Organizers:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Session Chairs:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Papers:

"Self-Selection Bias and Earnings Risk Premium"
Priyanka Singh, University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)

"Estimating the Off-Setting Effects of Driver Behavior in Response to Safety Regulation: The Case of Formula One Racing"
Joel Potter, Kansas State University (Contact Author)

"The Effects of Venture Idea Type on Entrepreneurial Action"
Karen Campbell, Temple University (Contact Author)

"Identification and Estimation of a Continuous-Time Principal-Agent Model"
Denis Nekipelov, Duke University, Department of Economics (Contact Author)

"Product Improvement and Quality Uncertainty in a Durable Good Monopoly"
Evrim Dener, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Priyanka Singh, University of Texas at Dallas
Samuel J Rauschenberg, Georgia College & State University

Organizers:

Susan Williams McElroy, University of Texas at Dallas
William E. Spriggs, Howard University

Session Chairs:

William E. Spriggs, Howard University

Papers:

"Declining Fertility of Married African American Women"
William E. Spriggs, Howard University
Susan Williams McElroy, University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)

"Is the Emerging Black Middle Class Never-Married and Living Alone?: The 'Love Jones Cohort'"
Kris Marsh, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Contact Author)
William A. Darity, Jr., Duke University
Philip Cohen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Lynne Casper, University of Southern California
Danielle Salters, Duke University

"Shedding ‘Light’ On Marriage: The Influence of Skin Shade in Marriage Markets"
Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University
Darrick Hamilton, Milano--The New School for Management and Urban Policy (Contact Author)
William A. Darity, Jr., Duke University

"The Male Marital Wage Differential: Race, Training, and Fixed Effects"
William M. Rodgers, III, Rutgers University-Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy (Contact Author)
Leslie Stratton, Virginia Commonwealth University

Organizers:

KimMarie McGoldrick, University of Richmond

Session Chairs:

KimMarie McGoldrick, University of Richmond

Papers:

"Economics and Liberal Education: Recommendations for Classroom Practices"
KimMarie McGoldrick, University of Richmond (Contact Author)
David Colander, Middlebury College
Discussant: Paul W. Grimes, Mississippi State University

"Expected Proficiencies in the Economics Major and Their Role in Liberal Education"
W. Lee Hansen, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Contact Author)
Discussant: Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

"Why, Where, and How Undergraduate Research Matters to Economics"
Mary O. Borg, University of North Florida (Contact Author)
Elizabeth A. Perry, Randolph College
Discussant: Steven A. Greenlaw, University of Mary Washington

Organizers:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Session Chairs:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Papers:

"Evaluating the Impact of Educational Standards on Labor Market Earnings"
Marcus A. Winters, University of Arkansas

"Effect of Class Size Reductioin: A Re-examination of the Project STAR"
Sang Soo Park, Vanderbilt University (Contact Author)

"Religious Extremism, Institutions, and Income: Model and Evidence"
Michael Makowsky, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Ethanol Production on the Future Corn Price Distribution"
Lihong Lu McPhail, Iowa State University

"Using Empirical Benefit Estimates in a Bioeconomic Model to Guide Control Strategies for Invasive Speicies"
Christopher Moore, North Carolina State Universtiy (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Lihong Lu McPhail, Iowa State University