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:

Henry W. Chappell, Jr., University of South Carolina

Session Chairs:

Henry W. Chappell, Jr., University of South Carolina

Papers:

"On the Optimality of Decisions Made by Hub-and-Spokes Monetary Policy Committees"
Beata Bierut, De Nederlandsche Bank (Contact Author)
Jan Marc Berk, De Nederlandsche Bank

"Does the Frequency of Dissent Justify Regional Banks?"
Geoffrey M.B. Tootell, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Contact Author)

"Regional Economic Conditions and Monetary Policy"
Henry W. Chappell, Jr., University of South Carolina
Rob Roy McGregor, University of North Carolina - Charlotte
Todd Vermilyea, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

"Central Bank Governance: What Is It and Does It Matter?"
Ellen Meade, American University (Contact Author)
Chris Crowe, International Monetary Fund

Discussants:

Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University
Ellen Meade, American University
Rob Roy McGregor, University of North Carolina - Charlotte
Geoffrey M.B. Tootell, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Organizers:

Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University

Session Chairs:

Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University

Papers:

"The Political Economy of Constitutional Design: Did the Founding Fathers Get It Right in 1787?"
Ben Baack, Ohio State University
Robert A. McGuire, University of Akron
T. Norman Van Cott, Ball State University

"Measurement of the Consistency of Legal Structure and Regulation With Economic Freedom"
James D. Gwartney, Florida State University
Robert A. Lawson, Professor of Economics & George H. Moor Chair, Capital University

"Somalia After State Collapse: Governance and Economic Performance"
Benjamin Powell, San Jose State University (Contact Author)

"Determinants of Interest Group Formation: A Cross-Country Analysis"
Dennis C. Coates, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University
Bonnie Wilson, Saint Louis University

Discussants:

Lawrence W. Kenny, University of Florida
Henry W. Chappell, Jr., University of South Carolina
T. Norman Van Cott, Ball State University
Ivo Bischoff, University of Giessen