Session Chairs:

Arun Sarkar, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Papers:

"Determinants of Tax Pass-Through Rates: A Study of the U.S. Beer Industry"
Christian Rojas, University of Massachusetts-Amherst (Contact Author)
Ruchita Tiwary, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

"Ad Prominence and Brand Salience: An Alternative Approach to Persuasive Advertising"
Carmen Astorne-Figari, Washington University in St. Louis (Contact Author)
Aleksandr Yankelevich, Federal Communications Commission

"Gains from Horizontal Merger: The Effects of Differentiated Products on Merger Paradox"
Arun Sarkar, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Contact Author)
Juan Gelves, Midwestern State University

"Misleading Advertising of the Vertically Differentiated Products and Minimum Quality Standards"
Keisuke Hattori, Osaka University of Economics
Keisaku Higashida, Kwansei Gakuin University (Contact Author)

"Demand Curvature in Mixed Oligopoly: An Implication of Privatization"
Tai-Liang Chen, The State University of New York at Buffalo (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Aleksandr Yankelevich, Federal Communications Commission
Tai-Liang Chen, The State University of New York at Buffalo
Christian Rojas, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Carmen Astorne-Figari, Washington University in St. Louis
Keisaku Higashida, Kwansei Gakuin University

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Organizers:

Steven Payson, Department of Interior

Session Chairs:

Aleksandr Yankelevich, Federal Communications Commission

Papers:

"Small Business Owners’ Financial Health and Retirement Security"
Jules H. Lichtenstein, U.S. Small Business Administration (Contact Author)

"The Dynamics of Business Ownership"
Kristin Sandusky, U.S. Census Bureau (Contact Author)

"Small Business Participation in the Advanced Technology Program’s Research Alliances"
Richard Spivack, National Institute for Standards and Technology (Contact Author)

"Skin in the Game: Does Increased Cost Sharing in Federally Funded Research Suggest Greater Commitment and an Increased Likelihood of Success?"
Stephen L. Campbell, National Institute for Standards and Technology (Contact Author)
Robert T. Sienkiewicz, National Institute for Standards and Technology

Discussants:

Nadia Karamcheva, The Urban Institute
Stephen L. Campbell, National Institute for Standards and Technology
Leo Sveikauskas, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Brittany M. Bond, U.S. Department of Commerce

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Session Chairs:

David Coyne, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Papers:

"Two Tales on the Dynamics of Human Capital Accumulation"
Edinaldo Tebaldi, Bryant University (Contact Author)

"Schooling and R&D Externalities: Evidence from a Dual Growth Accounting Application to U.S. States"
Bibhudutta Panda, Wabash College (Contact Author)

"Intellectual Property Rights and Cross-Country Technology Adoption: Evidence from Firms in the Developing World"
Elisabetta Gentile, University of Houston (Contact Author)

"Does Money Grow on Trees? How Institutions Shape Economic Growth"
David Coyne, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Contact Author)
Chih Ming Tan, Clark University

"A Normative Policy for Negative Results"
Aleksandr Yankelevich, Federal Communications Commission (Contact Author)
Stephen Scheid, Washington University in St. Louis
Ceyhun Coban, Washington University in St. Louis

Discussants:

Bibhudutta Panda, Wabash College
Edinaldo Tebaldi, Bryant University
Haiwen Zhou, Old Dominion University
Elisabetta Gentile, University of Houston
Aboozar Hadavand, City University of New York

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