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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