Organizers:

Khawaja A. Mamun, Sacred Heart University

Session Chairs:

Khawaja A. Mamun, Sacred Heart University

Papers:

"Exploring the Efficiency of Private Sector Medical Clinics in Bangladesh: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach"
Mohammad A. Rahman, California State University, Fresno (Contact Author)

"Natural Disaster and Sickness Shocks: Evidence of Informal Social Insurance"
Pallab Mozumder, Florida International University (Contact Author)

"Inflation-Corruption Nexus: Why Monetary Policy Fail to Combat Inflation? A Case Study from Bangladesh"
ABM Nasir, North Carolina Central University (Contact Author)

"Dark Matter: Some Reflections on Current Account Debate"
Tanweer Akram, ING Investment Management (Contact Author)
Haider A. Khan, University of Denver

"Corruption and Health: Evidence from Cross-Country Analysis"
Khawaja A. Mamun, Sacred Heart University (Contact Author)
Le Wang, University of Minnesota

Discussants:

Le Wang, University of Minnesota
Khawaja A. Mamun, Sacred Heart University
Tanweer Akram, ING Investment Management
ABM Nasir, North Carolina Central University
Pallab Mozumder, Florida International University

Session Chairs:

Lynn MacDonald, Saint Cloud State University

Papers:

"Birth Spacing and Child Health in Indonesia"
Le Wang, University of Minnesota (Contact Author)
Daniel L. Millimet, Southern Methodist University

"Do Changes in Income Affect Mortality? The Case of Mexico?"
Fidel Gonzalez, Sam Houston State University
Troy Quast, Sam Houston State University (Contact Author)

"Are Chinese Health-Oriented Food Consumers? A Panel Study of Household Food Demand in China from 1989 to 2004"
Meng Zhao, University of Minnesota (Contact Author)

"The Distribution of Nutritional Status Across Countries"
Priya Bhagowalia, Purdue University (Contact Author)
Susan Chen, Purdue University
William Masters, Purdue University

Discussants:

Lynn MacDonald, Saint Cloud State University
Jin-Hyuk Kim, Cornell University