Session Chairs:

Yaya Sissoko, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Papers:

"External Economies and International Trade"
Haiwen Zhou, Old Dominion University (Contact Author)

"Reward, Punishment, and the Byrd Amendment"
Benjamin H. Liebman, St. Joseph's University (Contact Author)
Kasaundra M. Tomlin, Oakland University

"Trade and Informal Labor Markets"
Lourenco Paz, University of Maryland (Contact Author)

"West Africa’s Evolving Competitive Exposure in U.S. Import Markets"
Yaya Sissoko, Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Contact Author)
David B. Yerger, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Discussants:

Michael E. S. Hoffman, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Subrata Sarker, The University of British Columbia
Peri Agostinho da Silva, Jr., University of North Dakota
William Arthur Carden, Rhodes College

Session Chairs:

Baybars Karacaovali, Fordham University

Papers:

"The Customs Union Issue: Why Do We Observe so Few of Them?"
Peri Agostinho da Silva, Jr., University of North Dakota (Contact Author)
Giovanni Facchini, University of Essex
Gerald Willmann, CESifo Group

"The Effect of Electoral Regime on Trade Policy"
John Hatfield, Stanford University
William R. Hauk, Jr., University of South Carolina (Contact Author)

"Short Run Effects of Trade Liberalization in the Presence of Firm Heterogeneity"
Aleksandr Vashchilko, Vanderbilt University

"Productivity Matters for Trade Policy: Theory and Evidence"
Baybars Karacaovali, Fordham University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Yoto V. Yotov, Drexel University
Charles Braymen, Kansas State University
Kristie Briggs, Creighton University
William R. Hauk, Jr., University of South Carolina