Session Chairs:

Rebekah Shrader, Washington State University

Papers:

"High Fructose Corn Syrup: Positive Versus Negative Information Shocks"
Rebekah Shrader, Washington State University (Contact Author)

"SNAP Participation and Healthcare Utilization"
Christian Gregory, U.S. Department of Agriculture (Contact Author)
Geetha Waehrer, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
Partha Deb, Hunter College

"Optimal Taxation of Junk Food"
Harry Tsang, University of North Dakota (Contact Author)
Firouz Gahvari, University of Illinois

"Incentivizing Obesity? National Trade Policy and Health"
Jay Walker, Niagara University (Contact Author)
Kristine Principe, Niagara University

Discussants:

Susan Chen, The University of Alabama
Maria Arbatskaya, Emory University
Subhasree Basu Roy, Georgia State University
Rebekah Shrader, Washington State University

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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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