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:

Timothy M. Diette, Washington and Lee University

Papers:

"The Patriot Act and Wealth Transfers: Is There a Link?"
Burak Dolar, University of Mississippi (Contact Author)

"Active Pension Participation and Household Wealth Accumulation: Evidence of Learning by Doing"
Rana Bose, University of Georgia (Contact Author)

"What Role for the Elasticity of Substitution in Economic Growth? A Cross-Country Test of the Grandville Hypothesis"
Debdulal Mallick, Emory University (Contact Author)

"On the Implication of Measures of Persistence for the Unobserved Component Model"
Daisuke Nagakura, University of Washington (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Clifford F. Thies, Shenandoah University
Kara E. Levine, Washington and Lee University

Organizers:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Session Chairs:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Papers:

"Who Are You? Identity and the Empirical Link Between Race and Wages"
Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University
Darrick Hamilton, The New School
William A. Darity, Jr., Boshamer Professor, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill and Duke University

"Intentions and Social Interactions"
J. Atsu Amegashie, University of Guelph (Contact Author)

"The Economics of Identity: The Origin and Persistence of Racial Norms"
Patrick L. Mason, Florida State University
William A. Darity, Jr., Boshamer Professor, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill and Duke University
James Stewart, Pennsylvania State University

Discussants:

Sudeshna Maitra, York University
Kara E. Levine, Washington and Lee University
Timothy M. Diette, Washington and Lee University