Friday 3:15 - 5:00 p.m. |
Session 85D Sports, Education, Highways, and the Hobbesian Jungle |
Organizers: |
Todd M. Nesbit, Wabash College |
Session Chairs: |
Todd M. Nesbit, Wabash College |
Papers: |
"Cheering on Business Cycles: Causality Analysis of International Athletic and Economic Performances" "Does School Choice Promote Entrepreneurial Activity?" "Federal Grants, Earmarked Revenues, and Budget Crowd-Out in State Highway Financing" "Nasty and Brutish? Experimental Evidence on the Deadweight Cost of Theft in a Hobbesian Jungle" |
Discussants: |
Dennis C. Coates, University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
Saturday 10:00 - 11:45 a.m. |
Session 133H Issues in Public Sector Economics |
Organizers: |
J.R. Clark, University of Tennessee - Chattanooga |
Session Chairs: |
J.R. Clark, University of Tennessee - Chattanooga |
Papers: |
"The Politics of Poverty and the Poverty of Politics" "Institutions, Property Rights and Entrepreneurial Activity" "Policy Errors in Executive and Legislative Decision-Making" |
Discussants: |
David E.R. Gay, University of Arkansas - Fayetteville |
Saturday 2:15 - 4:00 p.m. * |
Session 139K* Topics in Public Economics |
Organizers: |
Arthur Snow, University of Georgia |
Session Chairs: |
Arthur Snow, University of Georgia |
Papers: |
"The Collective Household, Household Production, and Effficiency of Marginal Reforms" "Risk and the Marginal Insurance Value of Social Security Disability Benefits Over the Life Cycle" "State Policies That Don't Converge" |
Discussants: |
Myra L. Moore, University of Georgia |
Sunday 12:30 - 2:15 p.m. |
Session 218Q Papers in Political Economy |
Organizers: |
Edward J. López, San Jose State University |
Session Chairs: |
Edward J. López, San Jose State University |
Papers: |
"Trade Policy: What's Welfare Got To Do With It?" "Wal Mart, Property Rights, and the Entrepreneurial Environment in U.S. States" "Decentralized Tax and Public Service Policies With Differential Mobility of Residents" "Congress' Trend to Tax and Spend: Calculating NTU Scores Across Time and Chamber" |
Discussants: |
Roger Congleton, George Mason University |