Organizers:

Felix Rioja, Georgia State University

Session Chairs:

John Gibson, Georgia State University

Papers:

"A Bridge to (In)Equality: The Distributional Effects of Investing in Infrastructure"
John Gibson, Georgia State University
Felix Rioja, Georgia State University

"Foreign Aid, Remittances, and the Informal Economy"
Santanu Chatterjee, The University of Georgia
Stephen Turnovsky, University of Washington

"Assigning Taxes to Finance Infrastructure in a Federal System"
Mark Rider, Georgia State University
Luc Noiset, Kennesaw State University

"Debt and Taxes: Financing Productive Government Expenditures"
Tamoya Christie, College at Brockport SUNY
Felix Rioja, Georgia State University

Discussants:

Santanu Chatterjee, The University of Georgia
Felix Rioja, Georgia State University
Tamoya Christie, College at Brockport SUNY
Mark Rider, Georgia State University

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Organizers:

Steven Payson, AIRLEAP

Papers:

"The Case for Including Economic Thought in the Education of Business Students"
Brian W. Sloboda, University of Phoenix/US DOL (Contact Author)
Anita Cassard, University of Phoenix

"Can Reducing Inequality Aggravate the Problem of the Commons?"
Johnson Kakeu, Morehouse College (Contact Author)
Maxime Agbo, Agrocampus Ouest (France)

"The Economic Arguments for Government-Sponsored, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in Economics"
Steven Payson, AIRLEAP (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Tamoya Christie, College at Brockport SUNY
Michael Mamo, Westminster College of Utah

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Organizers:

Steven Payson, AIRLEAP

Papers:

"Tax Reform and Social Equity: The Case of Jamaica"
Tamoya Christie, College at Brockport SUNY (Contact Author)
Claremont Kirton, University of the West Indies

"Lowering State Taxes to Create More Jobs: A Cross-State Survey of Taxes, Expenditures, and Skilled Jobs"
Michael Mamo, Westminster College of Utah (Contact Author)

"How Strongly Are Private Lending Rates Affected by Government-Administered Interest Rates? Evidence from Before and After the 2008 Financial Crisis"
Areerat Kichkha, Lindenwood University (Contact Author)
Gaurango Banerjee, Lindenwood University
Richard Anderson, Lindenwood University

Discussants:

John T. Jones, Social Security Administration

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