Papers:

"Lobbying for Exports and the US Aid Allocation"
Javed Younas, Central Michigan University (Contact Author)
Russell S. Sobel, West Virginia University

"State Trade Mission"
Andrew Cassey, University of Minnesota (Contact Author)

"TRIPS on Trade"
Ellis B. Heath, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Mark Assibey-Yeboah, University of Tennessee
Dilara Tas, Vassar College

Session Chairs:

James M. DeVault, Lafayette College

Papers:

"Campaign Contributions and Fast-Track Negotiating Authority"
James M. DeVault, Lafayette College (Contact Author)

"Estimating Incumbency Effects in the US State Legislatures"
Yogesh Uppal, Youngstown State University (Contact Author)

"Federal Spending and the Revolution of ‘94"
Gary Hoover, University of Alabama (Contact Author)
Paul Pecorino, University of Alabama

"Elections and Timing of Penalty Forgiveness in Turkey"
Arzu Sen, West Virginia University (Contact Author)
David Christafore, West Virginia University

"Determinants of U.S. Senate Elections: 1972-2006"
Frederick J. Oerther, III, Greensboro College (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jonathan Williams, University of Virginia
Mark Assibey-Yeboah, University of Tennessee
Yogesh Uppal, Youngstown State University

Session Chairs:

William Miles, Wichita State University

Papers:

"The Impacts of Increased Foreign Ownership on Domestic Banking Industry"
Aaron Kim, SungKyunKwan University (Contact Author)
Wonil Jeong, SungKyunKwan University
Y. Jeon, SungKyunKwan University

"Monetary Policy in a Small Open Developing Economy"
Mark Assibey-Yeboah, University of Tennessee (Contact Author)
Mohammed Mohsin, University of Tennessee

"Can Money Demand be Stable Under a Financial Crisis? Evidence from Korea"
Jae-Kwang Hwang, Virginia State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

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