Organizers:

Henry Thompson, Auburn University

Session Chairs:

Neven T. Valev, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Chinese State Economic Cooperation and Outward Foreign Direct Investment"
Catherine Y. Co, University of Nebraska at Omaha (Contact Author)

"Financial Development, Trade Openness, and Economic Growth"
John Kagochi, University of Houston-Victoria (Contact Author)

"Once Bitten, Twice Shy: Banking Crisis and Expectations of Future Crises"
Neven T. Valev, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

John Kagochi, University of Houston-Victoria
Neven T. Valev, Georgia State University
Catherine Y. Co, University of Nebraska at Omaha

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Organizers:

Henry Thompson, Auburn University

Session Chairs:

Sonja B. Langley, Prairie View A&M University

Papers:

"Price Structure and Import Demand for Differentiated Shrimp Products"
Alison M. Keefe, Kennesaw State University (Contact Author)

"Relatively Speaking: FDI in Latin America"
W. Charles Sawyer, Texas Christian University (Contact Author)

"Trade and Technology Spillovers: Controlling for Trade Costs and Absorptive Capacity"
Sonja B. Langley, Prairie View A&M University (Contact Author)
Lawrence McNeil, Prairie View A&M University

"The Cuban Embargo and Southeastern Agricultural Markets"
Cassandra Copeland, Oglethorpe University
Henry Thompson, Auburn University

Discussants:

W. Charles Sawyer, Texas Christian University
Sonja B. Langley, Prairie View A&M University
Cassandra Copeland, Oglethorpe University
Alison M. Keefe, Kennesaw State University

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Organizers:

Henry Thompson, Auburn University

Session Chairs:

W. Charles Sawyer, Texas Christian University

Papers:

"Patent Breadth in an International Setting"
Ben Zissimos, Vanderbilt University (Contact Author)

"Hicks Path: Optimal Strategy of Technological Improvement in an Open Economy"
Xuebing Yang, Penn State Altoona (Contact Author)

"Trade, Tourism, Education, and Economic Growth in Mauritius"
Ka Ming Cheng, Auburn University (Contact Author)

"Institutional Quality and Total Factor Productivity in Latin America"
W. Charles Sawyer, Texas Christian University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Xuebing Yang, Penn State Altoona
W. Charles Sawyer, Texas Christian University
Ka Ming Cheng, Auburn University
Ben Zissimos, Vanderbilt University

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Organizers:

Henry Thompson, Auburn University

Session Chairs:

Tanya Molodtsova, Emory University

Papers:

"The (Un)Reliability of Real-Time Output Gap Estimates with Revised Data"
Onur Ince, University of Houston (Contact Author)

"Wages in a Factor Proportions Structural VAR Model"
Henry Thompson, Auburn University (Contact Author)

"Real-Time Exchange Rate Predictability with Taylor Rule Fundamentals"
Tanya Molodtsova, Emory University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Henry Thompson, Auburn University
Tanya Molodtsova, Emory University
Onur Ince, University of Houston

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Organizers:

Henry Thompson, Auburn University

Session Chairs:

Farhad Rassekh, University of Hartford

Papers:

"An Oligopolistic Heckscher-Ohlin Model of Foreign Direct Investment"
Sajal Lahiri, Southern Illinois University (Contact Author)

"Industrial Structure and Factor Proportions Trade"
Henry Thompson, Auburn University (Contact Author)

"Is Stolper-Samuelson Dead?"
Farhad Rassekh, University of Hartford (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Henry Thompson, Auburn University
Farhad Rassekh, University of Hartford
Sajal Lahiri, Southern Illinois University

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