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
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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
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
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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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