AAEA at 2010 ASSA Annual Meeting

Sunday, January 3, 2010

AAEA Sessions: Hilton Atlanta, Room 210

8:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
Information, Prices and Healthy Lifestyle Choices of Adults

10:15 a.m.–12:15 a.m.
Land Use and Climate Change: A Global Perspective on Mitigation Options

12:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Entry Fixed Costs to Trade: Estimates, Dynamics, and Policy

2:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Microfinance, Rural Finance and Development: Multiple Products for Multiple Challenges

AAEA Reception: Hilton Atlanta, Grand Salon Foyer

6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
The reception immediately precedes the T.W. Schultz Memorial Dinner & Keynote Address. All AAEA members are welcome to attend!

T.W. Schultz Memorial Dinner & Keynote Address: Hilton Atlanta, Salon E

7:00 p.m.–9:15 p.m.
Professor Dale Jorgenson, the Samuel W. Morris University Professor at Harvard University and Distinguished Fellow of AEA, will deliver the 2010 T.W. Schultz Keynote Address.

Monday, January 4, 2010

AAEA Sessions: Hilton Atlanta, Room 210

8:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
The Political Economy of Food Policies: The Role of Political Institutions

10:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Volatility in Asset Markets: Peeking Through a Bayesian Window