Session Chairs:

Joseph French, University of Northern Colorado

Papers:

"Testing International Financial Contagion with Structural Breaks"
In-Mee Baek, Suffolk University
Jongbyung Jun, Suffolk University (Contact Author)

"Further Evidence on Gains from International Diversification"
William Shambora, Ohio University (Contact Author)
Shamila A. Jayasuriya, Ohio University

"Dual Effect of Financial Liberalization: Does Positive Effect Really Outweigh Negative Effect?"
Kossi Makpayo, Suffolk University (Contact Author)

"The Changing Dynamics of Foreign Portfolio Investment in the United States"
Nazneen Ahmad, Weber State University (Contact Author)
Joseph French, University of Northern Colorado

Discussants:

Marshall Stocker, Choate Investment Advisors, LLC
Jean Sepulveda-Umanzor, Universidad del Desarrollo
Rosemary T. Cunningham, Agnes Scott College
Swarn Chatterjee, University of Georgia

Session Chairs:

Javed Younas, Central Michigan University

Papers:

"Turkish Tourism Industry, Terrorism, and Warfare"
Mehmet Erdem Yaya, University of Alabama (Contact Author)

"The Resource Curse, Corruption, and Governance: Evidence from Emerging Markets"
Mariusz Andrzej Sumlinski, International Monetary Fund
Stephen Everhart, American University in Cairo (Contact Author)

"What Spurs Terrorism in Developing Countries: Poverty, Illiteracy or Political Repressions?"
Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Javed Younas, Central Michigan University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Joseph French, University of Northern Colorado
Kim Lehrer, The University of British Columbia
Leonidas Murembya, Baker College