Session Chairs:

Ruby P. Kishan, Texas State University - San Marcos

Papers:

"An Empirical Investigation of the Interrelatedness of Selected Middle Eastern Countries"
Arif Qayyum, University of Louisiana - Monroe (Contact Author)
Tammy Parker, University of Louisiana - Monroe
Michael Parker, University of Louisiana - Monroe

"Economic Agents Behavior Towards Government Budget Deficits: The Case of the GCC Countries"
Abdullah H. Albatel, King Saud University - Riyadh (Contact Author)
Khan A. Mohabbat, Northern Illinois University

"The Permanent Income Hypothesis Debate: Evidence From the G-8 Countries Using the Panel Data Approach"
Mohammad Ashraf, University of North Carolina - Pembroke
Khan A. Mohabbat, Northern Illinois University

"Common Trends Within Industrial Production of Twenty-Three Sectors: An Empirical Investigation of Economic Development Applications"
Tammy Parker, University of Louisiana - Monroe
Michael Parker, University of Louisiana - Monroe

Discussants:

Lance Bachmeier, Kansas State University
Adriana Z. Fernandez, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Kiril Tochkov, Texas Christian University

Session Chairs:

Lance Bachmeier, Kansas State University

Papers:

"Long-Run Neutrality: A Re-Examination of the King-Watson Method"
William J. Crowder, University of Texas - Arlington (Contact Author)

"PPP Persistence Within Sectoral Real Exchange Rate Panels"
Hatice Ozer-Balli, University of Houston (Contact Author)
Chris Murray, University of Houston

"Aggregate Price Rigidity as a Result of Firm Exit"
John Roufagalas, Radford University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Abdullah H. Albatel, King Saud University - Riyadh
Viktoria Hnatkovska, Georgetown University