Session Chairs:

Paul D. Melvin, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

Papers:

"Location Characteristics, Spatial Inequality and Liberalization: Evidence From India"
Utsav Kumar, University of Maryland (Contact Author)

"Is India's Economic Growth Sustainable? A Total Factor Productivity Growth Analysis"
Paul D. Melvin, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale (Contact Author)
Subhash C. Sharma, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

"Diversity and Economic Performances: A Study of Indian States"
Hiranya K. Nath, Sam Houston State University (Contact Author)

"TFP in Indian Manufacturing: Is There Evidence of Creative Destruction?"
Jigna Sampat, Emory University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Steven Payson, Chief, Special Studies Branch, U.S. Department of Commerce
Mihaela Iulia Pintea, Florida International University

Session Chairs:

Kiril Tochkov, Texas Christian University

Papers:

"Money Demand Stability Under Currency Substitution in Selected African Countries"
Assande Desire Adom, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale (Contact Author)
Subhash C. Sharma, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
Akm Mahbub Morshed, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

"Aid-Allocation Criteria of Donors: Altruism or Trade Benefits"
Javed Younas, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"University Banking and Growth"
Lili Xie, Ball State University (Contact Author)

"Stock Investability and U.S. Portfolio Inflows in Emerging Market Economies"
Samila A. Jayasuriya, Ohio University (Contact Author)

"The Relationship Between Output Volatility and Growth at the Regional Level: The Case of China"
Kiril Tochkov, Texas Christian University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Erika Dreyer Morris, University of Michigan
Jaejoon Woo, DePaul University