Session Chairs:

Linus Wilson, University of Cincinnati

Papers:

"Inter-Asset Comparisons of Betas and Returns to Small and Large Firms' Stocks"
Scott Gilbert, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
Petr Zemcik, CERGE-EI

"Volatility Transmission and Structural Breaks in Variance for Sector Indexes"
S. Aun Hassan, Texas Tech University (Contact Author)

"Persistence in Stock Return Volatility in Emerging Stock Markets"
Samila A. Jayasuriya, Ohio University (Contact Author)
Rose Rossiter, Ohio University
William Shambora, Ohio University

"Consumption, Portfolio Rules, and Equity Prices Under Rational Directed Cognition"
Diego Nocetti, University of Memphis (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Syed M. Harun, Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Kevin Rogers, Mississippi 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