74th International Atlantic Economic Conference

October 04 - 07, 2012 | Montréal, Canada

206 P00-1 4257 Political Economy

Saturday, October 6, 2012: 9:00 AM-11:00 AM
Chair:
AndrĂ© Van Poeck, University of Antwerp—Belgium
Organizer:
M. Peter van der Hoek, Erasmus University—Netherlands
Overall unemployment, female labor force participation, and the discouraged worker effect
Dale Bremmer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology—USA; Randall G. Kesselring, Arkansas State University—USA
Political connections, entrepreneurship, and social network investment
Raja Kali, HEC Montreal—Canada; Nisvan Erkal, University of Melbourne—Australia
Political influences on ambassadorial postings of the United States of America
Johannes Fedderke, Pennsylvania State University—USA; Johannes Fedderke, Pennsylvania State University—USA
Discussants:
Johannes Fedderke, Pennsylvania State University—USA ; John Ashworth, Durham University—United Kingdom ; Dale Bremmer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology—USA and Raja Kali, HEC Montreal—Canada