Session Chairs:

M. Saif Mehkari, University of Richmond

Papers:

"Is There a Best Measure of Macroeconomic Uncertainty (or Risk)?"
James Peery Cover, The University of Alabama (Contact Author)
Hye-Jin Lee, University of Texas at Brownsville

"Forecasting the End of the Global Recession: Did We Miss the Early Signs?"
Adriana Z. Fernandez, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Contact Author)

"Risk Aversion and Business Cycles: An Empirical Analysis"
Cristian Pardo, Saint Joseph's University (Contact Author)

"Uncertainty Shocks, Mean-Variance Frontiers, and Business Cycles"
M. Saif Mehkari, University of Richmond (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Cristian Pardo, Saint Joseph's University
James Peery Cover, The University of Alabama
Adriana Z. Fernandez, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Chak Hung Jack Cheng, Murray State University

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Session Chairs:

Irina Panovska, Washington University in St. Louis

Papers:

"Structural Changes in Employment Dynamics"
Irina Panovska, Washington University in St. Louis (Contact Author)

"Benefits Cost and Employment Dynamics in Recent U.S. Recoveries"
Weishi (Grace) Gu, Cornell University (Contact Author)

"Employment-at-Will Exceptions and Jobless Recovery"
James P. DeNicco, Drexel University (Contact Author)

"Heterogeneous Workers, Optimal Job Seeking, and Aggregate Labor Market Dynamics"
Brendan Epstein, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Contact Author)

Discussants:

M. Saif Mehkari, University of Richmond
Simon Bilo, George Mason University
Julio Garin, University of Georgia
Brendan Epstein, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Weishi (Grace) Gu, Cornell University

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