Session Chairs:

Ceren Ertan Yörük, Northeastern University

Papers:

"What Determines Health: A Causal Analysis Using County Level Data"
Andrew Rettenmaier, Texas A&M University
Zijun Wang, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)

"Consequences of Easier Access to Alcohol: New Zealand Evidence"
Dean Scrimgeour, Colgate University (Contact Author)
Emily Conover, Hamilton College

"The Effect of Alcohol Consumption on Labor Market Outcomes of Young Adults: Evidence from Minimum Legal Drinking Age Laws"
Ceren Ertan Yörük, Northeastern University (Contact Author)

"No Smoking Now: The Effect of Complete Restaurant Smoking Bans on the Dining Out Expenditures of Households"
David R. Black, University of North Carolina, Greensboro (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Zijun Wang, Texas A&M University
Hsinling Hsieh, Northern Michigan University
David R. Black, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Paula M. Kazi, Bucknell University

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Organizers:

Pao-Lin Tien, Wesleyan University

Session Chairs:

Pao-Lin Tien, Wesleyan University

Papers:

"A Bayesian STVAR Approach to the Asymmetric Effects of Monetary Policy on Output"
Luiggi Donayre, University of Minnesota Duluth (Contact Author)
Irina Panovska, Washington University in St. Louis

"The Effect of Monetary Policy Regime Changes on the Term Premium: Evidence from a DSGE Model"
Siddhartha Chib, Washington University in St. Louis
Kyu Ho Kang, Ajou University
Srikanth Ramamurthy, Loyola University (Contact Author)

"Commodity Price Responses to Monetary Policy Surprises"
Dean Scrimgeour, Colgate University (Contact Author)

"The Changing Transmission Mechanism of U.S. Monetary Policy"
Norhana Endut, Central Bank of Malaysia
James Morley, University of New South Wales
Pao-Lin Tien, Wesleyan University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Srikanth Ramamurthy, Loyola University
Luiggi Donayre, University of Minnesota Duluth
Pao-Lin Tien, Wesleyan University
Dean Scrimgeour, Colgate University

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Organizers:

Dean Scrimgeour, Colgate University

Session Chairs:

Dean Scrimgeour, Colgate University

Papers:

"Dynamic Scoring in a Romer-style Economy"
Dean Scrimgeour, Colgate University (Contact Author)

"Trade, Technology and the Great Divergence"
Kevin O'Rourke, Trinity College Dublin
Ahmed S. Rahman, United States Naval Academy (Contact Author)
Alan Taylor, University of California, Davis

"Individualism and Economic Development: Evidence from Rainfall Data"
Lewis S. Davis, Union College (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Dean Scrimgeour, Colgate University
Lewis S. Davis, Union College
Ahmed S. Rahman, United States Naval Academy

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