Salim Rashid, University of Illinoisa — USA and Abdus Samad, Utah Valley State College — USA, The Political Economy of Free Banking in Illinois

Paul Beaudry, UBC Vancouver — Canada and Bernd Lucke, University of Hamburg — Germany, Letting Different Views about Business Cycles Compete

Hiranya K. Nath and Isabel Ruiz, Sam Houston State University — USA, Price Differences across Colombian Cities: Distance or Guerillas?

A. T. Aburachis, Gannon University — USA, U.S. Business Investments and Stock Returns

Subarna K. Samanta, The College of New Jersey — USA, Income Distribution and Effectiveness of Fiscal Policy: An Analysis

Odysseas Katsaitis and D. Doulos, American College of Greece — Greece, Inflation Dynamics in the Euro Area