NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
Economic Fluctuations and Growth Research Meeting
Daron Acemoglu and Thomas Sargent, Organizers
October 18, 2002
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
230 South LaSalle Street, Illinois Conference Room
Chicago, Illinois
PROGRAM
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17:
6:30 PM Reception and Dinner, Director's Dining Room
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18:
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM STEPHEN PARENTE and RUI ZHAO, University of Illinois
From Bad Institutions to Worse: The Role of History in Development
Discussant: LUIGI ZINGALES, University of Chicago and NBER
10:00 AM Coffee Break
10:30 AM JAMES FEYRER, Dartmouth College
Discussant: PETER KLENOW, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and NBER
11:30 AM STEVEN DAVIS, University of Chicago and NBER
FELIX KUBLER, Stanford University
PAUL WILLEN, University of Chicago
Borrowing Costs and the Demand for Equity over the Life Cycle
Discussant: M. FATIH GUVENEN, University of Rochester
12:30 PM Lunch - Director's Dining Room
1:30 PM JOHN AMERIKS, TIAA-CREF Institute
ANDREW CAPLIN and JOHN LEAHY, New York University and NBER
Wealth Accumulation and the Propensity to Plan
Discussant: ROBERT HALL, Stanford University and NBER
2:30 PM Coffee Break
3:00 PM RUSSELL COOPER, Boston University and NBER
JONATHAN WILLIS, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
The Economics of Labor Adjustment: Mind the Gap
Discussant: EDUARDO ENGEL, Yale University and NBER
4:00 PM CHARLES JONES, UC, Berkeley and NBER
Why Have Health Expenditures as a Share of GDP Risen So Much?
Discussant: ROBERT TOPEL, University of Chicago and NBER
5:00 PM Adjourn
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