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

Session Chairs:

Logan Kelly, Bryant University

Papers:

"News About Productivity and Asset Prices in a Stochastic General Equilibrium Setting"
Stefan Avdjiev, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)

"Rating System Design: Transforming Preferences to Rating Scores"
Lingfang (Ivy) Li, University of Louisville (Contact Author)
Anna E. Bargagliotti, University of Memphis

"The Currency Equivalent Index and the Current Stock of Money"
Logan Kelly, Bryant University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

David Y. Chen, North Carolina A&T State University
Jaclyn Donna Kropp, Clemson University
Xuan Liu, East Carolina University