Session Chairs:

David O. Cushman, Westminster College

Papers:

"Evaluating the Economic Forecasts of FOMC Members"
Xuguang Sheng, American University (Contact Author)

"Marginal Product of Capital, the Business Cycle, and Forecasting Economic Growth"
Teodora Stoica, University of Houston (Contact Author)

"Mankiw vs. DeLong and Krugman Two Years Later: U.S. Real GDP Shocks and Forecasts"
David O. Cushman, Westminster College (Contact Author)

"Do Minority and Woman Entrepreneurs Face Discrimination in Credit Markets? Improved Estimates Using Matching Methods"
Jan Ondrich, Syracuse University (Contact Author)
John Yinger, Syracuse University
Yue Hu, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Long Liu, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Discussants:

Teodora Stoica, University of Houston
Xuguang Sheng, American University
Stefan Eichler, Dresden University of Technology
Matt Parrett, Bridgewater State University

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Session Chairs:

Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, The University of Memphis

Papers:

"The Benefits of Reducing Fraud"
Erez Yoeli, Federal Trade Commission (Contact Author)
Dan Becker, Federal Trade Commission
Jack Mountjoy, Federal Trade Commission

"A Real-Time Historical Database for the OECD"
Adriana Z. Fernandez, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Evan F. Koenig, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, The University of Memphis (Contact Author)

"Comparing Government Forecasts of the United States' Gross Federal Debt"
Andrew B. Martinez, The George Washington University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Andrew B. Martinez, The George Washington University
David O. Cushman, Westminster College
Erez Yoeli, Federal Trade Commission

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