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Fiscal Policy after the Financial Crisis |
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an NBER
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to be held at IGIER-Bocconi
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December
12-13, 2011 |
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Organizers:
Alberto Alesina and Francesco Giavazzi |
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Program |
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Monday,
December 12 |
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8.30 am |
Coffee |
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9:00 am |
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Valerie Ramey, University of
California at San Diego and NBER |
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Discussant: Roberto Perotti, Bocconi University and
NBER |
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10:15 am |
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Alan Auerbach,
Univeristy of California at Berkeley and NBER |
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Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Univeristy of
California at Berkeley and NBER |
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Discussant: Robert Hall,
Stanford University and NBER |
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11.15 am |
Coffee break |
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11.45 am |
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Francesco Giavazzi,
Bocconi University and NBER |
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Michael McMahon, University of
Warwick |
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Discussant: Lawrence Christiano, Northwestern University and NBER |
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12.45 pm |
Lunch |
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2:00 pm |
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Mathias Trabandt,
European Central Bank |
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Harald Uhlig, University of Chicago and NBER |
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Discussant: Jaume
Ventura, University Pompeu Fabra
and NBER |
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3:00 pm |
The Role of Growth
Slowdowns and Forecast Errors in Public Debt Crises |
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William Easterly, New York
University and NBER |
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Discussant: Indira
Rajaraman, Indian Statistical Institute |
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4:00 pm |
Coffee break |
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4.30 pm |
Game
Over: Quantifying and Simulating Unsustainable Fiscal Policy |
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Richard Evans, Brigham Young
University |
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Laurence Kotlikoff,
Boston University and NBER |
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Kerk Phillips,
Brigham Young University |
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Discussant: Douglas Elmendorf,
Congressional Budget Office |
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5.30 pm |
Adjourn |
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7:15 pm |
Dinner |
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Dinner Speech: Political Economy and Fiscal Reform |
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by Martin Feldstein, Harvard
University and NBER |
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Tuesday,
December 13 |
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8.30 am |
Coffee |
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9:00 am |
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Eric Leeper,
Indiana University and NBER |
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Todd Walker, Indiana University |
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Discussant: Jordi
Gali, University Pompeu Fabra and NBER |
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10:00 am |
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Michael Keen, International
Monetary Fund |
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Ruud de Mooij, International Monetary Fund |
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Discussant: James Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER |
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11:00 am |
Coffee break |
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11:30 am |
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Pierre Cahuc,
Ecole Polytechnique and
CREST (INSEE) |
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Stephane Carcillo, OECD and Sciences
Po, Paris |
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Discussant: Paolo Pinotti, Bocconi University |
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12:30 pm |
Lunch |
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1:30 pm |
Entitlement Reforms in Europe: Policy Mixes in the
Current Pension Reform Process |
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Axel Boersch-Supan,
University of Mannheim and NBER |
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Discussant: David Wise, Harvard
University and NBER |
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2:30 pm |
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Roberto Perotti,
Bocconi University and NBER |
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Discussant: Philip Lane, Trinity
College Dublin |
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3:30 pm |
Coffee break |
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4:00 pm |
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Alberto Alesina,
Harvard University and NBER |
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Dorian Carloni,
University of California at Berkeley |
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Giampaolo
Lecce, Bocconi University |
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Discussant: Thomas Romer, Princeton University |
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5:00 pm |
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Charles Wyplosz,
The Graduate Institute, Geneva |
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Discussant: Lucio
Pench, European Commission |
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6:00 pm |
Adjourn |
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Format: |
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Authors: 25 minutes |
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Discussants: 20 minutes |
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General discussion: 15 minutes |
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