Organizers:

Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University

Session Chairs:

Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University

Papers:

"Growth and Volatility in the U.S. States: Registered Interest Organizations and Institutional Sclerosis"
Dennis C. Coates, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University
Bonnie Wilson, Saint Louis University

"Corruption, Investment, and Growth in U.S. States"
Noel Johnson, George Mason University
Courtney LaFountain, The University of Texas at Arlington
Steven Yamarik, University of California, Long Beach

"A Matched Pairs Analysis of State Growth Differences"
Brian Goff, Western Kentucky University
Alex Lebedinsky, Western Kentucky University
Stephen E. Lile, Western Kentucky University

"Knowledge Matters: The Long-Run Determinants of State Income Growth"
Paul W. Bauer, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Garett Jones, George Mason University
Dennis C. Coates, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Nathan J. Ashby, The University of Texas at El Paso
Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University

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