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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
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Twentieth Annual Conference on
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Mark Gertler and Kenneth Rogoff,
Organizers |
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April 8 and 9, 2005 |
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The Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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Grand Ballroom A |
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5 Cambridge Parkway |
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Cambridge, MA |
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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM |
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FRIDAY
APRIL 8: |
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8:30 am |
Continental
Breakfast |
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9:00 am |
ANDREW
LEVIN, Federal Reserve Board |
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ALEXAI
ONATSKI, Columbia University |
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JOHN
WILLIAMS, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
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NOAH
WILLIAMS, Princeton University and NBER |
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Monetary Policy
Under Uncertainty in Micro-Founded Macroeconomic Models |
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Discussants:
GIORGIO PRIMACERI, Northwestern University and NBER |
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CARL WALSH, UC, Santa Cruz |
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10:30
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Break |
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11:00
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THOMAS
LUBIK, Johns Hopkins University |
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FRANK
SCHORFEIDE, University of Pennsylvania |
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Discussants:
PAOLO PESENTI, Federal Reserve Bank of New York and NBER |
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CHRIS SIMS, Princeton University
and NBER |
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12:30
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Lunch |
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2:00 pm |
DIEGO
COMIN, New York University and NBER |
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THOMAS
PHILIPPON, New York University and NBER |
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Discussants:
DARON ACEMOGLU, MIT and NBER |
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JAN EBERLY, Northwestern University
and NBER |
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3:30 pm |
Break |
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4:00 pm |
ALBERTO
ALESINA and EDWARD GLAESER, Harvard University and NBER |
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BRUCE
SACERDOTE, Dartmouth College and NBER |
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Discussants:
LARS LJUNGQVIST, Stockholm School of Economics |
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RICHARD ROGERSON, Arizona State
University and NBER |
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5:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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6:00 pm |
Group
Dinner |
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SATURDAY,
APRIL 9: |
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8:30 am |
Continental
Breakfast |
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9:00 am |
STEPHANIE
SCHMITT-GROHE and MARTIN URIBE, Duke University and NBER |
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Optimal
Fiscal and Monetary Policy in a Medium Scale Macroeconomic Models |
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Discussants:
JESUS FERNANDEZ-VILLAVERDE, University of Pennsylvania |
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MICHAEL WOODFORD, Columbia
University and NBER |
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10:30
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Break |
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11:00
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ROBERT
HALL, Stanford University and NBER |
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Job Loss, Job
Finding and Unemployment in the U.S. Economy over the Past 50 Years |
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Discussants:
STEVEN DAVIS, University of Chicago and NBER |
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JOHN KENNAN, University of
Wisconsin and NBER |
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12:30
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Adjourn |
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3/31/05 |
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