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:

Marshall Stocker, Choate Investment Advisors, LLC

Papers:

"Economic Freedom: A New Investment Heuristic"
Marshall Stocker, Choate Investment Advisors, LLC (Contact Author)

"Measurement of Frictions in International Asset Market"
Yohei Okawa, University of Virginia (Contact Author)

"Complex Integration Strategies of U.S. Multinational Enterprises: A Spatial Econometric Approach to Location Theory Using U.S. Direct Investment Outflows"
Andrew Nelson, Colorado College (Contact Author)

"Knowledge Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from Indian IT Firms"
David M. Kemme, University of Memphis
Volodymyr Lugovskyy, University of Memphis
Deepraj Mukherjee, University of Memphis (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Andrew Nelson, Colorado College
Deepraj Mukherjee, University of Memphis
Marshall Stocker, Choate Investment Advisors, LLC