Organizers:

Russell S. Sobel, West Virginia University

Session Chairs:

Russell S. Sobel, West Virginia University

Papers:

"Risk, Culture, and Regional Development"
Brian J. Osoba, Central Connecticut State University (Contact Author)
Discussant: Robert A. Lawson, Capital University

"Entrepreneurship and Risk"
Pavel A. Yakovlev, Duquesne University (Contact Author)
Saurav Roychoudhury, CFA, Capital University
Discussant: Stephen C. Miller, Western Carolina University

"The Implicit Costs of Public Aid"
J. Sebastian Leguizamon, West Virginia University (Contact Author)
Discussant: Stephen C. Miller, Western Carolina University

"Eminent Domain: Threatening the Quality of Student Housing"
Carrie B. Kerekes, West Virginia University (Contact Author)
Russell S. Sobel, West Virginia University
Discussant: Robert A. Lawson, Capital 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