Session Chairs:

Garth Heutel, Harvard University

Papers:

"Collective Action and International Carbon Dioxide Regulations"
Nirupama Devaraj, Valparaiso University
Suchandra Basu, Rhode Island College (Contact Author)

"The Institutional Determinants of CO2 Emissions: A Computational Modeling Approach Using Artificial Neural Networks and Genetic Programming"
Gonzalo Caballero, University of Vigo (Contact Author)
Marcos Alvarez-Diaz, Centre De Recera Econòmica - University of the Balearic Islands
Mario Soliño, University of Vigo

"The Welfare Synergy in Bundling International Environmental Agreements with International Trade Treaties"
Bidisha Lahiri, Oklahoma State University (Contact Author)

"Optimal Environmental Policy Under Economic Fluctuations"
Garth Heutel, Harvard University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jennifer Brown, Eastern Connecticut State University
Shrawantee Saha, University of New Hampshire
Fred Loxsom, Eastern Connecticut State University
Bidisha Lahiri, Oklahoma State University

Session Chairs:

Jennifer Brown, Eastern Connecticut State University

Papers:

"No Country for Old Men (and Women): Do State Taxes Drive Away the Elderly?"
Karen Smith Conway, University of New Hampshire (Contact Author)
Jonathan Rork, Georgia State University

"The Effect of Coal Mines on Residential Property Values"
Arzu Sen, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"Elected Versus Appointed County Commission Executives: Political Favors, Unions, and Support Facilities"
Gary Hoover, University of Alabama (Contact Author)

"The Distributional Impacts of Climate Change: Effects from Geographic Variation"
Jennifer Brown, Eastern Connecticut State University (Contact Author)
Fred Loxsom, Eastern Connecticut State University
Mary Curran, Eastern Connecticut State University

Discussants:

P. Benjamin Chou, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Michael D. Stroup, Stephen F. Austin State University
John Hill, Hardin-Simmons University
Gonzalo Caballero, University of Vigo

Session Chairs:

Elizabeth L. Rankin, Centenary College of Louisiana

Papers:

"Differences in Expected Starting Salaries by Gender and Race of Bachelor Degree Recipients in Connecticut: A Panel Study"
Jennifer Brown, Eastern Connecticut State University (Contact Author)
Maryanne Clifford, Eastern Connecticut State University
Rhona Free, Eastern Connecticut State University

"Executive Compensation: The Case of Private Colleges"
Elizabeth L. Rankin, Centenary College of Louisiana
Harold R. Christensen, Centenary College of Louisiana (Contact Author)

"Underemployment and Local Employment Dynamics: New Evidence"
Michael Bonnal, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Contact Author)
Cristina Lira, The University of Alabama
Samuel Addy, The University of Alabama

Discussants:

Till Schreiber, The College of William and Mary
Stephanie Riegg Cellini, The George Washington University
Anthony J. Barkume, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics