Sunday 10:00 - 11:45 a.m.	Session 122H New Approaches to Comparative Economics
*Organizers:*	J. Barkley Rosser, Jr., James Madison University
Session Chairs:	J. Barkley Rosser, Jr., James Madison University
*Papers:*	"An Overview of Evolution of the New Approaches to Comparative Economics" Peter J. Boettke, George Mason University (Contact Author) "Russia's Fatal Half Measures: Demographic Crises and Half Economic Measures" Bridget I. Butkevich, James Madison University (Contact Author) Michael Makowsky, George Mason University "A Critique of the New Comparative Economics" J. Barkley Rosser, Jr., James Madison University (Contact Author) Marina V. Rosser, James Madison University
*Discussants:*	Bridget I. Butkevich, James Madison University Peter J. Boettke, George Mason University J. Barkley Rosser, Jr., James Madison University

Sunday 2:15 - 4:00 p.m. *	Session 132K* The Rise and Decline of Nations After 25 Years: Papers in Honor of Mancur Olson and His Presidency of the SEA
*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