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NATIONAL
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
EF&G Research Meeting
Varadarajan Chari and Xavier Gabaix,
Organizers
July 14, 2012
Royal Sonesta Hotel
Ballroom A
40 Edwin Land Boulevard
Cambridge, MA
PROGRAM
Friday, July 13:
6:30 pm Reception and Dinner Ballroom B
Saturday, July 14:
8:30 am
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Continental Breakfast
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9:00 am
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Alessandra Fogli, University of Minnesota
Laura Veldkamp, New York University and NBER
Germs,
Social Networks and Growth
Discussant: Charles Jones, Stanford
University and NBER
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10:00 am
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Break
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10:30 am
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Ali Shourideh, University of Pennsylvania
Optimal Taxation of Capital Income: A Mirrleesian Approach to Capital Accumulation
Discussant: Florian
Scheuer, Stanford University and NBER
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11:30 am
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Atif Mian, University of
California at Berkeley and NBER
Amir Sufi, University of Chicago and NBER
What Explains High Unemployment? The Aggregate Demand
Channel
Discussant: Robert Hall,
Stanford University and NBER
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12:30 pm
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Lunch - Ballroom B
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1:30 pm
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Zhiguo He, University of Chicago and NBER
Arvind Krishnamurthy, Northwestern University and
NBER
A
Macroeconomic Framework for Quantifying Systemic Risk
Discussant: Mark Gertler,
New York University and NBER
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2:30 pm
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Break
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3:00 pm
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Mikhail Golosov, Princeton University and NBER
Pricila Maziero,
University of Pennsylvania
Guido Menzio, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Taxation and Redistribution of
Residual Income Inequality
Discussant: Ivan Werning,
MIT and NBER
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4:00 pm
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Chang-Tai Hsieh, University of Chicago and NBER
Peter Klenow, Stanford University and NBER
The Life
Cycle of Plants in India and Mexico
Discussant: James Tybout,
Pennsylvania State University and NBER
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5:00 pm
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Adjourn
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