2013 Sessions for Sean Higgins

 
Saturday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 06A
Public Goods and Redistribution

Session Chairs:

Christopher Mann, The University of Alabama

Papers:

"Unbalanced Growth and Public Good Provision"
Christopher Mann, The University of Alabama (Contact Author)

"Can Trustworthiness Improve Efficiency in Public Good Provision?"
Evana Afreen, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Misperceptions and Attitudes Towards Income Redistribution: A 'Real Donation' Experiment"
R. Andrew Luccasen, III, Mississippi University for Women (Contact Author)
M. Kathleen Thomas, Mississippi State University
Philip Grossman, Monash University
Mana Komai, St. Cloud State University

"Perception of Deception: The Fall in Redistribution Preferences and Rise in Government Mistrust after the Great Recession"
Christa Marr, Clark University
Chih Ming Tan, University of North Dakota (Contact Author)

"Factors Influencing Capacity Development of Public Water System in Mississippi"
Jesse Tack, Mississippi State University
Alan Barefield, Mississippi State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

R. Andrew Luccasen, III, Mississippi University for Women
Sean Higgins, Tulane University
Evana Afreen, Georgia State University
Cheng Cheng, Texas A&M University
Alexander B. Ufier, University of Oklahoma

 

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Monday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 19L
Development

Session Chairs:

Sophia Terrelonge, State University of New York at Binghamton

Papers:

"The Impact of Remittances on Education in Developing Countries"
Sophia Terrelonge, State University of New York at Binghamton (Contact Author)

"Estimating the Demand for Health in China"
Riha Vaidya, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Contact Author)

"Are Hurricanes Failure Warnings? Evidence from Caribbean Secondary School Examinations"
Nekeisha Spencer, Binghamton University, State University of New York (Contact Author)
Solomon Polachek, State University of New York at Binghamton
Eric Strobl, Ecole Polytechnique

"Examining the Impacts of Different Anti-Malaria Campaigns: Are Some Organizations More Effective than Others?"
Stacey Gelsheimer, University of South Florida (Contact Author)

"Measuring Impoverishment: An Overlooked Dimension of Fiscal Incidence"
Sean Higgins, Tulane University
Nora Lustig, Tulane University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Stacey Gelsheimer, University of South Florida
John M. McAdams, Federal Trade Commission
Harry Tsang, University of North Dakota
Zachary Gochenour, George Mason University
Tin-Chun Lin, Indiana University Northwest

 

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