Organizers:

Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University

Session Chairs:

Bonnie Wilson, Saint Louis University

Papers:

"Political Economy of Investment: Sclerotic Effects from Interest Groups"
Dennis C. Coates, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University
Bonnie Wilson, Saint Louis University

"Closed-End Country Fund Premiums and Economic Freedom"
Samuel K. Jones, Stephen F. Austin State University (Contact Author)
Michael D. Stroup, Stephen F. Austin State University

"The Impact of Central Bank Independence on Political Monetary Cycles in Advanced and Developing Nations"
Sami Alpanda, Amherst College
Adam Honig, Amherst College

Discussants:

Noel David Johnson, George Mason University
William Arthur Carden, Rhodes College
Bonnie Wilson, Saint Louis University

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Organizers:

Noel D. Campbell, University of Central Arkansas

Session Chairs:

David T. Mitchell, University of South Alabama

Papers:

"More Competition, More Economic Growth?: A Panel Study of Local Government in U.S. Metropolitan Areas"
Dean B. Stansel, Florida Gulf Coast University (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Economic Freedom on Firm Births and Firm Deaths in the United States: A Spatial Econometrics Approach"
Noel D. Campbell, University of Central Arkansas (Contact Author)
Andres Jauregui, Columbus State University
Kirk C. Heriot, Columbus State University

"Human Rights and Economic Liberalization"
William Arthur Carden, Rhodes College (Contact Author)

"Rebuilding After Disaster—Do Neighborhood Effects Matter Post Katrina?"
David T. Mitchell, University of South Alabama (Contact Author)
Sam Stutsman, University of South Alabama

"The Determinants of Congressional Franking"
S. Tyler Edwards, Berry College
Frank Stephenson, Berry College (Contact Author)
Melissa M. Yeoh, Berry College

Discussants:

Dean B. Stansel, Florida Gulf Coast University
David T. Mitchell, University of South Alabama
Andres Jauregui, Columbus State University
Frank Stephenson, Berry College

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Organizers:

William Arthur Carden, Rhodes College

Moderators:

William Arthur Carden, Rhodes College

Panelists:

William Arthur Carden, Rhodes College

Charles M. North, Baylor University

Per Bylund, University of Missouri

Virgil Henry Storr, George Mason University

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Organizers:

William Arthur Carden, Rhodes College

Session Chairs:

William Arthur Carden, Rhodes College

Papers:

"Violence and Social Change: The Memphis Riot of 1866"
William Arthur Carden, Rhodes College (Contact Author)
Christopher J. Coyne, West Virginia University

"The Effect of Slavery on Family Formation"
Melinda Miller, United States Naval Academy (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Linda K. Carter, Baylor University

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