| Monday 8:00 - 9:45 a.m. SEA  | 
						Session 19J Monetary Policy and Financial Markets  | 
            
Session Chairs:  | 
          Nimantha Manamperi, St. Cloud State University  | 
Papers:  | 
					
           "Asymmetric Effects of European Central Bank Announcement Policy Rate in the European Financial Markets" "De-Composing Currency Exchange Rate of an Emerging Market: Why India's Current Account Is Still Negative Despite INR’S Long Depreciation" "Do BRC Countries Respond to Global Financial Stress in Their Monetary Policy Settings? A Time Varying Policy Analysis" "Financial Crisis and Economic Interdependence: Mexico and the USA" "Central Bank Independence’s Effect on Portfolio and Foreign Direct Investment"  | 
            
Discussants:  | 		
          Kayhan Koleyni, The University of Memphis  | 
| Monday 10:00 - 11:45 a.m. SEA  | 
						Session 19K Monetary Policy  | 
            
Session Chairs:  | 
          Omer Bayar, University of Evansville  | 
Papers:  | 
					
           "An Open Economy Analysis of Monetary Transmission Mechanisms: The Wealth, Credit and Exchange Rate Channels" "On the Real Effects of Monetary Policy with Durability in Consumption"  | 
            
Discussants:  | 		
          Menelik S. Geremew, Kalamazoo College   |