Organizers:

Karl David Boulware, Wesleyan University

Session Chairs:

Karl David Boulware, Wesleyan University

Papers:

"Monetary Policy and the Non-Bank Financial Sector: A Look at Commercial Paper"
Karl David Boulware, Wesleyan University (Contact Author)
Robert R. Reed, III, The University of Alabama

"FDI and Economic Activity"
Miesha Jamell Williams, Morehouse College (Contact Author)
James Peery Cover, The University of Alabama

"Asymmetric Tax Multipliers"
Eric Olson, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"The Effect of Quantitative Easing on Correlations Across Asset Classes"
Paul Jones, Pepperdine University

Discussants:

Karl David Boulware, Wesleyan University
Miesha Jamell Williams, Morehouse College
Eric Olson, West Virginia University
Paul Jones, Pepperdine University

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Session Chairs:

Edgar A. Ghossoub, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Papers:

"The Size Distribution of the Banking Sector and the Effects of Monetary Policy"
Edgar A. Ghossoub, The University of Texas at San Antonio (Contact Author)
Robert R. Reed, III, The University of Alabama

"Supply Shocks to Bank-Lending and Real Activity: Evidence from Argentinean Regions"
Emiliano E. Luttini, Banco Central de Chile (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Emiliano E. Luttini, Banco Central de Chile
Edgar A. Ghossoub, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan, St. John's University
Paul Mueller, George Mason University

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Session Chairs:

Penelope B. Prime, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Productivity Gains from Geographic Concentration of Human Capital: Is Specialization or Diversity More Important?"
Robert R. Reed, III, The University of Alabama (Contact Author)
Christopher Cunningham, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Michaela Patton, The University of Alabama

"Exploring Wage Determination by Education Level: A U.S. MSA Analysis for 2005-2011"
Penelope B. Prime, Georgia State University (Contact Author)
Donald R. Grimes, University of Michigan

"Noisy Little ZIP Codes: The Role of Population Size in Community Level Measures"
Kylie Jaber, Saginaw Valley State University (Contact Author)
Kaustav Misra, Saginaw Valley State University

Discussants:

Kylie Jaber, Saginaw Valley State University
Brandon Tilley, University of West Georgia
Fahad Gill, Middle Tennessee State University
Dimitrios Nikolaou, Illinois State University

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Session Chairs:

John Meszaros, West Virginia University

Papers:

"The Effects of US Quantitative Easing on South Africa"
Eric Olson, West Virginia University
John Meszaros, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"Credit Market Activity and Unconventional Monetary Policy"
Robert R. Reed, III, The University of Alabama (Contact Author)
Juan Medina, The University of Alabama

"Some Controversial Aspects of the Financial Meltdown of 2008"
John Komlos, University of Munich (Contact Author)

"Capital Flight During Times of Financial Crisis"
Tesa E. Leonce, Columbus State University (Contact Author)
Johnson Gwatipedza, The University of Manchester

Discussants:

John Komlos, University of Munich
Tesa E. Leonce, Columbus State University
Clifford F. Thies, Shenandoah University

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Session Chairs:

Danielle Zanzalari, Clemson University

Papers:

"Endogenous Financial Networks with Liquidity Risk"
Heung Jin Kwon, The University of Chicago (Contact Author)

"Equity Market Responses in the Banking Sector After TARP"
Danielle Zanzalari, Clemson University (Contact Author)

"Bank Risk in a Decade of Falling Interest Rates"
Yen-Ling Chang, Dakota State University
Daniel A. Talley, Dakota State University (Contact Author)

"Money Markets: Efficiency and Fragility"
Robert R. Reed, III, The University of Alabama (Contact Author)
Daniel L. Otto, The University of Alabama

Discussants:

Daniel A. Talley, Dakota State University
Heung Jin Kwon, The University of Chicago
Sebastian Roelands, Bowling Green State University
Jonathan Bauchet, Purdue University

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