Session Chairs:

William Miles, Wichita State University

Papers:

"Righting Social Wrongs: The Ethics of United States Alternative MinimumTax"
Raymonda L. Burgman, DePauw University (Contact Author)
Andrew Strasburg, DePauw University

"Searching for Schumpeter in the Amazon: How He Lives in Books Today"
Arthur Diamond, University of Nebraska at Omaha (Contact Author)

"The Life and Works of Charles Elmo (C.E) Ferguson"
Scott Carter, The University of Tulsa (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Arthur Diamond, University of Nebraska at Omaha
William Miles, Wichita State 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

Session Chairs:

Scott Carter, The University of Tulsa

Papers:

"Estimating Treatment Effects with Multiple Proxies of Academic Aptitude"
Andrew Grodner, East Carolina University (Contact Author)
Wayne A. Grove, Le Moyne College

"Is It Wise to Change Your Mind? Do Students Improve Their Score by Changing Their Answers on Multiple-Choice Exams?"
Yoav Wachsman, Coastal Carolina University (Contact Author)
Andrew Weinbach, Coastal Carolina University

"Comparing the Performance of College and High School Students on the Advanced Placement Economics Exams"
Fekru Debebe, Educational Testing Services
Pamela M. Schmitt, United States Naval Academy (Contact Author)

"Developing Outcomes Assessment Tools to Evaluate and Improve Economics Programs"
Jill L. Caviglia-Harris, Salisbury University
Brian Hill, Salisbury University (Contact Author)

"Textbook Adoption by Economic Professors: A Pilot Study"
Tammy Parker, University of Louisiana at Monroe (Contact Author)
Kenneth Clow, University of Louisiana at Monroe
C. William McConkey, University of Louisiana at Monroe

Discussants:

Yoav Wachsman, Coastal Carolina University
Jill L. Caviglia-Harris, Salisbury University
Tammy Parker, University of Louisiana at Monroe