Organizers:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Session Chairs:

Kevin Rogers, Mississippi State University

Papers:

"Does the Choice of the Listing Level Matter? Evidence From Foreign Firms Cross-Listing"
Hicham Hadni, University of Delaware (Contact Author)

"Divided Attention: Implications for Consumption and Portfolio Choice"
Diego Nocetti, University of Memphis (Contact Author)

"Corruption and Saving in a Panel of Countries"
Mushfiq-us Swaleheen, University of Alabama (Contact Author)

"Returns in the Post-IPO Market: How Quickly Do They Become Efficient?"
Alexander Moltchanov, University of Miami (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Petr Zemcik, CERGE-EI

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