) may be a source
of funds for research and public service activities for
universities interested in labor market research or program
evaluation issues. The purpose of this panel session is
to allow several universities with experience in working
with WIA programs to discuss what types of projects workforce
boards have funded in their respective states. In addition,
attendees will have the opportunity to question panel
members on how to overcome barriers to acquiring WIA funding.
Presiding: John Gnuschke, The University of Memphis
Lee Grehan, The University of Memphis
Eric Thompson, University of Kentucky
Ashvin Vibhakar, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Tom
Witt, West Virginia University |
| Iberville Room |
Survey Research
This session covers current trends in telephone-based
survey research and how to overcome such challenges as
proliferation of cell phones, portable numbers, declining
cooperation, and do-not-call lists.
Presiding: Semoon Chang, University of Southern
Alabama
Jerry Wall, University of Louisiana at Monroe (see
PowerPoint)
Paul Polzin, University of Montana (see
PowerPoint)
Dee Jones, University of Louisiana at Monroe (see
PowerPoint) |
| 3:50 PM - 4:00 PM |
Refreshment Break |
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
La Nouvelle Orleans East |
Meeting Evaluation and Planning for 2004 in Tucson
Presiding: Janet Speyrer, University of New Orleans,
and Marshall Vest, The University of Arizona
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| 5:15 PM |
Conference Adjournment |
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Dinner on your own |
Sunday
| Monday | Tuesday
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