Organizers:

Olivier Coibion, The University of Texas at Austin

Session Chairs:

Olivier Coibion, The University of Texas at Austin

Papers:

"Stock Returns and Monetary Policy Actions: Time Varying Response and Time Varying Volatility"
Anastasia Zervou, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)
Dennis W. Jansen, Texas A&M University

"Indeterminacy and Learning: An Analysis of Monetary Policy in the Great Inflation"
Christian Matthes, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (Contact Author)
Thomas Lubik, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

"Monetary Policy Shifts and the Forward Discount Puzzle"
Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, Lehigh University (Contact Author)
Michael Jetter, Universidad EAFIT

"Firms’ Inflation Expectations: New Survey Evidence"
Olivier Coibion, The University of Texas at Austin (Contact Author)
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, University of California, Berkeley
Saten Kumar, AUT University

Discussants:

Gregory Givens, The University of Alabama
Nathaniel Throckmorton, College of William & Mary
Olena Mykhaylova, University of Richmond
Brent H. Meyer, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

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Session Chairs:

Steven Bednar, Elon University

Papers:

"Cognitive Ability and Voting: How Salt Influenced Elections in the 20th Century"
Steven Bednar, Elon University (Contact Author)
Achyuta Ahdvaryu, University of Michigan
Anant Nyshadham, University of Southern California
Teresa Molina, University of Southern California

"Corruption and Income Distribution Within the U.S."
Sumi Sharma, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"Corruption Perception: Why Can’t They All Agree?"
Guangjun Qu, Birmingham-Southern College (Contact Author)
Bob Slagter, Birmingham-Southern College
Kyle Doiron, Birmingham-Southern College

"Corruption: Transcending Borders"
Michael Jetter, Universidad EAFIT (Contact Author)

"Election Times Are Different: Bureaucratic Institutions and Political Budget Cycles in American State Governments"
David Bostashvili, University of Houston (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jonathan W. Williams, The University of Georgia
Guangjun Qu, Birmingham-Southern College
Chandan Kumar Jha, Louisiana State University
Sumi Sharma, West Virginia University
Steven Bednar, Elon University

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Session Chairs:

Maria Sorokina, West Virginia University

Papers:

"The Link Between Democracy and Corruption: Income Levels Matter"
Michael Jetter, Universidad EAFIT (Contact Author)
Alejandra Montoya Agudelo, Universidad EAFIT

"Destructive and Productive Entrepreneurship: An Analysis of International Panel Data"
Nathan J. Ashby, The University of Texas at El Paso (Contact Author)

"Women in Power and Economic Freedom"
Maria Sorokina, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"Cultural Entrepreneurship as a Solution to the Embedded Agency Paradox: The Case of Estonia's Singing Revolution"
Olga Nicoara, Denison University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Olga Nicoara, Denison University
Michael Jetter, Universidad EAFIT
Nathan J. Ashby, The University of Texas at El Paso
James Saunoris, Eastern Michigan University

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Session Chairs:

Sebastian Roelands, Bowling Green State University

Papers:

"What Determines the Voting Behavior in the United Nations Security Council?"
Michael Jetter, Universidad EAFIT (Contact Author)

"Returns from Joining Congress"
Serkan Karadas, Sewanee: The University of the South (Contact Author)
Minh Tam Tammy Schlosky, Sewanee: The University of the South

"Market Structure of the U.S. Banking Sector"
Sebastian Roelands, Bowling Green State University (Contact Author)

"Trends in Employment Agglomeration of U.S. Service Sector Industries from 1998 to 2008"
Abdullah M. Khan, Claflin University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Serkan Karadas, Sewanee: The University of the South
Michael Jetter, Universidad EAFIT
Abdullah M. Khan, Claflin University
Danielle Zanzalari, Clemson University

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