Organizers:

Dennis C. Coates, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University

Session Chairs:

Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University

Papers:

"The Decline of Distributional Coalitions and the British Industrial Revolution, 1688-1846"
Joel Mokyr, Northwestern University
John V. Nye, Washington University in Saint Louis

"Did the South Fall Again? An Evaluation of Olson's RADON Hypotheses After 25 Years"
David Schweikhardt, Michigan State University
William Knudson, Michigan State University

"Mancur Olson and Economic Development"
Christopher Clague, San Diego State University (Contact Author)

"Institutional Sclerosis and the Bounded Rationality of Political Agents"
Ivo Bischoff, University of Giessen (Contact Author)

Discussants:

David Mitch, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Randall G. Holcombe, Florida State University
Bonnie Wilson, Saint Louis University
J. Barkley Rosser, Jr., James Madison University

Organizers:

Lawrence W. Kenny, University of Florida

Session Chairs:

Lawrence W. Kenny, University of Florida

Papers:

"The Effect of Florida's Unique Referendum System on Educational Spending"
Randall G. Holcombe, Florida State University
Lawrence W. Kenny, University of Florida

"Baseball Salaries and State Income Taxes"
James Alm, Georgia State University
Edward Batte Sennoga, Georgia State University

"How Elastic Is Capital Investment to Local Taxation? Evidence From Court Induced Tax Changes"
Byron Lutz, Federal Reserve Board (Contact Author)

"The Local Political Economy of Public Education"
Randall Reback, Barnard College (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Scott Carrell, Dartmouth College
William H. Hoyt, University of Kentucky
Thomas A. Husted, American University
Tim Sass, Florida State University