Session Chairs:

Tisha Lin Nakao Emerson, Baylor University

Papers:

"Effect of Political Asymmetry in Trade Policy: An Empirical Investigation"
Suryadipta Roy, University of Redlands (Contact Author)
Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, West Virginia University

"Free Entry and Commercial Policies in an Open Economy"
Peter D. Gulyn, Federal Trade Commission (Contact Author)

"Steel Safeguards and the Welfare of U.S. Steel Firms and Downstream Consumers of Steel: A Shareholder Wealth Perspective"
Benjamin H. Liebman, St. Joseph's University (Contact Author)
Kasaundra M. Tomlin, Oakland University

"The Effects of Labor Wages, Tariffs, Exchange Rate, and NAFTA on U.S. Textile and Apparel Trade"
Anusua Datta, Philadelphia University (Contact Author)
Mikhail Kouliavtsev, Philadelphia University

"Regional Specialization and Wage Patterns in China"
Chang Hong, University of California - Davis (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Roger White, Franklin & Marshall College
Miao Wang, Marquette University
Ronald J. Baker, II, Millersville University

Organizers:

Bharati Basu, Central Michigan University

Session Chairs:

Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, West Virginia University

Papers:

"Trade Liberalization and the Wage Gap: Some Specific Factors Estimates"
John Francis, Auburn University Montgomery (Contact Author)
Henry Thompson, Auburn University

"The Structural Adjustment of Unemployment to Trade Liberalization"
John Francis, Auburn University Montgomery (Contact Author)
Yuqing Zheng, Auburn University Montgomery

"Preferential Trade Agreement and Illegal Immigration"
Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"Fragmentation, Skill Formation and Wage Inequality: A Developing Dual Economy"
Bharati Basu, Central Michigan University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Yuqing Zheng, Auburn University Montgomery
Bharati Basu, Central Michigan University
John Francis, Auburn University Montgomery
Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, West Virginia University

Organizers:

Jac C. Heckelman, George Mason University

Session Chairs:

Jac C. Heckelman, George Mason University

Papers:

"Economic Behavior Among Delegates at the Constitutional Convention of 1787: Money and Debt Clauses"
Jac C. Heckelman, George Mason University (Contact Author)
Keith L. Dougherty, University of Georgia

"Business Groups, Finn Performance and the Indian Economic Transition"
Raja Kali, University of Arkansas - Fayetteville (Contact Author)

"Electoral Accountability and Consumer Monopsonists: Evidence From Elected vs. Appointed Regulators"
Dino Falaschetti, Montana State University (Contact Author)

"Endogenous Tariff Setting in Preferential Trading Agreements"
Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, West Virginia University (Contact Author)
Suryadipta Roy, University of Redlands

Discussants:

Dino Falaschetti, Montana State University
Kathleen Dorsainvil, Winston-Salem State University
Dominic J. Mancini, Office of Management and Budget
Michael O. Moore, George Washington University