Session Chairs:

Jeremy Horpedahl, George Mason University

Papers:

"Economic Freedom and Income Mobility in the United States"
Nathan J. Ashby, The University of Texas at El Paso (Contact Author)

"Using the State Economic Freedom Index to Explain Variation in the State Coincidence Index of Economic Performance"
Michael D. Stroup, Stephen F. Austin State University (Contact Author)
Mark A. Thompson, Augusta State University

"The Fiscal Consequences of Democracy in America, 1789-1860"
Jeremy Horpedahl, George Mason University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Michael Makowsky, 101M Stephens Hall
Karen Smith Conway, University of New Hampshire
Harini Kannan, Georgia State University

Session Chairs:

Jennifer Brown, Eastern Connecticut State University

Papers:

"No Country for Old Men (and Women): Do State Taxes Drive Away the Elderly?"
Karen Smith Conway, University of New Hampshire (Contact Author)
Jonathan Rork, Georgia State University

"The Effect of Coal Mines on Residential Property Values"
Arzu Sen, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"Elected Versus Appointed County Commission Executives: Political Favors, Unions, and Support Facilities"
Gary Hoover, University of Alabama (Contact Author)

"The Distributional Impacts of Climate Change: Effects from Geographic Variation"
Jennifer Brown, Eastern Connecticut State University (Contact Author)
Fred Loxsom, Eastern Connecticut State University
Mary Curran, Eastern Connecticut State University

Discussants:

P. Benjamin Chou, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Michael D. Stroup, Stephen F. Austin State University
John Hill, Hardin-Simmons University
Gonzalo Caballero, University of Vigo