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:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Papers:

"A Statistical and Spatial Investigation of Personal Income Differences in Mississippi"
Onyumbe Lukongo, Mississippi State University (Contact Author)

"Sitting on the TVA Fence: Is the Grass Greener on the Other Side? An Examination of County Level Economic Outcomes 1930-1967"
Carl T. Kitchens, University of Arizona (Contact Author)

"How Initial Conditions Affect the Severity of Poverty"
T.M. Tonmoy Islam, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

"Analyzing Potential Oil Spill Damages to Wetlands in Galveston Bay: A GIS-centric Approach"
Hillary Huffer, East Carolina University (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Personal Income Tax Rates on the Employment Decisions of Small Businesses"
Katie Sobczyk Player, Clemson University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Shatakshee Dhongde, Georgia Institute of Technology
Jeffrey Thompson, University of Massachusetts
Jan Bentzen, Aarhus University
Frederick J. Oerther, III, Greensboro College
Brett Gelso, Deloitte

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Organizers:

KimMarie McGoldrick, University of Richmond
Tisha Lin Nakao Emerson, Baylor University

Session Chairs:

Supriya Sarnikar, Westfield State University

Papers:

"The Relative Decline in Women in the Consumer Economics Major: A Case Study of UIUC"
Andrea Beller, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Contact Author)
Megan Cott, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

"Repackaging the Bachelor of Arts in Economics Major"
Harold R. Christensen, Centenary College of Louisiana (Contact Author)
David J. Hoaas, Centenary College of Louisiana
Elizabeth L. Rankin, Centenary College of Louisiana

"Lessons Learned, Faculty Growth and Development, and Programmatic Improvements from the Development of Outcome Assessment Measures for the Economics Major"
Dimitrios Pachis, Eastern Connecticut State University (Contact Author)
Maryanne Clifford, Eastern Connecticut State University
Jennifer Brown, Eastern Connecticut State University

"Why Don’t Women Pursue a Major in Economics?"
Tisha Lin Nakao Emerson, Baylor University (Contact Author)
KimMarie McGoldrick, University of Richmond
Kevin J. Mumford, Purdue University

Discussants:

Bruce K. Johnson, Centre College
Steven Greenlaw, University of Mary Washington
Philipp Mandel, University of Leipzig
Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

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Session Chairs:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Papers:

"Executive Service Histories and the Pattern of Acquisitions"
Caleb Stroup, Vanderbilt University (Contact Author)

"News Driven Business Cycles and Increasing Returns"
Anca-Ioana Sirbu, University of California-Riverside (Contact Author)

"Factor-Specific Productivity"
Brian Piper, The University of Oklahoma (Contact Author)

"Other-Regarding Behavior in the Dual-Principle Agent Problem"
Ellen Green, Virginia Polytechnic and State University (Contact Author)

"Simulating the Role of Specialization at the Firm/Market Boundary"
Per L. Bylund, University of Missouri (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Todd McFall, Wake Forest University
Nathan S. Balke, Southern Methodist University
Giandomenico Sarolli, Drew University
Bharat Bhole, Rochester Institute of Technology
Christina Houseworth, Litigation Analytics, Inc.

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