Session Chairs:

Ian Partridge, The University of Texas at Austin

Papers:

"Why Do High-Wage States Offer Generous Social Insurance Programs If High-Wage Individuals Dislike Them?"
Jason L. Saving, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Contact Author)

"User-Friendly Benefit-Cost Analysis of an Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project"
John Merrifield, The University of Texas at San Antonio (Contact Author)

"Opportunities Created by Cyclical Construction Demand: Implications for State and Local Fiscal Policy"
Keith Waltz, The University of Texas at San Antonio (Contact Author)
John Merrifield, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Discussants:

Shibalee Majumdar, The Ohio State University
Divya Balasubramaniam, The University of Georgia
Adam Jones, The University of Georgia

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Session Chairs:

Kuntala Bandyopadhyay, The Ohio State University

Papers:

"Are the Movements in the Federal Funds Rate Impacting the U.S. Home Foreclosures and Prices? An Empirical Inquiry"
Gokce Soydemir, The University of Texas-Pan American (Contact Author)

"Tax Free Income and the Housing Bubble"
John Merrifield, The University of Texas at San Antonio (Contact Author)
Freeman Field, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Yong Bao, Purdue University

"Home Appreciation, Default Risk and Neighborhood Upkeep"
Tammy C.M. Leonard, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)

"Does Proximity to a Metropolitan City Affect Strategic Interaction Among US Counties?"
Kuntala Bandyopadhyay, The Ohio State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Gokce Soydemir, The University of Texas-Pan American
Tammy C.M. Leonard, The University of Texas at Dallas
Kuntala Bandyopadhyay, The Ohio State University
Ermanno Affuso, Auburn University

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Session Chairs:

Yusuke Kuwayama, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Papers:

"Accounting for Instream Flow Impacts of Agricultural Water Use"
Yusuke Kuwayama, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Contact Author)
Nicholas Brozovic, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

"Optimal Extraction of Groundwater Under Finite Aquifer Transmissivity"
Andreas Pape, Binghamton University
Neha Khanna, Binghamton University (Contact Author)
Kai Sun, Binghamton University

"Two Travel Cost Models with Internally Determined Individual Opportunity Time Costs"
John Richard McKean, AEI Economic Consultants
Donn Johnson, Quinnipiac University (Contact Author)
R. G. Taylor, University of Idaho

Discussants:

John Merrifield, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Donn Johnson, Quinnipiac University
Neha Khanna, Binghamton University

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Organizers:

Daniel B. Klein, George Mason University

Session Chairs:

Lawrence H. White, George Mason University

Papers:

"Goldin and Katz and Educational Policy Failings in Historical Perspective"
Arnold Kling, EconLog
John Merrifield, The University of Texas at San Antonio (Contact Author)

"What Do We Really Know About the New Deal? A Second Look at Eggertsson’s Defense"
Steven G. Horwitz, St. Lawrence University (Contact Author)

"Occupational Licensing: Scant Treatment in Labor Texts"
Frank Stephenson, Berry College (Contact Author)
Erin Wendt, Berry College

"Do Economists Believe American Democracy Is Working? Results of a Survey of American Economic Association Members"
William L. Davis, The University of Tennessee at Martin (Contact Author)
Bob Figgins, The University of Tennessee at Martin

Discussants:

John Merrifield, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Steven G. Horwitz, St. Lawrence University
Frank Stephenson, Berry College
Lawrence H. White, George Mason University

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