NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Economic Fluctuations and Growth Research Meeting

Peter Klenow and Valerie Ramey, Organizers

February 13, 2009

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

1^st Floor Conference Room

101 Market Street

San Francisco, California

PROGRAM

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13:
8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	FRANCISCO BUERA, UC, Los Angeles and NBER JOSEPH KABOSKI, Ohio State University YONGSEOK SHIN, Washington University in St. Louis
	Finance and Development: A Tale of Two Sectors
	Critic: RICHARD ROGERSON, Arizona State University and NBER
10:00 am	Coffee Break
10:30 am	DIEGO COMIN, Harvard University and NBER MARK GERTLER, New York University and NBER ANA MARIA SANTACREU, New York University
	Technology Innovation and Diffusion as Sources of Output and Asset Price Fluctuations
	Critic: PAUL BEAUDRY, University of British Columbia and NBER
11:30 am	GLENN RUDEBUSCH, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco ERIC SWANSON, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco The Bond Premium in a DSGE Model with Long-Run Real and Nominal Risks
	Critic: MONIKA PIAZZESI, Stanford University and NBER
12:30 pm	Lunch - 4^th Floor Market Street Dining Room
1:30 pm	ERIC LEEPER, Indiana University and NBER TODD WALKER, Indiana University SHU-CHUN SUSAN YANG, Congressional Budget Office
	Fiscal Foresight and Information Flows
	Critic: HARALD UHLIG, University of Chicago and NBER
2:30 pm	Coffee Break
3:00 pm	ALESSANDRA FOGLI, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis LAURA VELDKAMP, New York University and NBER Nature or Nurture? Learning and the Geography of Female Labor Force Participation
	Critic: MICHELE TERTILT, Stanford University and NBER
4:00 pm	JAMES FEYRER, Dartmouth College
	Trade and Income – Exploiting Time Series in Geography
	Critic: SIMON JOHNSON, MIT and NBER
5:00 pm	Adjourn
5:15 pm	Reception and Dinner - 4^th Floor Market Street Dining Room
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