Session Chairs:

Ilker Kaya, American University of Sharjah

Papers:

"Assessing the Threat of Nonconventional Terrorism"
Shatakshee Dhongde, Rochester Institute of Technology (Contact Author)

"Domestic vs. Transnational Terrorism and the U.S. Aid Allocation"
Javed Younas, American University of Sharjah (Contact Author)

"Institutional Effectiveness and Aid-FDI Nexus"
Sanjukta Roy, World Bank Institute (Contact Author)
Nabamita Dutta, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Javed Younas, American University of Sharjah

"Rethinking Economic Sanctions Success: Sanctions as Deterrents"
Ioana Petrescu, University of Maryland (Contact Author)

"Can Better Governance Quality Increase Foreign Aid Effectiveness?"
Ilker Kaya, American University of Sharjah (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Ioana Petrescu, University of Maryland
Shatakshee Dhongde, Rochester Institute of Technology
Javed Younas, American University of Sharjah
Sanjukta Roy, World Bank Institute
Zhi George Yu, Georgetown University

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Session Chairs:

Lisa Verdon, College of Wooster

Papers:

"Democracy and Institutions in Postcolonial Africa"
Alan Green, Lander University (Contact Author)

"Media Freedom, Socio-Political Instability and Economic Growth"
Sudeshna Pal, Georgia College and State University (Contact Author)
Nabamita Dutta, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Sanjukta Roy, World Bank Institute

"The Impact of Institutions on Economic Growth"
Paul Kagundu, Georgia State University (Contact Author)
Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Georgia State University

"Exploring the Impact of Democratic Capital on Prosperity"
Lisa Verdon, College of Wooster (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Alan Green, Lander University
Nabamita Dutta, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Sanjukta Roy, World Bank Institute
Paul Kagundu, Georgia State University

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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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Session Chairs:

Claudia R. Williamson, New York University

Papers:

"Is Informal Institution a Determinant of Financial Development? A Panel Analysis with Emerging Countries"
Nabamita Dutta, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (Contact Author)
Deepraj Mukherjee, Waldorf College

"The Feud Between Formal Versus Informal Institutions: A Case Study of Medieval Iceland"
Carrie B. Kerekes, Florida Gulf Coast University (Contact Author)
Claudia R. Williamson, New York University

Discussants:

Daren A. Conrad, Bowie State University
Triyakshana Venkatraman, George Mason University
Sudeshna Pal, Georgia College and State University

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