Economic Fluctuations and Growth Program Meeting

Lawrence Christiano and Charles I. Jones, Organizers

July 12, 2014

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Conference Code of Conduct

Saturday, July 12
Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Ufuk Akcigit, University of Chicago and NBER
Murat Alp Celik, University of Toronto

Young, Restless and Creative: Openness Destruction and Creative Innovations
Roland Benabou, Princeton University and NBER
Davide Ticchi, Marche Polytechnic University
Andrea Vindigni, Università degli Studi di Genova

Forbidden Fruits: The Political Economy of Science, Religion and Growth
9:00 am
Gauti B. Eggertsson, Brown University and NBER
Neil Mehrotra, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

A Model of Secular Stagnation
10:30 am
Simon Gilchrist, New York University and NBER
Raphael Schoenle, Brandeis University
Jae Sim, Federal Reserve Board
Egon Zakrajsek

Inflation Dynamics During the Financial Crisis
11:30 am
Roland Benabou, Princeton University and NBER
Davide Ticchi, Marche Polytechnic University
Andrea Vindigni, Università degli Studi di Genova

Forbidden Fruits: The Political Economy of Science, Religion, and Growth
1:30 pm
Valerie Ramey, Stanford University and NBER
Sarah Zubairy, Texas A&M University and NBER

Government Spending Multipliers in Good Times and in Bad: Evidence from U.S. Historical Data
3:00 pm
Paul Beaudry, University of British Columbia and NBER
Dana S. Galizia, Carleton University
Franck Portier, University College London

Reconciling Hayek's and Keynes' Views of Recessions
4:00 pm
Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Ufuk Akcigit, University of Chicago and NBER
Murat Alp Celik, University of Toronto

Young, Restless and Creative: Openness to Disruption and Creative Innovations