Session Chairs:

Unro Lee, University of the Pacific

Papers:

"Is All Trade and Finance Created Equal?"
Scott Davis, Vanderbilt University (Contact Author)

"Globalization, Job Losses and the Predictors of Economic Anxiety"
Michael E. S. Hoffman, U.S. Government Accountability Office (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Inflation Targeting Regime on the Relationship Between Stock Returns and Inflation: International Evidence"
Unro Lee, University of the Pacific (Contact Author)

"New Internet Measurement Versus Cross-Country Interactions and Globalization"
Ting T. Huang, University of Pittsburgh (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Haiwen Zhou, Old Dominion University
Kasaundra M. Tomlin, Oakland University
Vy Nguyen, American University
Gerald Willmann, CESifo Group
William R. Hauk, Jr., University of South Carolina

Session Chairs:

Baybars Karacaovali, Fordham University

Papers:

"The Customs Union Issue: Why Do We Observe so Few of Them?"
Peri Agostinho da Silva, Jr., University of North Dakota (Contact Author)
Giovanni Facchini, University of Essex
Gerald Willmann, CESifo Group

"The Effect of Electoral Regime on Trade Policy"
John Hatfield, Stanford University
William R. Hauk, Jr., University of South Carolina (Contact Author)

"Short Run Effects of Trade Liberalization in the Presence of Firm Heterogeneity"
Aleksandr Vashchilko, Vanderbilt University

"Productivity Matters for Trade Policy: Theory and Evidence"
Baybars Karacaovali, Fordham University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Yoto V. Yotov, Drexel University
Charles Braymen, Kansas State University
Kristie Briggs, Creighton University
William R. Hauk, Jr., University of South Carolina

Session Chairs:

William R. Hauk, Jr., University of South Carolina

Papers:

"The Efficiency of Economic Development Expenditures: Returns to Primary Job Creation Under the Stewardship of the Development Corporation of Abilene"
John Hill, Hardin-Simmons University (Contact Author)

"Home State Effects in U.S. Presidential Elections"
William R. Hauk, Jr., University of South Carolina (Contact Author)

"Type of Flooring As A Determinant of the Sale Price of Single-Family Homes—A Quantile Regression Approach"
Yixiu Zhou, Middle Tennessee State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Irina Murtazashvili, University of Pittsburgh
Marie Truesdell, Marian College
John Hill, Hardin-Simmons University