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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH Twenty-sixth Annual Conference on Macroeconomics Daron Acemoglu and Michael Woodford, Organizers April 8 and 9, 2011 The Royal Sonesta Hotel Riverfront Room 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd. Cambridge, MA PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
FRIDAY APRIL 8:
8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	Andreas Fuster and Ben Hebert, Harvard University David Laibson (Harvard University and NBER
	Natural Expectations, Macroeconomic Dynamics, and Asset Pricing
	Discussants: Martin Eichenbaum, Northwestern University and NBER
	George Evans, University of Oregon
10:30 am	Break
11:00 am	Klaus Adam, University of Mannheim Pei Kuang (Frankfurt University Albert Marcet, London School of Economics
	House Prices and the Current Account
	Discussants: Edward Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER
	Lars Peter Hansen, University of Chicago and NBER
12:30 pm	Lunch
2:00 pm	Markus K. Brunnermeier, Princeton University and NBER Gary B. Gorton, Yale University and NBER Arvind Krishnamurthy, Northwestern University and NBER
	Risk Topography
	Discussants: Darrell Duffie, Stanford University and NBER
	Hyun Song Shin, Princeton University
3:30 pm	Break
4:00 pm	Deniz Igan, Prachi Mishra, and Thierry Tressel, International Monetary Fund
	A Fistful of Dollars: Lobbying and the Financial Crisis
	Discussants: Jeremy Stein, Harvard University and NBER
	Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago and NBER
5:30 pm	Adjourn
6:00 pm	Reception and Group Dinner
	Dinner Speaker: Olivier J. Blanchard
	International Monetary Fund and NBER
SATURDAY APRIL 9:
8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	Gianluca Benigno, London School of Economics Pierpaolo Benigno, LUISS Guido Carli and NBER
	Salvatore Nistico' from LUISS
	Risk, Monetary Policy and The Exchange Rate
	Discussants: Charles Engel, University of Wisconsin and NBER
	Martin Uribe, Columbia University and NBER
10:30 am	Break
11:00 am	Jordi Gali, CREI and NBER Frank Smets, European Central Bank Rafael Wouters, National Bank of Belgium
	Unemployment in an Estimated New Keynesian Model
	Discussants: Lawrence Christiano, Northwestern University and NBER
	Richard Rogerson, Arizona State University and NBER
12:30 pm	Adjourn