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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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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