Organizers:

Catherine C. Eckel, The University of Texas at Dallas
Charles A. Holt, University of Virginia

Session Chairs:

Catherine C. Eckel, The University of Texas at Dallas

Papers:

"The Competition for Order Flow in NYSE Stocks: Raising Rivals Costs"
Rick Harris, Wake Forest University (Contact Author)

"Risk Aversion and the Winner's Curse"
Charles A. Holt, University of Virginia (Contact Author)
Roger Sherman, University of Houston

"The U.S. Postal Service: Devolution of a Monopolist"
James C. Miller, III, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"Quantifying Online Privacy Choices: An Experimental Approach"
David Baumer, North Carolina State University (Contact Author)
J.C. Poindexter, North Carolina State University
Julia B. Earp, North Carolina State University

"Surplus Extraction by Primary Maket Monopolists: Evidence from Secondary Market Transactions for SEC Football Tickets"
Frank A. Scott, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)
Ken Sandford, Middle Tennessee State University

Discussants:

Robert M. Feinberg, American University
Emin Dinlersoz, U.S. Census Bureau

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Organizers:

Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

David Johnson, Florida State University

Papers:

"Cooperation Limitations Under a One-Time Threat of Expulsion and Punishment"
Aaron Lowen, Grand Valley State University (Contact Author)
Pamela M. Schmitt, United States Naval Academy

"Impact of the Punishment Mechanism on the Sustainability of Corrupt Acts: Evidence from the U.S. and Pakistan"
Sheheryar Banuri, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)
Catherine C. Eckel, The University of Texas at Dallas

"Experimental Study of Crime: The Robbery Game"
David Johnson, Florida State University (Contact Author)
Svetlana Pevnitskaya, Florida State University

Discussants:

Robert Moir, University of New Brunswick-Saint John
Aaron Lowen, Grand Valley State University
Sheheryar Banuri, The University of Texas at Dallas

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Organizers:

R. Mark Isaac, Florida State University

Session Chairs:

Douglas A. Norton, Florida State University

Papers:

"Experiments in Low Income Neighborhoods in Dallas"
Catherine C. Eckel, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)
Rachel Croson, The University of Texas at Dallas

"NIMBY: When Public Goods Go Bad, An Examination of the Generalized Voluntary Contributions Mechanism"
R. Mark Isaac, Florida State University (Contact Author)
Douglas A. Norton, Florida State University
Svetlana Pevnitskaya, Florida State University

"Does the Opportunity to Invest in Clean Technology Lead to Pollution Reduction?"
Svetlana Pevnitskaya, Florida State University (Contact Author)
Dmitry Ryvkin, Florida State University

"Experimental Investigation of Voting Over Common Pool Resource Application"
Robert Holahan, Indiana University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Sean M. Collins, Fordham University
Robert Holahan, Indiana University
Glenn Dutcher, Florida State University
Douglas A. Norton, Florida State University

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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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Organizers:

Catherine C. Eckel, The University of Texas at Dallas
Charles A. Holt, University of Virginia

Session Chairs:

Jeffrey Eisenach, Navigant Economics

Papers:

"Prices and Capacity with Correlated Demands"
Catherine C. Eckel, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)
William T. Smith, University of Memphis

"Financial Liberalization and Industry Productivity: Evidence from Indian Firms"
Zhenhui Xu, Georgia College and State University (Contact Author)
Sudeshna Pal, Georgia College and State University

"Can Empirical Demand Models Assist in CON Comparative Reviews? A Case Study in Florida"
Gary M. Fournier, Florida State University (Contact Author)
Yunwei Gai, Babson College

"Regulation, Trust, and Cronyism in Middle Eastern Societies: The Simple Economics of 'Wasta'"
Andy Barnett, American University of Sharjah (Contact Author)
Bruce Yandle, Clemson University
George Sami Naufal, American University of Sharjah

Discussants:

TBA

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Organizers:

Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Todd Swarthout, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Wealth, Framing, and Risk Preferences"
Duncan James, Fordham University (Contact Author)
R. Mark Isaac, Florida State University

"Sharing as Risk Pooling in a Social Dilemma Experiment"
Lance Howe, University of Alaska Anchorage (Contact Author)
Todd L. Cherry, Appalachian State University
James J. Murphy, University of Alaska Anchorage

"Causes and Consequences of Solidarity Among the Poor"
Angela C. M. de Oliveira, University of Massachusetts Amherst (Contact Author)
Rachel Croson, The University of Texas at Dallas
Catherine C. Eckel, The University of Texas at Dallas

"Direct Elicitation of Risk-controlled Time Preferences"
Todd Swarthout, Georgia State University (Contact Author)
Susan Laury, Georgia State University
Melayne Morgan McInnes, University of South Carolina
Erica Morgan, University of South Carolina

Discussants:

Vjollca Sadiraj, Georgia State University
Tara Larson Brown, The University of Texas at Arlington
Lance Howe, University of Alaska Anchorage
Salar Jahedi, University of Arkansas

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Organizers:

Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Tara Larson Brown, The University of Texas at Arlington

Papers:

"Environmental Attitudes and Cooperative Behavior in a Dallas Low Income Neighborhood"
Natalia Candelo Londono, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)
Rachel Croson, The University of Texas at Dallas
Catherine C. Eckel, The University of Texas at Dallas

"Spousal Control and Entitlement in Intra-household Allocation: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia"
Marcela Tarazona, University of East Anglia (Contact Author)
Cecile Jackson, University of East Anglia
Bereket Kebede, University of East Anglia
Alistair Munro, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Mitya Rao, University of East Anglia
Arjan Verschoor, University of East Anglia

"Strategic Ignorance and Natural Disaster Preparation, a Field Study"
Tara Larson Brown, The University of Texas at Arlington (Contact Author)
Catherine C. Eckel, The University of Texas at Dallas

Discussants:

Glenn Dutcher, Florida State University
Abhijit Ramalingam, University of East Anglia
David Johnson, Florida State University

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