NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
Economic Fluctuations and Growth Research Meeting
John Cochrane and Janice Eberly, Organizers
October 22, 2004
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
230 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois
PROGRAM
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21:
6:30 PMReception and Dinner
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22:
8:30 AMContinental Breakfast
9:00 AMROBERT HALL, Stanford University and NBER
CHARLES JONES, UC, Berkeley and NBER
The Value of Life and the Rise in Health Spending
Discussant: TOMAS PHILIPSON, University of Chicago and NBER
10:00 AMCoffee Break
10:30 AMDAVID ALTIG, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
LAWRENCE CHRISTIANO, Northwestern University and NBER
MARTIN EICHENBAUM, Northwestern University and NBER
JESPER LINDE, Sveriges Riksbank
Firm-Specific Capital, Nominal Rigidities and the Business Cycle
Discussant: MICHAEL WOODFORD, Princeton University and NBER
11:30 AMDIEGO COMIN, New York University and NBER
BART HOBIJN, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Neoclassical Growth and the Adoption of Technologies
Discussant: SAMUEL KORTUM, University of Minnesota and NBER
12:30 PMLunch
1:30 PMMARCO CAGETTI, University of Virginia
MARIACRISTINA DE NARDI, University of Minnesota
Taxation, Entrepreneurship, and Wealth
Discussant: ERIK HURST, University of Chicago and NBER
2:30 PMCoffee Break
3:00 PMMARK AGUIAR, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
GITA GOPINATH, University of Chicago and NBER
Emerging Market Business Cycles: The Cycle is the Trend
Discussant: FABRIZIO PERRI, New York University and NBER
4:00 PMMARCO BASSETTO, University of Minnesota
THOMAS SARGENT, New York University and NBER
Politics and Efficiency of Separating Capital and Ordinary Government Budgets
Discussant: MANUEL AMADOR, Stanford University
5:00 PMAdjourn
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