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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Organizers:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Session Chairs:

Darrick Hamilton, The New School

Papers:

"Functionality Among Multiple Antitrust Enforcers"
Matthew Cutillo, Florida State University (Contact Author)

"Vacancy in Justice: Analyzing the Impact of Overburdened Judges on Sentencing Decisions"
Jason Best, University of Houston (Contact Author)

"The Effect of Cell Phone Bans on Driver Behavior, Accidents, and Casualties"
Cheng Cheng, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Daniel I. Rees, University of Colorado Denver
Carl T. Kitchens, The University of Mississippi
Mario Villarreal, Institute for Humane Studies
Darrick Hamilton, The New School

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