Organizers:

Marie T. Mora, University of Texas - Pan American
Sue K. Stockly, Chair, Business Administration and Economics, Eastern New Mexico University

Session Chairs:

Marie T. Mora, University of Texas - Pan American

Papers:

"Childcare Labor Market Characteristics and Migrant Head Start in Michigan: Implications for the Quality of Childcare for Hispanic Children"
Rene Rosenbaum, Michigan State University

"Coming to Work: The Working Hours of Immigrants From Mexico and Central America"
Fernando Antonio Lozano, Pomona College (Contact Author)

"Life After High School: Transitions to Work and College for Hispanic Youth in the New Millennium"
Krista M. Perreira, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill and Carolina Population Center (Contact Author)
Kathleen M. Harris, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Dohoon Lee, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

"Are Daughters More Generous? An Inquiry Into the Remitting Patterns of Hispanics in the U.S."
Susan Pozo, Western Michigan University
Carlos Vargas-Silva, University of Vermont (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong, University of South Florida
Sue K. Stockly, Chair, Business Administration and Economics, Eastern New Mexico University
Marie T. Mora, University of Texas - Pan American
Sandra Trejos, Clarion University of Pennsylvania

Session Chairs:

Sandra Trejos, Clarion University of Pennsylvania

Papers:

"Firm Heterogeneity and the Relative Prevalence of Outsourcing and FDI"
Huiya (Grace) Chen, University of California - Davis and Reed College (Contact Author)

"Multinational Firms and New Chinese Export Transactions"
Huiya (Grace) Chen, University of California - Davis and Reed College (Contact Author)
Deborah L. Swenson, University of California - Davis

"International Trade Costs and Schumpeterian Growth"
Ali Gungoraydinoglu, University of Florida (Contact Author)

"Does Industry Definition Matter? An Examination of Aggregation Bias in Harmonized Tariff System Data"
Roger White, Franklin & Marshall College (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Henric Axel Adey, Georgetown University
James M. DeVault, Lafayette College
Sudeshna Pal, West Virginia University

Session Chairs:

Gunjan Sharma, University of Missouri - Columbia

Papers:

"Plaintiff Coalition Formation in WTO Disputes: Co-Complainants and Interested Third Parties"
Henric Axel Adey, Georgetown University (Contact Author)

"Dynamic Empirics of Trade Openness and Economic Growth in Latin America. Do Fast Reformers Grow Faster?"
Gustavo Barboza, Clarion University of Pennsylvania (Contact Author)
Sandra Trejos, Clarion University of Pennsylvania

"Campaign Contributions and Fast-Track Negotiating Authority"
James M. DeVault, Lafayette College (Contact Author)

"Tariffs, Border Trade and Industry Dynamics: Evidence from the U.S. Cement Industry"
Can Dogan, University of Houston (Contact Author)

"Competing or Collaborating Siblings? Industrial and Trade Policies in India"
Gunjan Sharma, University of Missouri - Columbia (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Sandra Trejos, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Robert C. Tatum, University of North Carolina - Asheville