Organizers:

Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Session Chairs:

Anita Alves Pena, Colorado State University

Papers:

"Taxes, Welfare, and Migration of the American Poor"
Hui-chen Wang, The University of Mississippi (Contact Author)

"Coming to America: Does Home Country's Economic Status Matter for Self-Employment in the U.S.?"
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Georgia Institute of Technology (Contact Author)
Willie Belton, Georgia Institute of Technology

"Immigrant Homeownership in the U.S. Through Recent Housing Boom and Bust"
Kusum Mundra, Rutgers University (Contact Author)

"FDI, Agglomeration Economies, and Labor Poaching: Evidence from China"
Fariha Kamal, Syracuse University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Catherine S. Norman, Johns Hopkins University
Pia M. Orrenius, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Madeline Zavodny, Agnes Scott College
Volodymyr Lugovskyy, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Session Chairs:

Catherine S. Norman, Johns Hopkins University

Papers:

"Uncovering Clubs and Congestion Effects: Some Monte Carlo Evidence"
Arnab Bhattacharjee, University of St. Andrews (Contact Author)
Robert L. Hicks, The College of William & Mary
Kurt E. Schnier, Georgia State University

"Incorporating Amenity Driven Price Feedback Effects in Reserve Design Models"
Sahan Dissanayake, University of Illinois
Hayri Onal, University of Illinois

"Agglomeration, Agricultural Development, and Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon"
Simon Hall, Salisbury University
Jill L. Caviglia-Harris, Salisbury University

"Protected Areas, Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Alleviation"
Paul J. Ferraro, Georgia State University (Contact Author)
Merlin Mack Hanauer, Georgia State University
Katharine Sims, Amherst College

Discussants:

TBA

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Session Chairs:

Paul J. Ferraro, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Heterogeneous Harm Versus Spatial Spillovers: Environmental Federalism and U.S. Air Pollution"
Spencer Banzhaf, Georgia State University (Contact Author)
Benjamin A. Chupp, Illinois State University

"The Green Paradox and the Capacity Building Decision"
Marc Gronwald, Ifo Institute for Economic Research
Marcus Zimmer, Ifo Institute for Economic Research

"Optimal Policy Instruments for Externality-Producing Durable Goods Under Behavioral Anomalies"
Garth Heutel, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Contact Author)

"Timing Climate Change: Managing Threshold Event Risk on the Way to a Steady State"
Catherine S. Norman, Johns Hopkins University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

TBA

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