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"
Steven F. Kreft, Indiana University
Elham Mafi-Kreft, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

"Does School Choice Promote Entrepreneurial Activity?"
Kerry A. King, West Virginia University
Russell S. Sobel, West Virginia University

"Federal Grants, Earmarked Revenues, and Budget Crowd-Out in State Highway Financing"
Todd M. Nesbit, Wabash College
Steven F. Kreft, Indiana University

"Nasty and Brutish? Experimental Evidence on the Deadweight Cost of Theft in a Hobbesian Jungle"
Benjamin Powell, San Jose State University (Contact Author)
Bart J. Wilson, George Mason University

Discussants:

Dennis C. Coates, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Eugenia F. Toma, University of Kentucky
David E.R. Gay, University of Arkansas - Fayetteville
Randall G. Holcombe, Florida State University

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"
J.R. Clark, University of Tennessee - Chattanooga
Dwight R. Lee, University of Georgia (Contact Author)

"Institutions, Property Rights and Entrepreneurial Activity"
Russell S. Sobel, West Virginia University (Contact Author)
Joshua C. Hall, West Virginia University

"Policy Errors in Executive and Legislative Decision-Making"
Randall G. Holcombe, Florida State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

David E.R. Gay, University of Arkansas - Fayetteville
James R. Marchand, Mercer University

Organizers:

Sanford Ikeda, Purchase College - SUNY

Session Chairs:

David Harper, New York University

Papers:

"Economic Origins of Number Concepts"
David Harper, New York University (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Maritime Regulation on Entrepreneurship in the Transportation Sector: Does Regulation Facilitate Entrepreneurial Behavior"
Robert F. Mulligan, Western Carolina University (Contact Author)

"Civil Society Formation and Global Exchange: Lituania, Sweden, the Baltic Sea Area, and the World"
Thomas Marmefelt, University of Sodertorn (Contact Author)

"Politics and Knowledge"
Doug MacKenzie, Ramapo College (Contact Author)

"Does the Invisibile Hand Hold or Lead?"
Randall G. Holcombe, Florida State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

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