Session Chairs:

Karie A. Barbour, Illinois State University

Papers:

"Demand for Turkish Public Theater in Segmented Markets and Productivity Analysis"
Sacit Hadi Akdede, Adnan Menderes University - Turkey (Contact Author)
John T. King, Georgia Southern University

"Household Budgets and the UK National Lottery: Where Do Lottery Expenditures Come From?"
O. David Gulley, Bentley College (Contact Author)
David Forrest, University of Salford - England

"Lotteries, Group Size, and public Good Provision"
Paul Pecorino, University of Alabama (Contact Author)
Akram Temimi, University of Alabama

"Crowding Out in Corporate Charitable Giving"
Steve Trost, U.S. International Trade Commission (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Tim Kane, Heritage Foundation
Bayar Tumennasan, Georgia State University
Kanybek Nur-tegin, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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