Organizers:

Amanda Ross, West Virginia University

Session Chairs:

Amanda Ross, West Virginia University

Papers:

"Is Pork-Barrel Spending a Common Resource? A Search for the Tragedy of the Commons in Pork-Barrel Legislation"
J. Zachary Klingensmith, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"Economic Institutions and Global Poverty"
Joseph Connors, Wake Forest University (Contact Author)

"Is Sequestration the (Wicked) Step-Mother of Invention? Expanding Budgets via Strategic Use of Leasing"
William McAndrew, West Virginia University (Contact Author)
Paul Speaker, West Virginia University

"A Spatial Analysis of Growth and Institutional Quality Across the United States: Evidence from Metropolitan Areas"
Jamie Bologna, West Virginia University (Contact Author)
Andrew T. Young, West Virginia University
Donald J. Lacombe, West Virginia University

Discussants:

Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University
Amanda Ross, West Virginia University
Joseph Connors, Wake Forest University
Gregory M. Randolph, Southern New Hampshire University

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Organizers:

Amanda Ross, West Virginia University

Session Chairs:

Amanda Ross, West Virginia University

Papers:

"Globalization and Income Convergence"
Kaitlyn Wolf, West Virginia University (Contact Author)
Andrew T. Young, West Virginia University

"Out of Pocket Expenditure and Health Infrastructure in Indian States"
Srimoyee Bose, West Virginia University (Contact Author)
Zakir Husain, University of Delhi

"A Quasi-Experimental Approach to the Effects of Improvements in Women’s Rights on Female Brain Drain"
Maryam Naghsh Nejad, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (Contact Author)

"Globalization and Culture Evolution"
Kathleen Sheehan, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Alexandre Olbrecht, Ramapo College of New Jersey
Nadia Greenhalgh-Stanley, Kent State University
Shawn Rohlin, Kent State University
Tami Gurley-Calvez, University of Kansas

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Session Chairs:

Ricardo Santos, Trinity University

Papers:

"Health Insurance and the Macro Economy: A Neoclassical Approach"
Mark Kelly, The University of Georgia (Contact Author)

"Do Unions Increase Labor’s Shares? Evidence from US Industry-Level Data"
Andrew T. Young, West Virginia University (Contact Author)
Hernando Zuleta, Universidad de los Andes

"Entry and Competition in Takeover Auctions"
Matthew Gentry, London School of Economics
Caleb Stroup, Grinnell College (Contact Author)

"Labor Supply, Endogenous Wage Dynamics and Tax Policy"
Arpad Abraham, European University Institute
Jay H. Hong, University of Rochester
Ricardo Santos, Trinity University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Andrew T. Young, West Virginia University
Mark Kelly, The University of Georgia
Ricardo Santos, Trinity University
Michael Montgomery, University of Maine

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Session Chairs:

Julie Trivitt, University of Arkansas

Papers:

"Compulsory Schooling Laws and Early Labor Market Outcomes"
Huzeyfe Torun, University of Virginia (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Local Labor Market Wage Differentials on College Enrollment"
Naci Mocan, Louisiana State University
Gregory B. Upton, Jr., Louisiana State University (Contact Author)

"What You Didn't Say: Survey Non-Response as a Non-Cognitive Measure"
Julie Trivitt, University of Arkansas (Contact Author)
Collin Hitt, University of Arkansas

"Do Preemies Catch Up? The Impact of Pre-Term Births on Adult Outcomes"
John M. Nunley, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (Contact Author)

Discussants:

John M. Nunley, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Huzeyfe Torun, University of Virginia
Gregory B. Upton, Jr., Louisiana State University
Andrew T. Young, West Virginia University

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