Organizers:

Ari Van Assche, HEC Montreal

Session Chairs:

Ari Van Assche, HEC Montreal

Papers:

"Technological Choice and the Product Cycle"
Ari Van Assche, HEC Montreal (Contact Author)

"Interdependence of Restructuring by Host Governments and Foreign Firms in Transition Economies"
Rossitza B. Wooster, Portland State University and California State University - Sacramento (Contact Author)

"The Effects of International Economic Integration on Economic Growth: Complex Network Approach"
Raja Kali, University of Arkansas - Fayetteville
Fabio Mendez, University of Arkansas - Fayetteville
Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas - Fayetteville (Contact Author)

"A Theoretical Foundation for Understanding Firm Size Distributions With an Application ot Portuguese Data"
Christopher A. Laincz, Drexel University (Contact Author)
Ana Sofia Domingues Rodrigues, University of York - United Kingdom

Discussants:

Rossitza B. Wooster, Portland State University and California State University - Sacramento
Christopher A. Laincz, Drexel University
Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas - Fayetteville
Ari Van Assche, HEC Montreal

Session Chairs:

Mohammed Mohsin, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Papers:

"Inflation Targeting Versus Traditional Monetary Regimes: Inflation Stabilization and Trade Deficits"
Christopher P. Ball, Quinnipiac University (Contact Author)
Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas - Fayetteville

"Output Costs and Inflation Targeting in Open Economies"
Christopher P. Ball, Quinnipiac University (Contact Author)
Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas - Fayetteville

"Inflation Targeting in Open Economies With Durable and Non-Durable Consumption"
Sushanta K. Mallick
Mohammed Mohsin, University of Tennessee - Knoxville (Contact Author)

"Measuring the Reaction of Monetary Policy to Remittances: The Case of Colombia"
Carlos Vargas-Silva, University of Vermont (Contact Author)
Isabel Ruiz, Sam Houston State University

"Money and Worker's Remittances: Empirical Evidence"
Martha Cruz Zuniga, Catholic University of America (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Gregory E. Givens, Middle Tennessee State University
Joseph P. McGarrity, University of Central Arkansas