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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Monetary Economics Program Meeting

Gauti Eggertsson and James Stock, Organizers

November 6, 2015

NBER
2nd Floor Conference Room
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 


PROGRAM

 

Thursday, November 05:

6:30 pm

Dinner
Dante Restaurant (Royal Sonesta Hotel)
40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard
Cambridge, MA 02142

Friday, November 06:

8:00 am

Shuttle Service from the Royal Sonesta Hotel to the NBER

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

9:00 am

Marco Del Negro, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Marc Giannoni, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Christina H. Patterson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  The Forward Guidance Puzzle

Discussant: Alejandro Justiniano, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

10:00 am

Break

10:15 am

Michael Weber, University of Chicago
Francesco D’Acunto, University of Maryland
Daniel Hoang, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Inflation Expectations and Consumption Expenditure

Discussant:  Emi Nakamura, Columbia University and NBER

11:15 am

Break

11:30 am

Michael Woodford, Columbia University and NBER
Mariana Garcia-Schmidt, Columbia University
Are Low Interest Rates Deflationary? A Paradox of Perfect-Foresight Analysis

 Discussant:  Ivan Werning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

12:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm

Valerie Ramey, University of California at San Diego and NBER
Macroeconomic Shocks and Their Propagation: Monetary Policy Shocks  

Discussant:  Marc Giannoni, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

2:30 pm

Break

2:45 pm

Diego A. Comin, Dartmouth College and NBER
Mark Gertler, New York University and NBER
Diego Anzoategui
Joseba Martinez, New York University
Endogenous Technology Adoption and R&D as Sources of Business Cycle Persistence

Discussant:  Francesco Bianchi, Cornell University and NBER

3:45 pm

Break

4:00 pm

Atif R. Mian, Princeton University and NBER
Amir Sufi, University of Chicago and NBER
Emil Verner, Princeton University
Household Debt and Business Cycles Worldwide

Discussant:  Virgiliu Midrigan, New York University and NBER

5:00 pm

Adjourn

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