Session Chairs:

Richard V. Butler, Trinity University

Papers:

"Higher Education Opportunities and Local Employment Conditions "
Michael Bonnal, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Contact Author)
Cristina Lira, The University of Alabama
Samuel Addy, The University of Alabama

"The 21st Century Workforce: Is There a 'Skills Gap?' If So, How Can We Close It?"
Richard V. Butler, Trinity University (Contact Author)
Paulius Kosmarciukas, Trinity University

"Estimating the Intrinsic and Extrinsic Returns to Multiple Measures of MBA Quality"
Wayne A. Grove, Le Moyne College
Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis (Contact Author)

"Do Postdoctoral Fellowships Increase the Likelihood of Tenure? "
Omari H. Swinton, Howard University (Contact Author)
Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe, Bennett College for Women
William A. Darity, Jr., Duke University

"Placement of the 2008-09 Class of Economics Ph.D. Students"
Chad Turner, Nicholls State University (Contact Author)
Bhavneet Walia, Nicholls State University
Shane Sanders, Nicholls State University

Discussants:

Tommy Henry, Mississippi State University
Kylie Goggins, University of Kentucky
Azhar Iqbal, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Chad Turner, Nicholls State University
Alice Louise Kassens, Roanoke College

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Session Chairs:

Mihaela I. Pintea, Florida International University

Papers:

"Work and/or Fun: Modeling Utilitarian and Hedonic Values of Shopping, Research, and More"
Wan-Ju Iris Franz, Houston Baptist University (Contact Author)

"Toward a Unified Theory of Fertility"
Bhavneet Walia, Nicholls State University (Contact Author)
Shane Sanders, Nicholls State University

"Subsistence and Suicide: An Empirical Analysis of Japanese Data"
Yoshiaki Shimazaki, Akita Prefectural University (Contact Author)
Christian Crowley, U.S. Department of the Interior

"Keeping up with the Joneses with Multiple Reference Groups and Female Labor Force Participation"
Mihaela I. Pintea, Florida International University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jessica Harriger, Western Illinois University
Raul Alberto Ponce Rodriguez, Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez
Mihaela I. Pintea, Florida International University
Michael Bonnal, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

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Session Chairs:

Alistair J. Wilson, New York University

Papers:

"Caustic Communication and Group Decision Making"
Alistair J. Wilson, New York University (Contact Author)

"Collective Action and Power Inequality"
Jaesoo Kim, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (Contact Author)

"Vote Production Function"
Kyle Kretschman, The University of Texas at Austin (Contact Author)
Nick Mastronardi, United States Air Force Academy

"Voting and Abstaining in the U.S. Senate: Mr. Downs Goes to Washington"
Christopher Boudreaux, Nicholls State University/Florida State University
R. Morris Coats, Nicholls State University (Contact Author)
Shane Sanders, Nicholls State University

Discussants:

Kyle Kretschman, The University of Texas at Austin
William R. Hauk, Jr., University of South Carolina
Jaesoo Kim, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
R. Morris Coats, Nicholls State University

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