Friday, July 13

6:30 pm

Reception and Dinner - Ballroom B

Saturday, July 14

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

9:00 am

The End of the American Dream? Inequality and Segregation in US Cities

Alessandra Fogli, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Veronica Guerrieri, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
Richard Rogerson, Princeton University and NBER

10:00 am

Break

10:15 am

Banking, Trade, and the Making of a Dominant Currency

Gita Gopinath, International Monetary Fund
Jeremy C. Stein, Harvard University and NBER

Discussant:
Fabrizio Perri, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

11:15 am

Break

11:30 am

Monetary Policy with Heterogeneous Agents: Insights from TANK Models

Davide Debortoli, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Jordi Galí, Center for Research in International Economics and NBER

Discussant:
Giovanni L. Violante, Princeton University and NBER

12:30 pm

Lunch - Ballroom B

1:30 pm

Sweat Equity in U.S. Private Business

Anmol P. Bhandari, University of Minnesota and NBER
Ellen McGrattan, University of Minnesota and NBER

Discussant:
Robert E. Hall, Stanford University and NBER

2:30 pm

Break

2:45 pm

Demographic Origins of the Startup Deficit

Fatih Karahan, Amazon
Benjamin Pugsley, University of Notre Dame
Ayşegül Şahin, Princeton University and NBER

Discussant:
John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER

3:45 pm

Break

4:00 pm

Kaldor and Piketty's Facts: The Rise of Monopoly Power in the United States

Gauti B. Eggertsson, Brown University and NBER
Jacob Robbins, University of Illinois at Chicago
Ella Wold, BI Norwegian Business School

Discussant:
Loukas Karabarbounis, University of Minnesota and NBER

5:00 pm

Adjourn