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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

Economic Fluctuations and Growth Research Meeting

Mark Aguiar and Jonathan Parker, Organizers

 

October 23, 2009

 

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

33 Maiden Lane

10th Floor Large Conference Room

New York, NY

 

PROGRAM

 

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22:

 

 

6:30 pm

Reception and Dinner

 

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

 

33 Liberty Street 

 

1st Floor – West Wing

 

New York, NY

 

 

 

 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23:

 

 

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

 

 

9:00 am

Charles I. Jones, Stanford University and NBER

 

The Costs of Economic Growth

 

 

 

Critic:  Peter Howitt, Brown University and NBER

 

 

10:00 am

Coffee Break

 

 

10:30 am

John Cochrane, University of Chicago and NBER

 

Understanding Fiscal and Monetary Policy in 2008-2009

 

 

 

Critic:  Michael Woodford, Columbia University and NBER

 

 

11:30 am

Lawrence Christiano, Northwestern University and NBER

 

Martin Eichenbaum, Northwestern University and NBER

 

Sergio Rebelo, Northwestern University and NBER

 

When is the Government Spending Multiplier Large?

 

 

 

Critic:  Robert Hall, Stanford University and NBER

 

 

12:30 pm

Lunch

 

 

1:30 pm

Craig Burnside, Duke University and NBER

 

Alexandra Tabova, Duke University

 

Risk, Volatility, and the Global Cross-Section of Growth Rates

 

 

 

Critic:  David Backus, New York University and NBER

 

 

2:30 pm

Coffee Break

 

 

3:00 pm

Marcus Hagedorn, University of Zurich

 

Iourii Manovskii, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

 

Spot Wages over the Business Cycle?

 

 

 

Critic:  Steven Davis, University of Chicago and NBER

 

 

4:00 pm

Mark Bils, University of Rochester and NBER

 

Peter Klenow, Stanford University and NBER

 

Benjamin Malin, Federal Reserve Board

 

Reset Price Inflation and the Impact of Monetary Policy Shocks

 

 

 

Critic:  Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

 

 

5:00 pm

Adjourn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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