Session Chairs:

Yongjing Zhang, George Mason University

Papers:

"Estimating Natural Vacancy Rates with Break Points for Chicago Rental Housing Market"
Jian Zhou, University of Illinois at Chicago (Contact Author)

"Housing Price Modeling: Using Cost-Distance Surface to Model Local Factors"
Jielai Ma, University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)

"Real Estate Market Responses to Katrina: Results from New Orleans"
Russell McKenzie, Southeastern Louisiana University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Anastasia Semykina, Florida State University
James Bang, Virginia Military Institute

Organizers:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Session Chairs:

Eric R. Dodge, Hanover College

Papers:

"Monetary Policy in Transition: Exchange Market Pressure in the Czech Republic"
Gennady Lyakir, University of Memphis (Contact Author)

"Financial Linkages between the U.S. and Latin America: Evidence from Daily Data"
Srideep Ganguly, University of South Carolina (Contact Author)

"Foreign Bank Penetration, Shock Propagation and Monetary Policy in Emerging Countries"
Ji Wu, Drexel University (Contact Author)

"Testing for a Nonlinear Long-run Relationship among House Prices and Market Fundamentals"
Jian Zhou, University of Illinois at Chicago (Contact Author)

"Effect of the Political Regime on Asset Returns in Emerging Markets: An Empirical Investigation"
Nabamita Dutta, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Gennady Lyakir, University of Memphis