NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
Economic Fluctuations and Growth Research Meeting
Mark Gertler and Patrick Kehoe, Organizers
October 17, 2003
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
230 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois
PROGRAM
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16:
6:30 PM Reception and Dinner
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17:
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM MIKHAIL GOLOSOV, University of Minnesota
ROBERT LUCAS, University of Chicago and NBER
Menu Costs and Phillips Curves
Discussant: RICARDO CABALLERO, MIT and NBER
10:00 AM Coffee Break
10:30 AM HAROLD COLE, UC, Los Angeles
RON LEUNG, University of Minnesota
LEE OHANIAN, UC, Los Angeles and NBER
Deflation, Real Wages, and the International Great Depression:
A Productivity Puzzle
Discussant: LAWRENCE CHRISTIANO, Northwestern University and NBER
11:30 AM MARC GIANNONI, Columbia University
MICHAEL WOODFORD, Princeton University and NBER
Optimal Inflation Targeting Rules
Discussant: VARADARAJAN CHARI, University of Minnesota and NBER
12:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM RAPHAEL BERGOEING, Universidad de Chile
TIMOTHY KEHOE, University of Minnesota
Discussant: DONALD DAVIS, Columbia University and NBER
2:30 PM Coffee Break
3:00 PM MARTIN LETTAU, SYDNEY LUDVIGSON and
JESSICA WACHTER, New York University and NBER
What Role Does Macroeconomic Risk Play?
Discussant: JOHN COCHRANE, University of Chicago and NBER
4:00 PM RICHARD ROGERSON, Arizona State University and NBER
Structural Transformation and the Deterioration of European Labor Market Outcomes
Discussant: DARON ACEMOGLU, MIT and NBER
5:00 PM Adjourn
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