Session Chairs:

Beth A. Freeborn, The College of William and Mary

Papers:

"Varying the Intensity of Competition in a Rent Seeking Experiment"
Beth A. Freeborn, The College of William and Mary (Contact Author)
Lisa R. Anderson, The College of William and Mary

"Strategic Behavior in Oligopolistic Markets with Exchange Contracts: An Examination of California's Gasoline Market Institutions"
Rimvydas Baltaduonis, Chapman University (Contact Author)

"An Empirical Test of Peak-Load Pricing and Agglomeration Effects in the Lodging Industry"
Manuel A. Hernandez, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)
Li Gan, Texas A&M University

Discussants:

Steven Slutsky, University of Florida
Raul Alberto Ponce Rodriguez, Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez
Sebastian Miller, University of Maryland

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