Moderators:

Steven G. Horwitz, St. Lawrence University

Panelists:

Richard E. Wagner, George Mason University

Daniel Shapiro, West Virginia University

Roger D. Congleton, George Mason University

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

Organizers:

Lawrence W. Kenny, University of Florida

Session Chairs:

Lawrence W. Kenny, University of Florida

Papers:

"Should We Believe the Median Voter Model?"
Eric J. Brunner, Quinnipiac University (Contact Author)
Stephen L. Ross, University of Connecticut
Discussant: Roger D. Congleton, George Mason University

"The Influence of the Elderly in a Median Voter Framework"
Deborah Fletcher, Miami University (Contact Author)
Lawrence W. Kenny, University of Florida
Discussant: Randall G. Holcombe, Florida State University

"Who Supports School Choice: An Empirical Analysis of the Washington Charter School Referenda"
Sean P Corcoran, New York University (Contact Author)
Christiana Stoddard, Montana State University
Discussant: Thomas A. Husted, American University