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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
Monetary Economics Program Meeting
Christopher House and Matthew D. Shapiro, Organizers
November 5, 2010
Royal Sonesta
Hotel
Riverfront Room
40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard
Cambridge, MA
02142
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PROGRAM
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Thursday,
November 4, 2010
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6:30 pm
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Dinner at Bambara Restaurant
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25
Edwin H. Land Boulevard (Across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel)
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Cambridge, MA
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Friday,
November 5, 2010
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8:30 am
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Continental Breakfast
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9:00
am
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Alessandro Barattieri and
Peter Gottschalk, Boston College
Susanto Basu, Boston
College and NBER
Some Evidence on the
Importance of Sticky Wages
Discussant: Robert Barsky, University of Michigan
and NBER
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10:00 am
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Break
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10:20 am
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Virgiliu
Midrigan, New York University and NBER
Oleksiy Kryvtsov, Bank of
Canada
Inventories,
Markups and Real Rigidities in Menu Cost Models
Discussant: Jonathan Willis, Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank
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11:20 am
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Break
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11:40 am
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Atif R. Mian, University of
California, Berkeley and NBER
Amir Sufi, University of Chicago and NBER
The Effects of Fiscal Stimulus: Evidence
from the 2009 Cash for Clunkers Program
Discussant: Christopher Carroll, John Hopkins University and NBER
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12:40 pm
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Lunch- Somerset Room
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1:40 pm
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Jaime Guajardo and Daniel
Leigh, International Monetary Fund
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Will It Hurt?
Macroeconomics Effects of Fiscal Consolidation
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Discussant:: Valerie Ramey,
UC, San Diego and NBER
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2:40 pm
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Break
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3:00 pm
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Nicola Gennaioli
CREI
Andrei Shleifer, Harvard University and NBER
Robert Vishny, University of Chicago and NBER
Neglected
Risks Financial Innovation and Financial Fragility
Discussant:: Deborah Lucas, Congressional Budget Office
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4:00 pm
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Robert Hall, Stanford University and NBER
Macroeconomics of the Prolonged Slump
Discussant:: David Romer, UC, Berkeley and NBER
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5:00 pm
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Adjourn
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11/1/10
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