Organizers:

Christopher C. Klein, Middle Tennessee State University

Session Chairs:

Christopher C. Klein, Middle Tennessee State University

Papers:

"Do State Funded Merit Scholarships Induce Students to Learn More in High School?"
J. Rody Borg, Jacksonville University
Mary O. Borg, University of North Florida
Christopher C. Klein, Middle Tennessee State University
Elizabeth A. Perry, Randolph College (Contact Author)

"Is the Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship a Reward for Past Achievement or a Motivator for Future Performance?"
Reuben Kyle, Middle Tennessee State University (Contact Author)
David A. Penn, Middle Tennessee State University

"Price and Quality in Higher Education: A Hedonic Approach"
Christopher C. Klein, Middle Tennessee State University (Contact Author)
Reuben Kyle, Middle Tennessee State University

Discussants:

Reuben Kyle, Middle Tennessee State University
Elizabeth A. Perry, Randolph College
Douglas J. Wakeman, Meredith College

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

Session Chairs:

Hao Audrey Fang, University of California, Irvine

Papers:

"Disability"
haiiy Fang, sssss (Contact Author)

"The Mixed Market for Foster-care Provision"
Jeremy Thornton, Samford University (Contact Author)
Lisa A. Cave, Morehead State University

"The Distributional Equity of Substituting a State Sales Tax for Property Taxes"
Mary O. Borg, University of North Florida (Contact Author)
Harriet A. Stranahan, University of North Florida
William Voorhees, University of North Florida

"The Impact of Pharmacy-Specific Any-Willing-Provider Legislation on Prescription Drug Expenditures"
Christine Piette Durrance, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Contact Author)

"Partial Benefits in the Social Security Disability Insurance System: A Policy Alternative to Foster Work Among the Disabled"
Na Yin, SUNY-Stony Brook (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Tami Gurley-Calvez, West Virginia University
Jeremy Thornton, Samford University
Christine Piette Durrance, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Na Yin, SUNY-Stony Brook