Session Chairs:

David Y. Chen, North Carolina A&T State University

Papers:

"Effect of US Budget Deficit on Bilateral Exchange Rate: A Ricardian Approach"
David Y. Chen, North Carolina A&T State University (Contact Author)

"Long Swings in Exchange Rates: Are They Still There and Do Markets Know About Them?"
Ruxandra Prodan, University of Houston (Contact Author)
Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, The University of Memphis

"Nonlinear and Asymmetric Exchange Rate Exposure of U.S. Industries"
Rehim Kilic, Georgia Institute of Technology (Contact Author)

"The Effect of Exchange Rate Adjustment on Output in South-East Asia"
Kamal P. Upadhyaya, University of New Haven (Contact Author)
Robert Rainish, University of New Haven
Rabindra Bhandari, Westminster College

Discussants:

Lian An, University of North Florida
Marzieh Bolhassani, University of Wisconsin Colleges
Vitaliy Strohush, Elon University
Kamal P. Upadhyaya, University of New Haven

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Session Chairs:

Gergely Ujhelyi, University of Houston

Papers:

"Determinants of Adoption of a Performance Indicators System: Evidence of Mexican Municipalities"
Jorge Ibarra-Salazar, Tecnológico de Monterrey (Contact Author)
Carlos Lopez de Arkos, Tecnológico de Monterrey

"Political Affiliation of Elected Representatives and Public Goods Provisioning in India"
Shibalee Majumdar, The Ohio State University (Contact Author)

"Political Screening: Theory and Evidence from the Argentine Public Sector"
Ernesto Calvo, University of Houston
Gergely Ujhelyi, University of Houston (Contact Author)

"Crime Spillovers and Hurricane Katrina"
Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis
Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, The University of Memphis
Ioana Sofia Pacurar, The University of Memphis (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Gary Wagner, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Nick Mastronardi, United States Air Force Academy
Scott Cunningham, Baylor University
Andreas Buehn, Dresden University of Technology

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Organizers:

Dean Croushore, University of Richmond

Session Chairs:

Dean Croushore, University of Richmond

Papers:

"Monetary Policy Evaluation in Real Time: Forward-looking Taylor Rules Without Forward-looking Data"
Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, The University of Memphis (Contact Author)

"Real-Time Forecasting Errors: Do Analysts' Affiliations Matter?"
Robert C. Dolan, University of Richmond (Contact Author)
Jerry L. Stevens, University of Richmond

"Real-Time Forecasting"
Dean Croushore, University of Richmond (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Robert C. Dolan, University of Richmond
Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, The University of Memphis
Dean Croushore, University of Richmond

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Session Chairs:

Berrak Buyukkarabacak, University of Richmond

Papers:

"Capital Flows, Housing Prices, and Monetary Policy"
Berrak Buyukkarabacak, University of Richmond (Contact Author)
Olena Mykhaylova, University of Richmond

"A Real-Time Historical Database for the OECD"
Adriana Z. Fernandez, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Evan F. Koenig, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, The University of Memphis (Contact Author)

"Global Deflation: An Observation Through Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) Estimation"
Bamadev Paudel, Wayne State University (Contact Author)

"How Do Exporters in a Middle-Income Country Choose their Markets?"
Simone Silva, Murray State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, The University of Memphis
Enrique Martinez-Garcia, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Bamadev Paudel, Wayne State University
Simone Silva, Murray State University

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Session Chairs:

Jay Walker, The University of Memphis

Papers:

"Determinants of Birth Outcomes in Texas by Race"
Kruti Dholakia, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)

"Is Child Work Injurious to Health?"
Aditi Roy, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)

"(Un)planned Parenthood and HIV/AIDS"
Jay Walker, The University of Memphis (Contact Author)
Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis
Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, The University of Memphis

"Social Network and Weight Misperception Among Adolescents"
Mir M. Ali, The University of Toledo (Contact Author)
Aliaksandr Amialchuk, The University of Toledo
Francesco Renna, The University of Akron

"Maternal Smoking and Birth Outcomes: Evidences from a Regression Discontinuity Design"
Ji Yan, Washington University in St. Louis (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Danny R. Hughes, American College of Radiology
Kruti Dholakia, The University of Texas at Dallas
Aditi Roy, Southern Methodist University
Ji Yan, Washington University in St. Louis
Lauren R. Heller, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

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Organizers:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Session Chairs:

Eric R. Dodge, Hanover College

Papers:

"Emergent Specialization, Exchange, and Property Rights in Experiments and Agent-Based Models"
Erik O. Kimbrough, Chapman University (Contact Author)

"Strategic Ignorance: Is It a Self Discipling Device?"
Tara Larson, University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)
Rachel Croson, The University of Texas at Dallas
Catherine C. Eckel, The University of Texas at Dallas

"Seniority Advantage in Pork Barrel Politics"
Cortney S. Rodet, Florida State University (Contact Author)

"Impact Evaluation of Islamic Microfinance Using Laboratory Experiments"
Mohamed S. El-Komi, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)

"Risk Perception, Risk Preference, and the Coefficient of Relatively Risk Aversion"
Alfredo A. Romero, Virginia Tech (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Teresa D. Harrison, Drexel University
Bhavneet Walia, Nicholls State University
Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, The University of Memphis
Lei Zhang, The University of Texas at Dallas
Jason Delaney, Georgia State University

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