Organizers:

Henry Thompson, Auburn University

Session Chairs:

Yutaka Horiba, Tulane University

Papers:

"US Interregional Trade and Migration"
Yutaka Horiba, Tulane University (Contact Author)

"Trade and Aggregate Efficiency: A Stochastic Frontier Approach"
Danny Hughes, University of South Alabama (Contact Author)

"Welfare-Enhancing Trade Liberalization?"
Chul Chung, KIEP (Contact Author)

"Immigration, Income Inequality and Stochastic Dominance: An Empirical Study on Immigrants in US"
Mehmet Erdem Yaya, University of Alabama (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Danny Hughes, University of South Alabama
Mehmet Erdem Yaya, University of Alabama
Chul Chung, KIEP
Yutaka Horiba, Tulane University

Organizers:

Henry Thompson, Auburn University

Session Chairs:

Henry Thompson, Auburn University

Papers:

"Trade and Wages: Some Empirical Evidence"
Henry Thompson, Auburn University (Contact Author)

"The Effect of Terms of Trade Changes on the Skill Premium in a Specific Factors Model"
Can Dogan, University of Houston (Contact Author)

"A Panel Data Analysis of World Frozen Shrimp Market"
Giap Ngyuen, Auburn University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Can Dogan, University of Houston
Henry Thompson, Auburn University
Giap Ngyuen, Auburn University

Organizers:

Henry Thompson, Auburn University

Session Chairs:

Curtis M. Jolly, Auburn University

Papers:

"Communication and Early Contributions"
Stefano Barbieri, Tulane University (Contact Author)
Discussant: Curtis M. Jolly, Auburn University

"Using Mexican Art Prices as a Measure of Aggregate Investment"
Sarah J. Skinner, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Contact Author)
Lane Boyte, Troy University - Dothan
Discussant: Stefano Barbieri, Tulane University

"Is Obesity Related to International Trade and Development?"
Curtis M. Jolly, Auburn University (Contact Author)
Discussant: Sally Wallace, Georgia State University

"Impacts of Decentralization on Economic Development in India"
Sally Wallace, Georgia State University (Contact Author)
Roy Bahl, Georgia State University
Geeta Sethi, The World Bank
Discussant: Sarah J. Skinner, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Organizers:

Henry Thompson, Auburn University

Session Chairs:

Neven T. Valev, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Stationarity, Nonlinearity and Persistence in Real Exchange Rates"
Rehim Kilic, Georgia Institute of Technology (Contact Author)
Discussant: Levent Bulut, Emory University

"Nonlinear Dynamics of the Real Exchange Rates for Traded and Nontraded Goods"
Young-Kyu Moh, Texas Tech University (Contact Author)
Discussant: Neven T. Valev, Georgia State University

"External Debt Holding Costs and Current Account Adjustments"
Levent Bulut, Emory University (Contact Author)
Discussant: Young-Kyu Moh, Texas Tech University

"Funding for the Long Run: Credit Maturity and Economic Growth"
Neven T. Valev, Georgia State University (Contact Author)
Nikola Tasic, Georgia State University
Discussant: Rehim Kilic, Georgia Institute of Technology

Organizers:

Henry Thompson, Auburn University

Session Chairs:

Charles Sawyer, Texas Christian University

Papers:

"A Simple Model of Sectoral and Firm-Level Heterogeneity"
Manoj Atolia, Florida State University (Contact Author)
Discussant: Mostafa Malki, University of Texas at Brownsville

"Dynamic Comparative Advantage, Learning-by-Doing, and Welfare"
Mostafa Malki, University of Texas at Brownsville (Contact Author)
Discussant: Charles Sawyer, Texas Christian University

"Industry-Level Estimates of Intra-Industry Trade in the World Economy"
Charles Sawyer, Texas Christian University (Contact Author)
Richard Sprinkle, University of Texas at El Paso
Discussant: John Kagochi, Auburn University Montgomery

"R&D, Human Capital, and the Competitiveness of US Export Commodities"
John Kagochi, Auburn University Montgomery (Contact Author)
Discussant: Manoj Atolia, Florida State University

Organizers:

Henry Thompson, Auburn University

Session Chairs:

Farhad Rassekh, University of Hartford

Papers:

"Globalization and Equity"
Farhad Rassekh, University of Hartford (Contact Author)
Discussant: John Francis, Louisiana Tech University

"Trade, Geography, and Rising Wage Inequality in US Manufacturing"
John Francis, Louisiana Tech University (Contact Author)
Discussant: Duc M. Nguyen, Auburn University

"Antidumping and the Byrd Amendment: Evidence from Catfish Imports"
Duc M. Nguyen, Auburn University (Contact Author)
Discussant: Farhad Rassekh, University of Hartford

"National Treatment at the WTO: The Roles of Product and Country Heterogeneity"
Nese Sara, Southern Methodist University
Kamal Saggi, Southern Methodist University
Discussant: TBA