Session Chairs:

Kenneth A. Couch, University of Connecticut

Papers:

"Autoregressive Conditional Density Estimation of U.S. Inflation"
Kalidas Jana, The University of Texas at Brownsville (Contact Author)

"The Thick Market Effect in Airlines' Capacity Utilization"
Diego Escobari, The University of Texas-Pan American (Contact Author)

"Model Specification Tests and the Estimation of Treatment Effects: An Application with Random and Non-Random Administrative Records"
Kenneth A. Couch, University of Connecticut (Contact Author)
Tao Chen, University of Connecticut

"Semiparametric Bayesian Inference for Count Data Models with Excess of Zeros and Covariate-Dependent Random Effects"
Shiferaw Gurmu, Georgia State University (Contact Author)
Getchew A. Dagne, University of South Florida

"Stochastic Frontier Models with Time-Varying Individual Effects: A Nonparametric Investigation"
Aditi Bhattacharyya, Sam Houston State University (Contact Author)
Deniz Baglan, University of California, Riverside

Discussants:

Shiferaw Gurmu, Georgia State University
Kalidas Jana, The University of Texas at Brownsville
Aditi Bhattacharyya, Sam Houston State University
Diego Escobari, The University of Texas-Pan American
David Youngberg, George Mason 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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