Organizers:

Sonja B. Langley, Prairie View A&M University

Session Chairs:

Sonja B. Langley, Prairie View A&M University

Papers:

"Economic Implications of Continental Orientation: Testing Jared Diamond's Hypothesis"
Sonja B. Langley, Prairie View A&M University
Lane Boyte, Troy University - Dothan (Contact Author)

"Labor and Product Market Reforms in an Economy With Distortionary Taxation"
Nikola Bokan, University of St. Andrews
Andrew Hughes Hallett, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"Macroeconomic Effects of Currency Crises: Analysis in the Perspective of Structural Change"
Adriana Z. Fernandez, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Contact Author)

"Beef Export Performance and Trade Patterns in the NAFTA Countries"
Alison M. Keefe, Kennesaw State University
Sonja B. Langley, Prairie View A&M University (Contact Author)

"Prices and Wages: Some Time Series Evidence"
Henry Thompson, Auburn University (Contact Author)
Cassandra Copeland, Oglethorpe University

Discussants:

Sanjukta Roy, West Virginia University
Andrew Hughes Hallett, George Mason University
Lane Boyte, Troy University - Dothan
Adriana Z. Fernandez, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Sonja B. Langley, Prairie View A&M University

Organizers:

Sonja B. Langley, Prairie View A&M University

Session Chairs:

John Francis, Louisiana Tech University

Papers:

"Search, Sorting, and International Trade"
John Francis, Louisiana Tech University
Yuqing Zheng, Auburn University Montgomery (Contact Author)

"Poverty, Language, and Non-Farm Labor Markets in Rural Paraguay"
Daniel Correa, Auburn University
Greg Traxler, Auburn University (Contact Author)

"Trade Liberalization and the Wage Gap in a Disaggregated Specific Factor"
John Francis, Louisiana Tech University (Contact Author)
Henry Thompson, Auburn University

"Spatial Structure of Agriculture Production and Trade in China"
Seong-Hoon Cho, University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Zhuo Chen, University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Neelam Poudyal, University of Tennessee - Knoxville (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Greg Traxler, Auburn University
Henry Thompson, Auburn University
Neelam Poudyal, University of Tennessee - Knoxville
John Francis, Louisiana Tech University