Session Chairs:

Zaki Zahran, Georgetown University

Papers:

"On the Economic Factors Behind National Inequalities in People's Self-Perceived Level of Well-Being"
Tomi Ovaska, University of Regina (Contact Author)
Ryo Takashima, West Virginia University

"The Effect of Economic Freedom on Net Migration Flows Between US States: Is Economic Freedom a Determinant of Flow Differentials?"
Nathan J. Ashby, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"The Fate of Disputed Territories: An Economic Analysis"
Yang-Ming Chang, Kansas State University (Contact Author)
Joel Potter, Kansas State University
Shane Sanders, Kansas State University

"Do Democracies Value Life Differently from Dictatorships in Military Conflicts"
Pavel A. Yakovlev, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jorge Ibarra-Salazar, Tecnologico de Monterrey
Paul Pecorino, University of Alabama
Gary M. Pecquet, Shenandoah University

Session Chairs:

Michael R. Montgomery, University of Maine

Papers:

"Eugene Meyer - From Laissez Faire to the Keynesian Revolution"
James L. Butkiewicz, University of Delaware (Contact Author)

"The International Lender of Last Resort: Europe in the Nineteenth Century"
Linda M. Hooks, Washington and Lee University (Contact Author)

"Equity Options and the Crisis of 1873"
Scott Mixon, UBS Investment Research (Contact Author)

"The Prohibition of Other Than Lawful Money in New Orleans During Its Occupation by Union Troops and the Early Reconstruction Period"
Gary M. Pecquet, Shenandoah University
Clifford F. Thies, Shenandoah University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Harold R. Christensen, Centenary College of Louisiana
Brandon Dupont, Wellesley College
Peter J. Kower, Oglethorpe University

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"
R. Morris Coats, Nicholls State University (Contact Author)
Gary M. Pecquet, Shenandoah University
Leon Taylor, Tulane University

"Cross-Border Effects of Gasoline Taxes: Substitution Across Space"
Todd M. Nesbit, Wabash College (Contact Author)

"Financial Incentives of Price Responsive Load Programs"
Stratford M. Douglas, West Virginia University (Contact Author)
Hyungna Oh, West Virginia University

"Short-Term Energy Demand and Price Projections - A View Through 2006"
Mark Rodekohr, U.S. Department of Energy (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Stratford M. Douglas, West Virginia University
Mark Rodekohr, U.S. Department of Energy
William F. Shughart, II, University of Mississippi