Sessions for Garett Jones

Sunday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
Session 206P
Income Inequality and Development

Session Chairs:

Michael Parker, University of Louisiana - Monroe

Papers:

"Endogenous Mortality and Persistence of Income Inequality"
Jayanta Sarkar, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)

"Market Access and Poverty in China"
M. Shahe Emran, George Washington University
Zhaoyang Hou, George Washington University (Contact Author)

"Sociopolitical Instability, Income Shocks and Savings of Households in Peru"
Solomon Aklilu, St. Lawrence University (Contact Author)

"Traffic Fatalities, the Kuznets Curve, and Public Sector Corruption"
Nejat Anbarci, Florida International University
Monica Escaleras, Florida Atlantic University (Contact Author)
Charles A. Register, Florida Atlantic University

"Fractionalization, Political Support, and Provision of Public Goods"
Hiranya K. Nath, Sam Houston State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Michal Jerzmanowski, Clemson University
Garett Jones, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville


Sunday
12:30 - 2:15 p.m.
Session 228Q
Government Finances and Economic Growth

Session Chairs:

Tim Kane, Heritage Foundation

Papers:

"Fiscal Decentralization and Tax Effort in Developing Countries"
James Alm, Georgia State University
Roy Bahl, Georgia State University
Bayar Tumennasan, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"The Determinants of Mexican State Governments Credit Ratings"
Jorge Ibarra-Salazar, Tecnologico de Monterrey (Contact Author)
Gabriela Garcia-Romo, Tecnologico de Monterrey
Lida Sotres-Cervantes, Tecnologico de Monterrey

"U.S. Troops and Economic Growth: Regression Analysis With Robustness Tests"
Garett Jones, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville
Tim Kane, Heritage Foundation (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Mary O. Borg, University of North Florida
Stephanie M. Brewer, Indiana University of Pennsylvania


Sunday
2:30 - 4:15 p.m.
Session 244R
Growth Methodology and Measurement

Session Chairs:

Maryanne Clifford, Eastern Connecticut State University

Papers:

"Accounting for IQ: A Naïve Calibration"
Garett Jones, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville (Contact Author)

"An Explicit Solution to the Ramsey Model"
William T. Smith, University of Memphis (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Kevin W. Christensen, University of Florida


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