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:

Ryan R. Brady, U.S. Naval Academy

Papers:

"Increasing Returns and Price Rigidity"
Michael D. Morris, Oklahoma State University (Contact Author)
Wei Xiao, Binghamton University

"Optimal Monetary Policy and Oil Price Shocks"
Anna Kormilitsina, Duke University (Contact Author)

"Evidence on Asymmetric Gasoline Price Responses from Error Correction Models with Garch Errors"
Jingping Gu, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)
Dennis W. Jansen, Texas A&M University

"The Diffusion of Housing Prices: Should the Fed Respond?"
Ryan R. Brady, U.S. Naval Academy (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Michael D. Morris, Oklahoma State University
Jingping Gu, Texas A&M University