Organizers:

Nazneen Ahmad, Weber State University

Session Chairs:

Khawaja A. Mamun, Sacred Heart University

Papers:

"Corruption and Inspection in the Electricity Sector in Bangladesh"
Wahid Abdullah, University of Washington-Seattle (Contact Author)

"Does Microfinance Help the Ultrapoor Cope with Seasonal Shocks? Evidence from Seasonal Famine (Monga) in Bangladesh"
Claudia Berg, The George Washington University
M. Shahe Emran, The George Washington University (Contact Author)

"Decision-making Under Surprise and Uncertainty: Arsenic Contamination of Water Supplies Insurance"
Timothy O. Randhir, University of Massachusetts (Contact Author)
Pallab Mozumder, Florida International University

"De Soto vs. Yunus: Microfinance, Property Rights, and Poor"
Forhad Shilpi, The World Bank (Contact Author)
M. Shahe Emran, The George Washington University
Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia University

Discussants:

Claudia Berg, The George Washington University
Pallab Mozumder, Florida International University
Khawaja A. Mamun, Sacred Heart University
Nazneen Ahmad, Weber State University

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Organizers:

Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Pallab Mozumder, Florida International University

Papers:

"Improving Multi-Option Decision Making: Breaking Down the Task"
Tibor Besedes, Georgia Institute of Technology (Contact Author)
Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas
Sudipta Sarangi, Louisiana State University
Mike Shor, Vanderbilt University

"Honest Lies"
Li Hao, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (Contact Author)
Daniel Houser, George Mason University

"Paradoxes and Mechanisms for Choice Under Risk"
Vjollca Sadiraj, Georgia State University (Contact Author)
James C. Cox, Georgia State University
Ulrich Schmidt, University of Kiel

"Investigating Hurricane Risk Mitigation Behavior: A Policy Experiment"
Pallab Mozumder, Florida International University (Contact Author)
Aric Shafran, California Polytechnic State University
Jamie Brown Kruse, East Carolina University

Discussants:

TBA

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Organizers:

Daniel Sutter, The University of Texas-Pan American

Session Chairs:

Jeffrey Czajkowski, Austin College

Papers:

"Redistributional Effects of the National Flood Insurance Program"
Okmyung Bin, East Carolina University (Contact Author)
John A. Bishop, East Carolina University
Carolyn Kousky, Resources for the Future

"Risk Preferences, Perceptions, Ambiguity, and Flood Insurance"
Daniel Petrolia, Mississippi State University (Contact Author)
Craig E. Landry, East Carolina University
Keith Coble, Mississippi State University

"Mitigation for Natural Hazards: Florida's My Safe Home Program"
Pallab Mozumder, Florida International University (Contact Author)
Daniel Sutter, The University of Texas-Pan American

"Flood Risk, Mitigation, and Insurance in Texas"
Jeffrey Czajkowski, Austin College (Contact Author)
Howard Kunreuther, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Erwann Michel-Kerjan, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Discussants:

Okmyung Bin, East Carolina University
Daniel Petrolia, Mississippi State University
Pallab Mozumder, Florida International University
Jeffrey Czajkowski, Austin College

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