Session Chairs:

Raul Alberto Ponce Rodriguez, Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez

Papers:

"Cointegration and Causal Relationship Between Taxes and Spending for Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa"
Edward E. Ghartey, The University of the West Indies (Contact Author)

"Voting Behavior, Preference Aggregation and Tax Design"
Raul Alberto Ponce Rodriguez, Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Gregory A. Trandel, University of Georgia
Jooyong Jun, University of Michigan
I-Ming Chiu, Rutgers University-Camden

Session Chairs:

Ellis B. Heath, West Virginia University

Papers:

"Aggregate Labor Market Responses to Monetary and Technology Shocks"
Hamilton Fout, Kansas State University (Contact Author)

"Is the GCC an Optimum Currency Area? An Analysis of Shock Symmetry"
Wissam Talal Harake, American University (Contact Author)

"Habit Formation in State-Dependent Pricing Models: Implications for the Dynamics of Output and Inflation"
Phuong V. Ngo, Boston University (Contact Author)

"Do Credit Shocks Matter for Output and Inflation?"
Ellis B. Heath, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Edward E. Ghartey, The University of the West Indies
Suvayan De, West Virginia State University
Hiranya K. Nath, Sam Houston State University
Hamilton Fout, Kansas State University