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:

Jenny Minier, University of Kentucky

Papers:

"Learning Abroad and Technology Adoption"
Chris Papageorgiou, International Monetary Fund (Contact Author)
Antonio Spilimbergo, International Monetary Fund

"Trade Liberalization and Firm-Level Productivity"
Jenny Minier, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)
Josh Ederington, University of Kentucky
Kenneth R. Troske, University of Kentucky
Phillip McCalman, University of California, Santa Cruz

"Digital Information, the Internet, and Corruption: Evidence from American States and Across Countries"
Carl-Johan Dalgaard, University of Copenhagen (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Lei Fang, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Bulent Unel, Louisiana State University
Dietrich Vollrath, University of Houston