Session Chairs:

Lawrence W. Kenny, University of Florida

Papers:

"The Political Economy of Education Finance: The Case of Texas"
Lawrence W. Kenny, University of Florida (Contact Author)
Thomas A. Husted, American University

"Financial Aid and Business Cycles"
Elizabeth S. Bradley, CNA
Michael S. Kofoed, The University of Georgia (Contact Author)

"For Profit and Traditional Colleges: Different Prices for Different Goals"
Michael S. Kofoed, The University of Georgia (Contact Author)

"Managing Student Transport Costs in Minnesota School Districts"
Conrad Puozaa, The University of Mississippi (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Robert Mason, Georgia Gwinnett College
Susan Reilly, American University
Lawrence W. Kenny, University of Florida

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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:

Deborah Fletcher, Miami University

Session Chairs:

Steven Slutsky, University of Florida

Papers:

"Travel Distance, 'Civic Duty', and Voter Participation"
Dennis Coates, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Contact Author)
Tim Pawlowski, University of Tuebingen

"The Effect of Political Advertising in the Presence of Swing Voters"
Deborah Fletcher, Miami University (Contact Author)
Steven Slutsky, University of Florida

"Explaining Variation in the Competitiveness of U.S. Senate Elections, 1922-2004"
Lawrence W. Kenny, University of Florida (Contact Author)
Stanley Winer, Carleton University
Bernard Grofman, University of California, Irvine

Discussants:

Deborah Fletcher, Miami University
Lawrence W. Kenny, University of Florida
Dennis Coates, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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