Session Chairs:

David Y. Chen, North Carolina A&T State University

Papers:

"Bond Holdings Cost in International Borrowings"
Levent Bulut, University of Houston (Contact Author)

"Volatility Spillover Effects on Government Bond Yield Spreads in Euro Zone"
Faruk Balli, University of Houston (Contact Author)

"Monetary Policy and Foreign Governments' Official Reserves"
David Y. Chen, North Carolina A&T State University (Contact Author)

"Time Variation in Short-Term Global Equity Correlations"
John M. Clinebell, University of Northern Colorado
Douglas R. Kahl, University of Akron
Jerry L. Stevens, University of Richmond (Contact Author)

"A Dynamic Analysis of the Relationship Between the Stock Market and the U.S. Current Account Deficit"
Rajeev Sooreea, Pennsylvania State University - Altoona
Mark Wheeler, Western Michigan University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

David Y. Chen, North Carolina A&T State University
Jocelyn D. Evans, College of Charleston

Session Chairs:

Avik Chakraborty, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Papers:

"The Impact of the EMU on Channels of Risk Sharing Between Member Countries"
Faruk Balli, University of Houston (Contact Author)
Bent E. Sorensen, University of Houston

"Learning, the Forward Premium Puzzle and Market Efficiency"
Avik Chakraborty, University of Tennessee - Knoxville (Contact Author)

"On Forward Rate Unbiasedness and Uncovered Interest Rate Parity"
Daniel L. Thornton, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Contact Author)

"End of the Feldstein-Horioka Puzzle?"
Sudeshna Pal, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Carlos Vargas-Silva, University of Vermont
Rajeev Sooreea, Pennsylvania State University - Altoona