NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
June 8-9, 2001
University College Dublin
Graduate School of Business
Dublin, Ireland
PROGRAM
FRIDAY, JUNE 8:
10:45 AM Pick-up from Stillorgan Park Hotel
11:00 AM Coffee Break
11:15 AM ROMAIN WACZIARG, Stanford University
Discussants: TITO BOERI, Universita Bocconi
PETER NEARY, University College Dublin
12:30 PM Lunch
1:45 PM AART KRAAY, World Bank
JAUME VENTURA, MIT and NBER
Trade Integration and Risk Sharing
Discussants: ANTONIO FATAS, INSEAD
JAMES STOCK, Harvard University and NBER
3:00 PM Coffee Break
3:15 PM EDUARDO LOYO, Harvard University
Discussants: ZVI ECKSTEIN, Tel Aviv University
FRANK SMETS, European Central Bank
4:30 PM Return to Stillorgan Park Hotel
6:15 PM Pick-up from Stillorgan Park Hotel
7:00 PM Dinner at University Club with Mervyn King
(Jacket and Tie Required)
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SATURDAY, JUNE 9:
8:30 AM Pick-up from Stillorgan Park Hotel
8:45 AM Coffee Break
9:00 AM RAQUEL FERNANDEZ, New York University and NBER
Education, Segregation and Marital Sorting: Theory and an Application to UK Data
Discussants: ALBERTO ALESINA, Harvard University and NBER
GIANLUCA VIOLANTE, University College London
10:15 AM Coffee Break
10:30 AM ANNE SIBERT, Birkbeck College
Monetary Policy with Uncertain Central Bank Preferences
Discussants: MERVYN KING, Bank of England and NBER
LARS SVENSSON, Stockholm University and NBER
11:45 AM Coffee Break
12:00 PM RODNEY THOM and BRENDAN WALSH, University College Dublin
The Effect of a Common Currency on Trade:
Ireland Before and After the Sterling Link
Discussants: WILLIAM BRANSON, Princeton University and NBER
ANDREW ROSE, UC, Berkeley and NBER
1:15 PM Lunch
2:30 PM SUSANTO BASU, University of Michigan and NBER
JOHN FERNALD, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Aggregate Productivity and Aggregate Technology
Discussants: ROBERT GORDON, Northwestern University and NBER
JEAN IMBS, London Business School
3:45 PM Coffee Break
4:00 PM PHILIP LANE, Trinity College Dublin
GIAN MARIA MILESI-FERRETTI, International Monetary Fund
External Wealth, the Trade Balance, and the Real Exchange Rate
Discussants: BARRY EICHENGREEN, UC, Berkeley and NBER
RICHARD PORTES, London Business School and NBER
5:15 PM Return to Stillorgan Park Hotel
6:30 PM Pick-up from Stillorgan Park Hotel to Mansion House for Civic Reception
7:00 PM Civic Reception with Lord Mayor of Dublin
8:00 PM Dinner at Dobbins