Session Chairs:

T.M. Tonmoy Islam, University of Kentucky

Papers:

"Do Capital Controls Matter for Financial Openness? Some Evidence from Panel Data"
Elena Bondarenko, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"Foreign Aid, the Soft Budget Constraint and Tax Effort: A Panel Data Analysis"
Leanora Brown, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Foreign Borrowing by Developing Countries"
Eylem Ersal-Kiziler, Georgetown University (Contact Author)

"Remittances and Economic Growth: Evidence from Panel VAR"
Abdullah Al-bahrani, Bloomsburg University
Aziz Berdiev, University of Kentucky
T.M. Tonmoy Islam, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Leanora Brown, Georgia State University
Elena Bondarenko, West Virginia University
Eylem Ersal-Kiziler, Georgetown University
Wan-Shin (Cindy) Mo, Chung Yuan Christian University

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Organizers:

Areendam Chanda, Louisiana State University
Jenny Minier, University of Kentucky

Session Chairs:

Areendam Chanda, Louisiana State University

Papers:

"Borders in Africa: A Natural Experiment?"
Stelios Michalopoulos, Tufts University (Contact Author)
Elias Papaioannou, Dartmouth College

"Divergence"
Michal Jerzmanowski, Clemson University (Contact Author)

"Growth Regressions and the Problem of Endogeneity"
William R. Hauk, Jr., University of South Carolina (Contact Author)

"On Persistent Poverty in a Rich Country"
Jenny Minier, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)
T.M. Tonmoy Islam, University of Kentucky
James P. Ziliak, University of Kentucky

Discussants:

Jenny Minier, University of Kentucky
Vadym Volosovych, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Daniel J. Henderson, Binghamton University
Todd Schoellman, Arizona State University

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Session Chairs:

Shabana Singh, Vanderbilt University

Papers:

"India's Poverty: A Multidimensional Perspective"
Shabana Singh, Vanderbilt University (Contact Author)

"Culture as a Function of the Institutional Make-up of a Society: Historical Evidence from an Ex-Soviet Country"
Olga Nicoara, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"A Review of Iranian Aviation Industry: Victim of Sanctions or Creation of Mismanagement?"
Ali Dadpay, Clayton State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Olga Nicoara, George Mason University
T.M. Tonmoy Islam, University of Kentucky
Triyakshana Venkatraman, George Mason University

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