Organizers:

Ming Chien Lo, St. Cloud State University

Session Chairs:

Ming Chien Lo, St. Cloud State University

Papers:

"Forecasting the Real Exchange Rates Behavior: An Investigation of Nonlinear Competing Models"
Ruxandra Prodan, University of Alabama
Yu Liu, University of Alabama (Contact Author)

"Volatility Persistence, Long Memory and Time Varying Unconditional Mean: Evidence From Ten Equity Markets"
Isabel Ruiz, Sam Houston State University
David McMillan, University of St. Andrews (Contact Author)

"Nonlinear PPP Deviations: A Monte Carlo Investigation of Their Unconditional Half-Life"
Ming Chien Lo, St. Cloud State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Isabel Ruiz, Sam Houston State University
Ming Chien Lo, St. Cloud State University
Yu Liu, University of Alabama

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