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:

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