Session Chairs:

Takeshi Yagihashi, Old Dominion University

Papers:

"Are We Paying a Premium for Health? Evidence from the Consumer Expenditure Survey"
Juan Du, Old Dominion University (Contact Author)
Takeshi Yagihashi, Old Dominion University

"Effects of Increase in Average Income and Education on Income Related Inequality in Physician Service Utilization"
Satis Chandra Devkota, Wayne State University (Contact Author)
Allen C. Goodman, Wayne State University

"Factors Affecting Immunization Coverage, 1999-2008: A Nationwide Assessment Using a Delay-Based Approach"
Donka M. Mirtcheva, The College of New Jersey (Contact Author)
Manan Sampat, The College of New Jersey

Discussants:

Donka M. Mirtcheva, The College of New Jersey
Juan Du, Old Dominion University
Benjamin C. Hansen, University of Oregon

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Session Chairs:

Oleksandr Zhylyevskyy, Iowa State University

Papers:

"Food Stamps and Obesity in the U.S.: Panel Data Analysis of Long-term Effects Among Adults, 1999-2007"
Donka M. Mirtcheva, The College of New Jersey (Contact Author)
Andrea Ortu, The College of New Jersey
Meaghan Vitale, The College of New Jersey

"The Influence of Body Weight on Social Network Ties Among Adolescents"
Mir M. Ali, Food and Drug Administration (Contact Author)
Aliaksandr Amialchuk, The University of Toledo
John A. Rizzo, Stony Brook University

"Effects of Family, Friends, and Relative Prices on Fruit and Vegetable Consumption by African American Youths"
Oleksandr Zhylyevskyy, Iowa State University (Contact Author)
Helen H. Jensen, Iowa State University
Steven Garasky, IMPAQ International, LLC
Carolyn Cutrona, Iowa State University
Frederick Gibbons, Dartmouth College

"Richard Nixon, Milton Friedman, and the Family Assistance Plan"
Frederick J. Oerther, III, Greensboro College (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Frederick J. Oerther, III, Greensboro College
Donka M. Mirtcheva, The College of New Jersey
Mir M. Ali, Food and Drug Administration
Ashley Provencher, Eastern Connecticut State University

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