| Saturday 8:00 - 9:45 a.m. *  | 
						Session 107G* Topics in International Trade and Finance  | 
            
Organizers:  | 
          Ming Chien Lo, St. Cloud State University  | 
Session Chairs:  | 
          Ming Chien Lo, St. Cloud State University  | 
Papers:  | 
					
           "Bringing Goods to the U.S.: By Air or by Sea" "On Determination of Real Effective Exchange Rate" "U.S Trade Deficity With China: Whose Fault Is It Anyway?" "The Adjustment of Prices and the Adjustment of the Exchange Rate"  | 
            
Discussants:  | 		
          Ming Chien Lo, St. Cloud State University  | 
| Saturday 2:15 - 4:00 p.m. *  | 
						Session 151K* Empirical Macroeconomics and Time Series Econometrics  | 
            
Organizers:  | 
          Ming Chien Lo, St. Cloud State University  | 
Session Chairs:  | 
          Ming Chien Lo, St. Cloud State University  | 
Papers:  | 
					
           "Transmission of Shocks Between Europe, Japan and the United States" "Output, Unemployment and Asymmetry in the Business Cycle" "Nonlinear Mean Reversions for Inflations Targeting Regimes: Empirical Evaluation" "Smooth Transition Autoregressive Target Zone Model With SV Error Term with Applications"  | 
            
Discussants:  | 		
          Oleg Korenok, Virginia Commonwealth University  |