SI 2018 Monetary Economics

Anil K Kashyap and Joseph S. Vavra, Organizers

July 9-13, 2018


Parkview Room

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

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 9
12:00 n
Lunch
1:00 pm

Aggregate Nominal Wage Adjustments: New Evidence from Administrative Payroll Data (slides)
1:50 pm

Posted Wage Rigidity
2:40 pm
Break
3:00 pm

Price Selection
3:50 pm

Can Sticky Quantities Explain Export Insensitivity to Exchange Rates?
4:40 pm
Celebration of Christina and David Romer's Leadership of the NBER Monetary Economics Program
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 10
12:00 n
Lunch
1:00 pm

Central Bank Swap Lines
1:55 pm
Break
2:05 pm

Deconstructing Monetary Policy Surprises - The Role of Information Shocks
3:00 pm
Break
3:15 pm

Monetary Policy and Asset Valuation
4:10 pm
Adjourn
Wednesday, July 11
Financial Crisis@10, West Tower Ballroom
6:00 pm
Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
Thursday, July 12
12:00 n
Lunch
1:00 pm

Monetary Transmission through Shadow Banks
1:50 pm

A Theoretical Model of Leaning Against the Wind
2:40 pm
Break
3:00 pm

A Model of Cryptocurrencies
3:50 pm

The Economic Limits of Bitcoin and the Blockchain
4:40 pm
Adjourn
Friday, July 13
12:00 n
Lunch
1:00 pm

Banks as Patient Lenders: Evidence from a Tax Reform
1:55 pm
Break
2:05 pm

Income Inequality, Financial Crises and Monetary Policy
3:00 pm
Break
3:15 pm

Housing Wealth Effects: The Long View
4:10 pm
Adjourn