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:

Ruby P. Kishan, Texas State University - San Marcos

Papers:

"The Cyclical Behavior of Banks Price-Cost Margins"
Roger A Aliaga-Diaz, Drexel University (Contact Author)
Maria Pia Olivero, Drexel University

"The Behavior of Bank Loans Over the Business Cycle"
Jose Trinidad, Texas State University - San Marcos (Contact Author)
Ruby P. Kishan, Texas State University - San Marcos

"Animal Spirits Redux: Investment, Productivity and Multiple Steady States"
George A. Waters, Illinois State University (Contact Author)

"Does Opportunism Pay Off? A Study of Vote Functions and Policy Preferences"
Stefan Krause, Emory University (Contact Author)
Fabio Mendez, University of Arkansas - Fayetteville

Discussants:

Jean Sepulveda-Umanzor, Universidad del Desarrollo
Gary M. Pecquet, Shenandoah University