Session Chairs:

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

Papers:

"Do Improvements in Government Quality Necessarily Reduce the Incidence of Costly Sudden Stops?"
Adam Honig, Amherst College (Contact Author)

"Financial Integration, Crises and Economic Growth"
Xiaoqun Zhu, Drexel University (Contact Author)

"Pass-Through and Inflation Targeting: What Have We Learned?"
Lian An, University of North Florida (Contact Author)

"Patriotism and Home Bias Puzzle"
Suvayan De, University of Memphis (Contact Author)
William T. Smith, University of Memphis

Discussants:

Hale Utar, University of Colorado at Boulder
Lian An, University of North Florida

Session Chairs:

Heather L. R. Tierney, College of Charleston

Papers:

"Are Devaluations Contractionary? The Case of Turkey"
Mehmet Sencicek, Yeshiva University (Contact Author)
Kamal P. Upadhyaya, University of New Haven

"Fiscal Deficits, Exchange Rates and Fundamentals"
Jingping Gu, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)

"Foreign Investment Reversal, U.S. Debt, and Exchange Rate"
David Y. Chen, North Carolina A&T State University (Contact Author)

"Is the CFA Franc Zone an Optimum Currency Area?"
Xiaodan Zhao, University of Kentucky
Yoonbai Kim, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

"Is the Real Exchange Rate Stationary? Another Look"
Gil Kim, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Mohammad Jahan-Parvar, East Carolina University
David Y. Chen, North Carolina A&T State University
Jingping Gu, Texas A&M University