NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
SUMMER INSTITUTE 2001
Impulses and Propagation Mechanisms
Lawrence Christiano and Martin Eichenbaum, Organizers
Royal Sonesta Hotel
5 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge, Massachusetts
July 23 - 27, 2001
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
MONDAY, JULY 23:
8:30 AM Coffee and Doughnuts
9:00 AM BENJAMIN EDEN, University of Haifa
Money, Credit and Inventories in a Sequential Trading Model
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM BOYAN JOVANOVIC , New York University and NBER
PETER L. ROUSSEAU, Vanderbilt University and NBER
Liquidity Effects in the Bond Markets
11:15 AM Break
11:30 AM GADI BARLEVY, Northwestern University
On the Timing of Reallocation in Schumpeterian Models of Growth
12:30 PM Lunch and Adjourn
TUESDAY, JULY 24:
8:00 AM Coffee and Doughnuts
8:30 AM AUBHIK KHAN, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
ROBERT KING, Boston University and NBER
ALEXANDER WOLMAN, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Research on Discretionary Monetary Policy
9:30 AM MARCO BASSETTO, University of Minnesota
Equilibrium and Government Commitment
10:30 AM Break
10:45 AM PER KRUSELL, University of Rochester
PAUL KLEIN, Institute for International Economic Studies
JOSE VICTOR RIOS-RULL, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Time-Consistent Policy
SI01 EFCE program
page two
11:45 AM Break
12:00 AM JESS BENHABIB, New York University
STEFANIE SCHMITT-GROHE, Rutgers University
MARTIN URIBE, University of Pennsylvania
1:00 PM Lunch and Adjourn
WEDNESDAY, JULY 25:
8:30 AM Coffee and Doughnuts
9:00 AM WILLIAM DUPOR, University of Pennsylvania
ANDREAS LEHNERT, Federal Reserve System
Increasing Returns, and Optimal Oscillating Labor Supply
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM WOUTER DEN HAAN, UC, San Diego and NBER
GAREY RAMEY, UC, San Diego
CHRISTIAN HAEFKE, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Shocks and Institutions in a Job Matching Model
11:15 AM Break
11:30 AM JORDI GALI, CREI- Universitat Pompeu Fabra and NBER
MARK GERTLER, New York University
J. DAVID LOPEZ-SALIDO, Bank of Spain
Markups, Gaps and Economic Fluctuations
12:30 PM Lunch and Adjourn
6:00 PM Clambake
Harvard Faculty Club
20 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA
THURSDAY, JULY 26:
8:30 AM Coffee and Doughnuts
9:00 AM CHRISTOPHER SLEET, University of Iowa
SEVIN YELTEKIN, Northwestern University
Monetary Policy with Private Government Preferences:
U Turn if you Want to
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM CHARLES CARLSTROM, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
TIM FUERST, Bowling Green State University
SI01 EFCE program
page three
11:15 AM Break
11:30 AM CHRIS ERCEG, and ANDY LEVIN, Federal Reserve System
Which Inflation Measure Should the Authorities Target in an Open Economy?
12:30 PM Lunch and NBER
FRIDAY, JULY 27:
8:30 AM Coffee and Doughnuts
9:00 AM ALEX MONGE, Northwestern University
Human Capital and the Volume and Composition of Foreign Direct Investment
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM JEFFREY CAMPBELL, University of Chicago
11:15 AM RAVI BANSAL, Duke University
AMIR YARON, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Growth Rate Dynamics and the Costs of Economic Fluctuations and
Risks for the Long Run: A Potential Resolution of Asset Pricing Puzzles
12:15 PM Lunch and Adjourn
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