Session Chairs:

Suvayan De, West Virginia State University

Papers:

"A One-Sector Neoclassical Growth Model with Endogenous Retirement: Existence of Multiple Steady States"
Liutang Gong, Peking University
Nianqing Liu, Penn State University (Contact Author)

"Does Patriotism Accelerate Growth?"
Suvayan De, West Virginia State University (Contact Author)
William T. Smith, University of Memphis

"Formal Political Institutions and Income Redistribution"
Jan Schnellenbach, University of Heidelberg (Contact Author)

"Experimental Evidence Under a Marxist or Market Economy: Prices, Wages, GDP and Welfare from Singapore and China Classroom Experiments"
Roland K. Cheo, National University of Singapore (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jongbyung Jun, Suffolk University
Sharri C. Byron, University of Georgia
Trung T. Bui, Georgetown University
Graciela Laura Kaminsky, The George Washington University

Session Chairs:

Ellis B. Heath, West Virginia University

Papers:

"Aggregate Labor Market Responses to Monetary and Technology Shocks"
Hamilton Fout, Kansas State University (Contact Author)

"Is the GCC an Optimum Currency Area? An Analysis of Shock Symmetry"
Wissam Talal Harake, American University (Contact Author)

"Habit Formation in State-Dependent Pricing Models: Implications for the Dynamics of Output and Inflation"
Phuong V. Ngo, Boston University (Contact Author)

"Do Credit Shocks Matter for Output and Inflation?"
Ellis B. Heath, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Edward E. Ghartey, The University of the West Indies
Suvayan De, West Virginia State University
Hiranya K. Nath, Sam Houston State University
Hamilton Fout, Kansas State University