Macro Workshops Spring 2009
Thursdays at 3:45 p.m.
Room 7324 of the Sewell Social Science Building.
Coordinator: Noah Williams
- March 5, 2009
Pierre-Olivier Weill, ULCA
"Learning from Prices: Public Communication and Welfare" (with Manuel Amador), (pdf) - March 12, 2009
Karen Kopecky, University of Western Ontario
"The Impact of Medical and Nursing Home Expenses and Social Insurance Policies on Savings and Inequality", (pdf) - March 26, 2009
Erzo Luttmer, University of Minnesota
"On the Mechanics of Firm Growth." (link to pdf or ps) - Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Mariacristina De Nardi, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and NBER
"Differential Mortality, Uncertain Medical Expenses, and the Saving of Elderly Singles" (pdf) and paper #2 (pdf) - April 9, 2009
Harald Uhlig, University of Chicago
"A Model of a Systemic Bank Run". - April 16, 2009
Guillermo Ordoñez, FRB of Minneapolis
"Larger Crises, Slower Recoveries: The Asymmetric Effects of Financial Frictions" (pdf) - April 30, 2009
Lars Peter Hansen, University of Chicago
"Fragile Beliefs and the Price of Model Uncertainty" (pdf) - Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Narayana Kocherlakota, University of Minnesota
"Bursting Bubbles: Consequences and Cures" (pdf) - May 7, 2009
George-Marios Angeletos, MIT
"Noisy Business Cycles" with Jennifer La'O