Session Chairs:

Robert P. Rebelein, Vassar College

Papers:

"An Analysis of Alternative Indexation Methods in Social Security"
Michael J. Collins, U.S. Government Accountability Office (Contact Author)
Charles Ford, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Charles Jeszeck, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Kenneth Stockbridge, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Seyda Gultas Wentworth, U.S. Government Accountability Office

"Housing Wealth and the Elderly"
Kara E. Levine, Washington and Lee University (Contact Author)

"The Taxation of Social Security Benefits and Elderly Labor Supply: An Unexplored Natural Experiment"
Karen Smith Conway, University of New Hampshire
Timothy F. Page, University of New Hampshire (Contact Author)

"Assessing the Welfare Effects of Medicare Reform"
Ronald W. Gecan, Charles River Associates
Robert P. Rebelein, Vassar College (Contact Author)

"SCHIP Crowd-Out Prevention and Uninsureds"
Donald Nichols, Washington University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

R. Morris Coats, Nicholls State University
Karen Smith Conway, University of New Hampshire
Christina M.L. Kelton, University of Cincinnati
Kara E. Levine, Washington and Lee University

Session Chairs:

R. Morris Coats, Nicholls State University

Papers:

"The Effect of Opening up ANWR to Drilling on the Current Price of Oil"
R. Morris Coats, Nicholls State University (Contact Author)
Gary M. Pecquet, Shenandoah University

"Environmental Regulations and the Increasing Seasonality of Gasoline Prices"
Michael C. Davis, University of Missouri - Rolla (Contact Author)

"Modeling Peak Oil"
Stephen P. Holland, University of North Carolina - Greensboro (Contact Author)

"The Pass-Through of Crude Oil Price to Petroleum Products"
Michael Ye, St. Mary's College of Maryland (Contact Author)
John Zyren, U.S. Department of Energy
Joanne Shore, U.S. Department of Energy

"A Disequilibrium Analysis of the U.S. Gasoline Market Using Panel Data"
Haixin Hu, University of Mississippi (Contact Author)
Walter J. Mayer, University of Mississippi

Discussants:

Carl A. Pasurka, Jr., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Eric J. Huszar, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Session Chairs:

R. Andrew Luccasen, III, Mississippi State University

Papers:

"Ballots, Bribes, and Brand-Name Political Capital"
R. Morris Coats, Nicholls State University (Contact Author)
Thomas R. Dalton, Southern University at New Orleans
Arthur Denzau, Claremont Graduate University

"Interdependent Voting in Two-Candidate Voting Games"
John C. Goodman, National Center for Policy Analysis
Philip K. Porter, University of South Florida (Contact Author)

"Voting Environment and Election Outcomes"
R. Andrew Luccasen, III, Mississippi State University (Contact Author)
Nick McKinney, Rhodes College
Marshall K. Gramm, Rhodes College

Discussants:

D. Randall Jenkins, Independent Scholar
Sita Nataraj Slavov, Occidental College

Session Chairs:

Robert R. Reed, University of Kentucky

Papers:

"Inflation Expectation, Real Interest Rate and Risk Premiums--Evidence From Bond Market and Consumer Survey Data"
Dong Fu, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Financial Crisis on the Stability of Money Demand: Evidence from Korea and Malaysia"
Jae-Kwang Hwang, Virginia State University (Contact Author)

"Predicting Federal Funds Rate Target Changes Using High Frequency Data"
Seth J. Kopchak, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"Imperfect Competition in the Financial Sector and the Effects of Monetary Policy"
Thanarak A. Laosuthi, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)
Robert R. Reed, University of Kentucky

Discussants:

Mohammed Mohsin, University of Tennessee - Knoxville
R. Morris Coats, Nicholls State University