Session Chairs:

Dennis Pearson, University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

Papers:

"Evaluating the Value of the Chinese Yuan"
Jeff Chen, University of Memphis (Contact Author)

"The Environmental Kuznets Curve Through the Lens of Dynamic Optimization"
Bidisha Lahiri, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (Contact Author)

"A Distributional Analysis of the Native-Immigrant Earnings Gap: The Importance of Occupational Segregation"
Dipanwita D. Sarkar, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)

"The Single Market and the Pharmaceutical Industry in the European Union: Is There Any Evidence of Price Convergence?"
Aysegul Timur, University of South Florida and International College (Contact Author)

Discussants:

William D. Craighead, Miami University
Michael Anderson, Washington and Lee University
Stephen L. S. Smith, Gordon College

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

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