Paul L. Hettler, California University of Pennsylvania — USA, Changes in Government Subsidies to Privately Provided Public Goods

Christiane Nickel and Isabel Vansteenkiste, European Central Bank — Germany, Fiscal Policies, the Current Account, and Ricardian Equivalence

Maria Cornachione Kula, Roger Williams University — USA, Interest Rate Effects on Government Consumption

JanMarc Berk, De Nederlandsche Bank — Netherlands, Monetary Policy Committees: Meetings and Outcomes

Oscar Bajo-Rubio and Carmen Diaz-Roldan, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha — Spain, Vicente E. Esteve-Garcia, Universidad de Valencia — Spain, On the Sustainability of Government Deficits: Some Long-Term Evidence for Spain, 1850-2000

Uluc Aysun, University of Connecticut — USA, Ryan Brady, United States Naval Academy — USA and Adam Honig, Amherst College — USA, Financial Frictions and Monetary Transmission