Mark C. Strazicich Appalachian State University   ASU Box 32051 ASU Box 32051 Boone, NC 28608 United States   strazicichmc@appstate.edu   http://economics.appstate.edu/faculty-staff/mark-strazicich-phd           JEL Areas: E : Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics C1 : Econometric and Statistical Methods: General