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:

Jerry Ellig, George Mason University

Papers:

"Internet Caskets: Who Buys Them, Who Blocks Them?"
David E. Harrington, Kenyon College (Contact Author)

"Prices and Price Dispersion in Online and Offline Markets for Contact Lenses"
James C. Cooper, Federal Trade Commission (Contact Author)

"The Demand for Cars on EBay Motors"
Christopher Adams, Federal Trade Commission (Contact Author)

"Legislative Action and Market Responses: Results of Virginia's Natural Experiment With Direct Wine Shipment"
Jerry Ellig, George Mason University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Daniel Sutter, University of Oklahoma
Rick Geddes, Cornell University
David E.R. Gay, University of Arkansas - Fayetteville
Adam Copeland, U.S. Department of Commerce - Bureau of Economic Analysis

Session Chairs:

David E.R. Gay, University of Arkansas - Fayetteville

Papers:

"Voting Behavior in the 2004 Election"
Cynthia D. Hill, Idaho State University (Contact Author)
David Welsch, Idaho State University
Daniel Donahue, Idaho State University

"Political Economy of the Three Tier Wine Distribution System: A Historical Investigation of the Arkansas Legislature, Bootleggers & Baptists"
Charles R. Britton, University of Arkansas - Fayetteville
Richard K. Ford, University of Arkansas - Little Rock
David E.R. Gay, University of Arkansas - Fayetteville (Contact Author)

"Asymmetric Rent Seeking: Theory and Experimental Analysis"
John Cadigan, American University (Contact Author)

"Influence of a Voting Bloc Under Probabilistic Voting"
Yung-nian Tung, Georgetown University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Nathan J. Ashby, West Virginia University
Joel Potter, Kansas State University
Shane Sanders, Kansas State University