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2005 Calendar of Events
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
| Date | Description of Event | Type of Event |
>>> January 2005 <<< |
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| January 17 | GSU Holiday | |
| Jan. 18, 3 p.m., Seminar room | Economics "Any Field" faculty job candidate (Vitae / Paper on intranet) | |
| Jan. 20, 3 p.m., Seminar room | Economics faculty job candidate (Vitae / Paper on intranet) | |
| Jan. 21, 3 p.m., Seminar room | Economics "Econometrics" faculty job candidate (Vitae / Paper on intranet) | |
| Jan. 24, 3 p.m., Seminar room | Job candidate seminar (Vitae / Paper on intranet) | |
| Jan. 27, 3 p.m., Seminar room | Job candidate seminar (Vitae / Paper / Powerpoint on intranet) | |
| Jan. 28, 3 p.m., Seminar room | Job candidate seminar (Vitae / Paper on intranet) | |
| Jan. 31, 3 p.m., Seminar room | Economics "Any Field" job candidate seminar (Vitae / Paper on intranet) | |
>>> February 2005 <<< |
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| Feb. 1, 3 p.m., Seminar room | Economics job candidate (Vitae / Paper on intranet) | |
| Feb. 3, 3 p.m., Seminar room | Economics job candidate (Vitae / Paper on intranet) | |
| Feb. 4, 3 p.m., Seminar room | Economics job candidate (Vitae / Paper on intranet) | |
| February 17, 2:30-3:30 p.m., 750 AYSPS | Damian Ondo Mañe, Executive Director for Africa, International Monetary Fund, will present "The Emergence of the Gulf of Guinea in the Global Economy" (Paper on intranet) |
International Studies Program Roundtable Discussion / Seminar |
| Feb. 18, 11 a.m., Seminar room | PAUS job candidate seminar (Vitae / Paper on intranet) | |
| Feb. 18, 11 a.m., 720 AYSPS | Endnotes training | |
| Feb. 18, 1 p.m., Seminar room | Economics job candidate (Vitae / Paper on intranet) | |
| Feb. 18, 3pm, Seminar room | PAUS Graduate Student Reception | |
| Feb. 21, 3 p.m., Seminar room | Economics job candidate (Vitae / Paper on intranet) | |
| February 22, 12:15-1 p.m., 749 AYS | Rajeev Dhawan (Director of the Economic Forecasting Center, Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University) presents on outsourcing. |
GSU Economics Club (undergraduate club). Graduate students and faculty are invited to attend. Contacts: Paul Ferraro and Courtney Sartin |
| February 22, 2 p.m., 750 AYSPS | PAUS job candidate (Vitae / Paper 1 / Paper 2 / Powerpoint on intranet) | |
| February 22, 3:30 p.m., Seminar room | Economics job candidate (Vitae / Paper on intranet) | |
| February 25, 12:30 p.m., 749 AYSPS | Econometrics job candidate seminar (Vitae / Paper on intranet) | |
| February 25, 3 pm, Seminar Room | Tammy Mann (Deputy Director, ZERO TO THREE) "A Public Policy Agenda that Supports the Needs of Infants and Toddlers" / More information |
Child Policy Speaker Series |
>>> March 2005 <<< |
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| March 4, 3 pm, Seminar Room | ||
| March 16, 8-9:30 a.m., Seminar room | Research Atlanta Forum The panel will consist of Greg Giornelli, President, Atlanta Development Authority; John Matthews, Georgia State University; Author, TAD Study; Carolyn Bourdeaux, Georgia State University; Author, TAD Study; Dick Layton, A.G. Edwards; and Sharon Gay, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP. The moderator will be Margaret Joslin, Chair, Research Atlanta Board of Directors; Partner, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP. |
Contact Research Atlanta at 404.651.3748 or domccarty@gsu.edu |
| March 16, 3 p.m., Seminar room | David Blau (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) will present "Demographic Analysis of the Family Structure Experiences of Children" (paper on intranet) | Child Policy Speaker Series |
| March 17, 5-8 p.m., Seminar room | Regional Leadership Forum Rush Hour Forum |
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| March 24, 12-1:15 p.m., 749 AYSPS | David Haynes (with Judith Dovers and Colby Lancelin) of the Atlanta Regional Commission will discuss transportation plans with students | GSU Economic Club. Contact: Courtney Sartin, VP of events |
| March 25, 10 a.m., 720 AYSPS | Endnote training session | Contact: Lisa Shephard, PAUS |
| March 25, 3 pm, Seminar Room 750 | Henry Thompson (Auburn University) will present "Croatia's Accession to the EU: Projected Adjustments in a Specific Factors Model" (paper / powerpoint on intranet) |
Fiscal Research Center Seminar Series |
| March 31, 7:30-9 am, Seminar Room 749 | Katherine Willoughby (PAUS) presents "Grading the States 2005: Results of the Government Performance Project" | RSVP with Nancy Schwartzmiller at fnjm@msn.com or 404-240-0790 |
| April 1, 3-4:30 pm, Seminar Room 750 | Christopher J. Ruhm (University of North Carolina at Greensboro) presents "Maternal Employment and Adolescent Development" |
Applied Econometrics Workshop |
| April 6, 2-4 pm, 749/750 AYSPS | Peace Corps Masters International Program Information session. Representatives from the Peace Corps, AYSPS Academic assistance and the International Studies Program will be in attendance to answer questions. | Contact: Tara Rolle at trolle3@gsu.edu or 404-651-1386 |
| April 8, 10:30 am, 5th Floor, Room 507 | Please join us for "Coffee and Conversations with Richard B. Freeman" - photos | AYSPS faculty and graduate students invited. For more information, please contact Janet Johnson. |
| April 8, 2-3:30 pm, Seminar Room | Richard B. Freeman (Herbert Ascherman Chair in Economics, Harvard University) presents "Can We Improve Worker Well-Being in the New Global Economy?" - photos |
Inaugural Usery Lecture Series |
| April 11, 1-3 pm, AYSPS Lobby | AYSPS Building Open House. Guided tours of the new building will leave from the lobby at 14 Marietta St. | |
| April 11, 3-4:30 pm, Seminar Room | Jay Mackie (U.S. Treasury Department) presents "Tax Reform, Asset Values, and Transition Relief for Old Capital." (paper) | Fiscal Research Center Seminar Series |
| April 12, 12-4 pm, GSU Student Center Ballroom | Operation Hope, Inc. and AYSPS host a forum on "From Civil Rights to Silver Rights, the Dawning of a New Era in 21st Century America." - photos |
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| April 13, noon, AYSPS Lobby | AYSPS hosts a Portrait Unveiling, Honoring Ambassador Andrew Young. |
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| April 13, 3:30-5 pm, Speakers Auditorium, Student Center | Symposium with President Jimmy Carter and Ambassador Andrew Young on "International Policy: Plains to the Planet, An International Policy Discussion." - photos |
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| April 13, 5 pm, Ballroom, Court/House Salon, Student Center |
Symposium Reception | |
| April 14, 8 am - noon, 632, 749/750 | AYSPS Advisory Board Meeting | by invitation only |
| April 14, noon, Commerce Club | AYSPS Advisory Board Luncheon | by invitation only |
| April 14, 2-3:30 pm, Seminar room |
Don Kettl (University of Pennsylvania) presents "The Next Government of the United States" | PAUS Seminar |
| April 14, 2005, Sheraton Hotel, 5:30-8:30 pm | Honors Day Dinner and Awards Ceremony |
by invitation only |
| April 15, 4:30-6 pm, Commerce Club Building, Lane Room | A reception honoring W.J. Usery, the establishment of the W.J. Usery Jr. Chair in Labor Studies, and the appointment of W.J. Usery as a Distinguished Executive Fellow in Labor Policy. | by invitation only |
| April 19, 2 pm, Seminar Room 750 | Spring Faculty Meeting | |
| April 20, 3-4:30 pm, Room 750 | Richard Rothstein, Research Associate (Economic Policy Institute) and Visiting Lecturer (Teachers College, Columbia University) and Taifa Butler, Director of Public Affairs & Policy (Family Connection Partnership) present a discussion on "Children's Issues and the Conditions that Put them at Risk." - photos | Georgia Health Policy Center's Child Policy Speaker Series |
| April 22, 3-4:30 pm, Seminar Room 750 | Chris R. Bollinger (University of Kentucky) presents "Match Bias From Earnings Imputation in the Current Population Survey: The Case of Imperfect Matching" - photos | Applied Econometrics Workshop |
| April 28, 8 am-1 pm, Seminar Room |
The Nonprofit Roundtable with Invited Speaker Dennis Young, Professor of Nonprofit Management and Adjunct Professor of Economics (Case Western Reserve University) | Nonprofit Studies Program |
>>> May 2005 <<< |
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| May 14 | GSU graduation; AYSPS commencement reception | |
| May 23-24 | AYSPS 6th Conference on Public Finance Issues in an International Perspective, focusing on "Experimental Public Economics" | International Studies Program |
| May 30 | GSU Holiday | |
>>> June 2005 <<< |
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| June 16 | Child Policy Symposium Call for Papers Deadline (pdf) | Contact GHPC or call (404) 651-1294 |
| June 20 | ISP Fiscal Policy Summer Training Course 1 begins | International Studies Program |
| June 27 | ISP Fiscal Policy Summer Training Course 2 begins | International Studies Program |
>>> July 2005 <<< |
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| July 4 | GSU Holiday | |
| July 8 | ISP Fiscal Policy Summer Training Courses 1 and 2 end | International Studies Program |
| July 11-29 | ISP Fiscal Policy Summer Training Course 3 | International Studies Program |
| July 18-22 | Spanish Training - Summer School in Public Economics | International Studies Program |
| Wednesday, July 27, 2pm, Seminar Room 749 | Summer Faculty Meeting | |
>>> August 2005 <<< |
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| August 7 | Summer Commencement | Reception in Lobby |
| August 1-12 | ISP Fiscal Policy Summer Training Course 4 | International Studies Program |
| August 17, 9am-noon, Room 749 | New faculty/staff orientation | Contact Avani Raval |
| August 24, 5:30-7:30, 3rd Floor | PAUS Open House for students and alumni | PAUS event |
>>> September 2005 <<< |
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| Sept. 2, 3pm, 7th Floor Seminar Room | Paul Ferraro and Monica Ospina will present "The Effectiveness of Listing under the U.S. Endangered Species Act: An econometric analysis using matching methods" (paper on intranet) | Environmental/ Experimental Economics Seminar |
| Sept. 5 | GSU Holiday | |
| Sept. 8, 3pm, 7th Floor Seminar Room | Workshop #1 with James C. Cox (Noah Langdale Jr. Eminent Scholar Chair) on "Experimental Economics and Teaching: Thinking about Innovations" | Experimental Economics/Research Methods Workshop |
| Sept. 9, 3pm, 7th Floor Seminar Room | Marco Castillo (Georgia Institute of Technology) will present "Identifying expectations in simple games of proposal and response" (paper) | Microeconomics Seminar |
| Sept. 10 | Coca-Cola Student Leadership Conference | |
| Sept. 13, 3:30pm, First Floor Lobby | Memorial Reception honoring Georgia Economist Dr. Hank Thomassen | Contact Julie Brown |
| Sept. 15 | Child Policy Symposium registration deadline | Contact Ruth Ebenezer |
| Sept. 16, 2:30pm, 7th Floor Seminar Room | John W. Keating (University of Kansas) will present "Using Parameter Instability to Test Economic Theories" (paper on the intranet, password required) | Applied Econometrics workshop |
| Sept. 16, 4pm, GSU Student Center Auditorium | The Andrew Young School of Policy Studies in partnership with GoodWorks International presents a lecture “Beyond War and Genocide: Rwanda's efforts at Reconstruction and Reconciliation," with His Excellency Paul Kagame, President of The Republic of Rwanda, and The Honorable Andrew Young | Lecture is free and open to the public; RSVP for this seminar via e-mail to Robin Steinbrenner |
| Sept. 21, Seminar Room 749 | The Andrew Young School presents Adelcia Pires, First Lady of Cape Verde Islands | |
| Sept. 22, 3pm, Seminar Room 749 | Workshop #2 with James C. Cox (Noah Langdale Jr. Eminent Scholar Chair) Todd Swarthout will demonstrate EconPort. | Experimental Economics/Research Methods Workshop |
| Sept. 23, 3pm, 7th Floor Seminar Room | Anastasia Kartasheva, RMI (GSU) will present "Optimal Investment Promotion Policies" (paper on the intranet, password required) | Microeconomics Seminar |
| Sept. 28, 3pm, G51 Ground floor | Environmental Policy Program presents Katja Birr-Pedersen of the Danish National Environmental Research Institute, presenting "Measurement and Comparison of Afforestation Projects in Denmark -- An Application of the Hedonic Pricing Method and GIS" | Environmental Policy Program Seminar |
| Sept. 30, Clayton State College and University | Child Policy Symposium: Connecting Research, Policy & Practice to Improve Child Well-Being. | Contact GHPC for more information on this Symposium. |
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| October 5, 7:15pm, Speakers Auditorium | Dan E. Sweat Lecture featuring Eric Hanushek of the Hoover Institute (Stanford University), on "The Economic Importance of School Quality", free and open to the public | Dan E. Sweat Lecture Series/Fiscal Research Center |
| October 6, 3pm, Seminar Room 749 | Workshop #3 with James C. Cox (Noah Langdale Jr. Eminent Scholar Chair); Susan Laury will present an introduction to using "pencil and paper" experiments. Appropriate for those teaching economics at any level. |
Experimental Economics/Research Methods Workshop |
| October 7, 3pm, 7th Floor Seminar Room | Douglas Krupka (Georgia State University) presents "The Stability of Mixed-Income Neighborhoods in America 1990-2000," (paper on intranet) | Fiscal Research Center Seminar Series |
| October 11, 3pm, Room 749 | Walter Russell Mead will lecture on his book, Power, Terror, Peace, and War: America's Grand Strategy in a World at Risk" | Lecture is free and open to the public |
| October 11-12 | Andrew Young School Advisory Board meeting | |
| October 14, 3pm, 7th Floor Seminar Room | Matthew Murray (University of Tennessee) will present "State Tax Amnesties: Policy Adoption and Revenue Effects" (paper on intranet) | Fiscal Research Center Seminar |
| October 20, 3pm, Seminar Room 749 | Workshop #4 with James C. Cox (Noah Langdale Jr. Eminent Scholar Chair); Shelby Frost, Laura Taylor, and Ragan Petrie will host this "hands-on" workshop, geared primarily toward using experiments in introductory economics courses. | Experimental Economics/Research Methods Workshop |
| October 21, 3pm, 7th Floor Seminar Room | Mary Evans (University of Tennessee) will present "Rehabilitating Weak Substitution: A Conceptual Analysis and Application to Parents' Valuation of Children's Health" (paper on intranet) | Environmental Policy Program Seminar |
| October 25, 5pm, Speakers Auditorium | AYSPS presents Bruce Babbitt, former U.S. Secretary of the Interior, to discuss his new book; reception and book signing to follow | Lecture is free and open to the public |
| October 27, 12:30-1:30pm, 7th Floor Seminar Room | The Economics Club will host Bill Usery for a talk on "Changing Business Models in the Airline Industry: What This Means for Employee/Management Relations." Open to faculty and students; lunch will be served. | Economics Club lecture series |
| October 28, 3-4:30pm, Seminar Room | Sara Markowitz (Rutgers University) "Medicaid Policy Changes in Mental Health Care and Their Effect on Mental Health Outcomes" (paper on the intranet) |
Applied Econometrics workshop |
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November 2005 <<< |
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| Nov. 1, 3pm, 4th Floor Experimental Economics Lab | Workshop #5 with James C. Cox (Noah Langdale Jr. Eminent Scholar Chair); Susan Laury and Ragan Petrie will provide a hands-on demonstration of the University of Virginia's Veconlab experiment software, focusing on applications for upper-level and graduate courses. (All are welcome) | Experimental Economics/Research Methods Workshop |
| Nov. 2, 8:00-11:30am, Speakers Auditorium, Student Center | Symposium on Homelessness, presented by AYSPS, Pathways Community Network, Research Atlanta, and Regional Leadership Forum. Symposium features Results of the 2005 Homeless Survey and panel discussions. | Nonprofit Studies Program event |
| Nov. 4, 3pm, 7th Floor Seminar Room | Dr. Yu-Hung Hong (Lincoln Institute) will present "In Search of A Property Tax Reform Strategy: The People's Republic of China" | Fiscal Research Center Seminar |
| Nov. 9, 3:30-5pm, Room 749 | Critical Conditions Workshop, sponsored by Georgia Health Decisions and GHPC, on end-of-life decisions | Workshop during Health Care Decisions Week |
| Nov. 10, noon, Seminar Room 749 | Bruce Kaufman will present "The Theoretical Core of Institutional Economics, and the Fatal Defect in Neoclassical Economics" (paper on the intranet) | Seminar on Institutional Economics |
| Nov. 11, noon-1:30pm, Room 749 | Lunch Seminar on Federal Government Careers: A panel of government professionals will speak about the federal career outlook and their own experiences | PAUS seminar |
| Nov. 11, 3-4:30pm, Seminar Room | Shif Gurmu and William J. Smith (Georgia State University) "Job Accessibility and Employment of TANF Cases: Evidence from Dynamic Discrete Choice Model with Unobserved Effect " (paper on intranet) |
Applied Econometrics workshop |
| Nov. 15, 2 pm, Room 750 | Fall Faculty Meeting | |
| Nov. 16, 3pm, Experimental Lab, 4th floor | Workshop #6 with James C. Cox (Noah Langdale Jr. Eminent Scholar Chair) | Experimental Economics/Research Methods Workshop |
| Nov. 24-25 | GSU Holiday | |
| Nov. 29, 12:30-2pm, Room 749 | Michael Rushton will present “Is there an economic rationale for UBIT?” |
Nonprofit Studies Program Brown-Bag Seminar Series |
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December 2005 <<< |
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| Dec. 2, 3-4:30pm, Seminar Room | "Discrimination in the Lab: Experiments Exploring the Impact of Performance and Appearance on Sorting," Ragan Petrie (Georgia State University). | Environmental/ Experimental Economics Seminar |
| Tuesday, Dec. 6, 12:30-2pm, Room 749 | Dennis Young will present "Understanding the Revenue Mix of Nonprofit Organizations " | Nonprofit Studies Program Brown-Bag Seminar Series in Nonprofit Research |
| Thursday, Dec. 8, 2pm, Seminar Room | Henry Levine, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Asia, will present on Trade between the U.S. and Asian countries (China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and more). Q&A to follow. | AYSPS Seminar, open to all |
| Friday, Dec. 9, 11 am, Seminar Room | Dillon Alleyne, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica, will present "Macroeconomic Determinants of Migrant Remittances to CARICOM Countries." | ISP Seminar Series |
| Friday, Dec. 16, 12:30pm, Seminar Room | Dr. Emilson C.D. Silva (Tulane University, visiting AYSPS economics professor) will present “Crime and Punishment, and Corruption: Who Needs Untouchables” (paper on the intranet, password required) | ISP/Economics Seminar |
| Dec. 26-30 | GSU Winter Holiday | |