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

Session Chairs:

Mark Wheeler, Western Michigan University

Papers:

"Money and Risk Sharing"
Robert R. Reed, III, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)
Christopher J. Waller, University of Notre Dame

"What Determines the Dynamics of Real Interest Rates? Inflation Rates, Nominal Interest Rates, or Else?"
Chi-Young Choi, University of New Hampshire (Contact Author)

"Federal Budget Deficits and Long-Term Interest Rates"
Lance Bachmeier, Kansas State University (Contact Author)
Khushid M. Kiani, Wilfrid Laurier University
Lloyd B. Thomas, Jr., Kansas State University

"Inflation and the Distribution of Relative Prices: The Role of Productivity and Money Supply Shocks"
William D. Lastrapes, University of Georgia (Contact Author)

Discussants:

William D. Lastrapes, University of Georgia
Hatice Ozer-Balli, University of Houston