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:

William Miles, Wichita State University

Papers:

"Switching Policies in a Dynamic Keynesian Model with Debt"
Pietro Enrico Ferri, Universita' di Bergamo (Contact Author)

"The Exogeneity (at best) of the Optimum Currency Area for the Euro Zone"
William Miles, Wichita State University (Contact Author)
Chu-Ping Vijverberg, Wichita State University

"Rethinking Inflation: A Call for New Microeconomic Foundations"
Alexander Kapinos, The George Washington University (Contact Author)

"Can Inter-Firm Capital Flows Explain the Role of Uncertainty Shocks in Generating Business Cycles?"
M. Saif Mehkari, University of Richmond (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Alexander Kapinos, The George Washington University
Pietro Enrico Ferri, Universita' di Bergamo
Nathan S. Balke, Southern Methodist University
M. Saif Mehkari, University of Richmond

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Session Chairs:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Papers:

"Executive Service Histories and the Pattern of Acquisitions"
Caleb Stroup, Vanderbilt University (Contact Author)

"News Driven Business Cycles and Increasing Returns"
Anca-Ioana Sirbu, University of California-Riverside (Contact Author)

"Factor-Specific Productivity"
Brian Piper, The University of Oklahoma (Contact Author)

"Other-Regarding Behavior in the Dual-Principle Agent Problem"
Ellen Green, Virginia Polytechnic and State University (Contact Author)

"Simulating the Role of Specialization at the Firm/Market Boundary"
Per L. Bylund, University of Missouri (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Todd McFall, Wake Forest University
Nathan S. Balke, Southern Methodist University
Giandomenico Sarolli, Drew University
Bharat Bhole, Rochester Institute of Technology
Christina Houseworth, Litigation Analytics, Inc.

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