*Carnegie-Rochester-NYU Conference on Public Policy*
*CALL FOR PROPOSALS*
*“Accounting for Slow Growth: Consumers, Producers, or Governments?”*
*April 21-22, 2017*
The *Carnegie-Rochester-NYU Conference on Public Policy* is now soliciting
papers for a conference on *“Accounting for Slow Growth: Consumers,
Producers, or Governments?” *The conference will be held at the *New York
University* on April 21-22, 2017. The papers and comments are slated for
publication in the January 2018 issue of the *Journal of Monetary Economics*
.
The editors invite detailed abstracts of no more than two pages describing
the proposed research paper. (If a preliminary version of the paper is
available, authors may include it with their abstract.) Proposals should be
submitted electronically to Sue North, Editorial Assistant for the *Journal
of Monetary Economics*, at north_at_simon.rochester.edu, no later than *Monday
October 31, 2016*.
*Accounting for Slow Growth: Consumers, Producers, or Governments?*
>From the depths of the Great Recession, economic growth in the US and many
other countries has been persistent but slow. Economists offer three main
explanations:
1. *Consumers*. Aggregate demand growth has been insufficient and
demand stimulus has been severely limited;
2. *Producers*. There is less dynamism (including innovation and
re-allocation of productive resources) in the US economy, leading to a
decline in total factor productivity growth; and
3. *Governments*. Uncertainty in monetary, fiscal, and regulatory
policy has been a key drag on growth.
We welcome papers exploring the merits of these three basic explanations
for the slow growth phenomenon. Papers that seek to distinguish among
these explanations would be especially desirable.
The editors, in collaboration with the Carnegie-Rochester-NYU Advisory
Board, will make the final selection of papers to be included in the
Conference. Authors will be notified by November 18, 2016 if their paper
has been selected. Authors will receive an honorarium of $2,500 and will be
expected to present their paper at the Conference. The papers should
represent original research not published elsewhere. Since the papers are
intended for publication, authors will not be able to publish or reprint
the work elsewhere without the permission of the editors and publisher.
Please note that the editors will contact authors only if their paper is
accepted.
Received on Thu Apr 28 2016 - 13:23:54 EDT
