Organizers:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Session Chairs:

Michael Bonnal, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Papers:

"Assessing Trade Potential Between Countries of the Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA): A Panel Data Analysis"
Amr S. Hosny, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Contact Author)

"Labor Mobility, Knowledge Transfer and Productivity Spillover: Evidence from Indian Firms"
Deepraj Mukherjee, The University of Memphis (Contact Author)

"Cross-Country Variation in Factor Shares and Its Implications for Development Accounting"
Brad Sturgill, Appalachian State University (Contact Author)

"Double Irreversibilities and the Development of Biofuels"
Ruiqing Miao, Iowa State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jen-Ruey Tsaur, National Central University
Carolina Castilla, The Ohio State Univesity
Nabamita Dutta, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
Mariano Alierta, Annuorum SL

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Session Chairs:

Scott French, The Univeristy of Texas at Austin

Papers:

"Export, Firm Heterogeneity and Innovation"
Erik Strojer Madsen, University of Aarhus (Contact Author)
Valdemar Smith, University of Aarhus

"Innovation in Product Space and Trade"
Scott French, The Univeristy of Texas at Austin (Contact Author)

"Information Inputs and International Trade: Evidence from State Level Data on Business Air Travel"
Anca Cristea, Purdue University (Contact Author)

"Information Heterogeneity and Portfolio Home Bias"
Huiran Pan, California State University-Fullerton (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Deepraj Mukherjee, The University of Memphis
Anca Cristea, Purdue University
David Y. Chen, North Carolina A&T State University
Erik Strojer Madsen, University of Aarhus

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Organizers:

Nabamita Dutta, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

Session Chairs:

Sanjukta Roy, West Virginia University

Papers:

"Terrorism and Informal Institutions"
Nabamita Dutta, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse (Contact Author)
Sanjukta Roy, West Virginia University

"The PTA Factor: Role of Preferential Trade Agreement in the Trade-Institution Relation"
Nabamita Dutta, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
Deepraj Mukherjee, The University of Memphis (Contact Author)
Sanjukta Roy, West Virginia University

"Spatial Dependency of Health and Education Expenditures Across National Governments"
Susane Leguizamon, West Virginia University (Contact Author)
J. Sebastian Leguizamon, West Virginia University

"Does Environmental Pollution Replicate the Transfer Problem? The Role of Trade"
John Dogbey, Ohio University (Contact Author)

"A Difference-in-Difference-in-Difference Analysis of the Effect of State Anti-discrimination Laws on the Labor Market Outcomes of Gays and Lesbians"
David Christafore, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Sanjukta Roy, West Virginia University
Justin M. Ross, Indiana University
Joshua C. Hall, Beloit College
Sudeshna Pal, Georgia College & State University
David Christafore, West Virginia University

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