Economic Fluctuations and Growth Program Meeting

Amir Sufi and Silvana Tenreyro, Organizers

July 13, 2019

Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, July 12
6:30 pm
Reception and Dinner - Ballroom B
Saturday, July 13
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Ballroom A
 Pablo Fajgelbaum, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Pinelopi K. Goldberg, Yale University and NBER
Amit Khandelwal, Yale University and NBER
Patrick Kennedy, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

The Return to Protectionism
Discussant: Linda Tesar, University of Michigan and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am
Ballroom A
 Andreas Fagereng, BI Norwegian Business School
Martin Blomhoff Holm, University of Oslo
Benjamin Moll, London School of Economics
Gisle Natvik, BI Norwegian Business School

Saving Behavior Across the Wealth Distribution: The Importance of Capital Gains (slides)
Discussant: Antoinette Schoar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am
Ballroom A
 Francesco Lippi, LUISS Guido Carli University
Fabrizio Perri, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Unequal Growth (slides)
Discussant: Ludwig Straub, Harvard University and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch - Ballroom B
1:30 pm
Ballroom A
 Julian Kozlowski, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Laura Veldkamp, Columbia University and NBER
Venky Venkateswaran, New York University and NBER

The Tail that Wags the Economy: Beliefs and Persistent Stagnation
Discussant: Paul Beaudry, University of British Columbia and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm
Ballroom A
 Pascal Michaillat, University of California, Santa Cruz and NBER
Emmanuel Saez, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Resolving New Keynesian Anomalies with Wealth in the Utility Function
Discussant: Iván Werning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm
Ballroom A
 Masao Fukui, Boston University
Emi Nakamura, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Jón Steinsson, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Women, Wealth Effects, and Slow Recoveries
Discussant: Raquel Fernández, New York University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Monday, July 22
10:20 am
Masao Fukui, Boston University
Emi Nakamura, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Jón Steinsson, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Women, Wealth Effects, and Slow Recoveries