Session Chairs:

David N. van der Goes, Lehigh University

Papers:

"Social Capital and Health of Elderly People with the Advent of the Baby-Boom Generation’s Aging"
Bosu Seo, University of Manitoba (Contact Author)
Ben Senauer, University of Minnesota

"Health and Economic Growth – A Theoretical and Longitudinal Study on the Developed and Less Developed Economies"
I-Ming Chiu, Rutgers University-Camden (Contact Author)

"The Color of Gray: Aging Population and Its Effect on Economic Growth in China, 1978-2020"
Michiko Y Hayhurst, Texas Woman's University (Contact Author)
Mark O. Tengesdal, Texas Woman's University

Discussants:

Xiaoshu Han, Mount Union College
Lewis S. Davis, Union College
Phuong V. Ngo, Boston University
Jie Chen, College of Staten Island/City University of New York

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