Session Chairs:

Suvayan De, West Virginia State University

Papers:

"A One-Sector Neoclassical Growth Model with Endogenous Retirement: Existence of Multiple Steady States"
Liutang Gong, Peking University
Nianqing Liu, Penn State University (Contact Author)

"Does Patriotism Accelerate Growth?"
Suvayan De, West Virginia State University (Contact Author)
William T. Smith, University of Memphis

"Formal Political Institutions and Income Redistribution"
Jan Schnellenbach, University of Heidelberg (Contact Author)

"Experimental Evidence Under a Marxist or Market Economy: Prices, Wages, GDP and Welfare from Singapore and China Classroom Experiments"
Roland K. Cheo, National University of Singapore (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jongbyung Jun, Suffolk University
Sharri C. Byron, University of Georgia
Trung T. Bui, Georgetown University
Graciela Laura Kaminsky, The George Washington University

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:

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