Session Chairs:

Eric Crampton, University of Canterbury

Papers:

"Fiscal Decentralization and Public Debt: Is There a Link?"
Thushyanthan Baskaran, University of Heidelberg (Contact Author)

"Do Terror Attacks Affect Elections?"
Kathleen Deloughery, The Ohio State University (Contact Author)

"Population Heterogeneity, the Type of Government, and the Nature and Extent of Government Intervention"
John Garen, University of Kentucky
Carlos Lopes, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

"Political Ignorance and Political Preferences"
Eric Crampton, University of Canterbury (Contact Author)
Martin Stevenson, none

Discussants:

Jeremy Horpedahl, George Mason University
Pavel A. Yakovlev, Duquesne University
William F. Shughart, II, University of Mississippi
Eric Crampton, University of Canterbury

Session Chairs:

Pavel A. Yakovlev, Duquesne University

Papers:

"Is National Defense a Public Good?"
Pavel A. Yakovlev, Duquesne University (Contact Author)
Justin M. Ross, Indiana University

"A Structural Equation Model of the Gambling in the UK"
Arnold Kamis, Suffolk University
Dominique Haughton, Bentley College
O. David Gulley, Bentley College (Contact Author)
Patrick A. Scholten, Bentley College

Discussants:

Bryan L. Boulier, The George Washington University
Patrick A. Scholten, Bentley College