Economic Fluctuations and Growth Program Meeting
Organized by Andrew Atkeson and Monika Piazzesi
February 23, 2018
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
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, University of Western Ontario
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, CEMFI

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