Organizers:

Richard E. Wagner, George Mason University

Session Chairs:

Richard E. Wagner, George Mason University

Papers:

"Emergent Self-Organization Versus Natural Selection in Evolutionary Political Economy"
J. Barkley Rosser, Jr., James Madison University (Contact Author)

"Public Policy: Object of Choice or Emergent Phenomena? What Can We Learn from the Implementation of the Polish Medical Reimbursement Act?"
Marta Podemska-Mikluch, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"Adam Smith and Entangled Political Economy"
Maria Pia Paganelli, Trinity University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Deema Yazigi, George Mason University
Petrik Runst, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
Alexander Salter, George Mason University

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Session Chairs:

Mohammed Akacem, Metropolitan State University of Denver

Papers:

"Entrepreneurship in Post-Conflict Iraq"
Frank R. Gunter, Lehigh University (Contact Author)

"The Economics of the Arab Spring: Implications of the Resource Curse"
Mohammed Akacem, Metropolitan State University of Denver (Contact Author)

"Lineage-Based Fragmentation and Cooperative Behavior in Rural China"
Quqiong He, Louisiana State University (Contact Author)
Ying Pan, Louisiana State University

Discussants:

Quqiong He, Louisiana State University
Paul Kagundu, Georgia State University
Frank R. Gunter, Lehigh University

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Organizers:

Arthur L. Zillante, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Session Chairs:

Jonathan Lafky, Lafayette College

Papers:

"Yeast"
R. Mark Isaac, Florida State University (Contact Author)
Douglas A. Norton, Florida State University

"Endowment Effects and Contribution Strategies in Public Good Experiments"
Pamela M. Schmitt, United States Naval Academy (Contact Author)
John Cadigan, Gettysburg College
Kurtis J. Swope, United States Naval Academy

"Birth, Death and Public Good Provision"
Jonathan Lafky, Lafayette College (Contact Author)
John Duffy, University of Pittsburgh

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Session Chairs:

Jill L. Caviglia-Harris, Salisbury University

Papers:

"Measuring the Disamenity Value of Communication Towers: A Hedonic Housing Market Analysis"
Stephen Locke, University of Kentucky
Glenn C. Blomquist, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

"Implicit Prices in Simultaneous Capital and Rental Markets: Amenity Valuation in Hedonic Property Markets with Second Home Ownership"
Craig E. Landry, East Carolina University (Contact Author)

"New Evidence of Behavioral Change and the Air Quality Index"
Carol Mansfield, RTI International (Contact Author)
Brooks Depro, Research Triangle Institute International
Stephen Graham, Environmental Protection Agency
Kristin Isaacs, Environmental Protection Agency
Thomas McCurdy, Environmental Protection Agency
Zachary Pekar, Environmental Protection Agency
Susan Stone, Environmental Protection Agency

"Are Clean-Ups a Waste? Exploring Heterogeneous and Inconsistent Price Effects of the Superfund Program"
Douglas S. Noonan, Georgia Institute of Technology (Contact Author)

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Organizers:

Henry Thompson, Auburn University

Session Chairs:

Henry Thompson, Auburn University

Papers:

"Estimating Distribution Costs with the Eaton-Kortum Model"
Xuebing Yang, Penn State Altoona (Contact Author)

"Cross-Border Trucking, Protection, and Retaliation"
Benjamin H. Liebman, Saint Joseph's University (Contact Author)
Kasaundra M. Tomlin, Oakland University

"Occupation Switching Behavior and the Wage Impacts of Trade-Related Displacement"
Jooyoun Park, Kent State University (Contact Author)
Vasilios Kosteas, Cleveland State University

Discussants:

Henry Thompson, Auburn University
Sharri C. Byron, Auburn University Montgomery
Farhad Rassekh, University of Hartford

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Organizers:

Semoon Chang, University of South Alabama

Session Chairs:

Kwan S. Kim, University of Notre Dame

Papers:

"The Effects of Marriage on Earnings of Male and Female Workers in Korea"
Bun Song Lee, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Outward FDI on Productivity Growth: Firm-Level Evidence from Korea"
Namsuk Choi, Korea Economic Research Institute (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jin-Gil Jeong, Howard University
Yu You, University of Kentucky
Bun Song Lee, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith

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Organizers:

Giandomenico Sarolli, Drew University

Session Chairs:

Giandomenico Sarolli, Drew University

Papers:

"Foreign Lending, Local Lending, and Economic Growth"
Judit Temesvary, Hamilton College (Contact Author)

"Current Account Reversals and Structural Change in Developing Countries"
William D. Craighead, Wesleyan University (Contact Author)

"Countercyclical Trading Volume and International Stocks"
Giandomenico Sarolli, Drew University (Contact Author)

"Macroeconomic Aggregates and Liquidity Constraints"
Ergys Islamaj, Vassar College (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Giandomenico Sarolli, Drew University
Ergys Islamaj, Vassar College
Judit Temesvary, Hamilton College
William D. Craighead, Wesleyan University

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Organizers:

Mahmut Yasar, The University of Texas at Arlington

Session Chairs:

Mahmut Yasar, The University of Texas at Arlington

Papers:

"Do National Borders Matter? Intranational Trade, International Trade, and the Environment?"
Daniel L. Millimet, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)
Carol McAusland, University of Maryland

"Gravity and Exchange Rates: More Canadian Border Puzzles"
Yoto V. Yotov, Drexel University (Contact Author)
Mykyta Vesselovsky, DFAIT
James E. Anderson, Boston College

"Information Transmission and the Strategic Timing of Trade Disputes"
Stephen Chaudoin, University of Pittsburgh (Contact Author)

"Energy Efficiency, Exporting, and Productivity: Evidence from Firm Level Data"
Jayjit Roy, Appalachian State University (Contact Author)
Mahmut Yasar, The University of Texas at Arlington

Discussants:

Yoto V. Yotov, Drexel University
Daniel L. Millimet, Southern Methodist University
Jayjit Roy, Appalachian State University
Stephen Chaudoin, University of Pittsburgh

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Organizers:

Aparna Mitra, The University of Oklahoma

Session Chairs:

Mark D. White, College of Staten Island

Papers:

"Examining the Social Costs and Benefits from the Perspective of Education"
Nandita DasGupta, University of Maryland at Baltimore County (Contact Author)

"Practitioner Perspectives on Financial Literacy and Canadian Social Work Education"
Zena Seldon, Thompson Rivers University (Contact Author)
Jane Birkbeck, Thompson Rivers University

"'I'll Be the Judge of That!': The Presumptuous Ethics of Nudge"
Mark D. White, College of Staten Island (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Nandita DasGupta, University of Maryland at Baltimore County
Zena Seldon, Thompson Rivers University
Martin Wandera, Center for Labour Research and Studies

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Session Chairs:

Thomas D. Boston, Georgia Institute of Technology

Papers:

"Does Public Housing Residency Create a Stigma Which Limits Economic Mobility"
Gregory Price, Morehouse College (Contact Author)

"Public Housing Revitalization and Employment Mobility: Case Studies of Atlanta, Chicago and New Haven"
Thomas D. Boston, Georgia Institute of Technology (Contact Author)

"Community Development Financial Institutions"
Gregory B. Fairchild, Tayloe Murphy Center (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jeffrey A. Robinson, Rutgers Business School
Thomas D. Boston, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Organizers:

W. Kip Viscusi, Vanderbilt University Law School

Session Chairs:

W. Kip Viscusi, Vanderbilt University Law School

Papers:

"On the Relationship Between the Markets for Health Insurance and Medical Malpractice Insurance"
W. Kip Viscusi, Vanderbilt University Law School
Patricia Born, Florida State University (Contact Author)
James Bradley Karl, Florida State University

"Deterring Rearrests for Drinking and Driving"
Frank Sloan, Duke University (Contact Author)

"The Accuracy of Self Reported Pollution Data: Evidence from the Clean Water Act"
Jay Shimshack, Tulane University (Contact Author)

"Choosing to Become a Lawyer: Is It a Good Investment?"
Doug Williams, Sewanee: The University of the South (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Keith Finlay, Tulane University
Hugo M. Mialon, Emory University
Richard T. Boylan, Rice University
Rudy Santore, The University of Tennessee

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Organizers:

Dina Franceschi, Fairfield University

Session Chairs:

Dina Franceschi, Fairfield University

Papers:

"Perverse Incentives in Fishery Regulation: The Negative Impacts of the Subsidized Closed Season in Coari, Amazonas, Brazil"
Maria Corrêa, Universidade Federal do Amazonas
James R. Kahn, Washington and Lee University (Contact Author)
Carlos Freitas, Universidade Federal do Amazonas

"Waste Disposal and Child Morbidity in Guatemala"
William F. Vásquez Mazariegos, Fairfield University (Contact Author)

"Willingness to Accept Carbon Payments Under Different Land Uses in Two Community Forests of Oaxaca, Mexico"
Lindsey R. Nieratka, Florida International University
Pallab Mozumder, Florida International University (Contact Author)
David Bray, Florida International University

Discussants:

TBA

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Organizers:

Nabamita Dutta, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Session Chairs:

Taggert J. Brooks, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse

Papers:

"The Social and Psychological Consequences of Unemployment During the Great Recession: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth"
Michael Murray, Bemidji State University (Contact Author)

"Reverse Marketization: Changes in Time Use Following the Great Recession"
Kathryn Birkeland, University of South Dakota (Contact Author)

"Fiscal and Expenditure Multipliers When There Are Adaptive Expectations"
James Murray, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (Contact Author)

"Estimating County Level Coincident Indexes for the State of Wisconsin"
Taggert J. Brooks, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse (Contact Author)
Russell Kashian, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater

Discussants:

James Murray, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Nabamita Dutta, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Chadwick C Curtis, University of Richmond
Sheida Teimouri, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

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Organizers:

Arthur Snow, The University of Georgia
Craig A. Depken, II, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Session Chairs:

Arthur Snow, The University of Georgia

Papers:

"What Matters in Rookie Card Prices?"
Arthur L. Zillante, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Contact Author)
Gregory S. Burge, University of Oklahoma

"Did Romer Influence NFL Coaching Decisions? Evidence through 2010"
Craig A. Depken, II, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Contact Author)
Christopher Kelly, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Gregory A. Trandel, The University of Georgia

"The Effects of Minimum Salaries on Career Length: Evidence from the National Football League"
Johnny Ducking, North Carolina A&T State University (Contact Author)
Christopher R. Bollinger, University of Kentucky

Discussants:

Elizabeth S. Bradley, The University of Georgia
Michael S. Kofoed, The University of Georgia
Jason M. Rivera, The University of Georgia

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Session Chairs:

David T. Mitchell, University of Central Arkansas

Papers:

"A Spatial Econometric Analysis of MSA-to-MSA Migration Flows"
Donald J. Lacombe, West Virginia University
Todd M. Nesbit, The Ohio State University (Contact Author)
Kerry King-Adzima , Penn State-Erie

"Measuring the Value of Transit Infrastructure Using Survey and Voting Data"
Matt Holian, San Jose State University (Contact Author)
Matthew Kahn, University of California, Los Angeles

Discussants:

Todd M. Nesbit, The Ohio State University

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Organizers:

John A. Bishop, East Carolina University

Session Chairs:

John A. Bishop, East Carolina University

Papers:

"Maintaining Consumption Levels with In-Kind Benefits over Economic Fluctuations: Consumption- Versus Spending-Based SPM Thresholds"
Thesia I. Garner, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Contact Author)
Marisa Gudruis, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

"Inequality of Opportunity and Inequality of Effort: A Canonical Growth Model"
Gustavo Marrero, University of Laguna (Contact Author)
Juan Gabriel Rodriguez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

"The Role of Altruism in Well-Being"
Sigit Triandaru, Macquarie University
Pundarik Mukhopadhaya, Macquarie University (Contact Author)
Edwin Franks, Macquarie University

"Utility Independent Subjective Poverty Lines and Equivalence Scales"
Andrew Grodner, East Carolina University
Rafael Salas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Discussants:

Christopher K. Johnson, University of North Florida
Juan Gabriel Rodriguez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Hoseong Kim, The University of Alabama
Rafael Salas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

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Organizers:

Gregory M. Randolph, Southern New Hampshire University

Session Chairs:

Gregory M. Randolph, Southern New Hampshire University

Papers:

"Institutional Framework and Entrepreneurship"
Michael Tasto, Southern New Hampshire University (Contact Author)

"Public Policy and Unproductive Entrepreneurship"
Gregory M. Randolph, Southern New Hampshire University (Contact Author)

"Public Policy and the Productive Entrepreneur"
Robert Salvino, Coastal Carolina University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

TBA

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Organizers:

Susan L. Averett, Lafayette College

Session Chairs:

Laura M. Argys, University of Colorado Denver

Papers:

"Sororities and Eating Disorders"
Susan L. Averett, Lafayette College (Contact Author)
Yang Wang, Lafayette College
Sabrina Terrizzi, Moravian College

"The Effect of the Minimum Legal Cigarette Purchase Age on Smoking Behavior"
Jeffrey S. DeSimone, The University of Maryland (Contact Author)
Angela K. Dills, Providence College

"The Medical Care Costs of Bad Health Behaviors: Some Evidence from U.S. States Regarding Beer and Cigarette Consumption"
Resul Cesur, University of Connecticut (Contact Author)
Rexford E. Santerre, University of Connecticut
Laurie Bates, Bryant University

"The Effect of Sexual Violence on Earnings"
Joseph J. Sabia, San Diego State University (Contact Author)
Jeffrey S. DeSimone, The University of Maryland
Angela K. Dills, Providence College

Discussants:

D. Mark Anderson, Montana State University
Sarah M. Estelle, Hope College
Richard B. Smith, University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Ari Kang, University of Texas at Austin

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Session Chairs:

Evgeny Vorotnikov, University of Minnesota

Papers:

"Heterogeneity of Human Capital and the Return"
Erik Strojer Madsen, Aarhus University (Contact Author)

"Characteristics of Exemplary Programs in Preparing Graduate Assistants to Teach Economics"
Martin Milkman, Murray State University (Contact Author)
James Patrick McCoy, Murray State University

"Does Spending Your Parent's Income Keep You in School?"
Alexandre Olbrecht, Ramapo College of New Jersey (Contact Author)
Jeremy Teigen, Ramapo College of New Jersey
Christopher Romano, Ramapo College of New Jersey

"Occupational Licensing: A Helpful Tool or a Barrier for Minorities?"
Evgeny Vorotnikov, University of Minnesota (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Alexandre Olbrecht, Ramapo College of New Jersey
Erik Strojer Madsen, Aarhus University
Martin Milkman, Murray State University

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Session Chairs:

Christos Pargianas, University of Scranton

Papers:

"Endogenous Growth and Universal Healthcare Coverage: An Investigation of the Growth-Universal Coverage Tradeoff"
Mark Kelly, University of Georgia (Contact Author)

"The Effects of Household Finance on Food Insecurity"
Yunhee Chang, University of Mississippi (Contact Author)
Swarn Chatterjee, The University of Georgia
Jinhee Kim, University of Maryland

"Obesity and Economic Institutions"
Will Holmes, Georgia Gwinnett College (Contact Author)
Robert Mason, Georgia Gwinnett College

"Endogenous Economic Institutions, Wage Inequality, and Economic Growth"
Christos Pargianas, University of Scranton (Contact Author)

"Financial Development and Health Capital Accumulation"
Gunakar Bhatta, Wayne State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Will Holmes, Georgia Gwinnett College
Mark Kelly, University of Georgia
Yunhee Chang, University of Mississippi
Gunakar Bhatta, Wayne State University
Niclas Berggren, Research Institute of Industrial Economics

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Organizers:

Robert M. Feinberg, American University

Session Chairs:

Robert M. Feinberg, American University

Papers:

"Practice Splitting and Physician Investment in Ambulatory Surgery Centers: Is Poor Safety at Hospitals Responsible?"
Gary M. Fournier, Florida State University (Contact Author)
Nitin Dua, Bates White Economic Consulting

"Supply Innovation and Sales of Recorded Music: 1990-2010"
Christopher C. Klein, Middle Tennessee State University (Contact Author)
Shea Slonaker, Bethel University

"The Consequences of a Public Health Insurance Option: Evidence from Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Markets"
Daniel Miller, Clemson University (Contact Author)

"Peer Effects and Firm Performance: The Case of Hospital Efficiency"
Gary Ferrier, University of Arkansas (Contact Author)
Vivian G. Valdmanis, University of the Sciences

Discussants:

Robert M. Feinberg, American University
Kara Reynolds, American University
Christina Marsh, University of Georgia
Justin R. Pierce, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

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Organizers:

Dennis Coates, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Papers:

"The Impact of Desegregation on College Choices of Elite Black Athletes"
George La Noue, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Contact Author)
Mark Bennett, University of Maryland Baltimore County

"Racial Position Segregation in Intercollegiate Football"
Joshua Pitts, Kennesaw State University (Contact Author)
Daniel Yost, University of Cincinnati

"Does College Football Success Improve Institutional Characteristics?"
W. Jennings Byrd, Troy University (Contact Author)
Phillip Mixon, Troy University

Discussants:

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Organizers:

David Prychitko, Northern Michigan University

Session Chairs:

David Prychitko, Northern Michigan University

Papers:

Discussants:

TBA

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Organizers:

Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Session Chairs:

Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Papers:

"Assessing the Impacts of the Entrepreneurial Pipeline in U.S. Counties: Jobs and Income"
Timothy M. Komarek, Michigan State University
Scott Loveridge, Michigan State University

"Access to Capital and Spatial Variation of Microenterprises in the Rural United States"
Anil Rupasingha, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Contact Author)

"Minority-Owned Small Businesses’ Access to Finance"
Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Alan Barefield, Mississippi State University
R. Andrew Luccasen, III, Mississippi University for Women
Ian M. Schmutte, The University of Georgia

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