Organizers:

John Merrifield, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Session Chairs:

John Merrifield, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Papers:

"State Fiscal Adjustment and Tax Reform: A Dynamic Scoring Analysis"
Barry Poulson, University of Colorado
John Merrifield, The University of Texas at San Antonio

"State Budget Stability Through a Budget Stabilization Fund"
John Merrifield, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Barry Poulson, University of Colorado

"The Effect of Reduced Support from State Government on Research in State Universities"
Lawrence W. Kenny, University of Florida (Contact Author)

"Saving for a Rainy Day: Filtering Approaches for Estimating the 'Optimal' Size of State Budget Stabilization Funds"
Bo Zhao, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Lawrence W. Kenny, University of Florida
John Garen, University of Kentucky
Daniel Sutter, Troy University
John Merrifield, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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Organizers:

John Merrifield, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Session Chairs:

John Merrifield, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Papers:

"An Assessment of National Fiscal Rules in OECD Countries"
Barry Poulson, University of Colorado
John Merrifield, The University of Texas at San Antonio

"Plausible Federal Fiscal Restraint and Tools for Reaching It"
John Merrifield, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Barry Poulson, University of Colorado

"Are Income Taxes Destined to Rise? The Fiscal Imbalance and Future Tax Policy"
Jason L. Saving, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Contact Author)
Alan Viard, AEI

"The Madness and the Ecstacy: Public Preferences and Fiscal Policy"
M. Garrett Roth, Gannon University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jason L. Saving, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
John Garen, University of Kentucky
Daniel Sutter, Troy University
Elena Andreyeva, Georgia State University

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Organizers:

John Merrifield, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Session Chairs:

John Merrifield, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Papers:

"Peer Networks and School Choice Under Incomplete Information"
Andrew Dustan, Vanderbilt University (Contact Author)

"Do Legislators Vote the Preferences of Their Constituents? The Case of Georgia’s 2012 Charter Schools Amendment"
Brooke Conaway, Georgia College & State University
Ben Scafidi, Georgia College & State University
Frank Stephenson, Berry College

"Public School District Inefficiency: Endogenous Cost Frontier Analysis with Panel Data"
Mustafa U. Karakaplan, Utah State University (Contact Author)
Levent Kutlu, Georgia Institute of Technology

Discussants:

John Merrifield, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Andrew Dustan, Vanderbilt University
Ben Scafidi, Georgia College & State University
Brooke Conaway, Georgia College & State University

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