Organizers:

Julie Trivitt, Arkansas Tech University

Session Chairs:

Julie Trivitt, Arkansas Tech University

Papers:

"Do Charter Schools Crowd Out Private Schools: A Study of Wisconsin"
Nathan Gray, University of Arkansas (Contact Author)

"Hierarchical Human Capital and Economic Growth:"
Andrew Horowitz, University of Arkansas - Fayetteville (Contact Author)
Robert Driskill, Vanderbilt University
Fabio Mendez, University of Arkansas - Fayetteville

"School Choice and the Branding of Catholic Schools"
Julie Trivitt, Arkansas Tech University (Contact Author)
Patrick J. Wolf, University of Arkansas

"Financial Incentives and Special Education: Impact of McKay Voucher Program on Rate of Disability Diagnoses in Florida"
Marcus A. Winters, University of Arkansas (Contact Author)
Jay P. Greene, University of Arkansas

Discussants:

Rajashri Chakrabarti, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Angela K. Dills, Mercer University
John Merrifield, University of Texas at San Antonio
Todd M. Nesbit, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College

Session Chairs:

Julie Trivitt, Arkansas Tech University

Papers:

"School Quality, House Prices and Liquidity"
Velma Zahirovic-Herbert, University of Georgia (Contact Author)
Geoffrey K Turnbull, Georgia State University

"Efficiency Analysis of Public Education in Illinois"
Paul D. Melvin, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Contact Author)
Subhash C. Sharma, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

"The Intended and Unintended Consequences of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act: Evidence from Wisconsin"
Rajashri Chakrabarti, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Contact Author)

"A Multiple-Models Assessment for Risk of Dropping Out of School"
John Robst, University of South Florida (Contact Author)

"Discount Rates and Drop-Outs Rates: Children's View of the Future"
Jeffrey L. Jordan, University of Georgia (Contact Author)
Ragan Petrie, Georgia State University
Marco Castillo, Georgia Institute of Technology
Paul J. Ferraro, Georgia State University

Discussants:

John Robst, University of South Florida
Julie Trivitt, Arkansas Tech University