Session Chairs:

Yongjing Zhang, George Mason University

Papers:

"Estimating the Determinants of Lottery Demand Using Disaggregated Data"
Linda S. Ghent, Eastern Illinois University (Contact Author)
Alan P. Grant, Baker University

"Monopolistic Competition, Growth and Public Good Provision"
Paul Pecorino, University of Alabama (Contact Author)

"On Ricardian Equivalence in local Public Finance"
Wallace E. Oates, University of Maryland (Contact Author)
Spencer Banzhaf, Georgia State University
James Sanchirico, Resources for the Future
Randall P. Walsh, University of Colorado at Boulder

"Early 20th Century Drug Prescription Laws: A Public Choice Analysis"
Alexandre Padilla, Metropolitan State College of Denver (Contact Author)
Arthur A. Fleisher, III, Metropolitan State College of Denver
Shigeto Naka, University of Tsukuba
Shigeto Naka, University of Tsukuba

Discussants:

Sarah Hamersma, University of Florida
Linda S. Ghent, Eastern Illinois University

Session Chairs:

James M. DeVault, Lafayette College

Papers:

"Campaign Contributions and Fast-Track Negotiating Authority"
James M. DeVault, Lafayette College (Contact Author)

"Estimating Incumbency Effects in the US State Legislatures"
Yogesh Uppal, Youngstown State University (Contact Author)

"Federal Spending and the Revolution of ‘94"
Gary Hoover, University of Alabama (Contact Author)
Paul Pecorino, University of Alabama

"Elections and Timing of Penalty Forgiveness in Turkey"
Arzu Sen, West Virginia University (Contact Author)
David Christafore, West Virginia University

"Determinants of U.S. Senate Elections: 1972-2006"
Frederick J. Oerther, III, Greensboro College (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jonathan Williams, University of Virginia
Mark Assibey-Yeboah, University of Tennessee
Yogesh Uppal, Youngstown State University

Organizers:

Paul Pecorino, University of Alabama

Session Chairs:

Paul Pecorino, University of Alabama

Papers:

"Intergenerational Public Goods: Transnational Considerations"
Todd Sandler, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)
Discussant: Paul Pecorino, University of Alabama

"Private Provision of a Discrete Public Good: Efficient Equilibria in the Private-Information Contribution game"
Stefano Barbieri, Tulane University (Contact Author)
David Malueg, Tulane University
Discussant: Akram Temimi, University of Alabama

"Is Decentralization Possible When Variable Usage is Allowed"
Akram Temimi, University of Alabama (Contact Author)
Discussant: Manfred Dix, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources