Francis Ahking University of Connecticut   Department of Economics, U-1063 University of Connecticut 341 Mansfield Road Storrs, CT 06269-1063 U.S.A.   francis.ahking@uconn.edu         Primary Research Focus: International Finance, Open-economy macroeconomics   JEL Areas: E3 : Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles: General (includes Measurement and Data) E0 : Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics: General