NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
Economic Fluctuations and Growth Research Meeting
Fernando Alvarez and Robert King, Organizers
February 7, 2003
Westin St. Francis Hotel
St. Francis Suite - 12th Floor
335 Powell Street
San Francisco, California
PROGRAM
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6:
6:30 PM Reception and Dinner
Westin St. Francis Hotel
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7:
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM ANDREW ANG, Columbia University and NBER
MONIKA PIAZZESI, UC, Los Angeles and NBER
MIN WEI, Columbia University
What does the Yield Curve Tell us about GDP Growth?
Discussant: URBAN JERMANN, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
10:00 AM Coffee Break
10:30 AM SUSAN ATHEY, Stanford University and NBER
ANDREW ATKESON, UC, Los Angeles and NBER
PATRICK KEHOE, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and NBER
The Optimal Degree of Discretion in Monetary Policy
Discussant: LAWRENCE CHRISTIANO, Northwestern University and NBER
11:30 AM BOYAN JOVANOVIC, New York University and NBER
PETER ROUSSEAU, Vanderbilt University and NBER
Discussant: ANDREW ATKESON, UC, Los Angeles and NBER
12:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM MARCELO VERACIERTO, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
On the Cyclical Behavior of Employment, Unemployment and
Labor Force Participation
Discussant: ROBERT HALL, Stanford University and NBER
2:30 PM Coffee Break
3:00 PM YONGSUNG CHANG, University of Pennsylvania
SUN-BIN KIM, Concordia University
From Individual to Aggregate Labor Supply:
A Quantitative Analysis Based on a Heterogeneous Agent Macroeconomy
Discussant: THOMAS MACURDY, Stanford University and NBER
4:00 PM AUBHIK KHAN, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
JULIA THOMAS, University of Minnesota
Inventories and the Business Cycle:
An Equilibrium Analysis of (S,s) Policies
Discussant: VALERIE RAMEY, UC, San Diego and NBER
5:00 PM Adjourn
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