Session Chairs:

Oleksandr Movchan, North Carolina State University

Papers:

"Integration and Cointegration Properties of Crime Rates in the United States"
Kalidas Jana, The University of Texas at Brownsville (Contact Author)

"A Rational Addiction-Treatment Model with Interacting Stocks"
Tamas Forgacs, California State University, Fresno (Contact Author)
Attila Cseh, Valdosta State University

"GMM Estimation for Non-Gaussian and Non-Linear State Space Models"
Oleksandr Movchan, North Carolina State University (Contact Author)

"Determinants of Major Switch During College"
Jorge Ibarra-Salazar, Tecnologico de Monterrey (Contact Author)
Misael Mauricio, Banorte

Discussants:

Jun Ma, University of Alabama
Gennady Lyakir, Champlain College
Kusum Mundra, Rutgers University
Roland K. Cheo, National University of Singapore

Session Chairs:

Brian W. Buckles, University of Florida

Papers:

"Financial Network Formation and Central Bank Policy"
Michael Ehrlich, New Jersey Institute of Technology (Contact Author)
P. Benjamin Chou, New Jersey Institute of Technology

"Extreme Returns Without News: A Microstructural Explanation"
Carol Osler, Brandeis International Business School
Tanseli Savaser, Williams College (Contact Author)

"Liquidity Dynamics in Commercial Real Estate"
Brian W. Buckles, University of Florida (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Kalidas Jana, The University of Texas at Brownsville
Giandomenico Sarolli, University of Virginia