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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

 

Twenty-fifth Annual Conference on Macroeconomics

 

Daron Acemoglu and Michael Woodford, Organizers

 

April 9-10, 2010

 

The Royal Sonesta Hotel

Riverfront Room

40 Edwin H. Land Blvd.

Cambridge, MA

 

PROGRAM

 

FRIDAY APRIL 9:

 

 

 8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

 

 

 9:00 am

RONG QIAN, University of Maryland

 

CARMEN REINHART, University of Maryland and NBER

 

KENNETH ROGOFF, Harvard University and NBER

 

On Graduation from Default, Inflation and Banking Crises: Elusive or Illusion?

 

 

 

Discussants: MARK AGUIAR, University of Rochester and NBER

 

                      ALAN TAYLOR, UC, Davis and NBER

 

 

10:30 am

Break

 

 

11:00 am

GAUTI EGGERTSSON, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

 

What Fiscal Policy is Effective  at Zero Interest Rates

 

 

 

Discussants: LARRY CHRISTIANO, Northwestern University and NBER

 

                      LEE OHANIAN, UC, Los Angeles and NBER

 

 

12:30 pm

Lunch – Parkview Room

 

 

 2:00 pm

ADAM ASHCRAFT. Federal Reserve Bank of New York

 

NICOLAE GARLEANU, UC, Berkeley and NBER

 

LASSE HEJE PEDERSEN, New York University and NBER

 

Two Monetary Tools:  Interest Rates and Haircuts

 

 

 

Discussants: TOBIAS ADRIAN, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

 

                      MICHAEL WOODFORD, Columbia University and NBER

 

 

 3:30 pm

Break

 

 

 4:00 pm

DIEGO COMIN, Harvard University and NBER

 

BART HOBIJN, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

 

Technology Diffusion and Postwar Growth

 

 

 

Discussants:  CHANG-TAI HSIEH, University of Chicago and NBER

 

                        JAMES ROBINSON, Harvard University and NBER

 

 

 5:30 pm

Adjourn

 

 

 6:00 pm

Reception and Group Dinner – Charles Suites

 

Dinner Speaker:  JOHN TAYLOR, Stanford University and NBER

 

 

SATURDAY APRIL 10:

 

 

 8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

 

 

 9:00 am

GITA GOPINATH, Harvard University and NBER

 

OLEG ITSKHOKI, Princeton University

 

In Search of Real Rigidities

 

 

 

Discussants: MICHAEL GOLOSOV, Yale University and NBER

 

                      VIRGILIU MIDRIGAN, New York University and NBER

 

 

10:30 am

Break

 

 

11:00 am

VALERIE RAMEY, UC, San Diego and NBER

 

DANIEL VINE, Federal Reserve Board

 

Oil, Automobiles, and the US Economy:  How Much Have Things Really Changed?

 

 

 

Discussants: JORDI GALI, CREI and NBER

 

                      ARIEL PAKES, Harvard University and NBER

 

 

12:30 pm

Adjourn