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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Organizers:

J.R. Clark, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Session Chairs:

J.R. Clark, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Papers:

"Market Failures, Government Solutions, and Moral Perceptions"
Dwight R. Lee, Southern Methodist University
J.R. Clark, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Contact Author)

"Institutional Quality and the Wealth of Autocrats"
Randall G. Holcombe, Florida State University (Contact Author)
Christopher J. Boudreaux, Florida State University

"Does School District and Municipality Border Congruence Matter? A Spatial Hedonic Approach"
Joshua C. Hall, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"The Causality Between Government Spending and Special Interest Group Activity"
Russell S. Sobel, The Citadel
J.R. Clark, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Contact Author)

Discussants:

John Garen, University of Kentucky
Michael L. Davis, Southern Methodist University
Todd M. Nesbit, The Ohio State University
Joshua C. Hall, West Virginia University

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Session Chairs:

Hina Sahni, Northern Illinois University

Papers:

"Social Capital and Gender Wage Gap in CEO Labor Market"
Hina Sahni, Northern Illinois University (Contact Author)

"The Money and Beauty of University Presidents"
John J. Perry, Centre College (Contact Author)
Marie Petkus, Centre College
Bruce K. Johnson, Centre College

"The Effect of Net Income Shocks on Firm Behavior: A Variance Decomposition Approach to Firm Level Data"
Edward Hoang, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs (Contact Author)
Indrit Hoxha, Penn State University Harrisburg

"Good Little Debts Gone Bad: An Empirical Study of Decisions in the Small Claims Court of 18th-Century Augusta County, Virginia"
Tinni Sen, Virginia Military Institute (Contact Author)
Atin Basuchoudhary, Virginia Military Institute
Turk McCleskey, Virginia Military Institute

Discussants:

Edward Hoang, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs
Tinni Sen, Virginia Military Institute
Giulia La Mattina, University of South Florida
Christopher J. Boudreaux, Florida State University

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