Session Chairs:

Chi-Young Choi, University of New Hampshire

Papers:

"The Start of Interest Rate Smoothing in the U.S.: Is It a Monetary or Fiscal Story?"
Kyongwook Choi, Ohio University (Contact Author)
Tony Caporale, Ohio University

"Governor Eugene Meyer and the Great Contraction"
James L. Butkiewicz, University of Delaware (Contact Author)

"Welfare Effects of Anti-Bubble Policy When Central Banks Make Mistakes"
Guo Kai, University of Mississippi (Contact Author)
John R. Conlon, University of Mississippi

"The Industry Effects of Monetary Policy"
Ruby P. Kishan, Texas State University - San Marcos (Contact Author)
Dean Showalter, Texas State University - San Marcos

"Financial Development and Monetary Policy Efficiency"
Stefan Krause, Emory University
Felix Rioja, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Robert R. Reed, III, University of Kentucky
Chong-Uk Kim, University of Oregon
Mark Wheeler, Western Michigan University

Session Chairs:

Michael R. Montgomery, University of Maine

Papers:

"Eugene Meyer - From Laissez Faire to the Keynesian Revolution"
James L. Butkiewicz, University of Delaware (Contact Author)

"The International Lender of Last Resort: Europe in the Nineteenth Century"
Linda M. Hooks, Washington and Lee University (Contact Author)

"Equity Options and the Crisis of 1873"
Scott Mixon, UBS Investment Research (Contact Author)

"The Prohibition of Other Than Lawful Money in New Orleans During Its Occupation by Union Troops and the Early Reconstruction Period"
Gary M. Pecquet, Shenandoah University
Clifford F. Thies, Shenandoah University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Harold R. Christensen, Centenary College of Louisiana
Brandon Dupont, Wellesley College
Peter J. Kower, Oglethorpe University