Session Chairs:

Brian W. Buckles, University of Florida

Papers:

"Financial Network Formation and Central Bank Policy"
Michael Ehrlich, New Jersey Institute of Technology (Contact Author)
P. Benjamin Chou, New Jersey Institute of Technology

"Extreme Returns Without News: A Microstructural Explanation"
Carol Osler, Brandeis International Business School
Tanseli Savaser, Williams College (Contact Author)

"Liquidity Dynamics in Commercial Real Estate"
Brian W. Buckles, University of Florida (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Kalidas Jana, The University of Texas at Brownsville
Giandomenico Sarolli, University of Virginia

Session Chairs:

William Miles, Wichita State University

Papers:

"Inflation and Uncertainty in Emerging Markets"
William Miles, Wichita State University (Contact Author)
Samuel Schreyer, Claremont McKenna College

"Monetary Announcements as an Inflation Stabilization Tool in Latin America and the Caribbean"
Nicole R Baerg, Emory University (Contact Author)
Gustavo Canavire-Bacarrez, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

"Monetary Policy and Natural Disasters in a DSGE Model: How Should the Fed Have Responded to Hurricane Katrina?"
Benjamin D. Keen, University of Oklahoma (Contact Author)
Michael R. Pakko, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Discussants:

Brian W. Buckles, University of Florida
Sarah Pearlman, Vassar College
Julie K. Smith, Lafayette College