2008 Sessions for Mohammad Jahan-Parvar

 
Friday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 2B
Business Cycles

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


 
Saturday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 2G
International Finance

Organizers:

Huiran Pan, Oklahoma State University

Session Chairs:

Huiran Pan, Oklahoma State University

Papers:

"Does Exchange Rate Volatility Affect Foreign Firms Differently?"
Fırat Demir, University of Oklahoma (Contact Author)

"Institutional Quality and Sudden Stops"
Uluc Aysun, University of Connecticut (Contact Author)
Adam Honig, Amherst College

"International Portfolio Choice and Information Heterogeneity"
Huiran Pan, Oklahoma State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Mahmut Yasar, The University of Texas at Arlington
Mohammad Jahan-Parvar, East Carolina University
Luis Marques, Johns Hopkins University


 
Saturday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
AERE
Session 16H
Environmental Management

Organizers:

John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University

Session Chairs:

Timothy C. Haab, The Ohio State University

Papers:

"The Impact of Beach Nourishment on Beach Hotel Room Rentals"
Catherine M. Chambers, University of Central Missouri (Contact Author)
Christopher F. Dumas, University of North Carolina Wilmington

"Flood Insurance Coverage in the Coastal Zone"
Craig E. Landry, East Carolina University (Contact Author)
Mohammad Jahan-Parvar, East Carolina University

"Do Benefits Really Transfer? A Fish Tale Across 3 Rivers"
Lynne Lewis, Bates College (Contact Author)

"Encouraging Wildlife Habitats: A New Jersey Case Study"
Edmund M. Tavernier, Rutgers University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Edmund M. Tavernier, Rutgers University
Lynne Lewis, Bates College
Craig E. Landry, East Carolina University
John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University


 
Sunday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 19N
Open Economy Macroeconomics

Session Chairs:

Ergys Islamaj, Georgetown University

Papers:

"On the Sustainability of Currency Board: Evidence from Argentina and Hong Kong"
Chun-Yu Ho, Boston University
Wai-Yip Alex Ho, Boston University (Contact Author)

"Current Account Reversals and the Sectoral Allocation of Resources"
William D. Craighead, Miami University (Contact Author)

"Commodity Trade, Financial Integration and International Consumption Risk Sharing"
Ergys Islamaj, Georgetown University (Contact Author)

"Sources of the Great Moderation: A Time-Series Analysis of GDP Subsectors"
Jun Ma, University of Alabama (Contact Author)
Walter Enders, University of Alabama

Discussants:

Hyuk-jae Rhee, University of Windsor
David O. Cushman, Westminster College
Wei Sun, Grand Valley State University
Mohammad Jahan-Parvar, East Carolina University


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