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:

O. David Gulley, Bentley College

Papers:

"Short and Long Run Dynamic Relationship Between Stock Prices and Equity Mutual Fund Flows"
Heung-Joo Cha, University of St. Thomas
Jaebeom Kim, Oklahoma State University (Contact Author)

"Financial Markets and Terrorist Attacks"
O. David Gulley, Bentley College (Contact Author)
Jahangir Sultan, Bentley College

"A Consumption Based Decomposition of Stock Price Movements"
Nathan S. Balke, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)
Stefan Avdjiev, Southern Methodist University

"What Drives Country iShares Discounts: Principal Component Analysis?"
Jawad Salimi, West Virginia University (Contact Author)
Alexei V. Egorov, West Virginia University

"Equity Premium Under Heterogeneous Forecasts and Endogenous Prospect Theory: Empirical Evidence"
Liping Zheng, University of New Hampshire (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Linda M. Hooks, Washington and Lee University