Session Chairs:

Azhar Iqbal, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

Papers:

"What Makes a Good Economy? An Analysis of Survey Data"
Darren Grant, Sam Houston State University (Contact Author)

"Mean Diversion: When Getting Back to the Old Economy Isn’t Possible"
John Silvia, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Azhar Iqbal, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (Contact Author)

"Employment Effect of Mergers and Acquisitions in the United States by Sector"
Kamal P. Upadhyaya, University of New Haven (Contact Author)
Nadia Doytch, University of New Haven
Franklin G. Mixon, Jr., Auburn University

"Is Less More?: Menu Costs and Estimated Thresholds in the Response of Output to Monetary Policy"
Luiggi Donayre, Washington University in St. Louis (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jae Won Lee, Rutgers University
Taehee Han, Louisiana State University
Adam Honig, Amherst College
Darren Grant, Sam Houston State University

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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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