Organizers:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Session Chairs:

Kylie Goggins, University of Kentucky

Papers:

"Does Competition Improve Public School Efficiency? An Analysis of K-12 Public Education in Mississippi"
Kaustav Misra, Mississippi State University (Contact Author)

"Teacher Pension Incentives, Retirement Behavior, and Potential for Reform in Arkansas"
Josh B. McGee, University of Arkansas (Contact Author)

"Mergers Do Smaller Classes Increase Test Scores? Using New Entrants to Estimate Class Size Effects"
Courtney Collins, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)

"Learning by Doing, Overconfidence, and Serial Entrepreneurs"
Jing Chen, Florida International University (Contact Author)

"Post-Socialist Culture and Entrepreneurship: An Empirical Analysis"
Petrik Runst, George Mason University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Omari H. Swinton, Howard University
Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis
Luis Gonzalez, University of Kentucky
Whitney Schott, University of Pennsylvania
Mary Beth Walker, Georgia State University

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Organizers:

Sarah M. Estelle, Rhodes College

Session Chairs:

Sarah M. Estelle, Rhodes College

Papers:

"Effective Childrearing of Young School-Aged Children: Evidence from College-Enrolled Mothers"
Sarah M. Estelle, Rhodes College (Contact Author)

"Smaller Classes and Similar Peers: Disentangling the Effects of Class Size and Class Composition"
Courtney Collins, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)

"You Can’t Judge a Grant by Its Dollar Amount – How State Merit Grants Affect Student Decisions in College"
Erin Dunlop, University of Virginia (Contact Author)

"Visa Status and Postdoctoral Participation of Non-Citizen PhDs in the U.S."
Xiaohuan Lan, University of Virginia (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Sarah M. Estelle, Rhodes College
Courtney Collins, Texas A&M University
Erin Dunlop, University of Virginia
Xiaohuan Lan, University of Virginia

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