Session Chairs:

Robert A. Collinge, University of Texas - San Antonio

Papers:

"Understanding Cigarette Tax Setting: The Competing Forces of Median Voter and Interest Groups"
Ming-Feng Hsieh, University of Wisconsin
Hui-chen Wang, University of Mississippi (Contact Author)

"Can Environmental Taxes Complement Federal Tax Reform?"
Thomas A. Creahan, Morehead State University (Contact Author)

"Taxable Income Elasticity and social Security Payroll Taxes"
David H. Eaton, Murray State University (Contact Author)

"Constitutions and Pollution Taxation"
Per G. Fredriksson, University of Louisville (Contact Author)
Eric Neumayer, London School of Economics

Discussants:

Stephanie M. Brewer, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

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?"
Per G. Fredriksson, University of Louisville (Contact Author)
Richard Damania, University of Adelaide and The World Bank

"Wal Mart, Property Rights, and the Entrepreneurial Environment in U.S. States"
Russell S. Sobel, West Virginia University (Contact Author)
Andrea Dean, West Virginia University

"Decentralized Tax and Public Service Policies With Differential Mobility of Residents"
William H. Hoyt, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

"Congress' Trend to Tax and Spend: Calculating NTU Scores Across Time and Chamber"
Edward J. López, San Jose State University (Contact Author)
A. C. Sampson, University of North Texas

Discussants:

Roger Congleton, George Mason University
Edward J. López, San Jose State University
Dean Stansel, Florida Gulf Coast University
Gregory Dybalski, U.S. Government Accountability Office