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

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