Organizers:

Melanie Guldi, University of Central Florida
Christine Piette Durrance, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Session Chairs:

Melanie Guldi, University of Central Florida

Papers:

"Deployments, Combat Exposure, and Crime"
Daniel I. Rees, University of Colorado Denver (Contact Author)
D. Mark Anderson, Montana State University

"Mass Incarceration's Effect on Risky Sex"
Scott Cunningham, Baylor University (Contact Author)
Christopher M. Cornwell, The University of Georgia

"The Impact of Wildfires on Birth Outcomes"
Muzhe Yang, Lehigh University (Contact Author)
Anca M. Cotet-Grecu, Seton Hall University

"The Health Effects of Power Plant Emissions: Evidence from US Acid Rain Legislation"
Nicholas J. Sanders, The College of William & Mary (Contact Author)
Alan Barreca, Tulane University
Matthew Neidell, Columbia University

Discussants:

Angela K. Dills, Providence College
Christine Piette Durrance, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Hani Mansour, University of Colorado Denver
Dhaval M. Dave, Bentley University

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Organizers:

Sarah M. Estelle, Hope College

Session Chairs:

Sarah M. Estelle, Hope College

Papers:

"Measuring Changes in the Costs of Teenage Childbearing"
Daniel M. Leeds, Michigan Department of Education (Contact Author)
Emily Gray Collins, University of Michigan

"Proximate and Economic Determinants of Obesity: A Cross-National Analysis"
Dhaval M. Dave, Bentley University
Nadia Doytch, Brooklyn College-CUNY
Inas Rashad Kelly, Queens College of The City University of New York (Contact Author)

"Incarceration vs. Treatment-Based Approaches to Juvenile Crime: Effects on Education"
Dhaval M. Dave, Bentley University (Contact Author)
Alison Evans Cuellar, George Mason University

"Meth, Death, and Alcohol: The Unintended Consequences of Alcohol Prohibition on Methamphetamine Use"
Jose Fernandez, University of Louisville (Contact Author)
Stephan F. Gohmann, University of Louisville
Joshua Pinkston, University of Louisville

Discussants:

Xu Wang, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Resul Cesur, University of Connecticut
Matthew D. Lang, Xavier University
Jillian Beaugez Carr, Texas A&M University

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Organizers:

M. Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Session Chairs:

Astha Sen, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Drug Laws and Labor Market Outcomes: New Evidence from the CPS"
Joseph J. Sabia, San Diego State University
Glen Kirkpatrick, San Diego State University
Oren Rosenberg, San Diego State University

"Do Minimum Wage Increases Really Increase Teen Drunk Driving?"
M. Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Laura M. Argys, University of Colorado Denver
Joseph J. Sabia, San Diego State University

"Early Evidence on the Affordable Care Act"
Dhaval M. Dave, Bentley University
Greg Colman, Pace University

"Negative Home Equity and Labor Markets"
Christopher Cunningham, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Susan E. Chen, The University of Alabama
Christopher Carpenter, Vanderbilt University
James H. Marton, Georgia State University
Laura M. Argys, University of Colorado Denver

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Organizers:

Sara Markowitz, Emory University

Session Chairs:

Sara Markowitz, Emory University

Papers:

"Alcohol Regulation and Crime: Evidence from Licensing Laws"
D. Mark Anderson, Montana State University
Benjamin Crost, University of Colorado Denver
Daniel I. Rees, University of Colorado Denver

"Impact of the Business Cycle on Smoking Behaviors"
Dhaval M. Dave, Bentley University
Leigh Ann Leung, Brown University
Greg Colman, Pace University

"Do Young Adults Substitute Cigarettes for Alcohol? Learning from the Master Settlement Agreement"
Vinish Shrestha, Emory University (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Medical Marijuana Laws on the Use of Marijuana and Other Substances"
Hefei Wen, Emory University
Jason M. Hockenberry, Emory University
Janet Cummings, Emory University

Discussants:

Christine Piette Durrance, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jason M. Hockenberry, Emory University
Isaac Swensen, Montana State University
D. Mark Anderson, Montana State University

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Session Chairs:

Deliana Kostova, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Papers:

"Effects of Smoking on Obesity: Evidence from a Randomized Clinical Trial"
Charles Courtemanche, Georgia State University
Rusty Tchernis, Georgia State University
Benjamin Ukert, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Smoking and Morbidity"
Lyudmyla Kompaniyets, Washington State University (Contact Author)
Robert Rosenman, Washington State University

"Impact of Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion on Cigarette Use and Smoking Cessation Among U.S. Adults: Results from 2012-2013 National Adult Tobacco Survey"
Xu Wang, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Contact Author)
Xin Xu, Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

"Schooling and Smoking Behavior Across the Life Course: Evidence from Compulsory Schooling Laws and College Openings"
Asia Sikora Kessler, University of Nebraska Medical Center (Contact Author)
Donald Kenkel, Cornell University
J. Catherine Maclean, University of Pennsylvania

"Smokeless Tobacco Use in India: The Role of Prices and Advertising"
Deliana Kostova, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Contact Author)
Dhaval M. Dave, Bentley University

Discussants:

Asia Sikora Kessler, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Benjamin Ukert, Georgia State University
Eric Schmidbauer, University of Central Florida
Jungtaek Lee, State University of New York at Albany
Xu Ji, Emory University

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