Session Chairs:

Gergely Ujhelyi, University of Houston

Papers:

"Determinants of Adoption of a Performance Indicators System: Evidence of Mexican Municipalities"
Jorge Ibarra-Salazar, Tecnológico de Monterrey (Contact Author)
Carlos Lopez de Arkos, Tecnológico de Monterrey

"Political Affiliation of Elected Representatives and Public Goods Provisioning in India"
Shibalee Majumdar, The Ohio State University (Contact Author)

"Political Screening: Theory and Evidence from the Argentine Public Sector"
Ernesto Calvo, University of Houston
Gergely Ujhelyi, University of Houston (Contact Author)

"Crime Spillovers and Hurricane Katrina"
Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis
Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, The University of Memphis
Ioana Sofia Pacurar, The University of Memphis (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Gary Wagner, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Nick Mastronardi, United States Air Force Academy
Scott Cunningham, Baylor University
Andreas Buehn, Dresden University of Technology

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Session Chairs:

Matthew D. Henry, Cleveland State University

Papers:

"Uncertainty in the Theory of Deterrence: Experimental Evidence"
Gregory DeAngelo, University of California, Santa Barbara (Contact Author)
Gary Charness, University of California, Santa Barbara

"A Structural Analysis of American Drunk Driving Legislation"
Darren Grant, Sam Houston State University (Contact Author)

"Disparities in Federal Sentencing: A New Approach"
Monica E. Hartmann, University of St. Thomas (Contact Author)
Beth A. Freeborn, The College of William & Mary

"Do Statutory Rape Laws Work?"
Matthew D. Henry, Cleveland State University (Contact Author)
Scott Cunningham, Baylor University

"Preemptive Corruption, Hold-Up and Repeated Interactions"
Emmanuel Dechenaux, Kent State University (Contact Author)
Andrew Samuel, Loyola University - Maryland

Discussants:

Beth A. Freeborn, The College of William & Mary
D. Mark Anderson, University of Washington
Gregory DeAngelo, University of California, Santa Barbara
David VanHoose, Baylor University
Alexander Fink, George Mason University

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Organizers:

David C. Ribar, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Session Chairs:

William M. Rodgers, III, Rutgers University

Papers:

"Occupational Restrictions on Ex-Offenders"
Keith Finlay, Tulane University (Contact Author)

"Vulnerability, Risk, and the Transition to Adulthood"
Daniel Kuehn, Urban Institute (Contact Author)
Tracy Vericher, Urban Institute
Michael Pergamit, Urban Institute
Jennifer Macomber, Urban Institute

"Stress, Conflict, and Adolescents' Transitions to Adult Roles"
David C. Ribar, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Contact Author)
Deborah Cobb-Clark, Australian National University

Discussants:

Scott Cunningham, Baylor University
Gerald S. Oettinger, The University of Texas at Austin
Jeffrey S. DeSimone, The University of Texas at Arlington

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Session Chairs:

Alexander Fink, George Mason University

Papers:

"Prostitution 2.0: The Impact of the Internet of United States Commercial Sex Markets"
Scott Cunningham, Baylor University (Contact Author)
Todd Kendall, Compass Lexecon

"Juries in Classical Athens: Group Size and the Condorcet Jury Theorem"
Bryan McCannon, Wake Forest University (Contact Author)

"Under What Conditions May a Social Contract Arise?"
Alexander Fink, George Mason University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Bryan McCannon, Wake Forest University
George R.G. Clarke, Texas A&M International University
Michael Jetter, The University of Memphis

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