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

Session Chairs:

William Miles, Wichita State University

Papers:

"Real Rigidities and Optimal Exchange Rate Policy"
William D. Craighead, Miami University (Contact Author)

"Fixed Exchange Rates and Disinflation in Emerging Markets: How Large is the Effect"
Aaron L. Jackson, Bentley College
William Miles, Wichita State University (Contact Author)

"Can Devaluations Be Contractionary? The Role of Liability Dollarization and Imperfect Competition in Banking"
Alina C. Luca, Drexel University
Maria Pia Olivero, Drexel University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

David Y. Chen, North Carolina A&T State University
Jerry L. Stevens, University of Richmond