Session Chairs:

Michael Bonnal, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Papers:

"A New Look at the 'Shame of the States'"
Abdoulaye Seck, Suffolk University (Contact Author)

"Are Institutions Fundamental for Development? Evidence from Madagascar"
Alan Green, Lander University (Contact Author)
Christine Moser, Western Michigan University

"Curbing Corruption for Higher Growth: The Importance of Being Persistent"
Mushfiq Swaleheen, Florida Gulf Coast University (Contact Author)

"Persistence of Institutions, Openness to Trade and Economic Growth: New Evidence"
Michael Bonnal, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Contact Author)
Mehmet E. Yaya, Eastern Michigan University

Discussants:

Mushfiq Swaleheen, Florida Gulf Coast University
Alan Green, Lander University
Abdoulaye Seck, Suffolk University
Katherine Christina Theyson, The University of the South

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Session Chairs:

Katherine Christina Theyson, The University of the South

Papers:

"Heterogeneity of Financing Behavior of Firms: Trade Credit Versus Bank Credit – An Empirical Examination Using Structural Break Test in Simultaneous Equations Model"
Bidisha Lahiri, Oklahoma State University (Contact Author)
Xi Tian, Oklahoma State University

"Re–Investigating the Determinants of Media Freedom: A Quantile Regression Analysis"
Nabamita Dutta, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (Contact Author)
Sanjukta Roy, World Bank Institute

"The Impact of Off-Farm Work on the Land Clearing and Land Use Decisions of Colonist Settlers in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon"
Katherine Christina Theyson, The University of the South (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Bidisha Lahiri, Oklahoma State University
Nabamita Dutta, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Katherine Christina Theyson, The University of the South

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