Session Chairs:

Yongjing Zhang, George Mason University

Papers:

"Estimating the Determinants of Lottery Demand Using Disaggregated Data"
Linda S. Ghent, Eastern Illinois University (Contact Author)
Alan P. Grant, Baker University

"Monopolistic Competition, Growth and Public Good Provision"
Paul Pecorino, University of Alabama (Contact Author)

"On Ricardian Equivalence in local Public Finance"
Wallace E. Oates, University of Maryland (Contact Author)
Spencer Banzhaf, Georgia State University
James Sanchirico, Resources for the Future
Randall P. Walsh, University of Colorado at Boulder

"Early 20th Century Drug Prescription Laws: A Public Choice Analysis"
Alexandre Padilla, Metropolitan State College of Denver (Contact Author)
Arthur A. Fleisher, III, Metropolitan State College of Denver
Shigeto Naka, University of Tsukuba
Shigeto Naka, University of Tsukuba

Discussants:

Sarah Hamersma, University of Florida
Linda S. Ghent, Eastern Illinois University

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