Session Chairs:

Marvin Smith, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Papers:

"Democracy and Financial Development"
Benhua Yang, Stetson University (Contact Author)

"Pyramidal Ownership in Ecuadorian Business Groups"
Maria L. Granda, Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral - Graduate School of Management (Contact Author)
Steven N. Wiggins, Texas A&M University

"Alternative Financial Service Providers and the Spatial Void Hypothesis: The Case of New Jersey and Delaware"
Marvin Smith, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Contact Author)
John J. Wackes, Federal Resrve Bank of Philadelphia
Tony Smith, University of Pennsylvania

"A Community Based Study of Financial Well-being at Retirement: A Multiple Imputation Application"
Tibebe Assefa, The University of Texas-Pan American (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Maria L. Granda, Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral - Graduate School of Management
Benhua Yang, Stetson University
Ali M. Al-Nadi, The University of Tennessee
Tibebe Assefa, The University of Texas-Pan American

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Session Chairs:

Rasim Burak Uras, Washingston University in St. Louis Department of Economics

Papers:

"Political Democratization, Economic Liberalization, and Growth Volatility"
Benhua Yang, Stetson University (Contact Author)

"Can the Galbraithian Hypothesis Too Big a Private Sector Explain Policies Advocated by the Obama Administration"
Frank Martin, Southern University at New Orleans (Contact Author)

"Who Invests in Research and Development?: A Model of Endogenous Sectoral Choice with Costly External Finance"
Rasim Burak Uras, Washingston University in St. Louis Department of Economics (Contact Author)

"Expenditure Trajectories for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness and Criminal Justice Involvement"
John Robst, University of South Florida (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Frank Martin, Southern University at New Orleans
Benhua Yang, Stetson University
Dooyeon Cho, Michigan State University
Laila Dabbagh Lambdin, University of Phoenix

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