Session Chairs:

A. Edward Day, University of Texas - Dallas

Papers:

"Consistent and Efficient Estimation of Time-Varying Parameters in a Real-Time Monetary Policy Rule"
Chang-Jin Kim, Korea University and University of Washington
N. Kundan Kishor, University of Washington (Contact Author)
Charles R. Nelson, University of Washington

"Implications of Stock Market Uncertainty, Irrational Exuberance and Productivity for the Conduct of Monetary Policy"
Rajeev Sooreea, Pennsylvania State University - Altoona (Contact Author)

"Learning Commitment and Monetary Policy"
George A. Waters, Illinois State University (Contact Author)

"Monetary Policy in an Uncertain World"
William T. Gavin, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Benjamin D. Keen, University of Oklahoma (Contact Author)
Michael R. Pakko, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

"Does the Taylor Rule Forecast Out-of-Sample? Evidence From the Pre-Volcker and the Greenspan Eras"
Ting Qin, University of Alabama (Contact Author)
Walter Enders, University of Alabama

Discussants:

Neven T. Valev, Georgia State University
Jae-Kwang Hwang, Virginia State University

Session Chairs:

Erik Strøjer Madsen, Aarhus School of Business - Denmark

Papers:

"Endogenous OCA Theory: Using the Gravity Model to Test Mundell's Intuition"
Hubert P. Janicki, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (Contact Author)
Thierry Warin, Middlebury College
Phanindra V. Wunnava, Middlebury College

"A Dynamic Model of the Economic and Political Evolution of the Islamic Republic of Iran"
Mohamad Shaaf, University of Central Oklahoma (Contact Author)

"Employment, Wages and Low-Wage Country Competition"
Vasilios D. Kosteas, Cleveland State University (Contact Author)

"Dynamics of Bilateral Trade Balance of Bangladesh With Her Major Trading Partners"
ABM Nasir, North Carolina Central University (Contact Author)
Ashrafuddin Chowdhury, University of Dhaka

"The Political Economy of Tariff Protection in China: Evidence From WTO Accession"
Chang Hong, University of California - Davis (Contact Author)

Discussants:

S. Aun Hassan, Texas Tech University
Rajeev Sooreea, Pennsylvania State University - Altoona