Session Chairs:

Hsinling Hsieh, Northern Michigan University

Papers:

"Effects of Internet Advertising on Natural Park Tourism Demand: An Empirical Study"
Yoshiaki Shimazaki, Akita Prefectural University (Contact Author)
Christian Crowley, U.S. Department of the Interior

"Weather Derivatives: A Tool for Reducing Social Cost of the Federal Crop Insurance Program?"
Wonho Chung, University of Minnesota (Contact Author)

"Store Format Choice in Organic Dairy Consumption"
Ming-Feng Hsieh, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Contact Author)
Kyle Stiegert, University of Wisconsin-Madison

"Broadband Internet Effects on Labor Market Outcomes"
Hilal Atasoy, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Wonho Chung, University of Minnesota
Yoshiaki Shimazaki, Akita Prefectural University
Hilal Atasoy, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Gregory Gilpin, Montana State University

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Session Chairs:

Wonho Chung, University of Minnesota

Papers:

"Oil Price Shocks and Industrial Production: Is the Relationship Linear?"
Latika G. Lagalo, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS, WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY (Contact Author)
Ana Maria Herrera, Wayne State University
Tatsuma Wada, University of California, Davis

"Community Hazard Mitigation and Community Rating System of NFIP"
Jingyuan Li, East Carolina University (Contact Author)

"Economic Growth and Environmental Pollution Debate"
J. Wesley Burnett, The University of Georgia (Contact Author)
John C. Bergstrom, The University of Georgia

"What You Don't Know Can't Protect You: Effects of Avoiding Betrayal on Trustee Behavior"
Jason A. Aimone, George Mason University (Contact Author)
Daniel Houser, George Mason University

Discussants:

Jan Bentzen, University of Aarhus
Ming-Feng Hsieh, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Caroline M. Sandifer, The University of Georgia
Kenneth A. Couch, University of Connecticut

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Session Chairs:

Gregory Gilpin, Montana State University

Papers:

"An Investigation for a More Sensible Approach to the Educational Cost Analysis: Examples from Texas"
Mustafa U. Karakaplan, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)

"Choosing Where to Teach: The Effect of Teacher Quality on the Charter Versus Public School Decision"
Lauren Calimeris, University of Colorado at Boulder (Contact Author)

"Contract Rigidities and the Quantity and Quality of Teachers: An Analysis of Differential Effects Across Teaching-Subject Areas"
Gregory Gilpin, Montana State University (Contact Author)
D. Chris Ferguson, University of Wisconsin-Stout

"Estimating the Expected Net Returns to College"
Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis (Contact Author)
Omari H. Swinton, Howard University

"Measuring the High School Graduation Rate in the Ninth Federal Reserve District"
Wonho Chung, University of Minnesota (Contact Author)
Rob Grunewald, Federal Reseve Bank of Minneapolis

Discussants:

Christopher C. Klein, Middle Tennessee State University
Manisha Goel, The Ohio State University
Priyanka Singh, The University of Texas at Dallas
Yunwei Gai, Babson College
Wonho Chung, University of Minnesota

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