Session Chairs:

Linda M. Hooks, Washington and Lee University

Papers:

"Product Liability Litigation: An Issue of Merck and Lawsuits Over Vioxx"
Kurt W. Rotthoff, Clemson University (Contact Author)

"A VAR Analysis of Dividend Payouts"
Benjamin Russo, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Contact Author)
Stanislav Radchenko, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Caleb Cox, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

"Deposit Insurance Incentives for Banks in Pre-Depression Texas"
Linda M. Hooks, Washington and Lee University (Contact Author)

"Peer Effects and Dividend Policy"
Fang Yang, Middle Tennessee State University (Contact Author)

"Residential Mortgage Sales and Securitization By Commercial Banks"
Yixiu Zhou, Middle Tennessee State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Yuriy Kitsul, Georgia State University
Liping Zheng, University of New Hampshire
Stefan Avdjiev, Southern Methodist University

Organizers:

Julie K. Smith, Lafayette College
Kristin A. Van Gaasbeck, California State University - Sacramento

Session Chairs:

Kristin A. Van Gaasbeck, California State University - Sacramento

Papers:

"A Model of Credit Card Liquidity: To Smooth or Not to Smooth"
Ryan R. Brady, U.S. Naval Academy
Kristin A. Van Gaasbeck, California State University - Sacramento (Contact Author)

"Better Measures of Core Inflation?"
Julie K. Smith, Lafayette College (Contact Author)

"Inflation Targeting and Financial Market Efficiency"
Roisin O'Sullivan, Smith College (Contact Author)
Marc Tomljanovich, Drew University

"Long-Run Wealth With Progressive Taxation: The Complete Markets Case"
Daniel R. Carroll, University of Virginia
Eric Young, University of Virginia

"Generalized Quasi-Geometric Discounting"
Eric Young, University of Virginia (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Ryan R. Brady, U.S. Naval Academy
Linda M. Hooks, Washington and Lee University
Robert R. Reed, University of Kentucky
Tinni Sen, Virginia Military Institute
Eric Young, University of Virginia

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