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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Session Chairs:

Jerry Hionis, Jr, Temple University

Papers:

"Non-Parasitic Warlords and Geographical Distance"
Jerry Hionis, Jr, Temple University (Contact Author)

"Concessions and Repression: Can Democratizing Lead to Civil War?"
Prakarsh Singh, Amherst College (Contact Author)
Akifumi Ishihara, Kyoto University

"Protest and Repression: A Model of the Arab Spring"
Lance Kent, The College of William & Mary (Contact Author)
Toan Phan, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Discussants:

Alan Barefield, Mississippi State University
Kusum Singh, LeMoyne-Owen College
Lance Kent, The College of William & Mary
Chak Hung Jack Cheng, Murray State University

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Organizers:

Anil Rupasingha, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Session Chairs:

Alan Barefield, Mississippi State University

Papers:

"Business Development and Immigrant Country of Origin"
Craig Carpenter, Michigan State University
Scott Loveridge, Michigan State University

"Patience and Local Economic Development"
Scott Loveridge, Michigan State University
Timothy M. Komarek, Valdosta State University

"Social Capital and Rural Small Business"
Bjorn Markeson, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Contact Author)

"Home Equity Lending and Small Business: Relaxing Credit Constraints in Texas"
Ian M. Schmutte, The University of Georgia
Chadi Abdallah, International Monetary Fund
William D. Lastrapes, The University of Georgia

Discussants:

Phanindra V. Wunnava, Middlebury College
Carlianne Patrick, Georgia State University
Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Benjamin W. Pugsley, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

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