NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2006

NBER Economic Fluctuations and Growth

Macro Perspectives Workshop

July 17 – 20, 2006

Richard Rogerson, Robert Shimer and Randall Wright, Organizers

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Parkview Room

40 Edwin H. Land Blvd

Cambridge, Massachusetts

PROGRAM

MONDAY, JULY 17:
12:00 n	Lunch
12:40 pm	MICHAEL PRIES, University of Maryland
	Heterogeneity and the Amplification of Shocks in Matching Models
1:30 pm	CHRISTIAN HAEFKE and MICHAEL REITER, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
	Endogenous Labor Market Participation and the Business Cycle
2:20 pm	Break
2:40 pm	GADI BARLEVY, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
	H. NAGARAJA, Ohio State University
	Identification of Search Models with Initial Condition Problems
3:30 pm	EVA NAGYPAL, Northwestern University
	On the Extent of Job-to-Job Transitions
4:20 pm	Break
4:40 pm	RASMUS LENTZ, University of Wisconsin-Madison
	DALE MORTENSEN, Northwestern University
	Optimal Growth Through Product Innovation
5:30 pm	Adjourn
TUESDAY, JULY 18:
12:00 n	Lunch
12:40 pm	ROBERT HALL, Stanford University and NBER
	Work-Consumption Preferences and Employment Volatility
1:30 pm	ROBERT SHIMER, University of Chicago and NBER
	Mismatch and Mobility
2:20 pm	Break
2:40 pm	PHILLIP KIRCHER, University of Bonn
	Efficiency of Simultaneous Directed Search with Recall
3:30 pm	BOYAN JOVANOVIC, New York University and NBER
	BALAZS SZENTES, University of Chicago
	On the Return to Venture Capital
4:20 pm	Break
4:40 pm	ALEKSANDER BERENTSEN, Universität Basel
	GUIDO MENZIO, Northwestern University
	RANDALL WRIGHT, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
	Inflation and Unemployment: Lagos-Wright meets Mortensen-Pissarides
5:30 pm	Adjourn
WEDNESDAY, JULY 19:
12:00 n	Lunch
1:30 pm	STEVE DAVIS, University of Chicago and NBER
	JOHN HALTIWANGER, University of Maryland and NBER
	RON JARMIN, and JAVIER MIRANDA, Bureau of the Census
	Volatility and Dispersion in Business Growth Rates: Publicly Traded vs Privately Held Firms
2:20 pm	Break
2:40 pm	CHRISTOPHER HOUSE, University of Michigan and NBER
	JOHN LAITNER and DMITRIY STOLYAROV, University of Michigan
	Valuing Lost Home Production of Dual Career Couples
3:30 pm	KELLY RAGAN, University of Chicago
	Taxes, Transfers and Time Use in a Model with Household Production
4:40 pm	RICHARD ROGERSON, Arizona State University
	Understanding Labor Supply and Taxes Over Time and Across Countries: Evidence from OECD Countries, 1956-2004
5:30 pm	Adjourn
THURSDAY, JULY 20:
12:00 n	Lunch
12:40 pm	GUIDO MENZIO, Northwestern University
	ESPEN MOEN, Norwegian School of Management
	Incomplete Self-Enforcing Labor Contracts
1:30 pm	ROBERT SHIMER, University of Chicago and NBER
	IVAN WERNING, MIT and NBER
	On the Optimal Timing of Benefits with Heterogeneous Workers and Human Capital Depreciation
2:20 pm	Break
2:40 pm	KEN BURDETT and MELVYN COLES, University of Essex
	Wage/Tenure Profiles with Heterogenous Firms
3:30 pm	MIEN-YUN KUO and ERIC SMITH, University of Essex
	Marketplace Matching in Britain: Evidence from Individual Unemployment Spells
4:40 pm	Adjourn
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