Organizers:

Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Rossitza B. Wooster, Portland State University

Papers:

"Incentives and Deterrents to Foreign Direct Investment "
Luisa R. Blanco, Pepperdine University (Contact Author)

"Direct Investments in China and Transition Economies: Complements or Substitutes?"
Rossitza B. Wooster, Portland State University (Contact Author)
Donna L. Paul, Washington State University

"Was Latin America Correct in Relying on Foreign Direct Investment to Improve Employment Rates?"
Diego Vacaflores, Texas State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Christopher A. Laincz, Drexel University
Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas
Salvador Contreras, The University of Texas-Pan American

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Organizers:

Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Adam D. Rennhoff, Middle Tennessee State University

Papers:

"The Effect of Competition and Bundling in Telecom and Television Services: Short Term Gain or Long Term Loss?"
Adam D. Rennhoff, Middle Tennessee State University (Contact Author)

"Inducing R&D Investment with Price Ceilings"
Zhou Yang, The University of Tennessee
Cristina M. Reiser, The University of Tennessee
Youping Li, The University of Tennessee (Contact Author)

"Is E-Textbook the Solution for High Textbook Expenses?"
Lirong Liu, Sam Houston State University (Contact Author)
Qiannong Gu, Sam Houston State Universisty

"An Alternative View to the Cause of Corruption"
Salvador Contreras, The University of Texas-Pan American (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Christopher A. Laincz, Drexel University
Luisa R. Blanco, Pepperdine University
Diego A. Escobari, San Francisco State University
Adam D. Rennhoff, Middle Tennessee State University

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Organizers:

Marie T. Mora, The University of Texas-Pan American

Session Chairs:

Isabel Ruiz, Sam Houston State University

Papers:

"Bank Performance in Dollarized Economies"
Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Contact Author)

"The U.S. Housing Market and Mexican Remittances: Is There a Connection?"
Violeta Diaz, The University of Texas-Pan American
Gokce Soydemir, The University of Texas-Pan American

"Changing Fertility Preferences One Migrant at a Time: The Impact of Remittances on the Fertility Rate"
George Sami Naufal, American University of Sharjah
Carlos Vargas-Silva, University of Oxford (Contact Author)

"Tough Times, Tough Choices: The Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on the Health of the U.S. Latino Population"
Gabriel R. Sanchez, The University of New Mexico (Contact Author)
Jillian Medeiros, The University of New Mexico
Robert O. Valdez, The University of New Mexico

Discussants:

Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas
Luisa R. Blanco, Pepperdine University
Sue K. Stockly, Eastern New Mexico University
Benjamin Matta, New Mexico State University

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