Session Chairs:

Daniel Litwok, Michigan State University

Papers:

"Alcohol Consumption, Availability, and Violent Crime: Evidence from Texas Counties"
Michael Sinkey, University of West Georgia (Contact Author)
William J. Smith, University of West Georgia

"The Deterrence of HOPE: The Impact of the HOPE Scholarship on Crime"
Adam R. Cook, SUNY Buffalo (Contact Author)

"The Game Between Police and Crime: When Neighbors Come into Play"
Longjin Chen, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE) (Contact Author)

"Police, Politics, and Public Safety: Do Police Officers Write Tickets in Response to Political Pressure?"
Christopher J. Boudreaux, Florida State University (Contact Author)

"Graduated Driver Licensing and Adolescent Outcomes"
Daniel Litwok, Michigan State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Christopher J. Boudreaux, Florida State University
Michael Sinkey, University of West Georgia
Adam R. Cook, SUNY Buffalo
William B. Hankins, The University of Alabama
Melanie Cozad, Furman University

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Session Chairs:

Sutirtha Bagchi, University of Michigan

Papers:

"Kicking the Can Down the Road: Getting Tomorrow’s Taxpayers to Pay for Today’s Public Sector Pensions"
Sutirtha Bagchi, University of Michigan (Contact Author)

"A Positive Model of Public Pension Funding"
Gary Wagner, Old Dominion University (Contact Author)
Erick Elder, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

"Partisan Politics and Federal Spending at the State Level"
William B. Hankins, The University of Alabama (Contact Author)
Gary Hoover, The University of Alabama
Paul Pecorino, The University of Alabama

"National Representation and Local Public Expenditure: A Natural Experiment from Japan"
Haishan Yuan, University of Maryland (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Gary Wagner, Old Dominion University
Mario Villarreal, Institute for Humane Studies
Richard B. Smith, University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Lawrence W. Kenny, University of Florida

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