Organizers:

Henry W. Chappell, Jr., University of South Carolina

Session Chairs:

Henry W. Chappell, Jr., University of South Carolina

Papers:

"On the Optimality of Decisions Made by Hub-and-Spokes Monetary Policy Committees"
Beata Bierut, De Nederlandsche Bank (Contact Author)
Jan Marc Berk, De Nederlandsche Bank

"Does the Frequency of Dissent Justify Regional Banks?"
Geoffrey M.B. Tootell, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Contact Author)

"Regional Economic Conditions and Monetary Policy"
Henry W. Chappell, Jr., University of South Carolina
Rob Roy McGregor, University of North Carolina - Charlotte
Todd Vermilyea, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

"Central Bank Governance: What Is It and Does It Matter?"
Ellen Meade, American University (Contact Author)
Chris Crowe, International Monetary Fund

Discussants:

Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University
Ellen Meade, American University
Rob Roy McGregor, University of North Carolina - Charlotte
Geoffrey M.B. Tootell, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Session Chairs:

Joseph P. McGarrity, University of Central Arkansas

Papers:

"The Greenspan Fed and Asset Prices: Could the Tech Bubble Have Been Moderated by Monetary Policy?"
Aaron L. Jackson, Bentley College (Contact Author)
Sean McEwan, BAE Systems

"Adjustment Costs, Asset Prices, and Monetary Policy"
Edgar A. Ghossoub, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)
Robert R. Reed, University of Kentucky

"Supply Shocks and Menu Costs"
Joseph P. McGarrity, University of Central Arkansas (Contact Author)

"Generalized Method of Moments and Inverse Control"
Gregory E. Givens, Middle Tennessee State University (Contact Author)
Michael K. Salemi, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

"Monetary Policy and Stock Market: An International Analysis"
Martha Cruz Zuniga, Catholic University of America (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Mohammed Mohsin, University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Beata Bierut, De Nederlandsche Bank