Session Chairs:

Yaya Sissoko, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Papers:

"External Economies and International Trade"
Haiwen Zhou, Old Dominion University (Contact Author)

"Reward, Punishment, and the Byrd Amendment"
Benjamin H. Liebman, St. Joseph's University (Contact Author)
Kasaundra M. Tomlin, Oakland University

"Trade and Informal Labor Markets"
Lourenco Paz, University of Maryland (Contact Author)

"West Africa’s Evolving Competitive Exposure in U.S. Import Markets"
Yaya Sissoko, Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Contact Author)
David B. Yerger, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Discussants:

Michael E. S. Hoffman, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Subrata Sarker, The University of British Columbia
Peri Agostinho da Silva, Jr., University of North Dakota
William Arthur Carden, Rhodes College

Organizers:

Pallab Mozumder, Florida International University

Session Chairs:

Akm Mahbub Morshed, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Papers:

"Optimal Monetary Policy in a Small Open Economy with Segmented Asset Market & Sticky Prices"
Subrata Sarker, The University of British Columbia (Contact Author)

"The Effects of Monetary Policy Shocks in a Small Open Economy: A Structural VAR Approach"
Mohammad Rokon Bhuiyan, Queen's University (Contact Author)

"A Two-Sector International Real Business Cycles Model with Investment-Specific Technology Shocks"
Sharif F. Khan, Queen's University (Contact Author)

"The Credit Channel in a Small, Open Economy"
Sadaquat Junayed, Carleton University (Contact Author)
Huntley Schaller, Carleton University

Discussants:

Faisal Ahmed, International Monetary Fund
Arabinda Basistha, West Virginia University
Akm Mahbub Morshed, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Kazi Iqbal, The World Bank