30th Annual Conference on Macroeconomics
Jonathan A. Parker and Martin S. Eichenbaum, Organizers
April 17-18, 2015
The Royal Sonesta Hotel
| Friday, April 17 | ||
| 9:00 am |
Nicola Gennaioli, Bocconi University Yueran Ma, University of Chicago and NBER Andrei Shleifer, Harvard University and NBER Expectations and Investment |
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| 10:30 am | Break | |
| 11:00 am |
Tao Zha, Emory University and NBER Chun Chang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Kaiji Chen, Emory University Daniel F. Waggoner, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Trends and Cycles in China's macroeconomy |
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| 12:30 am | Break | |
| 2:00 pm |
Hanming Fang, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Quanlin Gu, Peking University Wei Xiong, Princeton University and NBER Li-An Zhou, Peking University Demystifying the Chinese Housing Boom |
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| 3:30 pm | Break | |
| 4:00 pm |
Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Ufuk Akcigit, University of Chicago and NBER William R. Kerr, Harvard University and NBER Networks and the Macroeconomy: An Empirical Exploration |
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| 5:30 pm |
Adjourn Dinner speaker: Ben Bernanke, Brookings Institution |
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| Saturday, April 18 | ||
| 9:00 am |
Regis Barnichon, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Andrew Figura, Federal Reserve Board Declining Desire to Work and Downward Trends in Unemployment and Participation |
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| 10:30 am | Break | |
| 11:00 am |
Cristina Arellano, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Andrew Atkeson, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER Mark L. J. Wright, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis External and Public Debt Crises |
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| 5:30 pm | Adjourn | |