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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

Economic Fluctuations and Growth Research Meeting

John Haltiwanger and Sergio Rebelo, Organizers

 

October 1, 2010

 

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

230 South LaSalle Street

Chicago, Illinois

 

PROGRAM

 

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30:

 

 

6:30 pm

Reception and Dinner – Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

 

 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1:

 

 

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

 

 

9:00 am

Jonathan Parker, Northwestern University and NBER

 

Nicholas Souleles, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

 

David Johnson, U.S. Census Bureau

 

Robert McClelland, Bureau of Labor Statistics

 

Consumer Spending and the Economic Stimulus Payments of 2008

 

 

 

Critic:  Adair Morse, University of Chicago

 

 

10:00 am

Coffee Break

 

 

10:30 am

Lubos Pastor, University of Chicago and NBER

Pietro Veronesi, University of Chicago and NBER

 

Uncertainty about Government Policy and Stock Prices

 

 

 

Critic:  Allan Drazen, University of Maryland and NBER

 

 

11:30 am

Lutz Kilian, University of Michigan

Dan Murphy, University of Michigan

 

The Role of Inventories and Speculative Trading in the Global Market for Crude Oil

 

 

 

Critic:  Harald Uhlig, University of Chicago and NBER

 

 

12:30 pm

Lunch

 

 

1:30 pm

Gadi Barlevy, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

 

Jonas Fisher, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

 

Mortgage Choices and Housing Speculation

 

 

 

Critic:  Amir Sufi, University of Chicago and NBER

 

 

2:30 pm

Coffee Break

 

 

3:00 pm

Zhiguo He, University of Chicago

Arvind Krishnamurthy, Northwestern University and NBER

 

Intermediary Asset Pricing

 

 

 

Critic:  Pablo Kurlat, Stanford University

 

 

4:00 pm

Francois Gourio, Boston University and NBER

Leena Rudanko, Boston University

 

Customer Capital

 

 

 

Critic:  John Leahy, New York University and NBER

 

 

5:00 pm

Adjourn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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