Samih A Azar Haigazian University   Mexique Street Kantari Beirut, Riad El Solh 1107 2090 Lebanon   azars@haigazian.edu.lb     Biographical Sketch: B.S. (American University of Beirut) MBA (American University of Beirut) MA (Claremont Graduate University) PhD (Claremont Graduate University)   Primary Research Focus: financial economics, international finance, financial macroeconomics   JEL Areas: G1 : General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data) E0 : Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics: General