NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2004

 

Capital Markets and the Economy Workshop

 

Janice Eberly and Deborah Lucas, Organizers

 

Royal Sonesta Hotel

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

July 19 - 21, 2004

 

PROGRAM

 

MONDAY, JULY 19:

 

 

 8:15 a.m.

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 

Asset Pricing, Participation and Risk Sharing

 

 

 8:45 a.m.

ROBERT DAMMON and CHESTER SPATT, Carnegie Mellon University

 

HAROLD ZHANG, University of North Carolina

 

Diversification and Capital Gains Taxes with Multiple Risky Assets

 

 

 

Discussant: ROBERT MCDONALD, Northwestern University

 

 

 9:35 a.m.

YANNIS BILIAS and MICHAEL HALIASSOS, University of Cyprus  

 

The Distribution of Gains from Access to Stocks

 

 

 

Discussant: STEVEN ZELDES, Columbia University and NBER

 

 

10:25 a.m.

Break

 

 

10:40 a.m.

JOHN HEATON, University of Chicago and NBER

 

DEBORAH LUCAS, Northwestern University and NBER

 

Investing Public Pensions in the Stock Market:

 

Implications for Risk Sharing and Asset Prices

 

 

 

Discussant: PETER DIAMOND, MIT and NBER

 

 

11:30 a.m. 

FRANCISCO GOMES, London Business School

 

ALEXANDER MICHAELIDES, London School of Economics

 

Asset Pricing with Limited Risk Sharing and Heterogeneous Agents

 

 

 

Discussant: JOHN HEATON, University of Chicago and NBER

 

 

12:20 p.m.

Lunch and Adjourn

 

 

6:30 p.m.

Group Dinner at Davio's Restaurant, Royal Sonesta Hotel

 

 

TUESDAY, JULY 20:

 

 

 8:15 a.m.

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 

Financing Constraints

 

 

 8:45 a.m.

RICARDO CABALLERO, MIT and NBER

 

ARVIND KRISHNAMURTHY, Northwestern University

 

Fiscal Policy and Financial Depth

 

 

 

Discussant: GITA GOPINATH, University of Chicago

 

 

 9:45 a.m.

Break

 

 

10:00 a.m.

GARY GORTON, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

 

PING HE, University of Pennsylvania

 

Bank Credit Cycles

 

 

 

Discussant: CHARLIE KAHN, University of Illinois

 

 

11:00 a.m.

Break

 

 

11:15 a.m.

MICHAEL HANSON, Wesleyan University

 

ERIK HURST, University of Chicago and NBER

 

KI-YOUNG PARK,

 

Does Monetary Policy Help Least Those Who Need It the Most?

 

 

 

Discussant: ERIC ROSENGREN, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

 

 

12:15 p.m.

Lunch and Adjourn

 

 

WEDNESDAY, JULY 21:

 

 

 8:15 a.m.

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 

Factors and Frictions

 

 

 8:45 a.m.

JOHN LAITNER and DMITRIY STOLYAROV, University of Michigan

 

Owned Ideas: When are Stock Market Run-ups Too Fast to be Rational?

 

 

 

Discussant: ANDREW ABEL, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

 

 

 9:35 a.m.

NICK BLOOM, London School of Economics

 

Buried by Aggregation:

 

Excavating the Dynamics of Investment, Employment, and Uncertainty

 

 

 

Discussant: RUSSELL COOPER, University of Texas and NBER

 

 

10:25 a.m.

Break

 

 

10:40 a.m.

CLAUDIO MICHELACCI, CEMFI

 

VINCENZO QUADRINI, New York University and NBER

 

Financial Markets and Wages

 

 

 

Discussant: RICHARD ROGERSON, Arizona State University and NBER

 

 

11:30 a.m.

NARAYANA KOCHERLAKOTA, Stanford University and NBER

 

LUIGI PISTAFERRI, Stanford University

 

Asset Pricing Implications of Pareto Optimality with Private Information

 

 

 

Discussant: ADRIANO RAMPINI, Northwestern University

 

 

12:20 p.m.

Lunch and Adjourn

 

 

 

 

 

 

7/6/04