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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Session Chairs:

R. Andrew Luccasen, III, Mississippi University for Women

Papers:

"A Reexamination of Warm Glow Giving"
R. Andrew Luccasen, III, Mississippi University for Women (Contact Author)
Philip Grossman, Monash University

"Giving Versus Taking: A 'Real Donation' Comparison of Warm Glow and Cold Prickle"
Philip Grossman, Monash University (Contact Author)
Catherine C. Eckel, Texas A&M University

"Is Foreign Aid a Public Good?"
Travis Wiseman, West Virginia University (Contact Author)
Andrew T. Young, West Virginia University

"(Central) Planning for Disaster Relief: Evaluating Government Response to the Indian Ocean Tsunami"
Nakul Kumar, George Mason University/Denison University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Nakul Kumar, George Mason University/Denison University
Travis Wiseman, West Virginia University
Philip Grossman, Monash University
Douglas MacKenzie, Carroll College

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Session Chairs:

Gokhan Karahan, Delta State University

Papers:

"Selfless Voting, the Demand for Public Policies, and Conflicts"
Douglas MacKenzie, Carroll College (Contact Author)

"Heterogeneous Strategic Behavior in Mass Elections: Evidence from Spain"
Joaquin Artés, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Contact Author)
Enrique Garcia Viñuela, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Ignacio Jurado, Oxford University

"Economics of Eminent Domain"
Leslie Hunt, University of Mississippi
Gokhan Karahan, Delta State University (Contact Author)
Donald J. Lacombe, West Virginia University
Jim F. Couch, University of North Alabama

"Strategic Bidding and Contract Renegotiation"
Hojin Jung, University of Oklahoma (Contact Author)
Georgia Kosmopoulou, University of Oklahoma
Carlos Lamarche, University of Kentucky
Richard Sicotte, University of Vermont

Discussants:

Joaquin Artés, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
John J. Perry, Centre College
Hojin Jung, University of Oklahoma
R. Andrew Luccasen, III, Mississippi University for Women

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