Session Chairs:

Erik Strøjer Madsen, Aarhus School of Business - Denmark

Papers:

"Endogenous OCA Theory: Using the Gravity Model to Test Mundell's Intuition"
Hubert P. Janicki, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (Contact Author)
Thierry Warin, Middlebury College
Phanindra V. Wunnava, Middlebury College

"A Dynamic Model of the Economic and Political Evolution of the Islamic Republic of Iran"
Mohamad Shaaf, University of Central Oklahoma (Contact Author)

"Employment, Wages and Low-Wage Country Competition"
Vasilios D. Kosteas, Cleveland State University (Contact Author)

"Dynamics of Bilateral Trade Balance of Bangladesh With Her Major Trading Partners"
ABM Nasir, North Carolina Central University (Contact Author)
Ashrafuddin Chowdhury, University of Dhaka

"The Political Economy of Tariff Protection in China: Evidence From WTO Accession"
Chang Hong, University of California - Davis (Contact Author)

Discussants:

S. Aun Hassan, Texas Tech University
Rajeev Sooreea, Pennsylvania State University - Altoona

Organizers:

Khawaja A. Mamun, Southern Methodist University

Session Chairs:

Khawaja A. Mamun, Southern Methodist University

Papers:

"A Comparison of Alternative Specifications of the Household's Child Activity Decision Equation: An Application to Schooling and Child Labor Decisions in Rural Bangladesh"
Mohammad Najeeb Shafiq, Abt Associates, Inc. (Contact Author)

"Household Division and Child Outcomes in Rural Bangladesh"
Ali Ehsan Protik, Brown University (Contact Author)

"Trade Liberalization, Growth and Inequality in Bangladesh: An Empirical Analysis"
Khawaja A. Mamun, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)
Hiranya K. Nath, Sam Houston State University

"Mother's Education and Child Health: Is There Any Threshold?"
Meherun Ahmed, University of Washington (Contact Author)
Kazi Iqbal, University of Washington

"Elderly Migration Expectations: Institutionalization Versus Moving to Adult Children"
Paula M. Kazi, Michigan State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

M. Shahe Emran, George Washington University
Tanweer Akram, Economy.com
ABM Nasir, North Carolina Central University
Ahmad Ahsan, The World Bank
Hosne Mridha, North Carolina Central University