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:

Jean Sepulveda-Umanzor, Universidad del Desarrollo

Papers:

"Bias, Efficiency, and Affiliation Effects in Professional Macroeconomic Forecasts"
Robert C. Dolan, University of Richmond (Contact Author)
Jerry L. Stevens, University of Richmond

"The Relationship Between Macroeconomic Uncertainty and the Expected Performance of the Economy"
Jean Sepulveda-Umanzor, Universidad del Desarrollo (Contact Author)

"Does the Social Discount Rate Necessarily Decrease as the Horizon Increases? A Counter Example"
James Peery Cover, University of Alabama

"A Semi-Nonparametric Model of the Pricing Kernel and Bond Yields: Univariate and Multivariate Analysis"
Yuriy Kitsul, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Michael C. Davis, University of Missouri - Rolla
Stefan Krause, Emory University

Session Chairs:

R. Morris Coats, Nicholls State University

Papers:

"The Effect of Opening up ANWR to Drilling on the Current Price of Oil"
R. Morris Coats, Nicholls State University (Contact Author)
Gary M. Pecquet, Shenandoah University

"Environmental Regulations and the Increasing Seasonality of Gasoline Prices"
Michael C. Davis, University of Missouri - Rolla (Contact Author)

"Modeling Peak Oil"
Stephen P. Holland, University of North Carolina - Greensboro (Contact Author)

"The Pass-Through of Crude Oil Price to Petroleum Products"
Michael Ye, St. Mary's College of Maryland (Contact Author)
John Zyren, U.S. Department of Energy
Joanne Shore, U.S. Department of Energy

"A Disequilibrium Analysis of the U.S. Gasoline Market Using Panel Data"
Haixin Hu, University of Mississippi (Contact Author)
Walter J. Mayer, University of Mississippi

Discussants:

Carl A. Pasurka, Jr., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Eric J. Huszar, U.S. Department of Agriculture