| Monday 10:00 - 11:45 a.m. SEA  | 
						Session 08K Topics in Monetary and Fiscal Policy  | 
            
Session Chairs:  | 
          Dennis Pearson, Austin Peay State University  | 
Papers:  | 
					
           "Financial Development and Economic Growth: Evidence from 12 OECD Countries" "Optimal Fiscal and Monetary Policy with Heterogeneous Agents and Nonlinear Taxation" "Structural Breaks in Fiscal Performance: Did Fiscal Responsibility Laws Have Anything to Do with Them?" "Credit Market Activity and Central Bank Provision of Liquidity: The Case of Security Repurchase Agreements"  | 
            
Discussants:  | 		
          Nurlan Turdaliev, University of Windsor  | 
| 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  |