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)

Session Chairs:

David Schap, College of the Holy Cross

Papers:

"Voting by Altruists: Some Electoral Implications of Civic Virtue"
Roger D. Congleton, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"Supermajority Voting and the Swing Voter's Curse"
Bryan C. McCannon, Wake Forest University (Contact Author)

"Where Women Aren't: An Examination of Gender-Based Opportunity Costs and Barriers to Entry in State Legislatures"
Chad Turner, Nicholls State University
R. Morris Coats, Nicholls State University (Contact Author)
Gokhan Karahan, Delta State University
Thomas R. Dalton, Southern University at New Orleans

"Political Incentives and Property Assessment: A Comparison of Elected and Appointed Assessors"
Justin M. Ross, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Alan P. Grant, Baker University
Lynn MacDonald, Saint Cloud State University

Session Chairs:

Gokhan Karahan, Delta State University

Papers:

"Income Expectations and Migration Decisions of Households in the United States"
Selcuk Eren, Hamilton College (Contact Author)

"Should Human Capital Policies Target Non-Cognitive Ability?"
Jeffrey Tsai, University of California, Irvine (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Gokhan Karahan, Delta State University
Sarah Hamersma, University of Florida