Organizers:

Calvin Blackwell, College of Charleston

Session Chairs:

Calvin Blackwell, College of Charleston

Papers:

"Corruption and Voter Participation: Evidence from U.S. states"
Monica P. Escaleras, Florida Atlantic University (Contact Author)
Peter T. Calcagno, College of Charleston
William F. Shughart, II, University of Mississippi
Discussant: Calvin Blackwell, College of Charleston

"Experimental Evidence of Decisive Minorities"
R. Andrew Luccasen, III, Mississippi State University (Contact Author)
Nick McKinney, Rhodes College
Marshall K. Gramm, Rhodes College
Discussant: Calvin Blackwell, College of Charleston

"Costly Voting with Asymmetric Voters"
Calvin Blackwell, College of Charleston (Contact Author)
Peter T. Calcagno, College of Charleston
Discussant: R. Andrew Luccasen, III, Mississippi State University

Session Chairs:

Francisco Javier Aparicio, CIDE (Mexico)

Papers:

"Barrier to Entry: The Political Economy of H1-B Visas"
Michael Reksulak, Georgia Southern University (Contact Author)
Gokhan Karahan, Delta State University
William F. Shughart, II, University of Mississippi

"Corruption and the Political Economy of Disaster Relief"
Samia Tavares, Rochester Institute of Technology (Contact Author)

"Pork Barrel Spending and Political Party Affiliation in the United States"
Carlos Lopes, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)
William H. Hoyt, University of Kentucky

Discussants:

Sarah P Scott, University of Texas at Dallas
Francisco Javier Aparicio, CIDE (Mexico)