Session Chairs:

Paul Pecorino, University of Alabama

Papers:

"Tax & Spend: Don't Tax & Still Spend"
Andrew T. Young, University of Mississippi (Contact Author)

"Stabilizing Monetary Policy Rules Under Trend Inflation"
Olivier Coibion, The College of William and Mary (Contact Author)

"Better off Without the Euro? Evaluating Monetary Policy and Macroeconomic Performance for Denmark, Sweden, and the U.K."
Stefan Krause, Emory University (Contact Author)

"The Price-Output Correlation and the Variance of Output"
James Peery Cover, University of Alabama (Contact Author)
Paul Pecorino, University of Alabama

Discussants:

Paul Pecorino, University of Alabama
Edgar A. Ghossoub, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Robert R. Reed, III, University of Alabama
Tara Sinclair, The George Washington University

Organizers:

Tara Sinclair, The George Washington University

Session Chairs:

Tara Sinclair, The George Washington University

Papers:

"Estimating Europe's Natural Rates from a Forward-Looking Phillips Curve"
Tino Berger, SHERPA and Gent University

"A New Look at China's Output Fluctuations"
Yueqing Jia, The George Washington University (Contact Author)

"Output Fluctuations in the G-7: An Unobserved Components Approach"
Sinchan Mitra, Discover Financial Services
Tara Sinclair, The George Washington University (Contact Author)

"Investigating Core Inflation with an Unobserved Components Model"
Michael D. Bradley, The George Washington University
Dennis W. Jansen, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)
Tara Sinclair, The George Washington University

Discussants:

Yueqing Jia, The George Washington University
Michael D. Bradley, The George Washington University

Organizers:

Tara Sinclair, The George Washington University

Session Chairs:

Michael Owyang, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Papers:

"The Regional Propagation of Government Spending Shocks"
Michael Owyang, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Contact Author)
Sarah Zubariy, Duke University

"Revisions to PCE Inflation Measures: Implications for Monetary Policy"
Dean Croushore, University of Richmond (Contact Author)

"Monetary Policy Shocks and the Taylor Rule"
Edward N. Gamber, Lafayette College (Contact Author)
Tara Sinclair, The George Washington University

Discussants:

Michael Owyang, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Edward N. Gamber, Lafayette College
Dean Croushore, University of Richmond