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Organizers:

Michael Plante, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Session Chairs:

Nathaniel Throckmorton, College of William & Mary

Papers:

"A Case for Credit Easing at the Zero Lower Bound"
Alexander Richter, Auburn University
Nathaniel Throckmorton, College of William & Mary

"The Limitations of Forward Guidance"
Nathaniel Throckmorton, College of William & Mary
Alexander Richter, Auburn University (Contact Author)
Benjamin D. Keen, The University of Oklahoma
William T. Gavin, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

"Estimates of State-Contingent Deviations from Rational Expectations, with an Application to Forward Guidance"
Lance Kent, The College of William & Mary (Contact Author)

"Fuel Subsidies, the Oil Market, and the World Economy"
Michael Plante, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Mine K. Yucel, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Nathan S. Balke, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Nathaniel Throckmorton, College of William & Mary
Alexander Richter, Auburn University

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Organizers:

Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University

Session Chairs:

Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Are Women Better than Men at Multitasking Household Activities? New Experimental Evidence"
Charlene M. Kalenkoski, Texas Tech University
Gigi Foster, University of New South Wales

"Gender, Job Satisfaction, and Professional Labor Markets"
Joni Hersch, Vanderbilt University
Jean Y. Xiao, Vanderbilt University

"Who Cares—And Does It Matter? Measuring Wage Penalties for Caring Work"
Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University
Julia Manzella, Georgia State University

"The Occupational Feminization of Promotion and Wages"
John T. Addison, University of South Carolina
Orgul D. Ozturk, University of South Carolina
Si Wang, University of South Carolina

Discussants:

Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University
Meghan Skira, The University of Georgia
David Macpherson, Trinity University
Sarah Jacobson, Williams College

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Organizers:

Subhasish Dugar, University of Calgary

Session Chairs:

Subhasish Dugar, University of Calgary

Papers:

"The Power of Cheap-Talk when Payoffs Are Uncertain and Information Is Incomplete"
Quazi Shahriar, San Diego State University
Subhasish Dugar, University of Calgary

"Deception and Trust"
Arnab Mitra, Portland State University
Robert Innes, University of California, Merced

"Promises and Lies: Can Observers Detect Deception"
Jingnan (Cecilia) Chen, George Mason University
Daniel Houser, George Mason University

"Achieving Efficient Coordination Via Cheap-Talk: The Role of Incentives to Lie"
Subhasish Dugar, University of Calgary
Quazi Shahriar, San Diego State University

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Organizers:

Gail M. Hoyt, University of Kentucky

Session Chairs:

Gail M. Hoyt, University of Kentucky

Papers:

"How Motivation and Cognitive Ability Influence Student Outcomes in Hybrid and Face to Face Classes"
Grace O, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Engaging Students Using Social Media: The Students' Perspective"
Abdullah Al-Bahrani, Northern Kentucky University
Darshak Patel, The University of Tennessee at Martin
Brandon J. Sheridan, North Central College

"Loss Aversion, Distributional Effects, and Asymmetric Gender Responses in Economics Education"
Maria Apostolova-Mihaylova, University of Mary Washington
William Cooper, University of Kentucky
Gail M. Hoyt, University of Kentucky
Emily Marshall, Bates College

"Analyzing the Efficacy of Cooperative Learning Across Personality Types"
Tisha Lin Nakao Emerson, Baylor University
Linda K. Carter, Baylor University
KimMarie McGoldrick, University of Richmond

Discussants:

Mary Kassis, University of West Georgia
Gregory DeAngelo, Texas Tech University
William Alpert, University of Connecticut
Kim Holder, University of West Georgia

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Organizers:

George-Levi Gayle, Washington University in St. Louis

Session Chairs:

Matthew Wiswall, Arizona State University

Papers:

"Beyond LATE with a Discrete Instrument: Heterogeneity in the Quantity-Quality Interaction of Children"
Matthew Wiswall, Arizona State University (Contact Author)

"The Complementary and Substitution in Early and Late Investment in Children"
Mehmet Ali Soytas, Ozyegin University (Contact Author)

"Early Production of Cognitive Skill: Evidence from Prenatal Investments and Randomly-Assigned Child-Care Prices"
Juan Chapparro, University of Minnesota (Contact Author)

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Organizers:

Lisa Schulkind, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Session Chairs:

Lisa Schulkind, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Papers:

"Local Housing Affordability and Basic Household Needs"
Aaron Yelowitz, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)
Meredith Shores, University of Kentucky

"The Impact of Elections on Real Estate: Evidence from Residential Microdata in Virginia"
Jeremy Grant Moulton, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Contact Author)
Bennie D. Waller, Longwood University
Scott Wentland, Longwood University

"The Impact of Ending Long-Term Unemployment Benefits: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in North Carolina"
Paul Gaggl, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Contact Author)
Craig A. Depken, II, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Discussants:

Aaron Yelowitz, University of Kentucky
Matthew Larsen, Tulane University
Teny Shapiro, Santa Clara University

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Organizers:

William F. Shughart, II, Utah State University

Session Chairs:

Michael David Thomas, Creighton University

Papers:

"Do Health Insurance Mandates Discourage Employment"
James Bailey, Creighton University (Contact Author)

"Asymmetric Information and Its Application to Health Care in the Last Fifty Years"
Stephen M. Jones, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"The Effect of Certificate of Need Regulation on the Provision of Indigent Care"
Jacob W. Russ, George Mason University
Thomas Stratmann, George Mason University

"Austrian Robustness vs. Behavioral Efficiency"
Michael David Thomas, Creighton University
Daniel Sutter, Troy University

Discussants:

Diana W. Thomas, Creighton University
Michael David Thomas, Creighton University
James Bailey, Creighton University

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Organizers:

Nicholas G. Rupp, East Carolina University

Session Chairs:

Nicholas G. Rupp, East Carolina University

Papers:

"Price Dispersion and Discrimination in the Airline Industry"
Jonathan W. Williams, The University of Georgia
Federico Ciliberto, University of Virginia
Charles Murry, Penn State University

"The Impact of Entry by Gulf Carriers on International Airline Routes"
Kerry M. Tan, Loyola University Maryland
Christian Hofer, University of Arkansas
Fabio Mendez, Loyola University Maryland
Martin Dresner, University of Maryland

"Product Quality Choices, Competition and Entry: Evidence from the U.S. Airline Industry"
Nicholas G. Rupp, East Carolina University
Darin Lee, Compass Lexecon
Angela Nian Liu, Compass Lexecon

"The Impact of Mergers on Quality Provision: Evidence from the Airline Industry"
Daniel H. Simon, Indiana University
Jeffrey T. Prince, Indiana University

Discussants:

Ben Eden, Vanderbilt University
Philip J. Glandon, Jr., Kenyon College
Daniel H. Simon, Indiana University
Kerry M. Tan, Loyola University Maryland

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Organizers:

Jeremy Atack, Vanderbilt University

Session Chairs:

Jeremy Atack, Vanderbilt University

Papers:

"Economies of Scale in Nineteenth Century United States Manufacturing Revisited: A Solution to the Entrepreneurial Labor Input Problem"
Robert A. Margo, Boston University (Contact Author)

"Ownership and Control of Nineteenth-Century New England Banks"
Howard Bodenhorn, Clemson University (Contact Author)

"Intergenerational Mobility in the U.S. South: A New View from Linked Census Data"
Marianne H. Wanamaker, The University of Tennessee
William Collins, Vanderbilt University

"Public Insurance and Mortality: Evidence from Medicaid’s Implementation"
Andrew Goodman-Bacon, University of California Berkley (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jeremy Atack, Vanderbilt University
William Roberds, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Werner Troesken, University of Pittsburgh
Christopher Carpenter, Vanderbilt University

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Organizers:

Daniel G. Arce, The University of Texas at Dallas

Session Chairs:

Daniel G. Arce, The University of Texas at Dallas

Papers:

"Lobotomizing the Humanitarian Brain"
Christopher J. Coyne, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"Troop Contributions to UN and Non-UN Peacekeeping Missions: A Public Goods Approach"
Todd Sandler, The University of Texas at Dallas
Khusrav Gaibulloev, American University of Sharjah
Hirofumi Shimizu, National Defense Academy
Justin George, The University of Texas at Dallas

"The Social Evolution of Genocide Across Time and Geographic Space: Perspectives from Evolutionary Game Theory"
Charles Anderton, College of the Holy Cross (Contact Author)

"WikiLeaks and the Risks to Critical Foreign Dependencies"
Daniel G. Arce, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)

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Organizers:

Michael J. Sposi, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Session Chairs:

Michael J. Sposi, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Papers:

"The Role of Allocative Efficiency in a Decade of Recovery"
Kaiji Chen, Emory University
Alfonso Irarrazabal, Norges Bank

"Distortions, Infrastructure, and Labor Supply in Latin American Countries"
German Cubas, University of Houston (Contact Author)

"Offshoring, Low-Skilled Immigration and Labor Market Polarization"
Federico S. Mandelman, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Andrei Zlate, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

"Trade Barriers and the Relative Price of Tradables"
Michael J. Sposi, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Contact Author)

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Organizers:

Jens Grosser, Florida State University

Session Chairs:

Jens Grosser, Florida State University

Papers:

"Spillovers of Tax Evasion—Unexpected Costs of Tax Evasion"
Sebastian Goerg, Florida State University
Oliver Himmler, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
Tobias Koenig, WZB Berlin Social Science Center

"Institution Formation when Returns from Public Goods Are Heterogeneous"
Sebastian Kube, University of Bonn
Hannah Schildberg-Hoerisch, University of Bonn
Elina Khachatryan, University of Kassel
Sebastian Schaube, Bonn Graduate School of Economics

"Tentative Versus Definite Policy Proposals in Committees: An Experimental Study"
Jens Grosser, Florida State University
Jidong Chen, Princeton University

"Status-Quo Bias in Bargaining and War: An Experimental Approach"
Xiaoli Guo, Florida State University (Contact Author)

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Organizers:

Gabriel Picone, University of South Florida
Pierre Nguimkeu, Georgia State University

Session Chairs:

Gabriel Picone, University of South Florida

Papers:

"Public Compensation Policies, Occupational Choice, and Aggregate Productivity"
Pierre Nguimkeu, Georgia State University (Contact Author)
Constant Lonkeng Ngouana, International Monetary Fund

"Infant Mortality, Fertility, and Malaria: The Effect of Mosquito Net Distribution in Sub-Saharan Africa"
Gabriel Picone, University of South Florida (Contact Author)
Joshua Wilde, University of South Florida
Bénédicte Apouey, Paris School of Economics
Stacey Gelsheimer, University of South Florida

"Remittances and the Voter Turnout in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Macro and Micro Level Data"
Urbain Thierry Yogo, CERDI-Université d'Auvergne-France (Contact Author)
Christian Ebeke, International Monetary Fund

"Intermittent Preventive Treatment During Pregnancy, Mosquito Net Distribution, and Child Educational Outcomes"
Robyn Kibler, University of South Florida (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Gabriel Picone, University of South Florida
Pierre Nguimkeu, Georgia State University
Taiwo Abimbola, Center for Disease Control (CDC)
Stacey Gelsheimer, University of South Florida

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Organizers:

Andres Jauregui, Columbus State University

Session Chairs:

Andres Jauregui, Columbus State University

Papers:

"Is the Economic Freedom of North America Index Measuring Economic Freedom or Something Else? A Principal Component Factor Analysis"
Kevin Hurt, Columbus State University (Contact Author)
Benjamin Blair, Columbus State University
Kirk C. Heriot, Columbus State University
Andres Jauregui, Columbus State University

"Want Freedom, Will Travel: Emigrant Self-Selection According to Institutional Quality"
Maryam Naghsh Nejad, Institute for the Study of Labor
Andrew T. Young, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"Economic Freedom in Mexico: A Preliminary Empirical Analysis of Firm Births"
Andres Jauregui, Columbus State University
Kirk C. Heriot, Columbus State University (Contact Author)

"Income Inequality and Economic Freedom: Do People Jump Around Income Categories?"
Benjamin Blair, Columbus State University (Contact Author)
Brett Cotten, Columbus State University
Andres Jauregui, Columbus State University
Kirk C. Heriot, Columbus State University

Discussants:

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Organizers:

Dennis W. Jansen, Texas A&M University

Session Chairs:

Dennis W. Jansen, Texas A&M University

Papers:

"What Explains FOMC Members’ Policy Preference Shocks?"
Michael A. Ellis, Kent State University
Dandan Liu, Kent State University

"Risk Pricing of Wholesale Funds and the Rate Setting Behavior of Retail Deposits: Explaining Multi-Market and Local Market Competition"
Ruby Kishan, Texas State University
Timothy P. Opiela, DePaul University

"Household Credit and Monetary Policy Transmission"
Jingping Gu, University of Arkansas
Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas

"Asymmetric Labor Force Dynamics, Friedman’s Plucking Model, Jobless Recoveries, and Gender"
Michael D. Bradley, The George Washington University
Dennis W. Jansen, Texas A&M University

Discussants:

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Organizers:

Charles T. Clotfelter, Duke University

Session Chairs:

Charles T. Clotfelter, Duke University

Papers:

"Not Whether, but Where? How Pell Grants Shape College Choices"
Jilleah Welch, The University of Tennessee
Celeste K. Carruthers, The University of Tennessee

"Explaining Racial Differences in College Major Choice and Post-College Aspirations"
Amanda L. Griffith, Wake Forest University
Gary Cohen, Cornell University
Ronald Ehrenberg, Cornell University

"Science and Engineering PhDs and Postdocs: Career Preferences Versus Realized Outcomes"
Henry Sauermann, Georgia Institute of Technology (Contact Author)

"The Market for College Since the 1970s: Bumps on the Road to Meritocracy"
Charles T. Clotfelter, Duke University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

David L. Sjoquist, Georgia State University
John Winters, Oklahoma State University

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Organizers:

E. Glenn Dutcher, University of Central Missouri

Session Chairs:

E. Glenn Dutcher, University of Central Missouri

Papers:

"Cognitive Reflection and the Diligent Worker: An Experimental Study of the Millennial Generation"
Brice Corgnet, Chapman University
Roberto Hernán-Gonzalez, Universidad de Granada
Ricardo Mateo, Universidad de Navarra

"Teachers' Incentive Pay: An Experimental Investigation of a Multi-tasking Moral Hazard Problem"
Shraman Banerjee, Southern Methodist University
Tim Salmon, Southern Methodist University

"Free-Riding or Teamwork: An Experimental Study of the Effects of Communication on Complex Decision Making"
Jing Li, Southern Methodist University
Tim Salmon, Southern Methodist University

"What’s in a Credit Score: An Experimental Investigation into the Link Between Credit Scores and Employee Outcomes"
E. Glenn Dutcher, University of Central Missouri (Contact Author)

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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:

Dora Gicheva, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Session Chairs:

Dora Gicheva, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Papers:

"Risk Attitude, Gender and Promotion"
Orgul D. Ozturk, University of South Carolina
Melayne Morgan McInnes, University of South Carolina
Si Wang, University of South Carolina

"Careers of Married Women and the Nature of Husbands’ Work: Evidence from Japan"
Takao Kato, Colgate University
Yukiko Asai, University of Tokyo
Ryo Kambayashi, Hitotsubashi University

"Pre-Market Skills, Occupational Choice, and Career Progression"
Jamin Speer, The University of Memphis (Contact Author)

"Overtime Premiums, Labor Supply and the Social Value of Occupations"
Dora Gicheva, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Orgul D. Ozturk, University of South Carolina
Takao Kato, Colgate University
Jamin Speer, The University of Memphis
Dora Gicheva, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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Organizers:

Subhasish Dugar, University of Calgary

Session Chairs:

Subhasish Dugar, University of Calgary

Papers:

"Collusion Through Communication in Auctions"
Marina Agranov, California Institute of Technology
Leeat Yariv, California Institute of Technology

"Comparative Statics of the Minimum-Effort Coordination Game"
Noah Myung, Naval Postgraduate School
Julian Romero, Purdue University

"Coordination in Large Networks"
Carrie Wenjing Xu, University of Michigan
Erin Krupka, University of Michigan

"Price-Matching Guarantees and Noisy Price Competition: Theory and Experiment"
Subhasish Dugar, University of Calgary (Contact Author)

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Organizers:

Gail M. Hoyt, University of Kentucky

Session Chairs:

Kim Holder, University of West Georgia

Papers:

"Swansonomics: Teaching Comparative Economics Systems to a New Audience in a New Way"
Christopher Clark, Georgia College & State University (Contact Author)

"The Factors Impacting the Likelihood of Student Withdrawals from Core Business Classes"
David Boldt, University of West Georgia
Mary Kassis, University of West Georgia
William J. Smith, University of West Georgia

"Keeping Classes Current and Students Engaged: Incorporating Podcasts into the Economics Curriculum and Their Effectiveness on Student Learning Outcomes"
Sun Ki Choi, University of Kentucky
Chelsea Dowell, University of Kentucky
Daniel Duncan, University of Kentucky
Gail M. Hoyt, University of Kentucky

"Online, Blended and Classroom Teaching of Economics Principles: A Randomized Experiment"
William Alpert, University of Connecticut
Kenneth Couch, University of Connecticut
Oskar R Harmon, University of Connecticut

Discussants:

William Cooper, University of Kentucky
Emily Marshall, Bates College
Grace O, Georgia State University
Maria Apostolova-Mihaylova, University of Mary Washington

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Organizers:

George-Levi Gayle, Washington University in St. Louis

Session Chairs:

George-Levi Gayle, Washington University in St. Louis

Papers:

"Labor Supply, Wealth Dynamics, and Marriage Decisions"
Shintaro Yamaguchi, McMaster University (Contact Author)

"Optimal Taxation in an Equilibrium Labor and Marriage Market"
George-Levi Gayle, Washington University in St. Louis (Contact Author)

"Degrees Are Forever: Marriage, Educational Investment, and Lifecycle Labor Decisions of Men and Women"
Mary Ann Bronson, Georgetown University (Contact Author)

"Marriage and Cohabitation"
Ahu Gemici, Royal Holloway, University of London (Contact Author)

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Organizers:

Lisa Schulkind, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Session Chairs:

Lisa Schulkind, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Papers:

"The Timing of Teenage Births and the Economic Returns to Education"
Lisa Schulkind, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Contact Author)
Danielle Sandler, US Census Bureau

"Does Closing Schools Close Doors? The Effect of High School Closures on Achievement and Attainment"
Matthew Larsen, Tulane University (Contact Author)

"The Causal Effect of the School Day Schedule on the Academic Achievement of Adolescents"
Teny Shapiro, Santa Clara University (Contact Author)
Kevin Williams, University of California, Davis

Discussants:

Jeremy Grant Moulton, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Paul Gaggl, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Andrew Goodman-Bacon, University of California Berkley

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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:

Ben Eden, Vanderbilt University

Session Chairs:

Ben Eden, Vanderbilt University

Papers:

"Price Discrimination in Airlines with Unobserved Consumer Types"
Diego Escobari, The University of Texas-Pan American
Manuel A. Hernandez, International Food Policy Research Institute

"Which Nominal Variable Should the Central Bank Target When Prices are Dispersed?"
Philip J. Glandon, Jr., Kenyon College (Contact Author)

"Price Dispersion and Demand Uncertainty: Evidence From U.S. Scanner Data"
Ben Eden, Vanderbilt University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Kristopher Gerardi, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Nicholas G. Rupp, East Carolina University
Matthew Jaremski, Colgate University

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Organizers:

Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University

Session Chairs:

Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University

Papers:

"The Political Economy of Smallpox Eradication"
Werner Troesken, University of Pittsburgh (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Decentralization on Municipalities"
Jessica Hennessey, Furman University (Contact Author)

"The Foundations of Wealth-Enhancing Democracy: Aristotle, Lindahl, and Institutional Design in Ancient Greece"
F. Andrew Hanssen, Clemson University (Contact Author)
Robert Fleck, Clemson University

"Stones, Bones, Cities, and States: A New Approach to the Neolithic Revolution"
Justin Burkett, Wake Forest University
Richard H. Steckel, The Ohio State University
John Wallis, University of Maryland

Discussants:

Marianne H. Wanamaker, The University of Tennessee
Justin Burkett, Wake Forest University
Bryan C. McCannon, Saint Bonaventure University
F. Andrew Hanssen, Clemson University

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Organizers:

Charles M. Becker, Duke University

Session Chairs:

Charles M. Becker, Duke University

Papers:

"Armed Conflict and the Elderly"
Olga Shemyakina, Georgia Institute of Technology (Contact Author)

"Reintegrating Former Youth Soldiers: The Impact of Reception Centers in Northern Uganda"
Elizabeth Wilke, Millennium Challenge Corporation (Contact Author)

"Understanding the Progression of Civil War: Lessons from Bosnia 1992-95"
Peter Devine, United States Navy
Charles M. Becker, Duke University
Harun Dogo, The World Bank Group

Discussants:

Jordan Rahal, Duke University
Gracia Sierra, The University of Texas at Austin

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Organizers:

David Eil, George Mason University

Session Chairs:

David Eil, George Mason University

Papers:

"Multiple Price Lists and the Common Ratio Effect"
David Eil, George Mason University
Marco Castillo, George Mason University

"A Test of the Random Problem Selection Payment Mechanism in Multiple Price List Experiments"
Paul J. Healy, The Ohio State University
Alexander L. Brown, Texas A&M University

"Probability List Elicitation for Lotteries"
David Freeman, Simon Fraser University
Yoram Halevy, University of British Columbia
Terri Kneeland, University College London

"The Independence Axiom and the Bipolar Behaviorist"
Todd Swarthout, Georgia State University
Glenn W. Harrison, Georgia State University

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Organizers:

Daniel B. Jones, University of South Carolina

Session Chairs:

Daniel B. Jones, University of South Carolina

Papers:

"Clerics and Sermons: An Experiment on Interethnic Giving in Afghanistan"
Sera Linardi, University of Pittsburgh (Contact Author)
Luke Condra, University of Pittsburgh
Mohammad Isaqzadeh, The American University of Afghanistan

"Motivating Agents: How Much Does the Mission Matter?"
Erick Gong, Middlebury College
Jeff Carpenter, Middlebury College

"Why Adopt Nonprofit Status? Evidence from Nursing Homes"
Daniel B. Jones, University of South Carolina (Contact Author)
Carol Propper, University of Bristol
Sarah Smith, University of Bristol

Discussants:

Erick Gong, Middlebury College
Daniel B. Jones, University of South Carolina
Sera Linardi, University of Pittsburgh

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Organizers:

Erik Nesson, Ball State University

Session Chairs:

Erik Nesson, Ball State University

Papers:

"The Measurement of Multidimensional Inequality in Health"
Erik Nesson, Ball State University (Contact Author)
Joshua J. Robinson, The University of Alabama at Birmingham

"Modeling Area-Level Health Rankings"
Charles Courtemanche, Georgia State University
Samir Soneji, Dartmouth College
Rusty Tchernis, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"The Gender Earnings Gap: Measurement and Analysis"
Esfandiar Maasoumi, Emory University (Contact Author)
Le Wang, The University of Alabama

"Inequalities in Subjective Well-Being Among the 50+ in the United States and Europe: How Do They Relate to Income and Health?"
France Weaver, Indiana University Bloomington (Contact Author)
Judite Goncalves, University of Geneva

Discussants:

Tong Xu, Emory University
Zhuo Chen, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Rusty Tchernis, Georgia State University
Joshua J. Robinson, The University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Organizers:

Dean B. Stansel, Florida Gulf Coast University

Session Chairs:

Dean B. Stansel, Florida Gulf Coast University

Papers:

"Interjurisdictional Competition and Local Economic Growth: A Spatial Econometric Analysis"
Dean B. Stansel, Florida Gulf Coast University (Contact Author)
Todd M. Nesbit, The Ohio State University

"The Effect of Contagious Corruption on Income Levels: Evidence from Brazilian Municipalities"
Jamie Bologna, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"A Not So Random Walk: Rent-Seeking and Market Returns"
Whitney Buser, Young Harris College
Joseph Connors, Saint Leo University

"It’s All in the Family: Examining the Interrelationship Between Health and Education in China Using the CHNS"
Lauren R. Heller, Berry College (Contact Author)
Kayli Wilson, Berry College

Discussants:

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Organizers:

Julie K. Smith, Lafayette College

Session Chairs:

Pierangelo De Pace, Pomona College

Papers:

"How Did the Financial Crisis Alter the Correlations of U.S. Yield Spreads?"
Pierangelo De Pace, Pomona College
Silvio Contessi, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Massimo Guidolin, Bocconi University

"Aggregate Shocks and the Two Sides of Credit Reallocation"
Silvio Contessi, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Riccardo DiCecio, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Johanna Francis, Fordham University

"Consumption Risk Sharing: An Empirical Assessment of the Role of Productivity Shock Correlations"
Ergys Islamaj, Vassar College (Contact Author)

"Changing Characteristics of Equity Holders over the Business Cycle"
Giandomenico Sarolli, Drew University
Miao Chi, Drew University

Discussants:

Olena Mykhaylova, University of Richmond
Caleb Stroup, Grinnell College
Giandomenico Sarolli, Drew University
Silvio Contessi, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

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Organizers:

Michael K. Price, Georgia State University
John A. List, The University of Chicago

Session Chairs:

Robert Metcalfe, The University of Chicago

Papers:

"Price vs. Non-Price Policy Instruments to Encourage Energy Conservation: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Ecuador"
Jose Pellerano, Universidad Iberoamericana
Michael K. Price, Georgia State University
Steven Puller, Texas A&M University
Gonzalo Eduardo Sanchez, Texas A&M University

"Using Conditional Rewards to Motivate the Adoption of Energy Efficient Technologies: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment"
John A. List, The University of Chicago
Robert Metcalfe, The University of Chicago
Michael K. Price, Georgia State University

"Prices vs. Nudges: A Natural Field Experiment on Investments in Energy Efficiency"
J. Scott Holladay, The University of Tennessee
Jacob LaRiviere, The University of Tennessee
David Novgorodsky, The University of Chicago
Michael K. Price, Georgia State University

"Using Technology to Smooth Consumption: Evidence from a Smart Thermostat Pilot"
Alec Brandon, The University of Chicago
John A. List, The University of Chicago
Robert Metcalfe, The University of Chicago
Michael K. Price, Georgia State University

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Session Chairs:

Teresa D. Harrison, Drexel University

Papers:

"Do Concealed Gun Permits Deter Crime? New Results from a Dynamic Model"
Marjorie B. McElroy, Duke University
Peichun Wang, University of Pennsylvania (Contact Author)

"OLS and IV Estimation of Regression Models Including Endogenous Interaction Terms"
Maurice Bun, University of Amsterdam
Teresa D. Harrison, Drexel University (Contact Author)

"The Effect of Energy Import on Its Security in East Asia"
Jae-Hyung Lee, Woosuk University (Contact Author)
Younkyoo Kim, Hanyang University

Discussants:

Maria Luisa Corton, University of South Florida Saint Petersburg
Peichun Wang, University of Pennsylvania

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Session Chairs:

Hizkia Tasik, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Labor Supply Response to Price Level Shocks"
Joy Buchanan, George Mason University (Contact Author)
Daniel Houser, George Mason University

"The Heterogeneous Effect of Married Women's Property Laws"
Maryam Naghsh Nejad, Institute for the Study of Labor (Contact Author)

"Unintended Effects of the CMS Final Rule on Transplantation: A Patient Welfare Question"
Marietou Ouayogode, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Using Time and Essential Components to Mitigate Information Asymmetry Within the Welfare Benefit Programs"
Hizkia Tasik, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Wage-Oriented Unionization, Market Structure and Economic Growth"
Lei Ji, SciencesPo OFCE
Chienyu Huang, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Juin-Jen Chang, SINICA, (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Joy Buchanan, George Mason University
Maryam Naghsh Nejad, Institute for the Study of Labor
Marietou Ouayogode, Georgia State University
Lorenzo Almada, Columbia University

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Organizers:

Matthew C. Harris, The University of Tennessee

Session Chairs:

Matthew C. Harris, The University of Tennessee

Papers:

"Labor Mobility and Wage Variance"
Kyle Mangum, Georgia State University
Patrick Coate, University of Michigan

"Dynamic Modeling of Military Personnel Recruitment and Retention Responses to Educational Subsidies"
Matthew Baird, RAND Corporation
Peter Buryk, RAND Corporation
Paco Martorell, UC Davis
Trey Miller, RAND Corporation

"Should My Car Move or Should I? A Model of Residential and Commuting Choices"
Christopher Clapp, Florida State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Christopher Clapp, Florida State University
Matthew C. Harris, The University of Tennessee
Matthew Baird, RAND Corporation

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Organizers:

Shiferaw Gurmu, Georgia State University
Pierre Nguimkeu, Georgia State University

Session Chairs:

Shiferaw Gurmu, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Bounds on Population Average Treatment Effects with an Instrumental Variable"
Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, Syracuse University
Xuan Chen, Renmin University of China
Carlos A. Flores, California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo

"Testing LATE (Local Average Treatment Effect) Assumptions"
Ismael Y. Mourifie, University of Toronto
Yuanyuan Wan, University of Toronto

"Cluster Covariance Matrix Estimation for Quantile Regression Models"
Andreas Hagemann, University of Michigan (Contact Author)

"Event Counts and Heterogeneity in Big Data: Sparsity-Based Quantile Estimation for Panel Count Data"
Carlos Lamarche, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Ismael Y. Mourifie, University of Toronto
Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, Syracuse University
Carlos Lamarche, University of Kentucky
Shiferaw Gurmu, Georgia State University

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Session Chairs:

Deokrye Baek, Louisiana State University

Papers:

"The Role of Active Transportation to School on Childhood Obesity Prevention in China"
Xu Ji, Emory University (Contact Author)
Jason M. Hockenberry, Emory University
Laurie Gaydos, Emory University
Peter Joski, Emory University

"The Effect of Early Childhood Education on Youth Adverse Health Behaviors"
Khawaja A. Mamun, Sacred Heart University (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Asian Yellow Sand on Infant Health: Evidence from Korea"
Deokrye Baek, Louisiana State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Rong Hai, The University of Chicago
Olufolake Odufuwa, The University of New Mexico
Divya Balasubramaniam, Saint Joseph's University

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Session Chairs:

Kritee Gujral, University of Florida

Papers:

"Household Decision-Making on Philanthropy: Charitable Giving and Volunteering by Married Couples"
Yan Li, The University of Mississippi (Contact Author)

"Rational Choice and Religion"
Kritee Gujral, University of Florida (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Personality Characteristics on Risk Aversion in Representative Decision Making"
Attila Cseh, Valdosta State University (Contact Author)
Luke Jones, Valdosta State University

"Virtue as Competence in the Entrepreneurial Society"
Nils Karlson, The Ratio Institute (Contact Author)
Elina Fergin, The Ratio Institute

Discussants:

Attila Cseh, Valdosta State University
Yan Li, The University of Mississippi
Nils Karlson, The Ratio Institute
Nga Nguyen, The State University of New York at Oswego

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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:

Molly Candon, The University of Georgia

Session Chairs:

Molly Candon, The University of Georgia

Papers:

"Who Isn’t Vaccinating Their Children? Examining the Demographics, Policies, and Shocks to Vaccination Rates in the United States over Time"
Anne Mandich, University of Georgia (Contact Author)
W. David Bradford, The University of Georgia

"The STEM Effect: Assortative Mating, the Intergenerational Transmission of Genetics, and Autism Spectrum Disorders"
Molly Candon, The University of Georgia (Contact Author)

"Estimating the True Incidence of Autism"
W. David Bradford, The University of Georgia
Molly Candon, The University of Georgia (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Mark Kelly, The University of Georgia
James Bailey, Creighton University
Melanie Cozad, Furman University

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Organizers:

J. Barkley Rosser, James Madison University

Session Chairs:

J. Barkley Rosser, James Madison University

Papers:

"Agent-Based Modeling of Market Dynamics"
Robert Axtell, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"The Role of Complexity in Household Debt, Consumption, and Inequality"
Andre Neveu, James Madison University (Contact Author)

"Not by Design"
Roger G. Koppl, Syracuse University (Contact Author)

"Complexity and Behavioral Economics"
J. Barkley Rosser, James Madison University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

J. Barkley Rosser, James Madison University
David M. Levy, George Mason University

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Organizers:

Mark Thornton, Ludwig von Mises Institute

Session Chairs:

Mark Thornton, Ludwig von Mises Institute

Papers:

"Universities as Generators of Economic Growth"
Peter Klein, University of Missouri (Contact Author)

"Friedman Versus the Austrians on the Financial Crisis: A Test Using Pattern Prediction"
Joseph T. Salerno, Pace University (Contact Author)

"Price Theory as a One-Legged Table: The Case of Prohibition"
Mark Thornton, Ludwig von Mises Institute (Contact Author)

"Deception in Self-Reported Grades"
Jonathan Newman, Auburn University
Duha T. Altindag, Auburn University
Alan Seals, Auburn University

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Organizers:

Amy Farmer, University of Arkansas
Paul Pecorino, University of Alabama

Session Chairs:

Amy Farmer, University of Arkansas

Papers:

"The Incidence of Blockbuster Punitive Damages Awards"
W. Kip Viscusi, Vanderbilt University Law School
Benjamin J. McMichael, Vanderbilt University Law School

"Universal Telephone Service: Now It's Getting Personal"
John W. Mayo, Georgetown University
Jeffrey T. Macher, Georgetown University
Olga Ukhaneva, Georgetown University
Glenn Woroch, University of California, Berkeley

"Intertemporal Substitution in Crime: Evidence from Victorian England"
Chris Vickers, Auburn University (Contact Author)

"An Empirical Analysis of Discovery in a Signaling Game"
Paul Pecorino, University of Alabama
Mark V. Van Boening, The University of Mississippi

Discussants:

Andrew Samuel, Loyola University Maryland
Amy Farmer, University of Arkansas
Paul Pecorino, University of Alabama
Rudy Santore, The University of Tennessee

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Organizers:

Matthew Cole, Florida International University

Session Chairs:

Tibor Besedes, Georgia Institute of Technology

Papers:

"Tariffs Passing Through Retailers: Do Tariffs Actually Protect Domestic Manufacturers?"
Matthew Cole, Florida International University
Carsten Eckel, University of Munich

"International Trade, Risk and the Role of Banks"
Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Friederike Niepmann, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

"Diversification, Cost Structure, and the Risk Premium of Multinational Corporations"
Lindsay Oldenski, Georgetown University
Jose L. Fillat, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Stefania Garetto, Boston University

"Estimating Import Supply and Demand Elasticities: Analysis and Implications"
Anson Soderbery, Purdue University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Alexandre Skiba, University of Wyoming
Rodney Ludema, Georgetown University
Alexander McQuoid, Naval Academy
Ayse M. Erdogan, Clemson University

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Organizers:

Utteeyo Dasgupta, Wagner College

Session Chairs:

Utteeyo Dasgupta, Wagner College

Papers:

"Creating a Lab in the Field: Economics Experiments for Policymaking"
Angelino C.G. Viceisza, Spelman College (Contact Author)

"What’s Yours Is Mine, and What’s Mine Is Mine: Bargaining Power and Income Concealing Between Spouses in India"
Carolina Castilla, Colgate University (Contact Author)

"Absolute Versus Relative Performance Pay: Evidence from an Experiment Targeting Child Malnutrition in West Bengal"
Prakarsh Singh, Amherst College (Contact Author)

"How Do Better-Ranked Colleges Help Meet India’s Skill Shortages? Evidence Using a Regression Discontinuity Design"
Subha Mani, Fordham University
Utteeyo Dasgupta, Wagner College
Smriti Sharma, Delhi School of Economics
Saurabh Singhal, UNU-WIDER

Discussants:

Carolina Castilla, Colgate University
Angelino C.G. Viceisza, Spelman College
Subha Mani, Fordham University
Prakarsh Singh, Amherst College

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Organizers:

John A. Bishop, East Carolina University

Session Chairs:

John A. Bishop, East Carolina University

Papers:

"Measuring Fiscal Impoverishment"
Sean Higgins, Tulane University (Contact Author)
Nora Lustig, Tulane University

"A General Non-Parametric Approach to the Measurement of Inequality of Opportunity"
Rafael Salas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Contact Author)
Juan Gabriel Rodriguez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Juan Prieto-Rodriguez, University of Oviedo

"Accounting for Social Transfers In-Kind in a New Poverty Measure: A Comparison of Australia and the U.S."
Thesia Garner, Bureau of Labor Statistics (Contact Author)
Kathleen Short, U.S. Census Bureau
Gerry Redmond, Flinders University

Discussants:

Juan Gabriel Rodriguez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Lester A. Zeager, East Carolina University
Thesia Garner, Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Organizers:

Dean B. Stansel, Florida Gulf Coast University

Session Chairs:

Dean B. Stansel, Florida Gulf Coast University

Papers:

"An Economic Freedom Index for U.S. Metropolitan Areas: An Updated and Expanded Edition"
Dean B. Stansel, Florida Gulf Coast University (Contact Author)

"Striking It Rich: Economic Freedom and Intergenerational Income Mobility"
Aleksandar (Sasha) Tomic, Macon State College (Contact Author)

"Local Decentralization and Overlapping Jurisdictions: The Effect of Home Rule"
Robert Salvino, Coastal Carolina University (Contact Author)
Geoffrey K. Turnbull, University of Central Florida

"The Political Economy of Voting in Georgia"
Lauren R. Heller, Berry College
Frank Stephenson, Berry College

Discussants:

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Organizers:

Julie K. Smith, Lafayette College

Session Chairs:

Olena Mykhaylova, University of Richmond

Papers:

"Financial Liberalization and International Portfolio Holdings"
Olena Mykhaylova, University of Richmond
Pedro de Araujo, Colorado College
James Staveley-O'Carroll, II, Lander University

"Stabilizing the Unstable Small Open Economy"
Tarron Khemraj, New College of Florida (Contact Author)

"The Effect of Myanmar’s Foreign Investment Policies on FDI Inflows: An Analysis of Panel Data Across ASEAN Member Countries"
Miguel W. Ramirez, Trinity College
Blake Tretter, Trinity College

Discussants:

Pierangelo De Pace, Pomona College
Miguel W. Ramirez, Trinity College
Philip J. Glandon, Jr., Kenyon College

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Session Chairs:

Matthew E. Oliver, Georgia Institute of Technology

Papers:

"On Economies of Scale in Expansion of the U.S. Natural Gas Pipeline Network"
Matthew E. Oliver, Georgia Institute of Technology (Contact Author)

"Evaluating the Energy Savings Effects of Utility Demand-Side Management Program"
Richard Boampong, University of Florida (Contact Author)

"Efficiency Changes and Plant Learning from Environmental Regulation: Evidence from Fossil Fuel Electricity Generators"
Erik P. Johnson, Georgia Institute of Technology (Contact Author)
Emily Galloway, Georgia Institute of Technology

Discussants:

Richard Boampong, University of Florida
Logan Blair, Central Washington University
Jessi Troyan, George Mason University

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Session Chairs:

Dachao Ruan, Louisiana State University

Papers:

"150 Years of Worldwide Regional Income Differences"
Areendam Chanda, Louisiana State University
Dachao Ruan, Louisiana State University (Contact Author)

"Shedding New Light on Regional Inequality"
Brian Piper, Sam Houston State University (Contact Author)

"Determinants of Wage Inequality Changes in Bolivia"
Fernando Rios-Avila, Levy Economics Institute (Contact Author)
Gustavo Canavire-Bacarreza, Universidad EAFIT

"The Sources of Informal Employment in India: Voluntary Choice or a Result of Labor Market Segmentation?"
Abhinav Narayanan, The University of Georgia (Contact Author)

"Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in India"
Mehtabul Azam, Oklahoma State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Abhinav Narayanan, The University of Georgia
Mehtabul Azam, Oklahoma State University
Brian Piper, Sam Houston State University
Fernando Rios-Avila, Levy Economics Institute
Sean E. Mulholland, Stonehill College

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Organizers:

Siyu Wang, George Mason University

Session Chairs:

Seung Choi, George Mason University

Papers:

"Demanding or Deferring? Cross-Cultural Experimental Analysis of Communication and Coordination Between Genders"
Siyu Wang, George Mason University
Daniel Houser, George Mason University

"Good News, Bad News, and Social Image: The Market for Charitable Giving"
Luigi Butera, The University of Chicago
Jeff Horn, George Mason University

"It’s Not Just the Thought That Counts: An Experimental Study on Hidden Cost of Giving"
Sophia Xiaofei Pan, University of the South- Sewanee
Erte Xiao, Carnegie Mellon University

"Markets and the Emergence of Social Relationships"
Seung Choi, George Mason University
Virgil Henry Storr, George Mason 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:

"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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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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Organizers:

Shiferaw Gurmu, Georgia State University

Session Chairs:

Pierre Nguimkeu, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Investigating Defensive Medicine: The Role of Access"
Javier Cano-Urbina, Florida State University
Daniel Montanera, Georgia State University

"Health Shocks, Imperfect Information and Risk Sharing: Empirical Evidence"
Shiferaw Gurmu, Georgia State University
Andinet Woldemichael, Georgia State University

"The Employment Impact of Affirmative Action and Equity Regulations on Malaysia's Manufacturing Firms"
Trang Tran, The World Bank (Contact Author)

"An Estimated Model of Informality with Constrained Entrepreneurial Choice"
Pierre Nguimkeu, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Pierre Nguimkeu, Georgia State University
Javier Cano-Urbina, Florida State University
Andinet Woldemichael, Georgia State University
Trang Tran, The World Bank

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Session Chairs:

Ilya Prakhov, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Papers:

"Planting the Seeds of STEM Majors—Requiring Courses, Encouraging Options"
Matthew D. Webb, University of Calgary (Contact Author)
Stephen Lehrer, Queen's University

"Student Ability Learning in Major Choices: Evidence from an Elite State University"
Julian Hsu, University of Michigan (Contact Author)

"The Barriers of Access to Elite Higher Education in Russia"
Ilya Prakhov, National Research University Higher School of Economics (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Matthew D. Webb, University of Calgary
Julian Hsu, University of Michigan

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Organizers:

Kelly Bedard, University of California, Santa Barbara
Hani Mansour, University of Colorado Denver

Session Chairs:

Kelly Bedard, University of California, Santa Barbara

Papers:

"Social Security and Divorce Decisions"
Marcus Dillender, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research (Contact Author)

"Same Occupation Spouses: Preferences and Search Costs"
Hani Mansour, University of Colorado Denver
Terra McKinnish, University of Colorado Boulder

"The Effect of Marriage on the Economic Well-being of Mothers"
Joseph Price, Brigham Young University
Briggs Depew, Louisiana State University

"The Effects of Paid Maternity Leave: Evidence from Temporary Disability Insurance"
Jenna Stearns, University of California, Santa Barbara (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Ryan Brown, University of Colorado Denver
Angela K. Dills, Providence College
Daniel I. Rees, University of Colorado Denver
Elizabeth Munnich, University of Louisville

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Organizers:

Sarah M. Estelle, Hope College

Session Chairs:

Christy Spivey, The University of Texas at Arlington

Papers:

"The College Admissions Process in China: Examining the Impact of Application Timing and Matching Mechanisms Using the National College Entrance Exam"
Courtney Collins, Rhodes College (Contact Author)
Li Feng, Southwest University of Finance and Economics

"Who Transfers and Where Do they Go? Community College Students in Florida"
Erin Dunlop Velez, RTI International (Contact Author)
Ben Backes, American Institutes for Research

"Longer-Term Effects of the Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship: College Enrollment, Persistence, and Completion"
Tim Bartik, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Brad J. Hershbein, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research (Contact Author)
Marta Lachowska, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

"Household Labor Supply: The Role of College Major"
Christy Spivey, The University of Texas at Arlington (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Sarah M. Estelle, Hope College
Erin Dunlop Velez, RTI International
Jeremy Cook, Wheaton College
Courtney Collins, Rhodes College

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Organizers:

Jennifer Bennett Shinall, Vanderbilt University

Session Chairs:

Jennifer Bennett Shinall, Vanderbilt University

Papers:

"What Happens When the Definition of Disability Changes? The Case of Obesity"
Jennifer Bennett Shinall, Vanderbilt University (Contact Author)

"Accounting for Changes in the Income of Working-Age People with Disabilities Since 1980: What You Measure Matters"
Richard Burkhauser, Cornell University
Jeff Larrimore, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Sean Lyons, Congressional Budget Office

"Occupational Sorting Among Workers with Disabilities: Does Age of Onset Matter?"
Marjorie Baldwin, Arizona State University
Chung Choe, Korea Information Society Development Institute

"Rejection from the Disability Insurance Program and Dependency on Social Support"
Susan E. Chen, The University of Alabama (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Joni Hersch, Vanderbilt University
Orgul D. Ozturk, University of South Carolina

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Organizers:

Alex R. Rees-Jones, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Session Chairs:

Alex R. Rees-Jones, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Papers:

"Loss Aversion Motivates Tax Sheltering: Evidence from U.S. Tax Returns"
Alex R. Rees-Jones, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (Contact Author)

"Gift Exchange at Work"
Gautam Rao, Harvard University
Stefano DellaVigna, University of California, Berkeley
John A. List, The University of Chicago
Ulrike Malmendier, University of California, Berkeley

"The Size of the LGBT Population and the Magnitude of Anti-Gay Sentiments Are Substantially Underestimated"
Keith Ericson, Boston University
Katherine B. Coffman, The Ohio State University
Lucas C. Coffman, The Ohio State University

"Does Having More Time to Repay Break the Payday-Loan Rollover Cycle? Implications for Understanding Myopic Borrowers"
Justin Sydnor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Paige M. Skiba, Vanderbilt University Law School

Discussants:

Leigh Wedenoja, Cornell University
Michaela Pagel, University of California, Berkeley
Michael Kuhn, University of Oregon
Carolina Castilla, Colgate University

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Organizers:

Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University

Session Chairs:

Jessica Hennessey, Furman University

Papers:

"What Caused the Skyscraper Building Boom of the 1920s? Evidence from New York City"
Jason Barr, Rutgers University (Contact Author)

"Controlling TB in a World Without Antibiotics: Isolation and Education in North Carolina, 1932-1940"
Alex Hollingsworth, University of Arizona (Contact Author)

"Deconstructing the Returns to School Quality in the Jim Crow South"
Marianne H. Wanamaker, The University of Tennessee
Celeste K. Carruthers, The University of Tennessee

"The Federal Reserve Bank of Cincinnati? Voting on the Establishment of Federal Reserve Bank Cities"
Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University
John H. Wood, Wake Forest University

Discussants:

Fred Smith, Davidson College
Werner Troesken, University of Pittsburgh
Leonard A. Carlson, Emory University
Jason Barr, Rutgers University

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Organizers:

Amy Farmer, University of Arkansas
Paul Pecorino, University of Alabama

Session Chairs:

Paul Pecorino, University of Alabama

Papers:

"The Knowledge Criterion in Bribery Games"
Andrew Samuel, Loyola University Maryland
Ajit Mishra, University of Bath

"Other-Regarding Preferences and Collusion"
Stephen J. Cotten, University of Houston-Clear Lake
Youping Li, East China University of Science and Technology
Rudy Santore, The University of Tennessee

"The Effect of Political Discourse on Asset Prices: Evidence from the U.S. Congressional Record"
Alan Seals, Auburn University
Chris Vickers, Auburn University

"Liability Standards with an Uncertain Outcome at Trial"
Amy Farmer, University of Arkansas
Paul Pecorino, University of Alabama

Discussants:

Paul Pecorino, University of Alabama
Chris Vickers, Auburn University
John W. Mayo, Georgetown University
Benjamin J. McMichael, Vanderbilt University Law School

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Organizers:

Tibor Besedes, Georgia Institute of Technology

Session Chairs:

Tibor Besedes, Georgia Institute of Technology

Papers:

"Uneven Stumbling Blocs"
Rodney Ludema, Georgetown University
Anna Maria Mayda, Georgetown University
Christian Volpe, Inter-American Development Bank

"Economic Integration Agreements, Border Effects, and Distance Elasticities in the Gravity Equation"
Yoto V. Yotov, Drexel University
Jeffrey H. Bergstrand, University of Notre Dame (Contact Author)
Mario Larch, University of Bayreuth

"The Opportunity Cost of Exporting"
Alexander McQuoid, Naval Academy
Loris Rubini, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

"Geography of Export Prices and Importer-Exporter Income Differences"
Volodymyr Lugovskyy, Indiana University
Alexandre Skiba, University of Wyoming

Discussants:

Matthew Cole, Florida International University
Anson Soderbery, Purdue University
Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Lindsay Oldenski, Georgetown University

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Session Chairs:

Patrick J. Button, University of California, Irvine

Papers:

"Unobserved Heterogeneity and Bias in Tests of the Leviathan Hypothesis"
Carlos Lopes, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (Contact Author)

"Can Motion Picture Production Incentives Create a Local Film Industry?"
Patrick J. Button, University of California, Irvine (Contact Author)

"Industrial Research and Development and Exchange Rate Depreciation in a Small Open Economy"
Saleh Tabrizy, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Michaela Patton, The University of Alabama
Carlos Lopes, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

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Organizers:

John A. Bishop, East Carolina University

Session Chairs:

John A. Bishop, East Carolina University

Papers:

"Inter-Generational Job Status Mobility: A Cross Country Analysis"
Juan Gabriel Rodriguez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Haiyong Liu, East Carolina University
John A. Bishop, East Carolina University (Contact Author)

"Preferences for Redistribution in the Islamic Republic of Iran"
Peyman Firouzi Naeim, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Did the Great Recession Alter US Regional Convergence?"
Lester A. Zeager, East Carolina University
Andrew Grodner, East Carolina University
John A. Bishop, East Carolina University (Contact Author)

"An Essential Guide to Demand"
Steven Beckman, University of Colorado Denver (Contact Author)
W. James Smith, University of Colorado Denver

"Wage Differences in Stem Workers: Evidence from the ACS and O*Net Data"
Zichong Tom Qu, Georgia State University (Contact Author)
Faraz Farhidi, Georgia State University

Discussants:

Sean Higgins, Tulane University
Thesia Garner, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Hoseong Kim, The University of Alabama
Rafael Salas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Jonathan M. Lee, East Carolina University

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Organizers:

Justin M. Ross, Indiana University

Session Chairs:

Sutirtha Bagchi, University of Michigan

Papers:

"Beggar Thy Neighbor or Tilting at Windmills? Evidence of Fiscal Zoning Efficiency from the Location of Wind Turbines"
Justin M. Ross, Indiana University (Contact Author)
Sanya Carley, Indiana University

"Bumpy Designs: Impact of Privacy and Technology Costs on Support for Road Mileage User Fees"
Denvil Duncan, Indiana University (Contact Author)

"Ohio School District Income Taxes and Revenue Volatility"
Joshua C. Hall, West Virginia University (Contact Author)
Antonios M. Koumpias, Georgia State University

"Too Close for Comfort: Does the Extent of Underwriter and Municipal Advisor Relationships Impact Bond Borrowing Costs?"
Tima Moldogaziev, The University of Georgia (Contact Author)
Martin Luby, DePaul University

Discussants:

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Session Chairs:

Michael Bonnal, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Papers:

"Do Political Institutions Really Matter for Economic Growth?"
Michael Bonnal, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Contact Author)
Mehmet E. Yaya, Eastern Michigan University

"Endogeneity and Growth Regressions"
William R. Hauk, Jr., University of South Carolina (Contact Author)

"Institutional Convergence"
Christopher J. Boudreaux, Texas A&M International University (Contact Author)
Randall G. Holcombe, Florida State University

"Institutional Quality of the Economic Elite"
Christopher J. Boudreaux, Texas A&M International University (Contact Author)
Randall G. Holcombe, Florida State University

"Miracles, Disasters, and Clubs: Examining Growth Patterns Across Data Series"
Norman Maynard, College of Charleston (Contact Author)

Discussants:

William R. Hauk, Jr., University of South Carolina
Norman Maynard, College of Charleston
Minh Tam Tammy Schlosky, Sewanee: The University of the South
Christopher J. Boudreaux, Texas A&M International University
Michael Bonnal, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

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Organizers:

Paul Gaggl, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Session Chairs:

Gabriel Mathy, American University

Papers:

"How Much Does Political Uncertainty Matter? The Case of Louisiana Under Huey Long"
Gabriel Mathy, American University

"The Asymmetric Effects of Monetary Policy"
Paul Gaggl, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Contact Author)
Travis Berge, Federal Reserve Board

"Macrofoundations for 'Hard' vs. 'Soft' Default on Sovereign Debt"
Lance Kent, The College of William & Mary (Contact Author)
Luigi Pisano, Northwestern University

"The Substitution of ICT Capital for Routine Labor: Transitional Dynamics and Long-Run Implications"
Paul Gaggl, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Contact Author)

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Session Chairs:

Jill Kearns Hayter, East Tennessee State University

Papers:

"Is Extra Credit a Morale Booster or a Moral Hazard? A Classroom Experiment"
Daniel T. Hall, High Point University (Contact Author)
Peter Summers, High Point University

"Preconceptions of Principles Students"
Douglas C. Bice, Middle Georgia State College
Elisabeth Curtis, Dartmouth College
Wayne Geerling, Pennsylvania State University
William L. Goffe, Pennsylvania State University (Contact Author)
Adam Hoffer, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Solina Lindahl, California Polytechnic State University
Mark H. Maier, Glendale Community College
Brian Peterson, Central College
Wendy A. Stock, Montana State University

"Students’ Economic Behavior after Midterm Exams: An Empirical Analysis"
Tin-Chun Lin, Indiana University Northwest (Contact Author)

"Students’ Grade Expectations in Principles of Economics Courses: How Do They Vary Throughout the Semester and What’s the Impact of Feedback?"
Jill Kearns Hayter, East Tennessee State University (Contact Author)
Matt Rousu, Susquehanna University
David Harris, Benedictine College
Olugbenga Onafowora, Susquehanna University
Adam Hoffer, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Scott Houser, Colorado School of Mines
Katarina Keller, Susquehanna University

"The Endowment Effect in the Classroom"
Rebekah Shrader, California State University, Stanislaus (Contact Author)
Jadrian J. Wooten, The Pennsylvania State University
Robert Rosenman, Washington State University

Discussants:

Rebekah Shrader, California State University, Stanislaus
Daniel T. Hall, High Point University
R. August Hardy, George Mason University
Julia Schwenkenberg, Rutgers Newark
Robert Szarka, University of Connecticut

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Session Chairs:

Jessi Troyan, George Mason University

Papers:

"Household and Government Adaptation to Climate Change"
Chen Song, The George Washington University (Contact Author)

"Long Run Impacts of Natural and Political Hazards: Theory and Evidence from Bangladesh"
Shaikh M.S.U. Eskander, University of Wyoming (Contact Author)
Edward Barbier, University of Wyoming

"Natural Disaster, Health Care Expenditure and Credit Market (Country Study: Bangladesh)"
Sohani Fatehin, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Political Economy of Abandoned Mine Land Fund Disbursements"
Jessi Troyan, George Mason University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Sohani Fatehin, Georgia State University
Chen Song, The George Washington University
Shaikh M.S.U. Eskander, University of Wyoming
Meri Davlasheridze, Texas A&M University at Galveston

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Organizers:

Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas

Papers:

"An Experimental Investigation into the Causes of Sabotage in Contests"
E. Glenn Dutcher, University of Central Missouri
Dmitry Ryvkin, Florida State University
Daniela Glaetzle-Ruetzler, University of Innsbruck

"Loyalty, Alliances and Conflict"
Erik O. Kimbrough, Simon Fraser University
Peter DeScioli, Stony Brook University

"Inter-generational Group Conflict"
Michael Caldara, Chapman University
Michael T. McBride, University of California, Irvine
Matthew McCarter, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Roman M. Sheremeta, Case Western Reserve University

"An Experimental Tug-of-War"
Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas
Roman M. Sheremeta, Case Western Reserve 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:

"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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Session Chairs:

Fatma Romeh Mohamed Ali, Georgia State University

Papers:

"What Happened to Rosie?"
Andrew Rettenmaier, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)
Jillian Beaugez Carr, Texas A&M University

"Empirical Evaluation of Japan’s 2003 Childcare Support Law: Effects on Full-time Female Employment"
Tomoki Kitamura, NLI Research Institute (Contact Author)
Tamie Matsuura, Social Improvement and Life Design Research Group, NLI-Research Institute
Kunio Nakashima, NLI Research Institute

"The Effects of the FMLA on Women’s Employment: A New Perspective"
Xilin Zhou, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Ex-Ante Evaluation of Parental Leave Expansion"
Shintaro Yamaguchi, McMaster University (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Female Education on Fertility: A Natural Experiment from Egypt"
Shiferaw Gurmu, Georgia State University
Fatma Romeh Mohamed Ali, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Shintaro Yamaguchi, McMaster University
Andrew Rettenmaier, Texas A&M University
Tomoki Kitamura, NLI Research Institute
Xilin Zhou, Georgia State University
Inna Cintina, University of Hawaii, Manoa