Session Chairs:

Devesh Roy, International Food Policy Research Institute

Papers:

"How Do People Create Capital Through 'Social Networks'? Dense Versus Sparse Networks"
Pedro Romero Aleman, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"'When I’m Sixty-Four': Retirement of School Teachers 'With a Little Help from My Friends'"
Kristine Brown, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ron Laschever, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Contact Author)

"Determinants of Social Attitudes in American Communities"
Abdul Munasib, Oklahoma State University
Devesh Roy, International Food Policy Research Institute (Contact Author)

"Knowledge Spillovers and Local Growth of Industries: Evidence from Patent Statistics"
Kejun Song, University of California, Irvine (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Isabelle G Bajeux-Besnainou, The George Washington University
Sumit Joshi, The George Washington University
Ahmed S. Rahman, U.S. Naval Academy

Session Chairs:

Ahmed S. Rahman, U.S. Naval Academy

Papers:

"International Trade, Rents, Technology, and Carbon Markets"
Stratford M. Douglas, West Virginia University (Contact Author)
Medhawin Kitikun, West Virginia University

"Resource Dispersion and Trading Neighbours: A Spatial Perspective"
Horatiu A. Rus, University of Waterloo (Contact Author)

"Trade, Technology and the Great Divergence"
Ahmed S. Rahman, U.S. Naval Academy (Contact Author)

"The Environmental Effect of Foreign Firms on Host Countries"
Evangelina Dardati, The University of Texas at Austin
Meryem Tekin, The University of Texas at Austin (Contact Author)

Discussants:

B. James Deaton, University of Guelph
Bidisha Lahiri, Oklahoma State University
Scott Davis, Vanderbilt University
Horatiu A. Rus, University of Waterloo