Organizers:

Andres Jauregui, Columbus State University

Session Chairs:

Andres Jauregui, Columbus State University

Papers:

"Is the Economic Freedom of North America Index Measuring Economic Freedom or Something Else? A Principal Component Factor Analysis"
Kevin Hurt, Columbus State University (Contact Author)
Benjamin Blair, Columbus State University
Kirk C. Heriot, Columbus State University
Andres Jauregui, Columbus State University

"Want Freedom, Will Travel: Emigrant Self-Selection According to Institutional Quality"
Maryam Naghsh Nejad, Institute for the Study of Labor
Andrew T. Young, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"Economic Freedom in Mexico: A Preliminary Empirical Analysis of Firm Births"
Andres Jauregui, Columbus State University
Kirk C. Heriot, Columbus State University (Contact Author)

"Income Inequality and Economic Freedom: Do People Jump Around Income Categories?"
Benjamin Blair, Columbus State University (Contact Author)
Brett Cotten, Columbus State University
Andres Jauregui, Columbus State University
Kirk C. Heriot, Columbus State University

Discussants:

TBA

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Session Chairs:

Hizkia Tasik, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Labor Supply Response to Price Level Shocks"
Joy Buchanan, George Mason University (Contact Author)
Daniel Houser, George Mason University

"The Heterogeneous Effect of Married Women's Property Laws"
Maryam Naghsh Nejad, Institute for the Study of Labor (Contact Author)

"Unintended Effects of the CMS Final Rule on Transplantation: A Patient Welfare Question"
Marietou Ouayogode, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Using Time and Essential Components to Mitigate Information Asymmetry Within the Welfare Benefit Programs"
Hizkia Tasik, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Wage-Oriented Unionization, Market Structure and Economic Growth"
Lei Ji, SciencesPo OFCE
Chienyu Huang, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Juin-Jen Chang, SINICA, (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Joy Buchanan, George Mason University
Maryam Naghsh Nejad, Institute for the Study of Labor
Marietou Ouayogode, Georgia State University
Lorenzo Almada, Columbia University

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Session Chairs:

Maria Luisa Corton, University of South Florida Saint Petersburg

Papers:

"Government Corruption and Firm Profit Hiding—Evidence from Chinese Firms"
Yukun Sun, Clemson University (Contact Author)

"Effectiveness of Asymmetric Liability Policy Under Reputation Effect"
Chandan Kumar Jha, Louisiana State University (Contact Author)
Sudipta Sarangi, Louisiana State University

"The Role of Political and Jurisdictional Factors in the Provision of Water Service: An Efficiency Analysis"
Maria Luisa Corton, University of South Florida Saint Petersburg (Contact Author)

"Strategic Interaction of Insurance Company and Consumers in Medical Tourism"
Xinyan Shi, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke (Contact Author)
Lydia L. Gan, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke

Discussants:

Sandra Orozco-Aleman, Mississippi State University
Maryam Naghsh Nejad, Institute for the Study of Labor
Chandan Kumar Jha, Louisiana State University
Xinyan Shi, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke

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