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:

Ayse Evrensel, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville

Papers:

"An Investigation of Common Trends and Cycles in ASEAN Exchange Rates"
Puneet Vatsa, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Contact Author)
Subhash C. Sharma, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

"Foreign Exchange Risk Exposure: Evidence from Asian Markets"
Dilara Tas, Vassar College (Contact Author)
Subhash C. Sharma, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Hungchih Li, National Cheng Kung University

"Nominal Exchange Rate Volatility, Relative Price Volatility, and the Real Exchange Rate"
Srideep Ganguly, University of South Carolina (Contact Author)
Janice Boucher Breuer, University of South Carolina

"VAR Estimation of Portfolio Balance Models for the Canadian-U.S. Exchange Rate"
David O. Cushman, Westminster College (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Ayse Evrensel, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville
Lian An, University of North Florida