Session Chairs:

John Roufagalas, Radford University

Papers:

"Growth Effects of Employer-Based Health Insurance"
Jennifer Platania, Elon University
Stephen B. DeLoach, Elon University

"Government Labor Force and Growth of the U.S. Economy"
A. Edward Day, University of Texas - Dallas (Contact Author)

"Foreign Aid, FDI and Economic Growth in East European Countries"
Kamal P. Upadhyaya, University of New Haven
Gyan Pradhan, Westminster College
Dharmendra Dhakal, Tennessee State University

"Does Corruption Reduce Efficiency?"
Mushfiq-us Swaleheen, University of Alabama (Contact Author)

"Analysing Growth Cycles in the Euro Area Core: Multivariate Spectral Analysis of Growth Cycles Using a CWT and Hilbert Wavelet Pairs"
Patrick M. Crowley, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christie (Contact Author)
Douglas Maraun, University of Posdam - Germany
David Mayes, Bank of Finland

Discussants:

Matthew J. Cushing, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Benjamin D. Keen, University of Oklahoma

Session Chairs:

Julie K. Smith, Lafayette College

Papers:

"The Dynamics of Plant-Level Productivity in U.S. Manufacturing"
Arpad Abraham, University of Rochester
Kirk White, Duke University (Contact Author)

"How Persistent are Shocks to GDP? Evidence From the Forecasting Community"
Matthew J. Cushing, University of Nebraska - Lincoln (Contact Author)

"The Malmquist Index and Its Implications for Business Cycle Analysis"
Jeong-Joon Lee, Towson University (Contact Author)

"A Note on the Ball-Mankiw Aggregate Supply Shock Proxy Variable"
Yang Li, University of Mississippi (Contact Author)
John R. Conlon, University of Mississippi

Discussants:

Patrick M. Crowley, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christie
Jeong-Joon Lee, Towson University