Organizers:

Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Rossitza B. Wooster, Portland State University

Papers:

"Incentives and Deterrents to Foreign Direct Investment "
Luisa R. Blanco, Pepperdine University (Contact Author)

"Direct Investments in China and Transition Economies: Complements or Substitutes?"
Rossitza B. Wooster, Portland State University (Contact Author)
Donna L. Paul, Washington State University

"Was Latin America Correct in Relying on Foreign Direct Investment to Improve Employment Rates?"
Diego Vacaflores, Texas State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Christopher A. Laincz, Drexel University
Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas
Salvador Contreras, The University of Texas-Pan American

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Organizers:

Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Carlos Vargas-Silva, University of Oxford

Papers:

"Insurance Role of Remittances and Household Credit Demand"
Susan Richter, University of California, Merced (Contact Author)

"Immigrants, Assimilation and Wealth Portfolio Choices"
Eva Sierminska, CEPS/INSTEAD (Contact Author)
Chung Choe, CEPS/INSTEAD
Vincent Alexandre Hildebrand, York University

"When Remittances Are More than Just Money: Measuring the Impact of Remittances on Demographic Behavior"
Carlos Vargas-Silva, University of Oxford (Contact Author)
George Sami Naufal, American University of Sharjah

Discussants:

Christopher P. Ball, Quinnipiac University
Diego Vacaflores, Texas State University

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Organizers:

Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas

Papers:

"The Macroeconomic Consequences of Remittances: A Reappraisal"
Diego Vacaflores, Texas State University (Contact Author)
Dennis W. Jansen, Texas A&M University

"Financial Openness, Resource Reallocation and the Real Exchange Rate: Is There a Trade-off?"
Emmanueal K.K. Lartey, California State University, Fullerton (Contact Author)

"Real Business Cycles and Remittances to Emerging Markets"
Diego Vacaflores, Texas State University
Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas (Contact Author)
Christopher P. Ball, Quinnipiac University

Discussants:

Olivier Coibon, The College of William & Mary
Mark Wheeler, Western Michigan University
Emmanueal K.K. Lartey, California State University, Fullerton

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Organizers:

Joshua Hendrickson, Wayne State University

Session Chairs:

Joshua Hendrickson, Wayne State University

Papers:

"Monetary Policy Under Greenspan"
George A. Selgin, The University of Georgia (Contact Author)
William D. Lastrapes, The University of Georgia

"Could Nominal Income Targeting Have Prevented the Current Recession?"
Scott Sumner, Bentley College (Contact Author)

"In Search of Monetary Stability: A Comparison of the Taylor Rule and the Productivity Norm"
Joshua Hendrickson, Wayne State University (Contact Author)

"Nominal Income Targeting and Asset Prices"
David Beckworth, Texas State University (Contact Author)
Diego Vacaflores, Texas State University

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