Session Chairs:

Eylem Ersal-Kiziler, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

Papers:

"Current Account Dynamics, Valuation Effects and Nontradable Goods"
Eylem Ersal-Kiziler, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater (Contact Author)
David Amdur, Muhlenberg College

"Volatility in U.S. Current Account Deficit and Government Policy"
David Y. Chen, North Carolina A&T State University (Contact Author)

"Why China’s Current Account Surplus Increases After RMB’s Appreciation?"
Hailong Jin, Iowa State University
Tong Wang, Iowa State University (Contact Author)

"Is Currency Revaluation Contractionary in China? A VAR Analysis"
Junnan Zhao, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York (Contact Author)

"Renminbi Depreciations and China-Japan Commodity Trade: Do Manufactured Goods Show Stronger Support for the S-Curve?"
Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Scott William Hegerty, Canisius College
Jia Xu, St. Mary's College of Maryland (Contact Author)

Discussants:

David Y. Chen, North Carolina A&T State University
Jia Xu, St. Mary's College of Maryland
Jesus A. Bejarano, BANCO DE LA REPUBLICA - CENTRAL BANK OF COLOMBIA
Kalamogo Coulibaly, U.S. Postal Service
Takeshi Yagihashi, Old Dominion University

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Session Chairs:

Takeshi Yagihashi, Old Dominion University

Papers:

"Are We Paying a Premium for Health? Evidence from the Consumer Expenditure Survey"
Juan Du, Old Dominion University (Contact Author)
Takeshi Yagihashi, Old Dominion University

"Effects of Increase in Average Income and Education on Income Related Inequality in Physician Service Utilization"
Satis Chandra Devkota, Wayne State University (Contact Author)
Allen C. Goodman, Wayne State University

"Factors Affecting Immunization Coverage, 1999-2008: A Nationwide Assessment Using a Delay-Based Approach"
Donka M. Mirtcheva, The College of New Jersey (Contact Author)
Manan Sampat, The College of New Jersey

Discussants:

Donka M. Mirtcheva, The College of New Jersey
Juan Du, Old Dominion University
Benjamin C. Hansen, University of Oregon

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Session Chairs:

Stefan Eichler, Dresden University of Technology

Papers:

"Are DSGE Approximating Models Invariant to Shifts in Policy?: A Credit Channel Experiment"
Takeshi Yagihashi, Old Dominion University (Contact Author)

"Does the ECB Act as a Lender of Last Resort During the Subprime Lending Crisis?: Evidence from a Regime Switching Taylor Rule Model"
Stefan Eichler, Dresden University of Technology (Contact Author)
Kai Hielscher, Helmut Schmidt University

"Credit-Uncertainty Cycle"
Nathan S. Balke, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)
Enrique Martinez-Garcia, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Zheng Zeng, Bowling Green State University

"Causality Between Exchange Rates and Stock Prices"
Sima Siami Namini, The Economic Planning Bureau (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Nurlan Turdaliev, University of Windsor
Gabriel Martinez, Ave Maria University
Patricia A. Hutton, Canisius College
Sima Siami Namini, The Economic Planning Bureau

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Session Chairs:

Michael Jetter, Universidad EAFIT

Papers:

"Central Bank Transparency: Does It Matter?"
Nurlan Turdaliev, University of Windsor (Contact Author)
Hyuk-jae Rhee, University of Windsor

"Optimal Monetary Policy Under Endogenous Currency Invoicing"
Jesus A. Bejarano, BANCO DE LA REPUBLICA - CENTRAL BANK OF COLOMBIA (Contact Author)

"Monetary Policy Shifts and the Forward Discount Bias"
Michael Jetter, Universidad EAFIT (Contact Author)
Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, The University of Memphis

"Health Care Inflation and Monetary Policy"
Takeshi Yagihashi, Old Dominion University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Takeshi Yagihashi, Old Dominion University
Scott William Hegerty, Canisius College
Hailong Jin, Iowa State University

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