EPS at the 1996 AEA/ASSA Meetings

Since its founding at the 1989 AEA meetings, EPS/ECAAR has maintained a strong presence at the American Economic Association/Allied Social Sciences Association's annual conference.

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EPS Sessions

Session One: Conflict between the Developed and Developing Nations

Presiding: Walter Isard — Cornell University

Panelists:

• Iwan Azis — University of Indonesia
  The Developing Nations' Perspective, Objective and Aspirations

• Gustav Ranis — Yale University
  North/South Conflicts & Their Management

Discussants:

• Wing They Woo — University of California–Davis

• Philip Swagel — Northwestern University

• Solomon Polachek — State University of New York at Binghamton

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Session Two: Disarmament and Development: from Military Spending to Social Development Programs (joint session with the AEA)

Presiding: Robert J. Schwartz, Founder and Trustee of ECCAR

Presenters:

• Ahmad Kamal — UN ECOSOC

• Lawrence Klein — University of Pennsylvania

• Michael Intriligator — UCLA

Discussants:

• Dorrie Weiss — ECAAR's UN Representative

• Dietrich Fischer — Pace University

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Session Three: Recent Progress in Research on Conversion

Presiding: Ann Markusen — Rutgers University

Presenters:

• Jay Stowsky — UC-Berkeley
  Dual Use Technology Policy: An Evaluation of the Clinton Effort

• Paul Ong — UCLA
  Defense Downsizing: Consequences and Strategies for Workers

• Dan Flaming — Economic Roundtable
  Seven Years to Meltdown: Defense Conversion in Los Angeles

• Ann Markusen & Michael Oden — Rutgers University
  Post-Cold War Conversion: Comparing Los Angeles with St. Louis, Long Island, Seattle, & Northern New Mexico

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Session Four: Barriers to a Sustainable Energy Future: Military and Civilian Nuclear Programs

Presiding: William Weida — The Colorado College

Panelists:

• Erik Ferguson — Erik Ferguson Associates

• Michael Oden — Rutgers University

• Jackie Caboasso — Western States Legal Foundation

Discussant: Alice Slater — ECAAR

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