Session Chairs:

Feler Bose, Alma College

Papers:

"Socioeconomic Determinants of Life Expectancy: A Spatial Econometrics Approach"
Minh Tam Schlosky, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"Sexual Freedom Indexes from 1960-2010: A New Source for Sexual Freedom in the 50 States"
Feler Bose, Alma College (Contact Author)

"Economic Freedom and State Bond Ratings"
Ariel Belasen, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (Contact Author)
Rik Hafer, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Shrikant Jategaonkar, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Discussants:

Ariel Belasen, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Minh Tam Schlosky, West Virginia University
Daniel Litwok, Michigan State University

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Session Chairs:

Weiwei Liu, Saginaw Valley State University

Papers:

"The Rise of Renewable Energy in the U.S."
Adrienne Ohler, Illinois State University (Contact Author)

"Rate-of-Return Regulation, Electricity Market Deregulation, and Renewable Energy Technology"
Adrienne Ohler, Illinois State University (Contact Author)

"Dirty and Clean Technologies"
Supratim Das Gupta, University of South Carolina (Contact Author)

"Household Demographics and the Heterogeneous Effects of U.S. Gasoline Policies"
Weiwei Liu, Saginaw Valley State University (Contact Author)

"Links Between Prices of Agricultural Commodities and Biofuels"
Jan Bentzen, Aarhus University (Contact Author)
Tanja Groth, Aarhus University

Discussants:

Jan Bentzen, Aarhus University
Supratim Das Gupta, University of South Carolina
Feler Bose, Alma College
Adrienne Ohler, Illinois State University
Augustina Odame, Utah State University

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Session Chairs:

Bidisha Lahiri, Oklahoma State University

Papers:

"Valuing Environmental Projects from Choice Surveys: Comparisons and Public Expenditures"
Joni S. Charles, Texas State University-San Marcos
Edoh Y. Amiran, Western Washington University (Contact Author)

"Valuing Global Public Goods - A Delphi Contingent Valuation (CV) Survey of the Amazon Rainforest"
Ståle Navrud, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Contact Author)
Jon Strand, Development Research Group, The World Bank

"Economic Evaluation of Household Waste Reduction Effort: A Case of Japan"
Yoshiaki Shimazaki, Akita Prefectural University (Contact Author)
Christian Crowley, U.S. Department of the Interior
Takahiro Hoshi, Akita Prefectural University

"Don’t Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste: Exploring Links Between Environmental Policy-Making and Environmental Mishaps"
Feler Bose, Alma College (Contact Author)
Vivek D Pandey, Michigan State University

"Effect of Environmental Tax Policy on Steady State Production"
Bidisha Lahiri, Oklahoma State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Nayana Bose, Vanderbilt University
Joni S. Charles, Texas State University-San Marcos
Edoh Y. Amiran, Western Washington University
Yoshiaki Shimazaki, Akita Prefectural University
Ståle Navrud, Norwegian University of Life Sciences

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