Sixth Annual
Macroeconomic Workshop on Current Topics in
Macroeconomic Theory and Policy
Program for 2009: Oct.
9 - 10 at the
Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS)
Organized by
David Andolfatto (SFU/FRB
St. Louis)
Martin Gervais (
Gabe Lee (
Last Update: September
The goal of this two-day workshop is to cover a wide range of current issues in macroeconomic theory and policy. The workshop will provide an ideal venue for those interested in presenting preliminary ideas and receiving comments from an eclectic group of researchers. We're aiming to have an open environment where new ideas could be freely exchanged.
For the information
regarding the workshop logistics, please contact Ms. Marion Kelemen at
Department of Economics and Finance
Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS)
Stumpergasse 56 1060 Vienna, Austria
Tel.
+43-(0)1-59991-145
Fax. +43(0)1-59991-163 Email: mkelemen@ihs.ac.at
Accommodation: Please inform Marion of if you have further questions about your accommodation matters.
How to get to the IHS/Intercity Hotel:
For comments and suggestions, please send us an email:
gabriel.lee@wiwi.uni-regensburg.de
or
dandolfa@sfu.ca
or
Martin.Gervais@soton.ac.uk
Previous years' workshops are under: http://www.sfu.ca/~dandolfa/Wien.htm
Note: The papers will be updated as they come.
Thursday, October 8
(tables reserved under "IHS/Lee")
Friday, 9 October 2009
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9:30 |
Registration
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9:50-10:00 |
Opening Remarks
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10:00-10:50 |
Allen Head * (Queen's University), Lucy Qian Liu (Queen’s University), Guido Menzio (University of Pennsylvania) and Randall Wright (University of Wisconsin) |
“Really, Really Rational Inattention:Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Sticky Prices”
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10:50-11:00 |
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Discussant: Chris Waller (Notre Dame University and FRB St. Louis)
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11:10-12:00 |
Andrea Finicelli*, Patrizio Pagano, and Massimo Sbracia (Bank of Italy) |
“Trade-Revealed TFP” |
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12:00-12:10 |
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Discussant: Harald Fadinger (University of Vienna)
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12:20-13:20 |
Lunch |
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13:20-14:20 |
Ed Nosal* (FRB Chicago) and Guillaume Rocheteau (University of California, Irvine) |
“Pairwise Trade, Asset Prices, and Monetary Policy”
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14:20-14:30 |
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Discussant: Mariana Rojas Breu (University of Basel and Université Paris Ouest, Economi X)
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14:40-15:30 |
Marcus Hagedorn* (University of Zurich) and Iourii Manovskii (University of Pennsylvania) |
“Wages over the Business Cycle: Spot Markets?” |
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15:30-15:40 |
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Discussant: Giovanni Gallipoli (University of British Columbia)
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15:50-16:40 |
Harris Dellas* and Ana Fernandes (University of Bern) |
“Finance and Competition”
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16:40-16:50 |
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Discussant: Zoe Kuehn (Carlos III, Madrid)
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17:00-17:50 |
Fernando Alvarez (Chicago and NBER), Luigi Guiso(European University Institute, EIEF and CEPR), and Francesco Lippi* (University of Sassari, EIEF and CEPR) |
“Durable consumption and asset management in the presence of transaction and information costs”
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17:50-18:00 |
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Discussant: Igor Livshits (University of Western Ontario)
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18:10-19:00 |
John Kennes (University of Aarhus) and John Knowles* (University of Southampton) |
“Marriage, Fertility and Step-Families: An Equilibrium Analysis ” |
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19:00-19:10 |
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Discussant: Sevi Rodriguez-Mora (University of Edinburgh )
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20:30 |
Dinner |
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* Presenters
Saturday, 10 October 2009
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9:30 |
Registration
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10:00-10:50 |
Borghan N. Narajabad * (Rice University) |
“Inflation with Random Consumption and Production Timing ” |
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10:50-11:00 |
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Discussant: Aleks Berentsen (University of Basel) |
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11:10-12:00 |
Alice Schoonbroodt* (University of Southampton) and Michele Tertilt (Stanford University, NBER, and CEPR) |
“Who Owns Children and Does It Matter?” |
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12:00-12:10 |
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Discussant: Henry Siu (University of British Columbia)
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12:20-13:20 |
Lunch
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13:20-14:20 |
Katrin Rabitsch (Central European University and Magyar Nemzeti Bank) |
“The Role of Financial Market Structure and the Trade Elasticity for Monetary Policy in Open Economies” |
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14:20-14:30 |
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Discussant: Margarita Rubio (Bank of Spain)
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14:40-15:30 |
Hiroyuki Kasahara* (University of British Columbia) and Katsumi Shimotsu (Queen’s University) |
“Sequential Estimation of Dynamic Programming Models ” |
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15:30-15:40 |
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Discussant: Alex Karaivanov (Simon Fraser University)
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16:10-17:00 |
Morris A. Davis* (University of Wisconsin) and Jonas D.M. Fisher (FRB Chicago) |
“Agglomeration and Productivity: New Estimates and Macroeconomic Implications” |
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17:00-17:10 |
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Discussant: Alessandro Mennuni (University of Southampton)
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17:20-18:10 |
Michael Devereux and Viktoria Hnatkovska* (University of British Columbia) |
“International and Intra-national Real Exchange Rates: Theory and Evidence" |
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18:10-18:20 |
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Discussant: Harris Dellas (University of Bern) |
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18:20-18:30 |
General Discussion and Wrap Up |
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20:00 |
Dinner |
Ella’s (Judenplatz 9-10, 1010 Wien) |
Official Participants (as of Sept. 28, 2009): Chiara Forlati (EPFL, Univ of Lausanne), Ted Temzelides (Rice), David Andolfatto (SFU/FRB St. Louis), Martin Gervais (Southampton), Gabe Lee (Regensburg/IHS), Walter Fisher (IHS), Christian Haefke (IHS), Michael Reiter (IHS), Vally Koubi (Bern, ETHZ), Victor Dorofeenko (IHS), Christian Bauer (LMU), Alessia Campolmi (CEU and Magyar Nemzeti Bank), Markus Knell (OeNB), Oke Roeke (Regensburg), Philipp Schmidt-Dengler (LSE)