Session Chairs:

Joseph French, University of Northern Colorado

Papers:

"Testing International Financial Contagion with Structural Breaks"
In-Mee Baek, Suffolk University
Jongbyung Jun, Suffolk University (Contact Author)

"Further Evidence on Gains from International Diversification"
William Shambora, Ohio University (Contact Author)
Shamila A. Jayasuriya, Ohio University

"Dual Effect of Financial Liberalization: Does Positive Effect Really Outweigh Negative Effect?"
Kossi Makpayo, Suffolk University (Contact Author)

"The Changing Dynamics of Foreign Portfolio Investment in the United States"
Nazneen Ahmad, Weber State University (Contact Author)
Joseph French, University of Northern Colorado

Discussants:

Marshall Stocker, Choate Investment Advisors, LLC
Jean Sepulveda-Umanzor, Universidad del Desarrollo
Rosemary T. Cunningham, Agnes Scott College
Swarn Chatterjee, University of Georgia

Session Chairs:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Papers:

"Uranium Sales and Economic Well-being in Niger: Is there ‘Dutch Disease’?"
Issoufou Soumaila, Oklahoma State University (Contact Author)

"Estimating the Welfare Impact of Intragenic and Transgenic GM Food Labeling Policies Using Data from Experimental Auctions"
Gregory J. Colson, Iowa State University (Contact Author)

"Estimating the Community Economic Impact of Microfinance Institutions: The Case of Bangladesh"
Vange Mariet Ocasio, Colorado State University (Contact Author)

"Assessing The Economic Implications of an Egypt-U.S. Free Trade Agreement"
Hoda El-Karaksy, University of Alabama (Contact Author)

"Trade Liberalization, Effective Human Capital and the Dynamics of Income Inequality"
Joshua Dennis Hall, Drexel University (Contact Author)

"Real Interest Rates and Fiscal Policy: A Global Study"
Ellis Heath, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Javed Younas, Central Michigan University
Laurel Adams, Northern Illinois University
Hoda El-Karaksy, University of Alabama
Heather L.R. Tierney, College of Charleston
Mostafa Beshkar, Purdue University
Nazneen Ahmad, Weber State University