Session Chairs:

Yaya Sissoko, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Papers:

"External Economies and International Trade"
Haiwen Zhou, Old Dominion University (Contact Author)

"Reward, Punishment, and the Byrd Amendment"
Benjamin H. Liebman, St. Joseph's University (Contact Author)
Kasaundra M. Tomlin, Oakland University

"Trade and Informal Labor Markets"
Lourenco Paz, University of Maryland (Contact Author)

"West Africa’s Evolving Competitive Exposure in U.S. Import Markets"
Yaya Sissoko, Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Contact Author)
David B. Yerger, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Discussants:

Michael E. S. Hoffman, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Subrata Sarker, The University of British Columbia
Peri Agostinho da Silva, Jr., University of North Dakota
William Arthur Carden, Rhodes College

Session Chairs:

Kristie Briggs, Creighton University

Papers:

"Fiscal Adjustment in Developing Countries Through Tax Administration Reform"
Charles Vehorn, Radford University (Contact Author)

"Trade Reforms and Indian Informal Sector"
Arpita Banerjee Chakraborty, University of New Hampshire (Contact Author)

"Substituting Corruption for Institutions"
Lisa Verdon, Florida State University (Contact Author)
William Arthur Carden, Rhodes College

"The Effect of Intellectual Property Rights on High Technology Exports to Developing Countries"
Kristie Briggs, Creighton University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Lourenco Paz, University of Maryland
Yaroslava Babych, The George Washington University
Ramesh Mohan, Bryant University
Leonid Krasnozhon, George Mason University