National Economic Association
Promoting Economic Growth
 
 
 

NEA Session 1
Is Race Endogenous? A Discussion of the Arguement in The State of Black America 1999
Friday, January 7, 2000
2:30pm
Sheraton, Constitution B
Presiding: Samuel Myers, Jr. (University of Minnesota)
  • "The Convergence of Critical Race and the Political Economists View of Race" by Rhonda L. Williams (University of Maryland - College Park) and William Spriggs (National Urban League)
  • "Color Blindness is not the same thing as Racial Justice" by Glenn Loury (Boston University)
  • "Race, Class and the Economics of Identify: Toward a Theory of Racism" by Patrick L. Mason (Florida State University), James Stewart (Pennsylvania State University), William Darity, Jr. (University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill)
    • Discussants: Lani Guinier (Harvard Law School) and Samuel Myers, Jr. (University of Minnesota)

    NEA Session 2
    Racial Economic Reparations and Public Policy

    Friday, January 7, 2000
    10:15am
    Westin, Flying Cloud
    Presiding: Richard America (Georgetown University)
  • "Income and Wealth Transfer: Effects of Apartheid and Discrimination in South Africa" by Gregory Price (North Carolina A&T)
  • "Income and Wealth Transfer Effects of Colonialism in Africa" by Gregory Price (North Carolina A&T)
  • "Inequality of Educational Opportunity and Reparations" by Cecilia Conrad (Pomona College)
  • "Reparations and Debt Forgiveness" by Marcus Alexis (Northwestern University)
  • An Approach to Conceptionalizing the Income and Wealth Transfer Effects of Colonialism in Africa" by Max Sawicky (Economic Policy Institute)
    • Discussants: Gloria Tinubu (Spelman College) and Jessica Gordon Nembhard (Morgan State University)

    NEA Session 3
    Financing Development: Recent Lessons from Emerging Markets

    Friday, January 7, 2000
    8am
    Westin, Flying Cloud Room
    Presiding: Marcus Alexis (Northwestern University)
  • "Privatization, Bank Lending, and the Financing of Economic Development in Sub-Sahara Africa" by Andrew Brimmer (Brimmer & Company, Inc.)
  • "Lessons Learned from Emerging Market Turmoil: A Cross-Country Review of 1997-1999" by Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. (Vice Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)
    • Discussants: Peter Henry (Stanford University) and Seth Carpenter (Staff of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)

    NEA Session 4: Joint with AEA
    Cross-National Comparisons of Racial and Ethnic Economic Inequality

    Saturday, January 8, 2000
    8am
    Sheraton, Constitution B
    Presiding: William Darity, Jr. (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) and Jessica Gordon Nembhard (Morgan State University)
  • "Racial and Ethnic Economic Inequality: The International Record" by William Darity, Jr. (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) and Jessica Gordon Nembhard (Morgan State University)
  • "The Persistence of Discrimination: Racial Disparity in the United States" by Patrick Mason (Florida State University)
  • "Intergroup Economic Inequality in South Africa: The Post-Apartheid Era" by George Sherer (University of North Carolina)
  • "The Economic Consequences of Caste: Understanding Inequality in India" by Ashwini Deshpande (Delhi School of Economics, India)
    • Discussants: Samuel Myers, Jr. (University of Minnesota), Rhonda Williams (University of Maryland), and Kevin Lang (Boston University)

    NEA Session 5
    Distinguished Session on Public Policy and Race

    Saturday, January 8, 2000
    10:15am
    Sheraton, Constitution B
    Presiding: Richard America (Georgetown University)
  • TBA by James Duesenberry
  • TBA by Franco Modigliani (MIT)

    • NEA Session 6
    New Dissertations from Black Economists

    Sunday, January 9, 2000
    8am
    Sheraton, Dalton A and B
    Presiding: William M. Rodgers, III (College of William and Mary)
  • Melvin Stephens, University of Michigan, "Two Essays on the Labor Market"
  • Young Onyemauchechukwu Dimkpah, Howard University, "The Effects of Financial Market Reforms on Savings, Investment and Economic Growth: The Case of Nigeria, 1970-1996"
  • Robert D. Sinclair, Syracuse University, "Accounting for Embodied Technical Change and the Quality of Human Capital: A New Look at Cross-Country Productivity Levels"
  • Rhonda V. Sharpe, Claremont Graduate University, "Investing in Human Capital: An Option for Financial Aid"
  • Pamela J. Jackson, Wayne State University, "School Competition and Student Achievement: An Analysis of Southeastern Michigan"
    • Discussants: William Darity, Jr. (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) and Cecilia Conrad (Pomona College)

    NEA Session 7
    Issues in Black Entrepreneurship and Community Development

    Sunday, January 9, 2000
    10:15am
    Sheraton, Dalton A and B
    Presiding: William D. Bradford (University of Washington)
  • "The Wealth Dynamics of Self-Employment for Black and White Families" by William D. Bradford (University of Washington)
  • "Barriers to Black Business Formation" by Robert Cherry (Brooklyn College)
    • Discussants: Jessica Gordon Nembhard (Morgan State University) and Gloria Tinubu (Spelman College)

    NEA Session 8
    Trends in Minority Business Growth and Evolution

    Sunday, January 9, 2000
    1:00pm
    Sheraton, Dalton A and B
    Presiding: Gwendolyn Flowers (Small Buiness Administration)
  • "Owners' Financial Characteristics and Minority Business Performance" by Thomas Boston (Georgia Tech.)
  • "A First Look at HUBZones" by Gary Dymski (University of California - Riverside)
  • "Identifying Failure Propensities among Minority-Owned Businesses" by Timothy Bates (Wayne State University)

    • Discussants: Gwendolyn Flowers (Small Buiness Administration) and William E. Spriggs (National Urban League)

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