Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Agenda
| Tuesday, October 26 | |
| Registration and breakfast | |
| 9:00 | Welcome Robert Strom, Research Director, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation |
| 9:45 |
Morning concurrent panel sessions Session A: Entrepreneurship and the Economic Crisis Session chair: John C. Robertson, Vice President and Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta [ Presentation  ]
Moderator: Jessica LeVeen Farr, Community and Economic Development Manager, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Nashville Branch The Impact of the Financial Crisis on New Firm Creation
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| Noon |
Lunch: Job and Firm Creation Introductions by Alfreda B. Norman, Assistant Vice President and Community Affairs Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas John C. Haltiwanger, Professor of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park [ Presentation ]Mark E. Doms, Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Commerce [ Presentation ] |
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Afternoon concurrent panel sessions Session A: Small Business Lending Session chair: Tara Rice, Economist, Federal Reserve Board of Governors [ Presentation ]Moderator: Menbere Shiferaw, Economic Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta The Community Reinvestment Act and Small Business Lending in Low- and Moderate-Income Areas during the Financial Crisis Presenting author: Elizabeth Laderman, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Coauthor: Carolina Reid, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco) [ Presentation ]
Entrepreneurial Optimism, Credit Availability, and Cost of Financing: Evidence from U.S. Small Businesses Presenting author: Na Dai, SUNY at Albany (Coauthor: Vladimir Ivanov, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) [ Presentation ]
The Great Recession and Bank Lending to Small Businesses Presenting author: Judit Montoriol-Garriga, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Coauthor: Christina Wang, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston) Session B: Public Policy Session chair: Qingfang Wang, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Moderator: Jessica LeVeen Farr, Community and Economic Development Manager, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Nashville Branch Import Substitution at the Regional Level: Application in the United States Presenting author: Jinwoo Kwon, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University [ Presentation ]
Boon or Boondoggle? Business Incubation as Entrepreneurship Policy Presenting author: Alejandro Amezcua, Syracuse University [ Presentation ]
The Effect of Firm Compensation Structures on the Mobility and Entrepreneurship of Extreme Performers Presenting author: Rajshree Agarwal, University of Maryland (Coauthors: Seth Carnahan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Benjamin A. Campbell, Fisher College of Business) [ Presentation ]
Session C: Firm Growth and Job Creation Session chair: Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, Research Economist and Community and Economic Development Adviser, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta [ Presentation ]Moderator: Kevin Mahoney, Community and Economic Development Research Assistant, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Entrepreneurship, the Initial Labor Force, and the Location of New Firms Presenting author: Cristina Carias, IST and Carnegie Mellon University (Coauthor: Steven Klepper, Carnegie Mellon University) [ Presentation ]
Who Creates Jobs? Small vs. Large vs. Young Presenting author: Javier Miranda, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau (Coauthors: John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland; Ron Jarmin and Teresa Fort, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau) [ Presentation ]
See How They Grow: Studying Small Venture Growth through a Qualitative Lens Presenting author: John Angelis, Rochester Institute of Technology (Coauthors: Joseph Miller, Richard DeMartino, and Raj S. Murthy, Rochester Institute of Technology) [ Presentation ]
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| 4:30 |
Panel plenary session: Challenges Faced by Small and Minority Businesses Introductions by Dave Altig, Research Director, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Brian Headd, Economist, Office of Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration [ Presentation ]
Lisa Servon, Associate Professor, Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy [ Presentation ]Ivonne Cunarro, Chief Knowledge Officer, Minority Business Development Agency, U.S. Department of Commerce [ Presentation ]
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| 5:45 |
Closing remarks on day one and welcome to evening reception Melinda Pitts, Research Economist and Associate Policy Adviser, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
| Wednesday, October 27 | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8:30 |
Welcome back Todd Greene, Community Affairs Officer and Vice President, Community and Economic Development, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
| 8:45 |
Morning concurrent panel sessions
Session A: Ethnic Entrepreneurship and Other Demographics Session chairs: Wenhua Di, Senior Economist, Community Affairs Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas; Cathy Yang Liu, Assistant Professor, Georgia State University [ Presentation ]
Moderator: Jessica LeVeen Farr, Community and Economic Development Manager, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Nashville Branch Credit Cards, Race, and Entrepreneurship Presenting author: Robert Seamans, NYU Stern School of Business (Coauthor: Aaron Chatterji, Duke University Fuqua School of Business) [ Presentation ]
Does Self-Employment Increase the Economic Well-Being of Low-Skilled Workers? Presenting author: Magnus Lofstrom, Public Policy Institute of California [ Presentation ]
Economic Recovery and Self-Employment: The Role of Older Americans Presenting author: Brian Hill, Salisbury University (Coauthors: Amelia Biehl, University of Michigan-Flint; Tami Gurley-Calvez, West Virginia University) [ Presentation ]
A Theory of University Start-ups and Local Employment Presenting author: Richard Jensen, University of Notre Dame (Coauthor: Erika Damsgaard, Stockholm Research Institute for Industrial Economics) [ Presentation ]
Session B: Small Business Financing Session chair: Neil Bhutta, Economist, Federal Reserve Board of Governors [ Presentation ] Moderator: Sibyl Slade, Community and Economic Development Manager, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Perceived Competence and Credit Access of SMEs: Can Trust Change the Rules of the Game? Presenting author: Andrea Moro, The Open University Business School (Coauthor: Matthias Fink, Vienna University of Economics and Business) [ Presentation ]
Financing the Emerging Firm Presenting author: William B. Gartner, Clemson University (Coauthors: John C. Alexander and Casey J. Frid, Clemson University) [ Presentation ]
How Does Personal Bankruptcy Law Affect Start-ups? Presenting author: María Fabiana Penas, Tilburg University (Coauthor: Geraldo Cerqueiro, Universidade Católica Portuguesa) [ Presentation ]
The Effects of Environmental Uncertainty on Young and Small Businesses Presenting author: Joel West, San Jose State University (Coauthor: Paul Drnevich, University of Alabama) [ Presentation ]
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| 11:15 |
Keynote address Ginger Ehn Lew, Senior Counselor to the White House National Economic Council and the SBA Administrator |
| Noon | Lunch and facilitated discussion |
| Closing and adjournment | |