Session Chairs:

Adriana Z. Fernandez, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Papers:

"Financial Volatility and U.S. Real Business Cycles"
Adriana Z. Fernandez, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Contact Author)

"Oil Price Shocks and the U.S. Stock Market: Do Sign and Size Matter?"
Zeina Alsalman, Wayne State University (Contact Author)
Ana Maria Herrera, Wayne State University

"Systemic Risk of Commercial Banks: A Markov-Switching Stress-testing Approach"
Xiaochun Liu, Emory University (Contact Author)

"Cash-in-Advance Constraint on R&D in a Schumpeterian Growth Model with an Endogenous Market Structure"
Lei Ji, Sciences PO OFCE Center, and SKEMA Business School (Contact Author)
Chienyu Huang, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Juin-jen Chang, SINICA, Taipei

Discussants:

Xiaochun Liu, Emory University
Serkan Karadas, West Virginia University
Lei Ji, Sciences PO OFCE Center, and SKEMA Business School
Zeina Alsalman, Wayne State University

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Organizers:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Session Chairs:

Jonathan H. Hamilton, University of Florida

Papers:

"Economic Performance, Political Connections, and Leadership Transitions in China"
Cheng Li, University of Miami (Contact Author)

"Social Network Influence on Electoral Outcomes"
Markum Reed, Southern Illinois University (Contact Author)

"Informed Trading at Capitol Hill: Evidence from Congressional Trading over the 2004 – 2010 Period"
Serkan Karadas, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"Revenue Efficiency of Sub-National VAT: India as a Case Study"
Astha Sen, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

R. Mark Isaac, Florida State University
Jonathan H. Hamilton, University of Florida
Christopher R. Bollinger, University of Kentucky
Alexandre Padilla, Metropolitan State University of Denver

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