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:

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