NBER Corporate Associates Research Symposium

Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Sofitel Hotel
45 West 44th Street, New York NY 10036
(212) 354-8844

11.00am	Arrive
11.15am	Mark Gertler, New York University & NBER “The Channels of Financial Distress During the Great Recession”
12.00N	Working Lunch and Keynote Address Maurice Obstfeld, University of California, Berkeley & NBER “Challenges to Global Growth”
1.15pm	Break
1.30pm	Kelly Shue, Yale University & NBER “Behavioral Economics and Asset Market Puzzles”
2.15pm	Stephen Redding, Princeton University & NBER “Global Firms and the Changing Trade Landscape”
3.00pm	Concluding Remarks: James Poterba, MIT & NBER and Jack Kleinhenz, National Retail Federation & NABE
3.15pm	Adjourn

Mark Gertler is the Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Economics at New York University and the co-director (with Pete Klenow) of the NBER's program on Economic Fluctuations and Growth. He has published widely in macroeconomics, including nearly a dozen articles with former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Gertler also serves as an academic advisor for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University.

Maurice Obstfeld is the Class of 1958 Professor of Economics at University of California, Berkeley and an NBER Research Associate. He has served as a member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers and most recently as Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund. Obstfeld's research focuses on international macroeconomics. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received his Ph.D. from MIT.

Kelly Shue is a Professor of Finance at Yale School of Management and a Research Associate of the NBER. Her academic interests lie at the intersection of behavioral economics and empirical corporate finance. Her research has explored executive social networks, compensation and promotions and corporate social responsibility. She received her Ph.D. from Harvard University.

Stephen Redding is the Harold T. Shapiro ‘64 Professor in Economics at Princeton University's Department of Economics and Woodrow Wilson School, and the director of the NBER's International Trade and Investment program. Redding's research interests are in the areas of international trade and economic geography, and productivity and economic development. He received his Ph.D. from Oxford University.