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:

Scott Wentland, George Mason University

Papers:

"Estimating a Model of Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization"
Mostafa Beshkar, Purdue University (Contact Author)

"Intellectual Property Rights and Strategic Differentiation in R&D Competition"
Kejun Song, University of California, Irvine (Contact Author)

"More Tickets, Fewer Accidents: How Cash-Strapped Towns Make for Safer Roads"
Michael Makowsky, 101M Stephens Hall (Contact Author)
Thomas Stratmann, George Mason University

"Political Beliefs and Tort Awards: An Empirical Study of the ‘Impartial’ Jury"
Scott Wentland, George Mason University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Bharat Bhole, Rochester Institute of Technology
Michael R. Hammock, Rhodes College
Thushyanthan Baskaran, University of Heidelberg
Giovanni Facchini, University of Essex