NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.



SUMMER INSTITUTE 2000



Monetary Economics

N. Gregory Mankiw, Organizer



Royal Sonesta Hotel

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, Massachusetts



July 17-21, 2000



PRELIMINARY PROGRAM





MONDAY, JULY 17:



12:00 N Lunch



1:00 PM FREDERIC MISHKIN, Columbia University and NBER

MIGUEL SAVASTANO, International Monetary Fund

Monetary Policy Strategies for Latin America



2:00 PM Break



2:15 PM WILLIAM DUPOR, University of Pennsylvania

Investment and Interest Rate Policy



3:15 PM Adjourn



TUESDAY, JULY 18:



12:00 N Lunch



1:00 PM ANNAMARIA LUSARDI, Dartmouth College

Explaining Why So Many Households Do Not Save



2:00 PM Break



2:15 PM JAGADEESH GOKHALE, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

LAURENCE KOTLIKOFF, Boston University and NBER

JAMES SEFTON and MARTIN WEALE,

National Institute of Social and Economic Research

Simulating the Transmission of Wealth Inequality Via Bequests



3:15 PM Adjourn





SI00 ME program

page two



WEDNESDAY, JULY 19:



12:00 N Lunch



1:00 PM GLENN RUDEBUSCH, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Assessing Nominal Income Rules for Monetary Policy

with Model and Data Uncertainty



2:00 PM Break



2:15 PM KEVIN LANSING, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Learning about a Shift in Trend Output:

Implications for Monetary Policy and Inflation

3:15 PM Adjourn



THURSDAY, JULY 20:



12:00 N Lunch



1:00 PM LARS SVENSSON, Stockholm University and NBER

Eurosystem Monetary Targeting: Lessons from U.S. Data

(Joint with GLENN RUDEBUSCH, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)



2:00 PM Break



2:15 PM JESS BENHABIB, New York University and NBER

STEPHANIE SCHMITT-GROHE, Rutgers University add NBER

MARTIN URIBE, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

Avoiding Liquidity Traps



3:15 PM Adjourn



FRIDAY, JULY 21:



12:00 N Lunch



1:00 PM PETER HOWITT, Ohio State University

Beyond Search: Fiat Money in Organized Exchange



2:00 PM Break









SI00 ME program

page three



2:15 PM JUDY CHEVALIER, and ANIL KASHYAP,

University of Chicago and NBER

PETER ROSSI, University of Chicago

Why Don't Prices Rise During Peak Demand Periods?

Evidence from Scanner Data



3:15 PM Adjourn



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