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:

Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, University of Georgia

Session Chairs:

Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Emory University

Papers:

"Elder Entrepreneurs versus Low-Income Elder Entrepreneurs"
Barbara J. Robles, Federal Reserve Board
Marysol McGee, Federal Reserve Board

"Are Women 'Naturally' Better Credit Risks in Microcredit? Evidence from Field Experiments in Patriarchal and Matrilineal Societies in Bangladesh"
Sugato Chakravarty, Purdue University
S.M. Zahid Iqbal, Purdue University
Abu Zafar Shahriar, Monash University

"Coordination Requires More than One Leader! Experimental Evidence from Rural Producer Organizations in Senegal"
Tanguy Bernard, International Food Policy Research Institute
Ligane Sene, International Food Policy Research Institute
Angelino C.G. Viceisza, Spelman College
Fleur Wouterse, International Food Policy Research Institute

"The Macroeconomic Consequences of Remittances"
Berrak Bahadir, The University of Georgia
Santanu Chatterjee, The University of Georgia
Thomas Lebesmuehlbacher, The University of Georgia

Discussants:

Lee Cohen, The University of Georgia
Bento Lobo, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Emory University
Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, University of Georgia

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