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Advances in Policy and Politics Conference 2015
George Mason University School of Policy, Government, and
International Affairs
Association of Policy PhD Students
Friday, April 3, 2015
Conference Agenda
8:15am - 8:45am
Breakfast/Registration
FH 125
8:45am - 8:55am
Dean Rozell’s Welcome Address
FH 125
9:00am -10:30am
Session 1A:
Discussant: Dr. Sita Nataraj Slavov
FH 111
Buchanan, Joy, A.
“Labor Supply Response to Price Level Shocks”
Lee, Kyung Min.
“The Impact of Mandated Health Insurance on
Employment by Small Business: Evidence from
Massachusetts Reform”
Mitoko, Jeremiah.
“Towards a New Paradigm in Entrepreneurial
Microcredit: Modeling the Case of Kenya”
Session 1B:
Discussant: Dr. Katharine Destler
Mann, Linda, J.
“Education Restoration for a Group of African
Americans From Prince Edward County, Virginia”
Himathongkam, Tina
“Grocery Shopping Destination Choice and Obesity: an
Empirical Study of Urban Population in Bangkok,
Thailand”
Caliskan, Cantay
10:30am -10:45am
FH 118
“Does Energy Security Influence Renewable Energy
Production: A Cross-Country Analysis with a Case
Study on Chile”
Break
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Advances in Policy and Politics Conference 2015
Conference Agenda
10:45am – 11:45am
Session 2A:
Discussant: Dr. Desmond Arias
FH111
Khwaja, Elsa, T.
“The Effects of Social Networks in Rural Development
Interventions: Case Studies in Afghanistan and Pakistan”
Ratliff, David J.
“Do US Troop Deployments Build Better Foreign
Economic Institutions?”
Session 2B:
Discussant: Dr. Bonnie Stabile
FH118
Vasquez D., M. C.
“Participatory Budgeting in the Dominican Republic:
Implications for Agency, Democracy and Development”
Flores, Richard, S
“Assessing the Influence of Public Opinion on Direct
and Indirect Government Spending”
11:45am – 12:15pm
Luncheon
12:15pm – 1:30pm
“Four Perspectives on Qualitative Methods”
FH125
Speakers:
Dr. Robert Adcock, Dr. Joseph Maxwell, Dr. Laurie Schintler, Dr.Diana
Kapiszewski
Co-Sponsored by the Global Research Methods Forum, George Mason
University
1:30pm – 1:40pm
Break
FH125
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Advances in Policy and Politics Conference 2015
Conference Agenda
1:40pm – 2:40pm
Session 3A:
Discussant: Dr. Laurie Schintler
FH111
Norgaard, Julia, R.
“Reputation in the Internet Black Market: An Empirical
and Theoretical Analysis of the Deep Web”
Scott, Stephen L.
“Social Network Topology and Common Pool Resource
Management”
Session 3B:
Discussant: Dr. A. Trevor Thrall
FH118
Mayborn, William, C.
“Afghan and Iraqi Army Reformation: Breaking the
Army of One Model”
Goepner, Erik, W.
“Previous Traumatization and Civil War Onset”
2:40pm – 2:45pm
Break
2:45pm – 4:15pm
Session 4A:
Discussant: Dr. Edmund Zolnick
FH 111
McCormick, Michael “Airline Consolidation and Hub Abandonment: The
Impact on Regional Economies”
Streatfeild, Jeremy,
“Measuring the Impact of Trade Competitiveness on the
Capacity of the Ghanaian State: A Synthetic Control”
Sun, Hao
“Fluctuation of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI),
Institutional Settings and Labor Unrest in Newly
Industrialized Nations (NINs)”
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Advances in Policy and Politics Conference 2015
Conference Agenda
2:45pm – 4:15pm
Session 4B:
Discussant: Dr. Jessica Terman
FH118
Rubicam, Julia, G
“Using Words as Data to Analyze State Constitutional
Change”
Jackson, Tiana E
“Strategy or Sincerity: Organizational Responses to
Interagency Cooperation”
Yang, Yang (Chloe)
“Public Private Partnerships: An Analysis of the Use of
Unsolicited Proposals”
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Advances in Policy and Politics Conference 2015
Conference Presenters:
Buchanan, Joy, A
Department of Economics, George Mason University
“Labor Supply Response to Price Level Shocks”
Caliskan, Cantay
Department of Political Science, Boston University
“Does Energy Security Influence Renewable Energy Production: A CrossCountry Analysis with a Case Study on Chile”
Goepner, Erik, W.
School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs, George Mason
University
“Previous Traumatization and Civil War Onset”
Himathongkam, Tina School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs, George Mason
University
“Grocery Shopping Destination Choice and Obesity: an Empirical Study
of Urban Population in Bangkok, Thailand”
Jackson, Tiana E
School of International Service, American University
“Strategy or Sincerity: Organizational Responses to Interagency
Cooperation”
Flores, Richard, S
Department of Political Science, University of Chicago
“Assessing the Influence of Public Opinion on Direct and Indirect
Government Spending”
Khwaja, Elsa, T.
School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs, George Mason
University
“The Effects of Social Networks in Rural Development Interventions:
Case Studies in Afghanistan and Pakistan”
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Advances in Policy and Politics Conference 2015
Conference Presenters:
Lee, Kyung Min
School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs, George Mason
University
“The Impact of Mandated Health Insurance on Employment
by Small Business: Evidence from Massachusetts Reform”
Mann, Linda, J.
College of Educational and Human Development, George Mason
University
“Education Restoration for a Group of African Americans From Prince
Edward County, Virginia”
Mayborn, William,
Department of Political Science, Boston College
“Afghan and Iraqi Army Reformation: Breaking the Army of One Model”
McCormick, Michael School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs, George Mason
University
“Airline Consolidation and Hub Abandonment: The Impact on Regional
Economies”
Mitoko, Jeremiah
School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs, George Mason
University
“Towards a New Paradigm in Entrepreneurial Microcredit: Modeling the
Case of Kenya”
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Advances in Policy and Politics Conference 2015
Conference Presenters:
Norgaard, Julia, R
Department of Economics, George Mason University
“Reputation in the Internet Black Market: An Empirical and Theoretical
Analysis of the Deep Web”
Ratliff, David J.
Department of Economics, George Mason University
“Do US Troop Deployments Build Better Foreign Economic Institutions?”
Rubicam, Julia, G
Department of Economics, George Mason University
“Using Words as Data to Analyze State Constitutional Change”
Scott, Stephen L
Department of Computational Social Science, George Mason University
“Social Network Topology and Common Pool Resource Management”
Streatfeild, Jeremy,
Department of Political Science, George Washington University
“Measuring the Impact of Trade Competitiveness on the Capacity of the
Ghanaian State: A Synthetic Control”
Sun, Hao
Department of Public Administration & Policy, University at Albany –
State University of New York
“Fluctuation of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Institutional Settings and
Labor Unrest in Newly Industrialized Nations (NINs)”
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Advances in Policy and Politics Conference 2015
Conference Presenters:
Vasquez D., M. C.
School of Public Policy, U. Maryland at College Park
“Participatory Budgeting in the Dominican Republic: Implications for
Agency, Democracy and Development”
Yang, Yang (Chloe) School of policy, Government, and International Affairs, George Mason
University
“Public Private Partnerships: An Analysis of the Use of Unsolicited
Proposals”
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research to a diverse group of academic and professional attendees. Our outreach targets submissions from
academic departments that range from Public Policy, Political Science and Economics, to Education and
Geography. Our attendees include public policy scholars and practitioners from regional think-tanks, NGO’s,
international organizations, government, and the private sector. The conference leverages its proximity to
Washington D.C. to create opportunities for professionals to network and get up-to-date with the latest
directions in policy research.
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