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:

Randall G. Holcombe, Florida State University

Session Chairs:

Edward Stringham, San Jose State University

Papers:

"Austrian Public Choice: An Empirical Investigation in the U.S. Electric Industry"
Jean-Philippe Bonardi, University of Western Ontario (Contact Author)

"Democratic Epistemics in Forensic Science"
Roger Koppl, Fairleigh Dickinson University (Contact Author)
Lawrence Kobilinsky, John Jay College of The City University of New York
Robert Kurzban, University of Pennsylvania

"The Hydrogen Leap of Faith"
Adrian Moore, Vice President, Reason Foundation
William Korchinski, Advanced Industrial Modeling

Discussants:

Edward Stringham, San Jose State University
Joshua C. Hall, West Virginia University