Session Chairs:

Olga Nicoara, George Mason University

Papers:

"Measuring Cross-Country Convergence in Income Inequality"
Shatakshee Dhongde, Georgia Institute of Technology (Contact Author)
Dustin Chambers, Salisbury University

"Development and Income Inequality: A New Specification of the Kuznets Hypothesis"
Katherine Christina Theyson, Sewanee: The University of the South
Lauren R. Heller, Berry College (Contact Author)

"What Factors Have Contributed to the Significant Differences in Economic Outcomes for Former Soviet States?"
Lisa Verdon, College of Wooster (Contact Author)
Ana Godonoga, College of Wooster

"Does Government Ideology Affect Environmental Pollutions?"
Aziz Berdiev, Bryant University (Contact Author)
Chun-Ping Chang, Shih Chien University
Chien-Chiang Lee, National Sun Yat-sen University

Discussants:

Lauren R. Heller, Berry College
Shatakshee Dhongde, Georgia Institute of Technology
Lisa Verdon, College of Wooster
Aziz Berdiev, Bryant University

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Session Chairs:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Papers:

"The Returns to Education in the Presence of Uncertainty"
Enrique Lopezlira, Howard University (Contact Author)

"How Does Speculative Information Affect the Oil Price and Does It Matter to the U.S. Economy?"
Junchuan (Jesse) Zeng, University of Missouri (Contact Author)

"Change in the Behavior of Risk Premium in Crude Oil Future Prices"
Xin Jin, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)

"Loss Firms, Forecast Dispersion, and Issues of Asymmetric Information"
Jorida Papakroni, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"Are Entrepreneurs a Different Breed?"
Bing Jiang, Emory University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Michael McPherson, University of North Texas
Wei Xiao, Binghamton University
Stefan Ruediger, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Lisa Verdon, College of Wooster
Roberto Pasten, University of Talca

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