Session Chairs:

Scott Sumner, Bentley College

Papers:

"Asset Pricing in a Small, Open Economy"
Mohammad Jahan-Parvar, East Carolina University
Xuan Liu, East Carolina University (Contact Author)
Philip A. Rothman, East Carolina State University

"Model-Consistent Learning and the Kalman Filter: Timing Matters"
Hamilton Fout, Kansas State University (Contact Author)
Neville Francis, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

"Will Economist s Ever Again Be Able to Forecast a Recession?"
Scott Sumner, Bentley College (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Stefan Avdjiev, Southern Methodist University
Samuel K. Allen, Virginia Military Institute
Atin Basuchoudhary, Virginia Military Institute

Session Chairs:

Sean Sullivan, University of Virginia

Papers:

"The Birth of a Modern City: Urban Spatial Structure in New York City from 1865 to 1900."
Fred Smith, Davidson College (Contact Author)
Ida Bastiaens, University of Pittsburgh

"The Evolution of Foresight -- A Simple Model of Civilization?"
Atin Basuchoudhary, Virginia Military Institute (Contact Author)
Samuel K. Allen, Virginia Military Institute

"Revisiting the Growth of State Banking in the Early 20th Century U.S."
Brandon Dupont, Western Washington University (Contact Author)

"Sue Thy Neighbor: Transition of Credit Institution in Early Modern England"
Anirban Mukherjee, The University of British Columbia (Contact Author)

"Implicit Markets for Slave Characteristics: 1811-1820 Louisiana"
Sean Sullivan, University of Virginia (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Valeska Groenert, Vanderbilt University
Marc F. Bellemare, Duke University
Andreea Balan-Cohen, Tufts University
Vinit K. Jagdish, Western Washington University
Fred Smith, Davidson College