Session Chairs:

John Robst, University of South Florida

Papers:

"Why Older American Business Owners Have a Longer Life Expectancy?"
Huan Ni, Kennesaw State University (Contact Author)
Govind Hariharan, Kennesaw State University

"Explain Individual Retirement Expectations Using Measures of Health Dynamics"
Hugo Benitez-Silva, Stony Brook University
Huan Ni, Kennesaw State University (Contact Author)

"Welfare Spending and Mortality Rates for the Elderly Before the Social Security Era"
Nicolae Adrian Stoian, University of Arizona (Contact Author)
Price Fishback, University of Arizona

"Does Happiness Affect Individual Economic Behavior? Evidence from Surveys from Netherlands and Germany"
Cahit Guven, University of Houston (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Sean P Corcoran, New York University
Javed Younas, Central Michigan University

Session Chairs:

Scott Carter, The University of Tulsa

Papers:

"Inefficiency and Inequality in Local Public Services: School Consolidation In the First Half of the Twentieth Century"
Jeremy Richard Meiners, Washington University in St. Louis (Contact Author)

"Accounting for English Skill Premia"
Ahmed S. Rahman, U.S. Naval Academy (Contact Author)

"In Search of Productivity Shocks as a Cause of the Great Depression"
Sonam Gupta, University of Arizona (Contact Author)
Price Fishback, University of Arizona

"The Shaping of the Political-Economic Thought of a Future President:"
Gary M. Pecquet, Central Michigan University (Contact Author)
Clifford F. Thies, Shenandoah University

Discussants:

Scott Carter, The University of Tulsa
Gary M. Pecquet, Central Michigan University