Session Chairs:

Azhar Iqbal, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

Papers:

"Measuring U.S. Business Cycles: A Comparison of Two Methods and Two Indicators of Economic Activities"
Francis W. Ahking, University of Connecticut (Contact Author)

"The Importance of Housing Variables in Predicting the Economic Fluctuations"
Wenxian Xu, The University of Mississippi (Contact Author)

"What Helps Forecast U.S. Inflation?- Mind the Gap!"
Enrique Martinez-Garcia, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Contact Author)
Ayse Kabukcuoglu, The University of Texas at Austin

"Determining the Peak and Trough of State Economic Activity"
Azhar Iqbal, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (Contact Author)
John Silvia, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

"Hits and Runs: Determinants of the Cross-Country Variation in the Severity of Impact from the 2008-09 Financial Crisis"
Shane R. Dwyer, Clark University (Contact Author)
Chih Ming Tan, University of North Dakota

Discussants:

Shane R. Dwyer, Clark University
Francis W. Ahking, University of Connecticut
Wenxian Xu, The University of Mississippi
Enrique Martinez-Garcia, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
David Glasner, Federal Trade Commission

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Session Chairs:

Justin S. Merrill, freebanking.org

Papers:

"On the Emergence of Money and Middlemen"
Vipin P. Veetil, George Mason University (Contact Author)
Craig Brown, George Mason University
Paul Cummin, George Mason University

"A Monetary Equilibrium Approach to Monetary Policy"
Justin S. Merrill, freebanking.org (Contact Author)

"A Model of Monetary Policy Shocks for Crises and Normal Conditions"
John W. Keating, The University of Kansas
Logan Kelly, Bryant University
Victor Valcarcel, Texas Tech University (Contact Author)

"The Centennial of Hawtrey's Good and Bad Trade"
David Glasner, Federal Trade Commission (Contact Author)

Discussants:

David Glasner, Federal Trade Commission
Victor Valcarcel, Texas Tech University
Yuanyuan Chen, Marshall University
Menelik S. Geremew, Kalamazoo College

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