Organizers:

Lewis S. Davis, Union College

Session Chairs:

Lewis S. Davis, Union College

Papers:

"Reinterpreting the Jones Critique: A Time Series Approach to Testing and Understanding Idea Driven Growth Models with Transitional Dynamics"
Bruce T. Elmslie, University of New Hampshire (Contact Author)
Norman Sedgley, Loyola College in Maryland

"Scientists, Lawyers and Imitators: Innovation and Rent Protection with Imperfect Patent Enforcement"
Fuat Sener, Union College
Lewis S. Davis, Union College (Contact Author)

"Poverty, Geography and Institutional Path Dependence"
Edinaldo Tebaldi, Bryant University (Contact Author)
Ramesh Mohan, Bryant University

Discussants:

Mark Hopkins, Gettysburg College
Peter J. Kower, Oglethorpe University
Norman Sedgley, Loyola College in Maryland

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

Session Chairs:

Jonathan D. Fisher, Litigation Analytics, Inc.

Papers:

"The Effect of Welfare Reform on Marriage Decision: Evidence from Micro Data"
Pimrak Pakdeethai, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)

"Institutions Augmented Solow Model with Poverty Trap"
Edinaldo Tebaldi, Bryant University (Contact Author)
Ramesh Mohan, Bryant University

"Finding the Poor Older Americans"
Jonathan D. Fisher, Litigation Analytics, Inc. (Contact Author)
David S. Johnson, U.S. Census Bureau
Joseph Marchand, University of Alberta
Timothy Smeeding, Syracuse University
Barbara B. Torrey, Population Reference Bureau

Discussants:

Jan Schnellenbach, University of Heidelberg
Patryk Babiarz, Purdue University
Pimrak Pakdeethai, Texas A&M University
Edinaldo Tebaldi, Bryant University