Organizers:

Gail M. Hoyt, University of Kentucky

Moderators:

Gail M. Hoyt, University of Kentucky

Panelists:

Jill L. Caviglia-Harris, Salisbury University "Using Cooperative Learning to Understand Exam Assessment"

Hari S. Luitel, University of Richmond "Best Classroom Practice"

Sarah Pearlman, Vassar College "A Goldsmith Game for Teaching Money Creation and the Tools of Monetary Policy"

Steven Rundle, Biola University "A Mid-Semester Cooperative Learning Exercise in Principles of Microeconomics"

Sandra Trejos, Clarion University of Pennsylvania "Clicking on Student Engagement in the Economics Classroom"

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Session Chairs:

Sean Turner, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Tax Evasion and Market Structure in Transition Economies"
Sean Turner, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Does Labor Supply Respond to Flat Tax? Evidence from the Russian Tax Reform"
Denvil Duncan, Georgia State University
Klara Sabirianova Peter, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Foreign Aid, Illegal Immigration, and Welfare"
Jonathan Munemo, Salisbury University (Contact Author)

"How Many Illegal Immigrants Enter the U.S. Where and Why?"
Andreas Buehn, Dresden University of Technology (Contact Author)
Stefan Eichler, Dresden University of Technology

Discussants:

Hari S. Luitel, University of Richmond
Andreas Buehn, Dresden University of Technology
Mahmut Yasar, The University of Texas at Arlington
Jonathan Munemo, Salisbury University

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Session Chairs:

R. Morris Coats, Nicholls State University

Papers:

"The Efficiency of Impact Fee Financing for Commercial Infrastructure Requirements"
Adam Jones, The University of Georgia (Contact Author)
Arthur Snow, The University of Georgia

"An Analysis of West Virginia's Two Tax Amnesties: 1986 and 2004"
Hari S. Luitel, University of Richmond (Contact Author)

"Estimating State and Federal Cigarette Tax Elasticities"
R. Morris Coats, Nicholls State University (Contact Author)
Bhavneet Walia, Nicholls State University

"The Demand for Vice: A Complete Demand System Study of Smoking, Drinking and Gambling in Texas"
Michael Trousdale, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Lei Zhang, The University of Texas at Dallas
Adam Jones, The University of Georgia
Hari S. Luitel, University of Richmond
Michael Trousdale, Texas A&M University

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Organizers:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Session Chairs:

Hari S. Luitel, University of Richmond

Papers:

"Income Inequality in Latin America: The Effects of Governmental Transfers and Taxation"
Mark McCoon, University of Southern Mississippi (Contact Author)

"Charitable Giving Through Gift Exchange"
Tamara Lynn Trafton, Vanderbilt University (Contact Author)

"The Signaling Game of Charitable Donations"
Emina Cardamone, Temple University (Contact Author)

"Revenue and Tax Responses to Tax Competition"
Kusum Singh, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Tarron Khemraj, New College of Florida
Xiaofen Chen, Truman State University
Michael Trousdale, Texas A&M University
Lynn MacDonald, St. Cloud State University

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