| Monday 10:00 - 11:45 a.m. SEA  | 
						Session 15K Macroeconomic Development  | 
            
Session Chairs:  | 
          Christos Pargianas, University of Scranton  | 
Papers:  | 
					
           "Cross-Country Convergence in Income Inequality" "Spillovers and Export Competitiveness of OECD Economies: Does China’s R&D Activity Play a Role?" "Endogenous Economic Institutions and Persistent Income Differences" "The Effect of Public Debt on Growth in Multiple Regimes"  | 
            
Discussants:  | 		
          Chih Ming Tan, University of North Dakota  | 
| Monday 1:00 - 2:45 p.m. SEA  | 
						Session 13L Growth and Development  | 
            
Session Chairs:  | 
          Daniel L. Bennett, Florida State University  | 
Papers:  | 
					
           "A Comparison of Confucian Influence on North and South Korean Economic Policies" "Colonizer Identity and Settlement: A Unified Institutional View of Comparative Economic Development" "Internal Conflict and Economic Growth: The Case for a Finer Distinction of the Roots of Violence"  | 
            
Discussants:  | 		
          Anindya Biswas, Spring Hill College  |