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:

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