Organizers:

Deborah Fletcher, Miami University

Session Chairs:

Deborah Fletcher, Miami University

Papers:

"Information Versus Access: Why Do Firms Become Politically Active?"
Randall Kroszner, University of Chicago
Thomas Stratmann, George Mason University

"Inefficient Redistribution and Inefficient Redistributive Politics"
Daniel J. Kovenock, University of Iowa
Brian Roberson, Miami University

"Political Reputation, Negative Campaigning, and Strategic Shirking"
Deborah Fletcher, Miami University (Contact Author)
Steven Slutsky, University of Florida

Discussants:

Lawrence W. Kenny, University of Florida
Donald E. Campbell, The College of William and Mary
James E. Foster, Vanderbilt University

Session Chairs:

Aleksandra Markovic, The George Washington University

Papers:

"A Class of Association Sensitive Multidimensional Well-being Indices"
Suman Seth, Vanderbilt University (Contact Author)

"Measuring Human Capital and Accounting for Total Factor Productivity"
Till Schreiber, The College of William and Mary (Contact Author)

"Rank Robustness of Multidimensional Well-being Measures"
James E. Foster, Vanderbilt University (Contact Author)
Mark McGillivray, United Nations University
Suman Seth, Vanderbilt University

"The Strength of Strong Ties: Effort, Care, and the Nature of Our Connections"
Aleksandra Markovic, The George Washington University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Suzanne K McCoskey, The George Washington University
David R. Just, Cornell University
Sanjukta Roy, West Virginia University
Nabamita Dutta, West Virginia University

Session Chairs:

Sebastian Miller, University of Maryland

Papers:

"Simple Policy Positions"
Micah Pollak, University of Illinois (Contact Author)

"Competing Informed Principals and Representative Democracy"
Helena Poon, Georgetown University (Contact Author)

"Political Baggage and Electoral Competition"
Jooyong Jun, University of Michigan (Contact Author)

"Flip-Flopping: Ideological Adjustment Costs in the United States Senate"
Jason DeBacker, The University of Georgia (Contact Author)

"A Three Class Model of Elections: The Effects of Income Distribution on Electoral Outcomes"
Sebastian Miller, University of Maryland (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Andrew Bacher-Hicks, The College of William and Mary
James E. Foster, Vanderbilt University
Jason DeBacker, The University of Georgia
Deborah Fletcher, Miami University
Micah Pollak, University of Illinois