Organizers:

Pavel A. Yakovlev, West Virginia University

Session Chairs:

Pavel A. Yakovlev, West Virginia University

Papers:

"The Economics of Torture"
Pavel A. Yakovlev, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"Effects of Human Development Aid"
Claudia R. Williamson, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"Eminent Domain: Why Are Some States More Likely to Use It?"
Carrie B. Kerekes, West Virginia University
Russell S. Sobel, James Clark Coffman Distinguished Chair, West Virginia University

"Economics or Politics? Explaining State Adherence to TANF Time Limits"
Miki Brunyer, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Justin M. Ross, West Virginia University
Tomi Ovaska, University of Regina
Robert R. Dunn, West Virginia University
Leslie J. Dunn, West Virginia University

Session Chairs:

Dennis Pearson, University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

Papers:

"Economic Freedom, Entrepreneurship, Migration, and Economic Growth"
J. R. Clark, Probasco Chair of Free Enterprise, University of Tennessee - Chattanooga
Dennis Pearson, University of Tennessee - Chattanooga (Contact Author)

"Leisure Externalities: Implications for Growth and Welfare"
Mihaela Iulia Pintea, Florida International University (Contact Author)

"Is There Evidence of the Resource Curse in the U.S. and Canada?"
Leslie J. Dunn, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"Community Development and Local Social Capital"
Jeffrey L. Jordan, University of Georgia (Contact Author)
Abdul Munasib, Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University

Discussants:

Robert E. Moore, Georgia State University
Amy D. Gibson, Christopher Newport University