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:

Yu Liu, The University of Texas at El Paso

Papers:

"Testing Financial Contagion on Heteroscedastic Asset Returns"
Kwang-Il Choe, Minnesota State University
Pilsun Choi, Konkuk University
Kiseok Nam, Yeshiva University (Contact Author)

"Correlations in Returns and Volatilities in South American Stock Markets"
Jae-Kwang Hwang, Virginia State University (Contact Author)

"The Finance–Growth Link Revisited and the Role of Institutions as a Source of Finance in Latin America"
Luisa R. Blanco, Pepperdine University (Contact Author)

"The 2000 and 2008 Olympic Games Announcements and Chinese Stock Market Responses"
Yu Liu, The University of Texas at El Paso (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Kiseok Nam, Yeshiva University
Jae-Kwang Hwang, Virginia State University
Mohammad Jahan-Parvar, East Carolina University
Eylem Ersal-Kiziler, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

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Session Chairs:

Sheida Teimouri, West Virginia University

Papers:

"On the Relationship Between Credit Ratings and Financial Market Development: Evidence from a Cross-Country Analysis"
Brian W. Sloboda, U.S. Postal Service (Contact Author)
Kalamogo Coulibaly, U.S. Postal Service

"Determinants of Convergence in the Marginal Product of Capital"
Elena Bondarenko, West Virginia University (Contact Author)
Shuichiro Nishioka, West Virginia University

"Trend Shocks and Emerging Market Capital Flows"
Eylem Ersal-Kiziler, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater (Contact Author)

"Improving Global Vector Autoregressions"
Neil R. Ericsson, Federal Reserve Board (Contact Author)

"Are Large Devaluations Expansionary?"
Sheida Teimouri, West Virginia University (Contact Author)
Arabinda Basistha, West Virginia University

Discussants:

Neil R. Ericsson, Federal Reserve Board
Brian W. Sloboda, U.S. Postal Service
Elena Bondarenko, West Virginia University
Eylem Ersal-Kiziler, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
William Miles, Wichita State University

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