Session Chairs:

Mette Verner, University of Aarhus

Papers:

"Gender Differences in Income Inequality Among Immigrant Populations to the United States"
Mehmet Erdem Yaya, University of Alabama (Contact Author)
Gary Hoover, University of Alabama

"Gender, Unemployment and Underemployment in South Africa Reexamined: What Time-use Data Reveals"
Maria Floro, American University
Imraan Valodia, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Hitomi Komatsu, American University (Contact Author)

"Gender Differences in Rank Within the Academic Profession: The Case of Denmark"
Mette Verner, University of Aarhus (Contact Author)

"Human Capital Augmentation Versus the Signaling Value of MBA Education"
Andrew Hussey, University of Memphis (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Yan Li, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
Hitomi Komatsu, American University
Andrew Hussey, University of Memphis
Mehmet Erdem Yaya, University of Alabama

Session Chairs:

Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah, Universiti Putra Malaysia

Papers:

"Impact of Macroeconomic, Political and Institutional Factors on the Structure of Government Debt in the Emerging Market Countries"
Anastasia Guscina, International Monetary Fund (Contact Author)

"International Asset Portfolios in the New Open Economy Macroeconomics Model"
Trung T. Bui, Georgetown University (Contact Author)

"Endogenous Default, Recovery Rates and Additional Spreads"
Tamon Asonuma, Boston University (Contact Author)

"Nonlinearities in Real Interest Rate Parity: Empirical Evidence from OECD and the Asian Economies"
Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah, Universiti Putra Malaysia (Contact Author)
Venus Liew Khim-Sen, Universiti Sabah Malaysia
Ron Mittelhammer, Washington State University

Discussants:

Ergys Islamaj, Georgetown University
Yan Li, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
Wai-Yip Alex Ho, Boston University
William D. Craighead, Miami University

Session Chairs:

Ali Sina Onder, Vanderbilt University

Papers:

"Excess Reserves During the Great Contraction: Evidence from the Central Money Market of New York City, 1929 to 1932"
Patrick Van Horn, University of Michigan-Dearborn (Contact Author)

"Limited Participation, Labor Market Search and Liquidity Effects"
Yan Li, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire (Contact Author)

"Monetary Union and Inflation Tax Competition"
Ali Sina Onder, Vanderbilt University (Contact Author)

"Role and Effectiveness of Central Bank Policy: Now and Then"
Thomas Lee, Marymount University (Contact Author)
Theresia A Wansi, Marymount University

Discussants:

Giandomenico Sarolli, University of Virginia
Patrick Van Horn, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Thomas Lee, Marymount University
Ali Sina Onder, Vanderbilt University