Session Chairs:

Marvin Smith, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Papers:

"Democracy and Financial Development"
Benhua Yang, Stetson University (Contact Author)

"Pyramidal Ownership in Ecuadorian Business Groups"
Maria L. Granda, Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral - Graduate School of Management (Contact Author)
Steven N. Wiggins, Texas A&M University

"Alternative Financial Service Providers and the Spatial Void Hypothesis: The Case of New Jersey and Delaware"
Marvin Smith, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Contact Author)
John J. Wackes, Federal Resrve Bank of Philadelphia
Tony Smith, University of Pennsylvania

"A Community Based Study of Financial Well-being at Retirement: A Multiple Imputation Application"
Tibebe Assefa, The University of Texas-Pan American (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Maria L. Granda, Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral - Graduate School of Management
Benhua Yang, Stetson University
Ali M. Al-Nadi, The University of Tennessee
Tibebe Assefa, The University of Texas-Pan American

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Session Chairs:

Roger Spencer, Trinity University

Papers:

"The Bernanke Fed and Transparency: Evidence from the Futures Market"
Roger Spencer, Trinity University (Contact Author)
John H. Huston, Trinity University
Erika I. Gulyas, Trinity University

"The Regional Effects of Monetary Policy: Does the Method of Identifying Policy Shocks Matter?"
Taehee Han, Louisiana State University
W. Douglas McMillin, Louisiana State University (Contact Author)

"Financial Intermediation, Monetary Policy and Economic Fluctuations"
Ali M. Al-Nadi, The University of Tennessee (Contact Author)

"On the Firm-Level Implications of the Bank Lending Channel of Monetary Policy"
Maria Pia Olivero, Drexel University (Contact Author)
Roger A. Aliaga-Diaz, The Vanguard Group, Inc.

Discussants:

Benjamin D. Keen, The University of Oklahoma
Maria Pia Olivero, Drexel University
Ali M. Al-Nadi, The University of Tennessee
Dan Groft, Louisiana State University

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