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Second Annual Conference

St. Louis

June 8, 2006

Conference proceedings are published in the October 2006 issue of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Regional Economic Development.

Session I

"Oil Prices and State Economic Performance"
David Penn, Middle Tennessee State University

"Housing Prices and Savings"
Jack Strauss and David Rapach, St. Louis University

Session II

"Cross State Differences in Productivity, Education and Income: Or Why is Kentucky so Poor?"
Ken Troske, University of Kentucky

"On the Economic Impact of Smoking Bans"
Mike Pakko, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Session III: Entrepreneurship and State Policies

"High Growth Entrepreneurial Firms in Missouri"
David Peters and Marty Romitti, Missouri Economic Research and Information Center

"Creating a Policy Environment for Entrepreneurs in the Eighth Federal Reserve District"
Tom Garrett and Howard Wall, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Session IV: Initiatives and Activities

"Arkansas State Finances: Trends and Forecasts"
John Shelnutt, Arkansas Office of Economic Analysis and Tax Research

"The Tennessee Department of Revenue as a Data Provider"
Randy Gustafson, Tennessee Department of Revenue

"Survey Memphis and AUBER 2006"
Jeff Wallace and Dennis Wilson, University of Memphis