Session Chairs:

Bradley Curs, University of Missouri-Columbia

Papers:

"On the Economies of Scale of Private Land Conservation"
Sean E. Mulholland, Mercer University (Contact Author)

"Migration, Employment Growth, and Protected Lands in Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia"
Robert R. Dunn, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"Determinants of Media Attention: a Study of the EPA’s Toxic Release Inventory"
Shrawantee Saha, University of New Hampshire (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Rachna Maheshwari, University of Virginia
Christina Steiger, University of Oregon

Session Chairs:

Dennis Pearson, Austin Peay State University

Papers:

"Financial Development and Effectiveness of Foreign Aid"
Sanjukta Roy, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"Foreign Aid and Openness on Corruption"
Aichatou Hassane, University of New Hampshire (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Christina Steiger, University of Oregon
Dennis Pearson, Austin Peay State University

Session Chairs:

Joshua Dennis Hall, Drexel University

Papers:

"Institutions and the Rural-Urban Gap in Developing Countries"
Bornali Bhandari, Fitchburg State College
Christina Steiger, University of Oregon (Contact Author)

"Heterogeneity in Ability and Inheritance, Disparities and Development"
Sherif Khalifa, California State University, Fullerton (Contact Author)

"Impact of Trade Liberalization on Within and Across Country Income Inequality"
Joshua Dennis Hall, Drexel University (Contact Author)

"Short Term Investments in Agriculture: Is there a Gender Bias?"
Priya Bhagowalia, Purdue University (Contact Author)
Susan Chen, Purdue University
Gerald E. Shively, Purdue University

Discussants:

Bornali Bhandari, Fitchburg State College
Michael Bonnal, University of Alabama