Organizers:

James L. Butkiewicz, University of Delaware

Session Chairs:

James L. Butkiewicz, University of Delaware

Papers:

"Towards a More Perfect American Payments Union: The Civil War as a Watershed in Forging a National Payments System"
John A. James, University of Virginia
David F. Weiman, Columbia University

"The Net Asset Position of the U.S. Government, 1784-1902: Hamilton's Blessing or the Spoils of War?"
Farley Grubb, University of Delaware and NBER (Contact Author)

"The Road to Monetary Disunion: Evidence From the Market for State Bank Currency and Other Payment Instruments, 1858-1862"
Scott A Redenius, Bryn Mawr College (Contact Author)

Discussants:

James L. Butkiewicz, University of Delaware
Mark Wheeler, Western Michigan University
J. Wood, Wake Forest University

Session Chairs:

David Y. Chen, North Carolina A&T State University

Papers:

"Bond Holdings Cost in International Borrowings"
Levent Bulut, University of Houston (Contact Author)

"Volatility Spillover Effects on Government Bond Yield Spreads in Euro Zone"
Faruk Balli, University of Houston (Contact Author)

"Monetary Policy and Foreign Governments' Official Reserves"
David Y. Chen, North Carolina A&T State University (Contact Author)

"Time Variation in Short-Term Global Equity Correlations"
John M. Clinebell, University of Northern Colorado
Douglas R. Kahl, University of Akron
Jerry L. Stevens, University of Richmond (Contact Author)

"A Dynamic Analysis of the Relationship Between the Stock Market and the U.S. Current Account Deficit"
Rajeev Sooreea, Pennsylvania State University - Altoona
Mark Wheeler, Western Michigan University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

David Y. Chen, North Carolina A&T State University
Jocelyn D. Evans, College of Charleston