Organizers:

Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University

Session Chairs:

Howard Bodenhorn, Clemson University

Papers:

"Constitutional Competition in the American Colonies"
Roger Congleton, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"Loss of Control: Apportionment Changes and the State-Local Relationship"
Jessica Hennessey, Furman University (Contact Author)

"Shareholder Voting Rules, Capital Formation and Bank Performance in the Nineteenth-Century United States"
Howard Bodenhorn, Clemson University (Contact Author)

"Rocky Seas: Dynamic Inefficiency in the Transition from Whale Oil to Petroleum"
Brooks A. Kaiser, Gettysburg College (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Hugh Rockoff, Rutgers University
Jessica Hennessey, Furman University
Gerald Dwyer, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Leonard A. Carlson, Emory University

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Organizers:

Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Session Chairs:

Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Georgia Institute of Technology

Papers:

"Giving and the Nature of Communities: An Analysis of How Community Characteristics Affect an Individual's Likelihood of Engaging in Volunteer Work"
Theodoros Diasakos, Collegio Carlo Alberto
Florence Neymotin, Kansas State University (Contact Author)

"Care Provision to Elderly Parents and Women's Hours Worked in the Labor Market"
Jennifer Graves, University of Oklahoma (Contact Author)

"Immigration and Its Impact on Mothers' Child Care Time and 'Quality': Evidence from the American Time-Use Survey"
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, San Diego State University (Contact Author)
Almudena Sevilla Sanz, University of Oxford

"Female Autonomy and Health Care in Developing Countries: A Closer Look at Uttar Pradesh and Bihar"
Sharmistha Self, Missouri State University (Contact Author)
Richard Grabowski, Southern Illinois University

Discussants:

Jessica Hennessey, Furman University
Angela Fertig, The University of Georgia
Anita Alves Pena, Colorado State University
Kathryn H. Anderson, Vanderbilt University

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