Session Chairs:

Raul Alberto Ponce Rodriguez, Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez

Papers:

"Cointegration and Causal Relationship Between Taxes and Spending for Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa"
Edward E. Ghartey, The University of the West Indies (Contact Author)

"Voting Behavior, Preference Aggregation and Tax Design"
Raul Alberto Ponce Rodriguez, Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Gregory A. Trandel, University of Georgia
Jooyong Jun, University of Michigan
I-Ming Chiu, Rutgers University-Camden

Session Chairs:

Sebastian Miller, University of Maryland

Papers:

"Simple Policy Positions"
Micah Pollak, University of Illinois (Contact Author)

"Competing Informed Principals and Representative Democracy"
Helena Poon, Georgetown University (Contact Author)

"Political Baggage and Electoral Competition"
Jooyong Jun, University of Michigan (Contact Author)

"Flip-Flopping: Ideological Adjustment Costs in the United States Senate"
Jason DeBacker, The University of Georgia (Contact Author)

"A Three Class Model of Elections: The Effects of Income Distribution on Electoral Outcomes"
Sebastian Miller, University of Maryland (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Andrew Bacher-Hicks, The College of William and Mary
James E. Foster, Vanderbilt University
Jason DeBacker, The University of Georgia
Deborah Fletcher, Miami University
Micah Pollak, University of Illinois