Session Chairs:

Carolina Castilla, The Ohio State Univesity

Papers:

"An Experiment for Examining the Formation of Natural Monopolies"
A.J. Allen Bostian, The University of New South Wales
David Zirkle, Randolph College (Contact Author)

"Internalizing Violence: Coordinating Murder Between Families in the Sicilian and American Mafia"
Douglas Rogers, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"Why the Inside Rules the Outside: The Economics of Criminal Gang Control"
David B. Skarbek, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"Consumer Willingness to Search in the Gasoline Retail Market"
Carolina Castilla, The Ohio State Univesity (Contact Author)
Timothy C. Haab, The Ohio State University

Discussants:

Steven Carl Trost, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Douglas Rogers, George Mason University
Andreas Pape, Binghamton University
Benjamin C. Anderson, The Ohio State University

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Session Chairs:

Christian Dreger, DIW Berlin

Papers:

"Macroeconomic Saving Under Prudence"
A.J. Allen Bostian, The University of New South Wales (Contact Author)
Christoph Heinzel, Toulouse School of Economics (LERNA)

"Higher Order of Risk Aversion and Portfolio Choice"
Suvayan De, West Virginia State University (Contact Author)

"The Role of Asset Markets for Private Consumption: Evidence from Paneleconometric Models"
Christian Dreger, DIW Berlin (Contact Author)
Hans-Eggert Reimers, Hochschule Wismar

"Housing Wealth Isn't (Much) Wealth"
William Miles, Wichita State University (Contact Author)
Charles Calomiris, Columbia University

"The Welfare Consequences of the Increase in Wage Dispersion with Private Information"
Yuki Ikeda, Georgetown University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Suvayan De, West Virginia State University
William Miles, Wichita State University
Yuki Ikeda, Georgetown University
A.J. Allen Bostian, The University of New South Wales
Christian Dreger, DIW Berlin

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Session Chairs:

Lirong Liu, Sam Houston State University

Papers:

"Avoiding Arsenic in Rural Bangladesh: An Averting Behavior Analysis"
Sonia Aziz, Moravian College (Contact Author)
Kevin Boyle, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Thomas D. Crocker, University of Wyoming

"Firm Compliance with Multiple Environmental Regulations"
Lirong Liu, Sam Houston State University (Contact Author)

"International Business Cycles and the Control of Greenhouse Gas Emissions"
Nathan S. Balke, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)
Stephen P.A. Brown, Resources for the Future

"Altruism, Efficiency, and Health in the Family"
Mark Dickie, University of Central Florida (Contact Author)
Matthew J. Salois, University of Reading

Discussants:

Nathan S. Balke, Southern Methodist University
Yusuke Kuwayama, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Merlin Mack Hanauer, Georgia State University
A.J. Allen Bostian, The University of New South Wales

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