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:

Dean B. Stansel, Florida Gulf Coast University

Session Chairs:

Dean B. Stansel, Florida Gulf Coast University

Papers:

"Don’t Blame the Weather: Federal Natural Disaster Aid and Public Corruption"
Adriana S. Cordis, Winthrop University (Contact Author)
Jeff Milyo, University of Missouri

"Revenue Cycles and Risk-Sharing in Local Governments: An Analysis of State Rainy Day Funds"
Gary Wagner, Old Dominion University (Contact Author)
Erick Elder, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

"The Determinants of the Severity of State Fiscal Crises"
David T. Mitchell, University of Central Arkansas
Dean B. Stansel, Florida Gulf Coast University

Discussants:

Adriana S. Cordis, Winthrop University
David T. Mitchell, University of Central Arkansas
Dean B. Stansel, Florida Gulf Coast University
Gary Wagner, Old Dominion University

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