Session Chairs:

Leonid Krasnozhon, George Mason University

Papers:

"Informal Finance and Low Bank Use in Immigrant Communities"
Sarah Bohn, Public Policy Institute of California
Sarah Pearlman, Vassar College (Contact Author)

"Beast from the East: Economics of Cooperatives in Ukraine"
Leonid Krasnozhon, George Mason University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

David Vera, Kent State University
Pablo Vega-Garcia, The George Washington University

Session Chairs:

William Miles, Wichita State University

Papers:

"Inflation and Uncertainty in Emerging Markets"
William Miles, Wichita State University (Contact Author)
Samuel Schreyer, Claremont McKenna College

"Monetary Announcements as an Inflation Stabilization Tool in Latin America and the Caribbean"
Nicole R Baerg, Emory University (Contact Author)
Gustavo Canavire-Bacarrez, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

"Monetary Policy and Natural Disasters in a DSGE Model: How Should the Fed Have Responded to Hurricane Katrina?"
Benjamin D. Keen, University of Oklahoma (Contact Author)
Michael R. Pakko, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Discussants:

Brian W. Buckles, University of Florida
Sarah Pearlman, Vassar College
Julie K. Smith, Lafayette College