NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Economic Fluctuations and Growth Research Meeting

Susanto Basu and Miles Kimball, Organizers

October 21, 2005

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

230 South LaSalle Street

Chicago, Illinois

PROGRAM

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20:

6:30 PM Reception and Dinner

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21:

8:30 AM Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM MICHAEL KREMER, Harvard University and NBER

STANLEY WATT, Harvard University

The Globalization of Household Production

Discussant: VALERIE RAMEY, UC, San Diego and NBER

10:00 AM Coffee Break

10:30 AM DAVID WEIL, Brown University and NBER

Accounting for the Effect of Health on Economic Growth

Discussant: HOYT BLEAKLEY, University of Chicago

11:30 AM RAQUEL FERNANDEZ, New York University and NBER

ALESSANDRA FOGLI, New York University

Culture: An Empirical Investigation of Beliefs, Work, and Fertility

Discussant: CASEY MULLIGAN, University of Chicago and NBER

12:30 PM Lunch

1:30 PM MARK BILS, University of Rochester and NBER

Deducing Markup Cyclicality from Stockout Behavior

Discussant: ROBERT HALL, Stanford University and NBER

2:30 PM Coffee Break

3:00 PM ROBERT BARRO, Harvard University and NBER

Rare Events and the Equity Premium

Discussant: LARS HANSEN, University of Chicago and NBER

4:00 PM DARON ACEMOGLU, MIT and NBER

Politics and Economics in Weak and Strong States

Discussant: SCOTT PAGE, University of Michigan

5:00 PM Adjourn

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