Session Chairs:

Joydeep Roy, Economic Policy Institute and Georgetown University

Papers:

"Test Scores, High School Achievement, and Academic Performance in College"
Gerald S. Oettinger, University of Texas - Austin (Contact Author)

"Can State Merit Aid Programs Have Unintended Consequences? A Closer Look"
Rajashri Chakrabarti, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Joydeep Roy, Economic Policy Institute and Georgetown University (Contact Author)

"Involuntary Volunteering: The Impact of Mandated Service in Public Schools"
Sara E. Helms, University of Alabama - Birmingham (Contact Author)

"Social Interactions and College Enrollment"
Jason M. Fletcher, Yale University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Spencer Banzhaf, Georgia State University
Timothy M. Diette, Washington and Lee University

Session Chairs:

Dennis Pearson, University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

Papers:

"Are Tax Havens Heavens? Natural Amenities as Determinants of International Tax Policies"
Luisa Rocio Blanco Raynal, University of Oklahoma (Contact Author)

"Taking Economic Impact Studies in Higher Education to the Next Level: Do Taxpayers Get Their Moneys Worth in Higher Education?"
Dennis Pearson, University of Tennessee - Chattanooga (Contact Author)
J. R. Clark, Probasco Chair of Free Enterprise, University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

"Is Public Expenditure Productive? Evidence from the Manufacturing Sector in 45 U.S. Cities, 1880-1920"
Melissa M. Yeoh, Clemson University (Contact Author)

"Discount Retailers and Sales Tax Collections: Accounting for Competitive and Spatial Aspects"
Nicole Cornell Sadowski, York College of Pennsylvania (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Karie A. Barbour, Lander University
Sara E. Helms, University of Alabama - Birmingham

Session Chairs:

Xiaoshu Han, University of Texas - Austin

Papers:

"Does Extending Health Insurance Coverage to the Uninsured Improve Population Health Outcomes?"
Jennifer L. Rice, Eastern Michigan University (Contact Author)
James A. Thornton, Eastern Michigan University

"Death and Taxes: The Impact of Progressive Taxation on Health"
Anca Maria Cotet, Clemson University (Contact Author)

"Medical Expenditure Puzzles"
Xiaoshu Han, University of Texas - Austin (Contact Author)

"Health Care Expenditures Among Children With Life-Limiting Illnesses"
Caprice Knapp, University of Florida (Contact Author)
Donna Wegener, University of Florida
Elizabeth Shenkman, University of Florida

Discussants:

Monica Cain, Winston-Salem State University
Sara E. Helms, University of Alabama - Birmingham