Organizers:

Jenny Minier, University of Kentucky
Areendam Chanda, Louisiana State University

Session Chairs:

Chris Papageorgiou, International Monetary Fund

Papers:

"The Distributional Consequences of Government Spending"
Santanu Chatterjee, University of Georgia (Contact Author)

"Pacifying Monogamy: The Mystery Revisited"
Nils-Petter Lagerlof, York University (Contact Author)

"Labor Market Institutions and the Effect of Inequality on Development"
Dietrich Vollrath, University of Houston (Contact Author)

"Democracy and Industrial Diversification: Theory and Evidence"
David Cuberes, Clemson University (Contact Author)
Michal Jerzmanowski, Clemson University

Discussants:

William Blankenau, Kansas State University
Shankha Chakraborty, University of Oregon
Jenny Minier, University of Kentucky
Chris Papageorgiou, International Monetary Fund

Organizers:

Jenny Minier, University of Kentucky
Areendam Chanda, Louisiana State University

Session Chairs:

Peter Rangazas, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Papers:

"Job Creation, Job Destruction, and External Financial Dependence: Theory and Evidence from the US"
Michal Jerzmanowski, Clemson University (Contact Author)
Malhar Nabar, Wellesley College

"Analyzing Skilled and Unskilled Labor Efficiencies in US"
Bulent Unel, Louisiana State University (Contact Author)

"Government Education Expenditures in Early and Late Childhood"
William Blankenau, Kansas State University (Contact Author)
Casey Abington, Kansas State University

"Reforms, Distance to Frontier, and Growth"
Chris Papageorgiou, International Monetary Fund (Contact Author)
Massimiliano Onorato, Universite Bocconi
Alessandro Prati, International Monetary Fund

Discussants:

Areendam Chanda, Louisiana State University
David Cuberes, Clemson University
Carl-Johan Dalgaard, University of Copenhagen
Peter Rangazas, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Organizers:

Jenny Minier, University of Kentucky
Areendam Chanda, Louisiana State University

Session Chairs:

Nils-Petter Lagerlof, York University

Papers:

"Economic Recovery from Natural Disasters: A Dynamic General Equilibrium Approach"
Areendam Chanda, Louisiana State University (Contact Author)

"Reconciling Kuznets and Habbakuk in a Unified Growth Theory"
Peter Rangazas, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (Contact Author)
Alex Mourmouras, International Monetary Fund

"Entry Barriers, Competition, and Technology Adoption"
Lei Fang, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Contact Author)

"Appropriate Medical Inventions"
Shankha Chakraborty, University of Oregon (Contact Author)
Anna-Maria Aksan, University of Oregon

Discussants:

Santanu Chatterjee, University of Georgia
Michal Jerzmanowski, Clemson University
Nils-Petter Lagerlof, York University
Malhar Nabar, Wellesley College