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NATIONAL
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC. |
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Economic
Fluctuations and Growth Research Meeting |
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Andrew
Abel and Valerie Ramey, Organizers |
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July
19, 2003 |
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Royal
Sonesta Hotel |
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5
Cambridge Parkway |
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Cambridge,
Massachusetts |
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PROGRAM |
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FRIDAY, JULY 18: |
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6:30 PM |
Reception and Dinner |
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Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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SATURDAY, JULY 19: |
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8:30
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Continental Breakfast |
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9:00
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LAURA VELDKAMP, INSEAD |
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Media Frenzies in Markets for Financial
Information |
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Discussant:
JOHN LEAHY, New York University and NBER |
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10:00 AM |
Coffee Break |
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10:30 AM |
MARKUS BRUNNERMEIER, Princeton University |
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JONATHAN PARKER, Princeton University and
NBER |
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Optimal Expectations |
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Discussant:
DAVID LAIBSON, Harvard University and NBER |
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11:30 AM |
FATIH GUVENEN, University of Rochester |
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A Parsimonious Macroeconomic Model for Asset
Pricing: |
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Habit Formation or Cross-Sectional
Heterogeneity? |
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Discussant:
JOHN CAMPBELL, Harvard University and NBER |
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12:30 PM |
Lunch |
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1:30
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CHANG-TAI HSIEH, Princeton University and
NBER |
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PETER KLENOW, Federal Reserve Bank of
Minneapolis and NBER |
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Relative Prices and Relative Prosperity |
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Discussant:
SAMUEL KORTUM, University of Minnesota and NBER |
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2:30
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Coffee Break |
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3:00
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ROBERT HALL, Stanford University and NBER |
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Wage Determination and Employment
Fluctuations |
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Discussant:
GAREY RAMEY, UC, San Diego |
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4:00
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OLIVIER BLANCHARD, MIT and NBER |
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THOMAS PHILIPPON, MIT |
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The Decline of Rents, and the Rise and Fall
of European Unemployment |
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Discussant:
JORDI GALI, CREI and NBER |
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5:00
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Adjourn |
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5/16/03 |
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