Session Chairs:

James Peery Cover, University of Alabama

Papers:

"Happiness and Globalization: The Impact of Sector-Level Shocks on Individual Happiness"
Cahit Guven, University of Houston (Contact Author)

"Crisis and Consumption Smoothing"
Qiang Zhang, University of Memphis (Contact Author)
Sung Jin Kang, Korea University

"Identifying Structural Supply and Demand Shocks and the Changes in the NAIRU Using a 4-Variable VAR"
Ting Qin, University of Alabama (Contact Author)
James Peery Cover, University of Alabama

"Demand and Supply in General Equilibrium: A Multisector Approach to Price and Output Movements"
Nathan S. Balke, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)
Hiranya K. Nath, Sam Houston State University

"The Effects of Monetary Policy Using Structural Factor Analysis"
Dandan Liu, Bowling Green State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

George A. Waters, Illinois State University
Michael C. Davis, University of Missouri - Rolla

Session Chairs:

Jean Sepulveda-Umanzor, Universidad del Desarrollo

Papers:

"Bias, Efficiency, and Affiliation Effects in Professional Macroeconomic Forecasts"
Robert C. Dolan, University of Richmond (Contact Author)
Jerry L. Stevens, University of Richmond

"The Relationship Between Macroeconomic Uncertainty and the Expected Performance of the Economy"
Jean Sepulveda-Umanzor, Universidad del Desarrollo (Contact Author)

"Does the Social Discount Rate Necessarily Decrease as the Horizon Increases? A Counter Example"
James Peery Cover, University of Alabama

"A Semi-Nonparametric Model of the Pricing Kernel and Bond Yields: Univariate and Multivariate Analysis"
Yuriy Kitsul, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Michael C. Davis, University of Missouri - Rolla
Stefan Krause, Emory University