Organizers:

William D. Lastrapes, University of Georgia

Session Chairs:

William D. Lastrapes, University of Georgia

Papers:

"Information in Data Revision Processes: Payroll Employment and Real-Time Measurement of Employment Conditions"
Ellis W. Tallman, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Peter Zadrozny, Bureau of Labor Statistics

"Using Parameter Instability to Test Economic Theories"
John W. Keating, University of Kansas (Contact Author)

"Estimating the Inflation-Output Variability Frontier With Inflation Targeting: A VAR Approach"
James S. Fackler, University of Kentucky
W. Douglas McMillin, Louisiana State University

Discussants:

Larry W. Taylor, Lehigh University
W. Scott Frame, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
William D. Lastrapes, University of Georgia

Organizers:

John H. Huston, Chair, Trinity University

Session Chairs:

John H. Huston, Chair, Trinity University

Papers:

"The Term Structure of Interest Rates and Monetary Policy Predictability"
Erica Gulyas, Trinity University (Contact Author)

"Monetary Policy and Bull Markets: The Federal Reserve's Response to Speculative Excess"
Roger Spencer, Trinity University
John H. Huston, Chair, Trinity University

"Increasing Returns and Optimal Oscillating Labor Supply"
Andreas Lehnert, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
William Dupor, Ohio State University

"Inflation Expectations and Core Inflation"
Julie K. Smith, Lafayette College (Contact Author)

Discussants:

James L. Butkiewicz, University of Delaware
Andreas Lehnert, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
W. Douglas McMillin, Louisiana State University
George A Selgin, University of Georgia