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