Friday, February 23
The meeting format for each paper will be a 15-minute presentation by the author, followed by one 20-minute discussion, and then another 25 minutes of general audience discussion.
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Use It Or Lose It: Efficiency Gains from Wealth Taxation

Fatih Guvenen, University of Minnesota and NBER
Gueorgui Kambourov, University of Toronto
Burhanettin Kuruscu, University of Toronto
Sergio Ocampo-Diaz, Western University, Canada
Daphne Chen, Florida State University

Discussant:
Roger H. Gordon, University of California, San Diego and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

International Currencies and Capital Allocation

Matteo Maggiori, Stanford University and NBER
Brent Neiman, University of Chicago and NBER
Jesse Schreger, Columbia University and NBER

Discussant:
Harald Uhlig, University of Chicago and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

High Wage Workers Work for High Wage Firms

Katarína Borovičková, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Robert Shimer, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
Isaac Sorkin, Stanford University and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

The Fiscal Multiplier

Marcus Hagedorn, University of Oslo
Iourii Manovskii, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Kurt Mitman, Institute for International Economic Studies

Discussant:
Adrien Auclert, Stanford University and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Housing Finance, Boom-Bust Episodes, and Macroeconomic Fragility

Carlos Garriga, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Aaron Hedlund, Purdue University

Discussant:
Veronica Guerrieri, University of Chicago and NBER
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Spatial Variation in Higher Education Financing and the Supply of College Graduates

John Kennan, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER

Discussant:
Danny Yagan, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn
5:15 pm
Reception & Dinner