| Monday 8:00 - 9:45 a.m. SEA  | 
						Session 23J Studies in Business Fluctuation  | 
            
Session Chairs:  | 
          Michael Clark, University of Houston  | 
Papers:  | 
					
           "Animal Spirits, Financial Exuberance and Real Economic Activity" "Costly Labor Reallocation, Non-Separable Preferences, and Expectation Driven Business Cycles" "The Common Features of the Great Moderation" "An Empirical Investigation of New Keynesian Phillips Curve (NKPC) in Albanian Economy"  | 
            
Discussants:  | 		
          Azhar Iqbal, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC  | 
| Monday 1:00 - 2:45 p.m. SEA  | 
						Session 23L Monetary Policy, Price Rigidity, Optimal Taxation, and International Debt  | 
            
Session Chairs:  | 
          Andrea Civelli, University of Arkansas  | 
Papers:  | 
					
           "Optimal Endogenous Nominal Wage Rigidity: The Complex Role of Money" "The Role of Central Bank Independence on Optimal Taxation and Seigniorage" "The (Un)Sustainability of the U.S. International Debt Position: Do Not Rely Too Much on Valuation Effects"  | 
            
Discussants:  | 		
          James  M. Holmes, University of Buffalo  |