Session F1C: Economic Development

Location: HAL 214

Chair: Smith, Kenneth, Millersville University
Productivity Scientists, the Impact on Economic Development, and the Keystone Innovation Starter Kits Initiative
Armstrong, Thomas, Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development
Regional income disparities in India and test for convergence - 1980 to 2006
Agarwalla, Astha & Pangotra, Prem, Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad, India
Discussants:
Dholakia, Ravindra H., Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (India)
Smith, Kenneth, Millersville University

Session F1D: Health Education and Welfare

Location: HAL 216
Chair: Balough, Robert S., Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Market Protection Strategies in the Orphan drug Industry
Reaves, Natalie, Rowan University
Evaluating the Integrity of the Bayh-Dole Act: Are Patents necessary?
Kong, Joseph, Pennsylvania State University
Education, Health and Economic Growth: A Panel Data Study of SAARC Countries
Iqbal, Asim; Wasif Siddiqi Muhammad & Rehman, Jamshaid Ur, GC University, Lahore
Discussants:
Balough, Robert S., Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Halloran, Matthew, Penn State Worthington Scranton
Keith, Kristen, University of Toledo

Session F1E: General Economics and Teaching

Location: HAL 308
Chair: Culp, David, Slippery Rock University
Toward a More Diverse & Globally Relevant Economics Education: Applications in the Principles of Microeconomics
Course
Hannan, Michael, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
A Vocabulary Experiment in a Survey Economics Course
Litzinger, Patrick, Robert Morris University
Student Research Revision as a Tool for Learning Statistics
Sanders, William; Cotherman, Tyler; Dunkin, David; Larson, Nicholas; Lundgren, Christopher; Schmader,
Jared & Stegman, Scott, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Discussants:
Culp, David, Slippery Rock University
Ancil, Ralph E., Geneva College
ORoark, Brian, Robert Morris University

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