Session Chairs:

Mostafa Malki, University of Texas at Brownsville

Papers:

"Endogenous Immigration Policy and International Trade"
James Bang, Virginia Military Institute (Contact Author)
Aniruddha Mitra, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

"Foreign Direct Investments and Skill Formation in China"
Bharati Basu, Central Michigan University

"The Role Change of Union under Different Political and Economic Environments:"
Junki Ahn, Sungkyeunkwan University (Contact Author)
Joonmo Cho, Sungkyunkwan University

Discussants:

TBA

Organizers:

Henry Thompson, Auburn University

Session Chairs:

Charles Sawyer, Texas Christian University

Papers:

"A Simple Model of Sectoral and Firm-Level Heterogeneity"
Manoj Atolia, Florida State University (Contact Author)
Discussant: Mostafa Malki, University of Texas at Brownsville

"Dynamic Comparative Advantage, Learning-by-Doing, and Welfare"
Mostafa Malki, University of Texas at Brownsville (Contact Author)
Discussant: Charles Sawyer, Texas Christian University

"Industry-Level Estimates of Intra-Industry Trade in the World Economy"
Charles Sawyer, Texas Christian University (Contact Author)
Richard Sprinkle, University of Texas at El Paso
Discussant: John Kagochi, Auburn University Montgomery

"R&D, Human Capital, and the Competitiveness of US Export Commodities"
John Kagochi, Auburn University Montgomery (Contact Author)
Discussant: Manoj Atolia, Florida State University

Session Chairs:

Mostafa Malki, University of Texas at Brownsville

Papers:

"Does Real Exchange Rate Volatility Affect Fixed Investment? Evidence from Five Developed Economies"
Mark Wheeler, Western Michigan University (Contact Author)
Abdur R. Chowdhury, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

"Political Business Cycles in the New Keynesian Model"
Fabio Milani, University of California, Irvine (Contact Author)

"Politics and Macroeconomic Performance: Evidence from a Dynamic Model of the U.S. Economy"
Hao Audrey Fang, University of California, Irvine (Contact Author)
Ivan Jeliazkov, University of California, Irvine

"Can Corporatization Save Chinese State-Owned Enterprises?"
David D. Selover, Old Dominion University (Contact Author)
Shaomin Li, Old Dominion University
Yingchou Lin, Old Dominion University

"Exchange Rate Volatility and First-time Entry by Multinational Firms"

Discussants:

Mark Wheeler, Western Michigan University
Fabio Milani, University of California, Irvine
David D. Selover, Old Dominion University