THE 62nd INTERNATIONAL ATLANTIC ECONOMIC CONFERENCE
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
5-8 October 2006

UNDERGRADUATE BEST PAPER AWARD COMPETITION
Sponsored by EconSources.com
Saturday 16h00 - 18h00

Chair : Gary E. Clayton, Northern Kentucky University— U.S.A.

Judges: Dan Barkley, University of California Irvine—U.S.A., Lynn Burbridge, Tom Cate, and Linda Dynan, Northern Kentucky University—U.S.A., Aaron Lowen, Grand Valley State University—U.S.A., Kerry Anne McGeary, Drexel University—U.S.A., Bertram Okpokwasili, Georgian Court University—U.S.A., Jeffrey Stewart, New School University—U.S.A., M. Peter van der Hoek, Erasmus University—The Netherlands, and Thomas Webster, Pace University— U.S.A.

Students: Saleem Bahaj, London School of Economics— United Kingdom, The Low Cost Phenomenon: An Analysis of China’s Deflationary Impact on the U.S. Economy

Tatyana Deryugina, University of California, Berkeley— U.S.A., Technology Adoption under Stochastic Conditions: Drought-Tolerant Crops and Rainfall

Ronald Turner, Villanova University— U.S.A., The Impact of Inflation Targeting: Lessons from Targeting Countries

Jeffrey Wilson, University of Akron— U.S.A., Peer Effects and Cigarette Use among College Students