Organizers:

John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University

Session Chairs:

Martin D. Heintzelman, Clarkson University

Papers:

"Third Party Certification and the Effectiveness of Self-Regulation: Evidence from Responsible Care and Accidents in the US Chemical Industry"
Huan Li, Binghamton University
Neha Khanna, Binghamton University
Martina Vidovic, Rollins College

"The Impact of Air Pollution on Morbidity, Mortality, and Healthcare Cost in the Medicare Population"
Garth Heutel, Georgia State University
Nolan Miller, University of Illinois
David Molitor, University of Illinois

"Dirty and Perverse: Substitution Responses to the Clean Air Act"
Matthew Gibson, University of California, San Diego (Contact Author)

"Meta-Analysis and Publication Bias in the Hedonic Wage Literature"
Will Wheeler, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Chris Dockins, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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Session Chairs:

Sarah Elizabeth Reynolds, Harvard Business School

Papers:

"The Effects Work-Life Initiatives on Representation and Promotion of Female Faculty at U.S. Ph.D. Granting Economics Departments"
Zarrina Juraqulova, Washington State University (Contact Author)
Jill McCluskey, Washington State University

"Commercializing Non-Profit Organizations: When to Use Incentive Contracts in the Face of For-Profit Competition with Evidence from Microfinance Institutions"
Sarah Elizabeth Reynolds, Harvard Business School (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Job Security on Job Satisfaction in Economic Contractions Versus Expansions"
Benjamin Artz, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Ilker Kaya, American University of Sharjah (Contact Author)

"Relative Earnings and Human Capital of Teachers: 1964-2013"
Krishna Regmi, Lehigh University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Ilker Kaya, American University of Sharjah
Zarrina Juraqulova, Washington State University
Austin C. Smith, University of Colorado Boulder
Matthew Gibson, University of California, San Diego

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Session Chairs:

Michael Malcolm, West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Papers:

"Selection Works Both Ways: BMI and Marital Formation Among Young Women"
Michael Malcolm, West Chester University of Pennsylvania (Contact Author)
Ilker Kaya, American University of Sharjah

"Youth Weight-to-Height Proportionality (BMI): The Stability of Structure Across the Teen Years and Twenties"
Molly Jacobs, The George Washington University (Contact Author)

"Sleep and Productivity"
Matthew Gibson, University of California, San Diego (Contact Author)
Jeffrey Shrader, University of California, San Diego

"The Effects of Prenatal Testosterone on Adult Wages: Evidence from Russian RMLS Data and Measured 2D:4D Digit Ratios"
John V. Nye, George Mason University (Contact Author)
Maria Yudkevich, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Ekaterina Orel, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Ekaterina Kochergina, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Discussants:

Matthew Gibson, University of California, San Diego
Mehrnoush Motamedi, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Molly Jacobs, The George Washington University
Shatanjaya Dasgupta, Beloit College

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