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

Session Chairs:

Tami Gurley-Calvez, West Virginia University

Papers:

"Do the Romer and Romer Data on Monetary Policy Shocks Have Symmetric Effects on the Economy?"
James Peery Cover, University of Alabama (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Changes in the Federal Reserve System Open Market Account"
Seth J. Kopchak, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"Changes in the Monetary Transmission Mechanism, Evidence From the U.S. Banking System"
David Vera, Kent State University (Contact Author)

"Real Time Changes in Monetary Transmission – A Nonparametric VAR Approach"
Heather L. R. Tierney, College of Charleston (Contact Author)

Discussants:

James Peery Cover, University of Alabama
Heather L. R. Tierney, College of Charleston