Session Chairs:

Yangyang Ji, State University of New York at Binghamton

Papers:

"Does 'Crowd Out' Offset the Stimulus Effect of Government Deficits? A Large Scale Econometric Study"
John J. Heim, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Retired)/SUNY Albany (Contact Author)

"Outliers and Persistence in Threshold Autoregressive Processes: A Puzzle?"
Yamin Ahmad, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Luiggi Donayre, University of Minnesota Duluth (Contact Author)

"Predicting the U.S. Recessions Using Housing Starts in Dynamic Probit Models"
Yan Cui, The University of Mississippi (Contact Author)

"Stability of Sunspot Equilibria in Real Business Cycle Models Under Infinite Horizon Learning"
Yangyang Ji, State University of New York at Binghamton (Contact Author)

"The SUNY Albany/Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 40 Equation Econometric Model of the U.S. Economy"
John J. Heim, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Retired)/SUNY Albany (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Vipin P. Veetil, George Mason University
John J. Heim, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Retired)/SUNY Albany
Lucy Ackert, Kennesaw State University
David N. van der Goes, University of New Mexico
Yan Cui, The University of Mississippi

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Session Chairs:

Francis W. Ahking, University of Connecticut

Papers:

"City Growth Across the E.U."
Gina Pieters, Trinity University (Contact Author)
Scott Petty, University of Minnesota

"How Urbanization Drives the Growth of Urban Economy: The Case of Shanghai"
Haobin Fan, Clemson University (Contact Author)

"Raising Dragons"
John V. Nye, George Mason University (Contact Author)
Melanie Meng Xue, George Mason University

"The Economies of the Great Lakes Region"
Francis W. Ahking, University of Connecticut (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Thomas Lebesmuehlbacher, The University of Georgia
Gina Pieters, Trinity University
Melanie Meng Xue, George Mason University
David N. van der Goes, University of New Mexico

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Session Chairs:

Vijetha Koppa, Texas A&M University

Papers:

"Domestic Violence after the Passage of Smoking Bans in Bars"
Isaac Swensen, Montana State University (Contact Author)

"The Impact of State-Mandated Alternative Education Programs for Expelled and Suspended Students on Juvenile Crime"
Vladimir Fleurimond, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"The Effect of Housing Vouchers on Crime: Evidence from a Lottery"
Jillian Beaugez Carr, Texas A&M University
Vijetha Koppa, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Sarah Marx Quintanar, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Brian Hill, Salisbury University
Thomas M. Carroll, Thomas Carroll & Associates, Ltd.
David N. van der Goes, University of New Mexico

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