Session Chairs:

Clifford F. Thies, Shenandoah University

Papers:

"Earnings, Dividend Taxes, and Dividend Payouts: New Evidence"
Benjamin Russo, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Contact Author)
Alan Blankley, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Stanislav Radchenko, Goldman Sachs

"The Unexpected Excess Return on Political Contribution"
Medhawin Kitikun, West Virginia University (Contact Author)
Scott Murdoch, West Virginia University

"The Effects of the Bankruptcy Act of 2005 on Non-Business Bankruptcy Filings"
Clifford F. Thies, Shenandoah University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Naoaki Minamihashi, Boston University
Jeffrey Wagner, Rochester Institute of Technology
Benjamin Russo, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Session Chairs:

Ahmed S. Rahman, U.S. Naval Academy

Papers:

"International Trade, Rents, Technology, and Carbon Markets"
Stratford M. Douglas, West Virginia University (Contact Author)
Medhawin Kitikun, West Virginia University

"Resource Dispersion and Trading Neighbours: A Spatial Perspective"
Horatiu A. Rus, University of Waterloo (Contact Author)

"Trade, Technology and the Great Divergence"
Ahmed S. Rahman, U.S. Naval Academy (Contact Author)

"The Environmental Effect of Foreign Firms on Host Countries"
Evangelina Dardati, The University of Texas at Austin
Meryem Tekin, The University of Texas at Austin (Contact Author)

Discussants:

B. James Deaton, University of Guelph
Bidisha Lahiri, Oklahoma State University
Scott Davis, Vanderbilt University
Horatiu A. Rus, University of Waterloo

Session Chairs:

Souvik Datta, The University of British Columbia

Papers:

"Participation in Green Power Partnership: What Distinguishes Leaders, Partners and Non-Participants?"
Suchandra Basu, Rhode Island College (Contact Author)
Soma Ghosh, Bridgewater State College
Wayne B. Gray, Clark University

"Do Good and Bad Actors Respond Differently to EPA Policy Levers? An Examination of a Voluntary Program and Regulatory Threat in the Metal Finishing Industry"
Keith Brouhle, Grinnell College (Contact Author)
Ann Wolverton, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Charles Griffiths, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

"Do Pollution Abatement Spillovers Exist? A Spatial Econometric Approach"
Souvik Datta, The University of British Columbia (Contact Author)

"Incentivizing Sustainable Waste Management"
Jeffrey Wagner, Rochester Institute of Technology (Contact Author)

Discussants:

A. Tolga Ergun, Suffolk University
Ann Wolverton, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Medhawin Kitikun, West Virginia University
Luke Jones, The University of Tennessee