Organizers:

C. Monica Capra, Emory University

Session Chairs:

C. Monica Capra, Emory University

Papers:

"Patents Versus Subsidies"
Jens Grosser, Florida State University (Contact Author)
Donja Darai, University of Zurich
Nadja Trhal, University of Cologne

"Risk and Trust Differences Between Public Officials and Citizens in the Field"
Rick K. Wilson, Rice University (Contact Author)
Catherine C. Eckel, The University of Texas at Dallas
Tara Larson Brown, The University of Texas at Arlington
Ngoc Phan, Rice University

"Lowering Transaction Costs of Microfinance Using Social Collateral"
Tanya Rosenblat, Iowa State University (Contact Author)
Dean Karlan, Yale University
Markus Mobius, Harvard University
Adam Szeidl, University of California, Berkeley

"Are Entrepreneurs a Different Breed?"
C. Monica Capra, Emory University (Contact Author)
Bing Jiang, Emory University

Discussants:

Maria Arbatskaya, Emory University
Tanya Rosenblat, Iowa State University
C. Monica Capra, Emory University
Tibor Neugebauer, University of Luxembourg

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Session Chairs:

David Barrus, University of Kentucky

Papers:

"The Effect of Discounting on the Crowd-Out of Public Goods"
R. Andrew Luccasen, III, Mississippi State University (Contact Author)

"Single-Bid Contracts: An Analysis of Highway Procurement Auctions"
David Barrus, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

"Crowd-Out in One-Shot Public Goods Games: Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Strategic Structure"
R. Andrew Luccasen, III, Mississippi State University (Contact Author)
Ted Turocy, John Carroll University

"Do Social Benefit Programs Really Help? Evidence from Taiwan"
Yuping Tsai, Spelman College (Contact Author)
Kristopher Gerardi, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Discussants:

Yuping Tsai, Spelman College
Samuli Leppälä, Turku School of Economics
Bing Jiang, Emory University
Matthew Kim, University of St. Thomas

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Organizers:

C. Monica Capra, Emory University

Session Chairs:

C. Monica Capra, Emory University

Papers:

"Self-Serving Beliefs"
Tanya Rosenblat, Iowa State University (Contact Author)
Markus Mobius, Harvard University
Muriel Niederle, Stanford University
Paul Niehaus, University of California, San Diego

"On the Persistence of Strategic Sophistication"
Roberto Weber, Carnegie Mellon University (Contact Author)
Sotiris Georganas, University of London
Paul J. Healy, Ohio State University

"Cross-Cultural Differences in Social Preferences: Experiments with Infants and Children"
Philippe Rochat, Emory University (Contact Author)

"Risk Preferences and Personality"
C. Monica Capra, Emory University (Contact Author)
Gregory S. Berns, Emory University
Jan Engelmann, University of Zurich
Bing Jiang, Emory University

Discussants:

Roberto Weber, Carnegie Mellon University
Jens Grosser, Florida State University
Ulrich Schmidt, University of Kiel

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Session Chairs:

Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis

Papers:

"The Trend in Obesity: The Effect of Social Norms on Perceived Weight and Weight Goal"
Lori Anderson, Binghamton University (Contact Author)
Solomon Polachek, Binghamton University

"Teachers' Returning Decision: A Reduced Form Analysis"
Celia Patricia Vera, Stony Brook University (Contact Author)

"Gambling for Good: Participation in State Lotteries Funding Higher Education Scholarships"
Kara D.S. Mitchell, The University of Tennessee (Contact Author)

"The Interactions of Household Structure and Asset Combinations in Determining Chronic Poverty"
Bret Anderson, Colorado State University (Contact Author)

"Tort Reform in Obstetrics Service: Examining the Causal Effects of Tort Law Changes on Practice Patterns in Pennsylvania and New Jersey"
Yi Lu, Lehigh University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Andrew T. Young, West Virginia University
Charles McDaniel, Jr., Baylor University
Bing Jiang, Emory University
Jeffrey L. Jordan, The University of Georgia
Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis

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Session Chairs:

Wan-Ju Iris Franz, Houston Baptist University

Papers:

"Understanding the Mood-Food Cycle"
Bing Jiang, Emory University (Contact Author)

"Household Adjustments to Gasoline Price Changes"
Jonathan D. Fisher, New York Census Research Data Center (Contact Author)
Daniel Vine, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

"Conspicuous Consumption, Peer Group Effects and Inequality: An Empirical Application"
Jessica Harriger, Western Illinois University (Contact Author)
Neha Khanna, Binghamton University

"Do People with Food Service Experience Tip Better?"
Matt Parrett, Bridgewater State University (Contact Author)

"Economics of Compulsive Buying"
Wan-Ju Iris Franz, Houston Baptist University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Matt Parrett, Bridgewater State University
Jessica Harriger, Western Illinois University
Bing Jiang, Emory University
Jonathan D. Fisher, New York Census Research Data Center
Shuoxun (Hellen) Zhang, Texas A&M University

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