Session Chairs:

Tami Gurley-Calvez, West Virginia University

Papers:

"Geographic Location and Industry Dynamics"
Emma Bojinova, Department of Economics, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

"Estimating the Amenity Value of Climate: A Dynamic Discrete Choice Model of Location Decisions"
Kelly C Bishop, Department of Economics, Duke University (Contact Author)

"A Monocentric City Model of Tenure Choice"
Santiago Pinto, West Virginia University
Justin M. Ross, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"Education, Local Business Conditions and Employment Location by County: Spatial Estimation in Four Industries"
Penelope B. Prime, Mercer University (Contact Author)
Donald Grimes, University of Michigan
Mary Beth Walker, Georgia State University

Discussants:

Alan P. Grant, Baker University
Rachna Maheshwari, University of Virginia

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:

Joshua C. Hall, Beloit College

Session Chairs:

Joshua C. Hall, Beloit College

Papers:

"Fiscal Competition and Tax Instrument Choice: A Spatial Approach"
Joshua C. Hall, Beloit College (Contact Author)
Discussant: Todd M. Nesbit, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College

"Models of Teachers' Incentives under Different Institutional Rules"
Justin M. Ross, West Virginia University (Contact Author)
Discussant: Sarah M. Simmons, Rhodes College

"Is September Really Better than January? The Long-Run Effect of School Starting Age on Earnings"
Kelly Bedard, University of California - Santa Barbara
Elizabeth Dhuey, University of Toronto (Contact Author)
Discussant: Sarah M. Simmons, Rhodes College

"Education as a Constraint in Democracies"
Stephen C. Miller, Western Carolina University (Contact Author)
Discussant: Todd M. Nesbit, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College

Session Chairs:

Justin M. Ross, West Virginia University

Papers:

"Globalization, Technological Change, and Income Distribution Within and Between Racial Groups"
Ryoichi Sakano, North Carolina A&T State University (Contact Author)

"Ethnic Diversity and the Provision of Defense"
James C. Murdoch, University of Texas at Dallas and Williams Institute
Khusrav Gaibulloev, University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Justin M. Ross, West Virginia University