Session Chairs:

Dennis Pearson, Austin Peay State University

Papers:

"Do Health Care Consumers Look at Their Provider's Report Cards? An Investigation of the Impact of Cardiac Report Cards in Pennsylvania"
Justin Tsung-Yi Wang, Lehigh University (Contact Author)

"Diabetes Patients and Their Choices"
Nasim Lari, North Carolina State University (Contact Author)

"Health & Wealth: A Dynamic Demand for Medical Care"
Jennifer Kohn, Rutgers University (Contact Author)

"Cost Burden of the ‘Presenteeism’ Health Outcome In a Diverse Nursing and Pharmacy Workforce: Implications for Practice Models and Health Policies"
Carol Warren-Blakemore, Clinical Neuroscience Solutions, Inc. (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Gifted Education Programs on Student Achievement"
Patrick Ryan Murphy, Florida State University (Contact Author)

"Equal Treatment as a Means of Evaluating Public School Assignment Mechanisms"
Umut Ozek, University of Florida (Contact Author)

Discussants:

John A. Rizzo, Stony Brook University
Colin Knapp, University of Florida
Maryanne Clifford, Eastern Connecticut State University
Matthew Fehnel, West Chester University
Marco Castillo, Georgia Institute of Technology
Sara E. Helms, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Session Chairs:

Mahmut Yasar, The University of Texas at Arlington

Papers:

"Do Firms Respond to Media Attention? A Case Study of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Toxic Release Inventory"
Shrawantee Saha, University of New Hampshire (Contact Author)

"Marrying Science with Economics: Hedonic Property Analysis as a Measure of Site Specificity"
Vanessa Raney, University of Maryland University College (Contact Author)

"Transmitting Spillovers to Industries"
Maryanne Clifford, Eastern Connecticut State University (Contact Author)
Robert F. Quinn, Northern Michigan University

"Firm Performance and Knowledge Spillovers"
Mahmut Yasar, The University of Texas at Arlington (Contact Author)
Catherine J. Morrison Paul, University of California, Davis

Discussants:

Garth Heutel, Harvard University
Baybars Karacaovali, Fordham University
Soma Ghosh, Bridgewater State College
Vanessa Raney, University of Maryland University College

Session Chairs:

Elizabeth L. Rankin, Centenary College of Louisiana

Papers:

"Differences in Expected Starting Salaries by Gender and Race of Bachelor Degree Recipients in Connecticut: A Panel Study"
Jennifer Brown, Eastern Connecticut State University (Contact Author)
Maryanne Clifford, Eastern Connecticut State University
Rhona Free, Eastern Connecticut State University

"Executive Compensation: The Case of Private Colleges"
Elizabeth L. Rankin, Centenary College of Louisiana
Harold R. Christensen, Centenary College of Louisiana (Contact Author)

"Underemployment and Local Employment Dynamics: New Evidence"
Michael Bonnal, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Contact Author)
Cristina Lira, The University of Alabama
Samuel Addy, The University of Alabama

Discussants:

Till Schreiber, The College of William and Mary
Stephanie Riegg Cellini, The George Washington University
Anthony J. Barkume, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics