Organizers:

Deborah Fletcher, Miami University

Session Chairs:

Deborah Fletcher, Miami University

Papers:

"Information Versus Access: Why Do Firms Become Politically Active?"
Randall Kroszner, University of Chicago
Thomas Stratmann, George Mason University

"Inefficient Redistribution and Inefficient Redistributive Politics"
Daniel J. Kovenock, University of Iowa
Brian Roberson, Miami University

"Political Reputation, Negative Campaigning, and Strategic Shirking"
Deborah Fletcher, Miami University (Contact Author)
Steven Slutsky, University of Florida

Discussants:

Lawrence W. Kenny, University of Florida
Donald E. Campbell, The College of William and Mary
James E. Foster, Vanderbilt University

Organizers:

Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University

Session Chairs:

Peter Coughlin, University of Maryland

Papers:

"Probabilistic and Spatial Models of Voting"
Peter Coughlin, University of Maryland (Contact Author)

"Scoring Rule Lotteries with Multiple Winners"
Frederick Chen, Wake Forest University (Contact Author)
Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University

"Evaluating Voting Rules by Their Probability of Success: An Empirical Analysis"
T. Nicolaus Tideman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Florenz Plassmann, State University of New York at Binghamton

"Uniformly Bounded Information and Social Choice"
Donald E. Campbell, The College of William and Mary
Jerry S. Kelly, Syracuse University

Discussants:

Lingfang (Ivy) Li, University of Louisville
Bryan McCannon, Wake Forest University
Helena Poon, Georgetown University
Yong J. Yoon, George Mason University