Organizers:

Pallab Mozumder, Florida International University

Session Chairs:

Akm Mahbub Morshed, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Papers:

"Optimal Monetary Policy in a Small Open Economy with Segmented Asset Market & Sticky Prices"
Subrata Sarker, The University of British Columbia (Contact Author)

"The Effects of Monetary Policy Shocks in a Small Open Economy: A Structural VAR Approach"
Mohammad Rokon Bhuiyan, Queen's University (Contact Author)

"A Two-Sector International Real Business Cycles Model with Investment-Specific Technology Shocks"
Sharif F. Khan, Queen's University (Contact Author)

"The Credit Channel in a Small, Open Economy"
Sadaquat Junayed, Carleton University (Contact Author)
Huntley Schaller, Carleton University

Discussants:

Faisal Ahmed, International Monetary Fund
Arabinda Basistha, West Virginia University
Akm Mahbub Morshed, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Kazi Iqbal, The World Bank

Session Chairs:

David Y. Chen, North Carolina A&T State University

Papers:

"Endogenous Private Transfer and Real Exchange Rate Dynamics in a Two-Sector Dependent Economy"
Akm Mahbub Morshed, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Contact Author)

"Asian International Reserves on Exchange Rate and U.S. Debt"
David Y. Chen, North Carolina A&T State University (Contact Author)

"Is Currency Devaluation Contractionary in Developed Economies"
Gil Kim, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)
Yoonbai Kim, University of Kentucky

"Real Exchange Rate Uncertainty, External Exposure and Investment: Evidence from Colombian Manufacturing Plants"
Asli Leblebicioglu, North Carolina State University (Contact Author)
Ivan Kandilov, North Carolina State University

Discussants:

Onnie Pipatchaipoom, Samford University
Tamon Asonuma, Boston University
Subhash C. Sharma, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Yoonbai Kim, University of Kentucky