Organizers:

Yu Hsing, Southeastern Louisiana University

Session Chairs:

Miren Ivankovic

Papers:

"Are FDI Firms Always the Most Productive Firms? Technology Transfer Cost and Evolution"
Bih Jane Liu, National Taiwan University
Chu Ping Lo, National Taiwan University (Contact Author)

"Is Investment in Environmental Quality a Solution to Recessions? Studying the Welfare Effects of Green Animal Spirits"
Richard A. Hofler, University of Central Florida (Contact Author)
J. Walter Milon, University of Central Florida
Ossama Mikhail, University of Central Florida

"The Need for a New Farmland Policy in East Asia: A Lesson From Japan's Farmland Conversion Problem"
Yoshihisa Godo, Meiji Gakuin University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Yoshihisa Godo, Meiji Gakuin University
Richard A. Hofler, University of Central Florida
Chu Ping Lo, National Taiwan University

Organizers:

Yu Hsing, Southeastern Louisiana University

Session Chairs:

Sanae Tashiro, Assistant Professor, Rowan University

Papers:

"Policy Orientation and the Decision to Major in Economics"
Carole A. Green, University of South Florida (Contact Author)

"The Tournament Model: An Empirical Investigation of the ATP Tour"
Miren Ivankovic (Contact Author)

"God and Family Values: Relationships Among Religion, Faith, Fertility Rates, and Family Structure"
Sanae Tashiro, Assistant Professor, Rowan University (Contact Author)
Thomas Bishop, University of California - Channel Islands

Discussants:

Sanae Tashiro, Assistant Professor, Rowan University
Carole A. Green, University of South Florida
Miren Ivankovic