Organizers:

Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Emmanuel Dechenaux, Kent State University

Papers:

"Tacit Collusion in Price Setting Oligopoly: A Puzzle Redux"
Matt Van Essen, The University of Alabama (Contact Author)
Billy Hankins, The University of Alabama

"One Step at a Time: Does Gradualism Build Coordination?"
Maoliang Ye, Harvard University (Contact Author)
Sam Asher, Harvard University
Lorenzo Casaburi, Harvard University
Plamen Nikolov, Harvard University

"Collusion with Private Information: An Experiment on the Role of Side Payments"
Emmanuel Dechenaux, Kent State University (Contact Author)
Shakun Datta Mago, University of Richmond

Discussants:

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Session Chairs:

D. Mark Anderson, Montana State University

Papers:

"The Health Impacts of Economic Conditions at School-Leaving"
Catherine Maclean, Cornell University (Contact Author)

"Back to School Blues: Seasonality of Youth Suicide and the Academic Calendar"
Benjamin C. Hansen, University of Oregon (Contact Author)
Matthew Lang, Xavier University

"The Economic, Psychological, and Behavioral Consequences of Having Been Stalked"
Timothy M. Diette, Washington and Lee University (Contact Author)
Darrick Hamilton, The New School
Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University
William A. Darity, Jr., Duke University

"Why Is Dropping Out of High School Bad? Dropouts and Sexually Transmitted Infections"
D. Mark Anderson, Montana State University (Contact Author)
Claus C. Portner, Seattle University

"Effectiveness and Efficiency of Mental Health Services for Children in Foster Care"
Ashley Provencher, Eastern Connecticut State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Benjamin C. Hansen, University of Oregon
Oleksandr Zhylyevskyy, Iowa State University
Melanie Cozad, The University of Tennessee
Sarah Riley, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Plamen Nikolov, Harvard University

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Session Chairs:

Nidhi Pande, Washington University in St. Louis

Papers:

"Entrepreneurship and State Economic Growth"
Rik Hafer, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville (Contact Author)

"What Types of Entrepreneurs Contribute Most to State Economic Growth?"
John Deskins, Creighton University (Contact Author)
Tami Gurley-Calvez, West Virginia University
Eric Thompson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

"Entrepreneurship in a Post-Conflict Society: Iraq"
Frank R. Gunter, Lehigh University (Contact Author)

"Cultural Influences on Entrepreneurship: Evidence from a Set of Countries"
Deepraj Mukherjee, Waldorf College (Contact Author)
Mihai Nica, University of Central Oklahoma

"Personality and Entrepreneurship"
Nidhi Pande, Washington University in St. Louis (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Deepraj Mukherjee, Waldorf College
Rik Hafer, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
John Deskins, Creighton University
Frank R. Gunter, Lehigh University
Plamen Nikolov, Harvard University

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Session Chairs:

Reagan Anne Baughman, University of New Hampshire

Papers:

"Estimating Multi-Product Hospital Cost Efficiencies by Payer Types with Quality and Other Controls"
Ioana Sofia Pacurar, University of Memphis (Contact Author)
Albert A. Okunade, The University of Memphis

"Health State Dependence of Marginal Utility of Consumption: Are There Gender Differences?"
Meenakshi Beri, Wayne State University (Contact Author)
Jennifer Ward-Batts, Wayne State University

"Does AIDS Treatment Stimulate Negative Behavioral Response? A Field Experiment in South Africa"
Plamen Nikolov, Harvard University (Contact Author)

"Distributional Effects of Tobacco Control Policies on Adult Smoking Behavior"
Erik Nesson, Emory University (Contact Author)

"Addressing Endogeneity and Nonlinearity in the Education/Smoking Relationship"
James H. Cunningham, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis
Christopher Brunt, Lake Superior State University
Attila Cseh, Valdosta State University
Reagan Anne Baughman, University of New Hampshire

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