Session Chairs:

Maryanne Clifford, Eastern Connecticut State University

Papers:

"Vertical Specialization-Based Production and Intraindustry Trade"
Don P. Clark, University of Tennessee (Contact Author)

"The Relationship Between Liberalization, Trade Concentration and Economic Growth: An Emerging Markets Study"
Tuncer Gocmen, Shepherd University (Contact Author)
Lilian Kamal, Northwestern University
Ryo Takashima, West Virginia University

"Modularity, Incomplete Contracts and the Optimal Outsourcing Strategy for the Multinational Firm"
Ari Van Assche, University of California - Davis (Contact Author)

"What Drives Economic Growth? The Case of Cross-Border M&A and Greenfield FDI Activities"
Miao Wang, Marquette University (Contact Author)
M.C. Sunny Wong, University of Southern Mississippi

Discussants:

Teresa Beckham Gramm, Rhodes College
Roger White, Franklin & Marshall College
Hubert P. Janicki, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Session Chairs:

Nathan J. Ashby, West Virginia University

Papers:

"Education and Participation in the Subprime Mortgage Market"
Caroline H. Downing, Rhodes College
Teresa Beckham Gramm, Rhodes College (Contact Author)

"Have the REIT Markets Experienced Periodically Collapsing Bubbles?"
James E. Payne, Illinois State University
George A. Waters, Illinois State University (Contact Author)

"Realized Volatility and Realized Betas of Crude Oil and Natural Gas Futures"
Jingtao Wu, Iowa State University (Contact Author)

"Horizon-Sensitivity of the Forward Premium Puzzle: Evidence From In-Sample Fit and Out-of-Sample Forecast"
Kun Yang, Vanderbilt University (Contact Author)

"Business Stealing and Bankruptcy"
Linus Wilson, University of Cincinnati (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Fang Wang, West Virginia University
Samila A. Jayasuriya, Ohio University