Session Chairs:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Papers:

"Legislatures, Leaders and Leviathans: How Constitutional Institutions Affect Size and Volatility of Government Spending"
Beatriz Maldonado-Bird, University of Oklahoma (Contact Author)

"Market Powers of Japanese Genetically Modified Soybean Import Market"
Koichi Yamaura, Kansas State University (Contact Author)

"Undervaluation, Institutions, and Development"
Guangjun Qu, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Contact Author)

"Schumpeterian Growth, Trade, and Dynamic Comparative Advantage"
Lei Ji, North Carolina State University (Contact Author)
John Seater, North Carolina State University

"Long Swings in Stock Prices: Psychology or Market Fundamentals?"
Nicholas Mangee, University of New Hampshire (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Christoph Heinzel, Toulouse School of Economics
Wen-Yao "Grace" Wang, Texas A&M University at Galveston
David Splinter, Rice University
Raymonda L. Burgman, DePauw University
Xiaochun Liu, Emory University

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Session Chairs:

Jason Delaney, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Government Debt and Economic Activity"
Jason L. Saving, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Contact Author)

"State Pension Contributions and Fiscal Stress"
David Splinter, Rice University (Contact Author)

"Apples to Apples to Oranges: Fiscal Need in the United States in a Regression-Based Representative Expenditure Approach"
Jason Delaney, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"The Effect of Sub-National Borrowing Control on Fiscal Sustainability"
Violeta Vulovic, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

David Splinter, Rice University
Jason L. Saving, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Violeta Vulovic, Georgia State University
Shane Sanders, Nicholls State University

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Session Chairs:

Susan Carter, Vanderbilt University

Papers:

"Equal Bequests and Unequal Inter-Vivos Gifts: An Endogenous Sharing Rule Within the Family"
Yang-Ming Chang, Kansas State University (Contact Author)
Zijun Luo, Kansas State University

"Boom and Bust: Income Changes over the 2001 and 2008 Recessions"
John Diamond, Rice University (Contact Author)
Victoria Bryant, Internal Revenue Service
David Splinter, Rice University

"Modeling Intra-Household Bargaining and Income-Withholding Under Incomplete Information"
Carolina Castilla, The Ohio State University (Contact Author)

"A Financial Picture of Bankruptcy Filers After They File for Bankruptcy"
Susan Carter, Vanderbilt University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Carolina Castilla, The Ohio State University
Zijun Luo, Kansas State University
John Diamond, Rice University
Lisa Verdon, College of Wooster

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