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 117H Corruption, Tax Evasion and Governance |
Organizers: |
R. Morris Coats, Nicholls State University |
Session Chairs: |
R. Morris Coats, Nicholls State University |
Papers: |
"Corruption, Tax Evation and the Limits to Conceit" "Tax Evasion and the Remuneration of Tax Auditors in a Corrupt Tax Administration" "Voting on County Governance Systems: The Sequel to Operation Pretense" |
Discussants: |
Todd M. Nesbit, Wabash College |
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 10:00 - 11:45 a.m. |
Session 198P Substitution in Retail Energy Demand |
Organizers: |
R. Morris Coats, Nicholls State University |
Session Chairs: |
R. Morris Coats, Nicholls State University |
Papers: |
"The Pricing of Gasoline Grades and the Third Law of Demand: Substitution Across Quality" "Cross-Border Effects of Gasoline Taxes: Substitution Across Space" "Financial Incentives of Price Responsive Load Programs" "Short-Term Energy Demand and Price Projections - A View Through 2006" |
Discussants: |
Stratford M. Douglas, West Virginia University |