Session Chairs:

Arun Sarkar, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Papers:

"Determinants of Tax Pass-Through Rates: A Study of the U.S. Beer Industry"
Christian Rojas, University of Massachusetts-Amherst (Contact Author)
Ruchita Tiwary, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

"Ad Prominence and Brand Salience: An Alternative Approach to Persuasive Advertising"
Carmen Astorne-Figari, Washington University in St. Louis (Contact Author)
Aleksandr Yankelevich, Federal Communications Commission

"Gains from Horizontal Merger: The Effects of Differentiated Products on Merger Paradox"
Arun Sarkar, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Contact Author)
Juan Gelves, Midwestern State University

"Misleading Advertising of the Vertically Differentiated Products and Minimum Quality Standards"
Keisuke Hattori, Osaka University of Economics
Keisaku Higashida, Kwansei Gakuin University (Contact Author)

"Demand Curvature in Mixed Oligopoly: An Implication of Privatization"
Tai-Liang Chen, The State University of New York at Buffalo (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Aleksandr Yankelevich, Federal Communications Commission
Tai-Liang Chen, The State University of New York at Buffalo
Christian Rojas, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Carmen Astorne-Figari, Washington University in St. Louis
Keisaku Higashida, Kwansei Gakuin University

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Session Chairs:

Daniel Riera-Crichton, Bates College

Papers:

"The Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment: A Sensitivity Analysis Using Panel Data"
Arun Sarkar, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Contact Author)

"Portfolio Diversification and the Cross-Sectional Distribution of Foreign Investment"
Alexandra Tabova, Federal Reserve Board (Contact Author)

"The Output Effects of Gross Foreign Investment Reversals"
Daniel Riera-Crichton, Bates College (Contact Author)
Thorsten Janus, University of Wyoming

"Total Factor Productivity, Foreign Direct Investment, and Entry Barriers in Chinese Automobile Industry"
Li Su, The University of Oklahoma (Contact Author)
Firat Demir, The University of Oklahoma

"What Really Determines China’s Outward Foreign Direct Investments?"
Ilan Alon, Rollins College
Tanya Molodtsova, Emory University (Contact Author)
Jian Zhang, The World Bank

Discussants:

Alexandra Tabova, Federal Reserve Board
Arun Sarkar, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Li Su, The University of Oklahoma
Tanya Molodtsova, Emory University
Dennis Pearson, Austin Peay State University

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