Organizers:

Gary Hoover, The University of Alabama

Moderators:

Gary Hoover, The University of Alabama

Panelists:

Laura Razzolini, Virginia Commonwealth University

James Alm, Tulane University

Daniel G. Arce, The University of Texas at Dallas

John P. Conley, Vanderbilt University

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Session Chairs:

Daniel G. Arce, The University of Texas at Dallas

Papers:

"Information Aggregation in the Presence of Confirmatory Bias"
Matthew Clements, St. Edward's University (Contact Author)

"Agency and Social Preferences"
Daniel G. Arce, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)

"On the Origin of Preferences"
Marek Jenoeffy-Lochau, Buero am Carlsplatz (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Marek Jenoeffy-Lochau, Buero am Carlsplatz
Matthew Clements, St. Edward's University
Randall E. Parker, East Carolina University

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Papers:

"The UN in a Lab"
Malcolm Kass, University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)
Catherine C. Eckel, Texas A&M University
Daniel G. Arce, The University of Texas at Dallas
Enrique Fatas, University of East Anglia

"An Analysis of the Cournot Game with Boundedly Rational Players"
Mariano Runco, Auburn University at Montgomery (Contact Author)

"Finding/Avoiding Similar Strangers and Their Acquaintances: A Search-Based Formation of Random Social Networks"
Yongsheng Xu, Georgia State University (Contact Author)
Urmimala Sen, Georgia State University

"Policymaker Costs in a Rent-Seeking Experiment"
Beth A. Freeborn, Federal Trade Commission (Contact Author)
Lisa R. Anderson, The College of William & Mary

"Does Contract Enforcement Limit the Distribution of Bargaining Abstract Power? An Experimental Study"
Paula Cordero Salas, University of Alabama (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Mariano Runco, Auburn University at Montgomery
Xun Li, University of Connecticut
Philip Grossman, Monash University
Roberto Pasten, University of Talca
Beth A. Freeborn, Federal Trade Commission

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Session Chairs:

Jorge Ibarra-Salazar, Tecnologico de Monterrey

Papers:

"Obesity a Public Health Problem in the Developing World: A Study on School Going Children in Rural and Urban India"
Divya Balasubramaniam, Saint Joseph's University (Contact Author)
Echu Liu, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

"Out of Pocket Health Expenditure and Inequalities: The Case of Senegal"
Sophie Faye, Suffolk University (Contact Author)

"Without Crowding Out the Family – The Effects of National Health Insurance on Elderly Living Arrangements"
Hsinling Hsieh, Northern Michigan University (Contact Author)
Echu Liu, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Hsien-Ming Lien, National Cheng-Chi University
Shin-Yi Chou, Lehigh University

"A New Formula to Assign Conditional Transfers to Mexican Municipalities"
Jorge Ibarra-Salazar, Tecnologico de Monterrey (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Niels-Hugo Blunch, Washington and Lee University
Moon Haque, The University of Memphis
Paula Cordero Salas, University of Alabama
Daniel G. Arce, The University of Texas at Dallas

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Organizers:

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

Session Chairs:

Kirill Chernomaz, San Francisco State University

Papers:

"Disentangling Motivations: A Worker's Best Response to Contract Offers"
Ericka Scherenberg Farret, University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)
Catherine C. Eckel, Texas A&M University
Daniel G. Arce, The University of Texas at Dallas

"Do People Pay Premium to Avoid Complexity? Evidence from Experimental Insurance Markets"
Kirill Chernomaz, San Francisco State University (Contact Author)

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