Session Chairs:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Papers:

"Uranium Sales and Economic Well-being in Niger: Is there ‘Dutch Disease’?"
Issoufou Soumaila, Oklahoma State University (Contact Author)

"Estimating the Welfare Impact of Intragenic and Transgenic GM Food Labeling Policies Using Data from Experimental Auctions"
Gregory J. Colson, Iowa State University (Contact Author)

"Estimating the Community Economic Impact of Microfinance Institutions: The Case of Bangladesh"
Vange Mariet Ocasio, Colorado State University (Contact Author)

"Assessing The Economic Implications of an Egypt-U.S. Free Trade Agreement"
Hoda El-Karaksy, University of Alabama (Contact Author)

"Trade Liberalization, Effective Human Capital and the Dynamics of Income Inequality"
Joshua Dennis Hall, Drexel University (Contact Author)

"Real Interest Rates and Fiscal Policy: A Global Study"
Ellis Heath, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Javed Younas, Central Michigan University
Laurel Adams, Northern Illinois University
Hoda El-Karaksy, University of Alabama
Heather L.R. Tierney, College of Charleston
Mostafa Beshkar, Purdue University
Nazneen Ahmad, Weber State University

Session Chairs:

Michael Bonnal, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Papers:

"The Competitive Effects of a New Product: The Case of Crystal Pepsi"
Wei Xiao, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Economics (Contact Author)

"Non-Wage Job Characteristics: The Missing Margin In Job Choice and Unemployment Insurance Program Evaluation"
Dan Becker, University of Virginia (Contact Author)

"Multinationals and the Shutdown of State-Owned Firms"
Grzegorz Pac, University of Colorado at Boulder (Contact Author)

"Bank Runs and Monetary Arrangements: A Computational Examination"
Pedro Romero Aleman, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"Unintended Effects of Environmental Regulation"
Esteban Afonso, University of Georgia (Contact Author)

"Do Teachers’ Unions Really Affect Teacher Attrition?: A Potential Outcomes Bayesian Analysis"
Gregory Gilpin, Indiana University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Benjamin D. Keen, University of Oklahoma
M. Northrup Buechner, St. John's University
Erik Strojer Madsen, University of Aarhus
David M. Kemme, University of Memphis
Vange Mariet Ocasio, Colorado State University
David E.R. Gay, University of Arkansas