Session Chairs:

Rajashri Chakrabarti, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Papers:

"Are Charter Schools Perceived to be Better Than Public Schools? Evidence From a New Approach Using Private School Enrollment Patterns"
Rajashri Chakrabarti, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Joydeep Roy, Economic Policy Institute and Georgetown University (Contact Author)

"Achievement and Behavior in Charter and Non-Charter Schools: Drawing a More Complete Picture"
Scott Imberman, University of Maryland (Contact Author)

"Traditional Public Schools Versus Charter Schools: A Comparison of Technical Efficiency"
Joseph Palardy, Youngstown State University
Todd M. Nesbit, Pennsylvania State University - Erie (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Phanindra V. Wunnava, David K. Smith Professor of Applied Economics, Middlebury College
Albert A. Okunade, University of Memphis

Organizers:

Todd M. Nesbit, Pennsylvania State University - Erie

Session Chairs:

Todd M. Nesbit, Pennsylvania State University - Erie

Papers:

"Contagious Capitalism"
Peter T. Leeson, West Virginia University
Russell S. Sobel, James Clark Coffman Distinguished Chair, West Virginia University

"Does the Form of City Government Influence Entrepreneurship?"
Steven F. Kreft, Indiana University (Contact Author)
Elham Mafi-Kreft, Indiana University

"Institutions, Entrepreneurship and the Return on Human Capital"
Joshua C. Hall, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"An Econometric Investigation of the Relationship Between Small Business Activity and Economic Growth Among the States"
Donald Bruce, University of Tennessee
John Deskins, Creighton University (Contact Author)
Bruce Hill, University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Jonathan C. Rork, Vassar College

Discussants:

Christopher J. Coyne, Hampden-Sydney College
Jason R. Henderson, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
E. Frank Stephenson, Berry College
Robert A. Lawson, Professor of Economics & George H. Moor Chair, Capital University

Organizers:

Todd M. Nesbit, Pennsylvania State University - Erie

Session Chairs:

Todd M. Nesbit, Pennsylvania State University - Erie

Papers:

"Voting Rules for Civil Jury Trials"
Kerry A. King, Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania State University - Erie
Todd M. Nesbit, Pennsylvania State University - Erie

"The Political Economy of Natural Hazard Mitigation"
Daniel Sutter, University of Oklahoma (Contact Author)

"Effects of Race and Judicial Selection on Criminal Sentencing"
Aleksandar (Sasha) Tomic, Macon State College (Contact Author)

"Terrorism and Ethnicity: An Economic Analysis"
Atin Basuchoudhary, Virginia Military Institute
William F. Shughart, II, F.A.P. Barnard Distinguished Professor, University of Mississippi

Discussants:

Angela K. Dills, Clemson University
William F. Shughart, II, F.A.P. Barnard Distinguished Professor, University of Mississippi
Russell S. Sobel, James Clark Coffman Distinguished Chair, West Virginia University
Scott A Beaulier, Mercer University