THE 64th INTERNATIONAL ATLANTIC ECONOMIC CONFERENCE
Savannah, Georgia
7-10 October 2007

MACROECONOMICS AND MONETARY POLICY
Tuesday 16h15 - 18h15

Chair: Luiz Fernando Cerqueira, Candido Mendes University—Brazil

Jan Marc Berk and Job Swank, De Nederlandsche Bank—The Netherlands, Regional Real Exchange Rates in Monetary Unions

Ying Wu, Salisbury State University—U.S.A., Modeling Macroeconomic Effects of Processing Trade and Net Foreign Investment

Robert C. Winder, Christopher Newport University—U.S.A., Federal Reserve Priorities: What Can We Learn from Transcripts of FOMC Meetings?

Patrick Manchester, Georgetown University—U.S.A., Matthew Marlin, and Antony Davies, Dusquesne University—U.S.A., Can Foreign Investment in U.S. Treasury Bonds Explain the Municipal Bond Puzzle?