Session Chairs:

Eric Crampton, University of Canterbury

Papers:

"Fiscal Decentralization and Public Debt: Is There a Link?"
Thushyanthan Baskaran, University of Heidelberg (Contact Author)

"Do Terror Attacks Affect Elections?"
Kathleen Deloughery, The Ohio State University (Contact Author)

"Population Heterogeneity, the Type of Government, and the Nature and Extent of Government Intervention"
John Garen, University of Kentucky
Carlos Lopes, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

"Political Ignorance and Political Preferences"
Eric Crampton, University of Canterbury (Contact Author)
Martin Stevenson, none

Discussants:

Jeremy Horpedahl, George Mason University
Pavel A. Yakovlev, Duquesne University
William F. Shughart, II, University of Mississippi
Eric Crampton, University of Canterbury

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