Organizers:

Elizabeth King, The World Bank

Session Chairs:

Oleksandr Zhylyevskyy, Iowa State University

Papers:

"Do Training Funds Raise the Incidence of Training? The Case of Mauritius"
Oluyemisi Kuku, IFPRI
Peter F. Orazem, Iowa State University (Contact Author)
Sawkut Rojid, The World Bank
Milan Vodopivec, University of Primorska

"How Life Expectancy at Birth Affects Schooling Investment and Lifetime Earnings: Evidence from Cross-Country Household Surveys"
Mohammad Mainul Hoque, Iowa State University
Peter F. Orazem, Iowa State University

"Incentives and Teacher Effort: Further Evidence from a Developing Country"
Elizabeth King, The World Bank
Hai-Anh Dang, The World Bank

Discussants:

Elizabeth King, The World Bank
Peter F. Orazem, Iowa State University

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Session Chairs:

Ariel Belasen, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Papers:

"On the Link Between New Stock Listings and Stock Delistings and Average Cross-Sectional Idiosyncratic Stock Volatility"
Serguey Khovansky, Northeastern University
Oleksandr Zhylyevskyy, Iowa State University (Contact Author)

"The African Debt Rush—Assessing Effects of Sovereign Bond Issuance in Sub-Saharan Africa"
Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven, The New School for Social Research (Contact Author)
Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan, St. John's University

"Organized Crime and Financial Markets: The Case of Pirate Attacks in the Middle East"
Ariel Belasen, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (Contact Author)
Ali M. Kutan, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

"Global Conditions and Corporate Bonds Credit Spread: An ANCOVA Analysis on Mexican Corporate Bonds"
Jaime Acosta, Banco de Mexico (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jaime Acosta, Banco de Mexico
Oleksandr Zhylyevskyy, Iowa State University
Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven, The New School for Social Research
Ariel Belasen, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

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