WESTERN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL
91ST Annual Conference June 29 July 3, 2016, Portland, Oregon
Sessions Organizer: William G. Brandt Vice President, Western Region
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Western Meeting
Schedule of Sessions
Western Economic Association International 91st Annual Conference
Portland, Oregon – June 29 - July 3, 2016, Note: NAFE Sessions will be July 1-2, 2016
Conference Information: http://www.weai.org/AC2016b
Hotel: Hilton Portland & Executive Tower, Oregon
Housing Link: http://www.weai.org/2016HotelInfo
Organized by William G. Brandt, Vice President – Western Region
bill@brandtforensiceconomics.com
There will be six NAFE sessions held July 1st and 2nd in conjunction with the Western Economic Association International’s annual conference at the Hilton Portland & Executive Tower in Portland, Oregon. NAFE sessions will be Friday and Saturday with a Social Event tentatively planned for the evening of Friday, July 1st. As you can see from the schedule that follows, there is still a need for discussants and session chairs. Please contact me if you are willing to fill one of these roles.
Friday, July 1
Session I: 8:15 AM-10:00 AM
Chair: William G. Brandt
Pension Generosity in Oregon and its Impact on the K – 12 Workforce
Presenter: Kevin E. Cahill, Discussant: Antonio Avalos
Social Security Losses in Personal Injury
Presenters: Michele Angerstein-Gaines and Stephen M. Horner, Discussant: Peter Formuzis
Issues Involving Damages in the Wrongful Death of a Child
Presenter: Thomas Roney, Discussant: Larry Spizman
Session II: 10:15 AM-12:00 PM
Chair: Marc A. Weinstein
Ricci v. DeStafano: Another View Through Jittery Eyes
Presenters: A. E. Rodriguez and Steve Shapiro, Discussant: TBD
Compensation for Loss of Unreplaced Past Health Coverage in Moore v. Health Care Authority
Presenters: David F. Stobaugh, Esq. and David Wilson, Discussant: TBD
Neutralizing the Adverse Effect of State and Federal Income Taxes on Lump Sum Awards in
Employment Cases
Presenters: Mike L. Nieswiadomy and Tom Loudat, Discussant: Jonathan S. Shefftz
Session III: 2:30 PM-4:15 PM
Chair: Mike Brookshire
Economic Windfalls and the Affordable Care Act: A Policy Proposal
Presenter: Victor Matheson, Discussant: TBD
Estimation Risk in Determining the Present Value of Life Care Plans
Presenter: Scott Gilbert and William G. Brandt, Discussant: Christina Tapia
Using Modified Autoregressive Equations to Predict the Future Cost of Medical Care
Presenter: Tom Carroll, Discussant: TBD
Social Event: TBD, tentative start time 6:00 PM
Saturday, July 2
Session IV: 8:15 AM-10:00 AM
Chair: TBD
Uses and Misuses of Single Firm Event Studies in Litigation
Presenter: Steve J. Shapiro, Discussant: Robert R. Trout
I Will Pay More for Voting Stock, Right? (analysis of non-voting discount)
Presenters: Chris Young, James Janos and Jeffrey Sisco, Discussant: TBD
Before and After Analysis: An Application of Structural Break Testing to the Determination
of Economic Damages
Presenters: Logan Kelly and David Sienko, Esq., Discussant: William Rogers
Session V: 10:15 AM-12:00 PM
Chair: Tom R. Ireland
Complying with Rule 26 in Life Care Planning and Economic Testimony in
Crouch v. John Jewell Aircraft
Presenters: Tom R. Ireland, Frank L. Slesnick, Gary R. Skoog, Stephen Horner and
Robert H. Taylor
Session VI: 2:30 PM-4:15 PM
Chair: TBD
The Bond Ladder Fallacy
Presenter: Dave Tucek, Discussant: Tom Roney
Influential Observations: Not Your Average Joe (treatment of outliers in a dataset).
Presenter: Sibylle Scholz, Discussant: Karen Smith
Estimating the Lost Value of Household Services from the American Time Use Survey
Presenter: Tom Carroll, Discussant: Mike L. Nieswiadomy
