Session Chairs:

Yaya Sissoko, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Papers:

"External Economies and International Trade"
Haiwen Zhou, Old Dominion University (Contact Author)

"Reward, Punishment, and the Byrd Amendment"
Benjamin H. Liebman, St. Joseph's University (Contact Author)
Kasaundra M. Tomlin, Oakland University

"Trade and Informal Labor Markets"
Lourenco Paz, University of Maryland (Contact Author)

"West Africa’s Evolving Competitive Exposure in U.S. Import Markets"
Yaya Sissoko, Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Contact Author)
David B. Yerger, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Discussants:

Michael E. S. Hoffman, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Subrata Sarker, The University of British Columbia
Peri Agostinho da Silva, Jr., University of North Dakota
William Arthur Carden, Rhodes College

Session Chairs:

Unro Lee, University of the Pacific

Papers:

"Is All Trade and Finance Created Equal?"
Scott Davis, Vanderbilt University (Contact Author)

"Globalization, Job Losses and the Predictors of Economic Anxiety"
Michael E. S. Hoffman, U.S. Government Accountability Office (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Inflation Targeting Regime on the Relationship Between Stock Returns and Inflation: International Evidence"
Unro Lee, University of the Pacific (Contact Author)

"New Internet Measurement Versus Cross-Country Interactions and Globalization"
Ting T. Huang, University of Pittsburgh (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Haiwen Zhou, Old Dominion University
Kasaundra M. Tomlin, Oakland University
Vy Nguyen, American University
Gerald Willmann, CESifo Group
William R. Hauk, Jr., University of South Carolina

Session Chairs:

Jongbyung Jun, Suffolk University

Papers:

"Non-Tradable Shares and Firm Underperformance: The Alaska Native Corporations Case Revisited"
Gabriel Ramirez, Kennesaw State University
Ihsuan Li, Minnesota State University Mankato (Contact Author)
J. Kerry Waller, Clemson University

"How Do Fund Managers Invest: Self Strategy or Herding in Private Pension Funds?"
José Olivares, Universidad del Desarrollo
Jean Sepulveda-Umanzor, Universidad del Desarrollo (Contact Author)

"On the Importance of Time Variation in Higher Moments"
A. Tolga Ergun, Suffolk University (Contact Author)
Jongbyung Jun, Suffolk University

"Anticipated Value Creation in U.S. Private Equity Buyouts: The Role of Corporate Governance, Undervaluation, and Club Deals"
Michael E. S. Hoffman, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Lawrance Evans, Jr., U.S. Government Accountability Office (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Matthias Buehlmaier, Vienna Graduate School of Finance
Clifford F. Thies, Shenandoah University
Souvik Datta, The University of British Columbia
Gaobo Pang, Watson Wyatt Worldwide