Session Chairs:

Dennis Pearson, Austin Peay State University

Papers:

"Civil Liberties and Access to Clean Water"
Jennis J. Biser, North Carolina A&T State University (Contact Author)
Jeffrey A. Edwards, North Carolina A&T State University

"Crime, Civil Liberty and Economic Freedom: An Examination of the Gallup World Poll's Embedded Victim Survey"
Clifford F. Thies, Shenandoah University (Contact Author)

"The Relationship Between Economic Freedom, State Growth and Foreign Direct Investment in U.S. States"
Dennis Pearson, Austin Peay State University (Contact Author)
Don Nyonna, Austin Peay State University
K.J. Kim, Austin Peay State University

"On Sovereignty of Religion and State"
Zeynab Masoudnia, George Mason University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Clifford F. Thies, Shenandoah University
Zhen Zhu, University of Arkansas
Zeynab Masoudnia, George Mason 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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Session Chairs:

Dennis Pearson, Austin Peay State University

Papers:

"The Role of Network Effects in Technology Diffusion Through International Trade"
Zhen Zhu, University of Arkansas (Contact Author)

"Labor Market Opportunities and Sex-Specific Investment in Children’s Human Capital: Evidence from Mexico"
Kaveh Majlesi, The University of Texas at Austin (Contact Author)

"Nicaragua, the Food Crisis, and the Future of Smallholder Agriculture: Structural Transformation"
Heath Henderson, American University (Contact Author)

"The Effects of Education in Kenya"
Luke Chicoine, University of Notre Dame (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Georgia Institute of Technology
Don P. Clark, The University of Tennessee
Bidisha Lahiri, Oklahoma State University
Dennis Pearson, Austin Peay State University

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Session Chairs:

Dennis Pearson, Austin Peay State University

Papers:

"Financial Development and Economic Growth: Evidence from 12 OECD Countries"
Ariuna Taivan, Oklahoma State University (Contact Author)

"Optimal Fiscal and Monetary Policy with Heterogeneous Agents and Nonlinear Taxation"
Yulei Peng, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)

"Structural Breaks in Fiscal Performance: Did Fiscal Responsibility Laws Have Anything to Do with Them?"
Leandro Medina, The George Washington University (Contact Author)

"Credit Market Activity and Central Bank Provision of Liquidity: The Case of Security Repurchase Agreements"
Karl David Boulware, The University of Alabama (Contact Author)
Jun Ma, The University of Alabama
Robert R. Reed, III, The University of Alabama

Discussants:

Nurlan Turdaliev, University of Windsor
Jan Marc Berk, De Nederlandsche Bank
Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont
Andrea Civelli, University of Arkansas

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