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

Session Chairs:

Sharron L. Terrell, University of the District of Columbia

Papers:

"Immigration, Outsourcing and Labor Income Tax"
Sudeshna Pal, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"Who Benefits From Tax Evasion? The Incidence of Tax Evasion"
Edward Batte Sennoga, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Fiscal Decentralization and Regional Public Expenditure in China"
Kiril Tochkov, Texas Christian University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Yung-nian Tung, Georgetown University
David H. Eaton, Murray State University

Organizers:

KimMarie McGoldrick, University of Richmond

Session Chairs:

KimMarie McGoldrick, University of Richmond

Papers:

"Do Economists Know Human Subject Requirements?"
Paul W. Grimes, Mississippi State University (Contact Author)
Jane S. Lopus, California State University, East Bay
Rodney A. Pearson, Mississippi State University
William E. Becker, Indiana University

"Graduate Student Preparation: Learning Through Theory and Practice"
KimMarie McGoldrick, University of Richmond
Gail M. Hoyt, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)
David Colander, Middlebury College

"The Undergraduate Origins of Ph.D. Economists"
John J. Siegfried, Vanderbilt University (Contact Author)
Wendy A. Stock, Montana State University

"The Allocation of Resources to Teaching by Postsecondary Instructors in Economics and Other Disciplines"
Sam Allgood, University of Nebraska - Lincoln (Contact Author)
William B. Walstad, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Discussants:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University
Steven A. Greenlaw, University of Mary Washington
David H. Eaton, Murray State University
Gail M. Hoyt, University of Kentucky