Macroeconomics Workshop

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Department of Economics
Schedule for Fall 2008

Macroeconomic workshops meet Thursdays at 3:45 - 5:15 pm in room 7324 of the William H. Sewell Social Science Bldg, 1180 Observatory Drive.

(*Exceptions noted below).

Coordinator: Steven Durlauf

DATE NAME
Affiliation
TITLE of paper
September 11, 2008 STEVEN DURLAUF
UW-Madison
"Design Limits and Dynamic Policy Analysis"
with W. Brock and G. Rondina
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 (joint with Labor). RANDALL WRIGHT
University of Pennsylvania
"Inflation and Unemployment in the Longer Run"
September 18, 2008 GAUTI EGGERTSSON
FRB of New York
"Was the New Deal Contractionary?"
September 25, 2008 BENJAMIN JONES
Northwestern University
“The Knowledge Trap: Human Capital and Development Reconsidered"
October 2, 2008 JUAN RUBIO-RAMIREZ
Duke University
"Risk Matters:  The Real Effects of Volatility Shocks"
October 9, 2008 at 12:20 p.m. TERRENCE IVERSON
UW-Madison
"Cooperation amid Controversy: Decision Support for Climate-Change Policy"
CANCELLED: October 16, 2008 LARS HANSEN
University of Chicago
 
October 23, 2008 FRANCESCA RONDINA
UW-Madison
"Policy Evaluation and Uncertainty About the Effects of Oil Prices on Economic Activity".
October 30, 2008 KEN KASA
Simon Fraser University
"Learning and Model Validation"
with In-Koo Cho
November 6, 2008
(joint with Theory)
MARKUS MÖBIUS
Harvard University
"Trust and Social Collateral"
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
(joint International and Macro)
JONATHAN HEATHCOTE
FRB Minneapolis
"The Macroeconomic Implications of Rising Wage Inequality in the United States"
November 20, 2008 JOHN KENNAN
UW-Madison
"Pairwise-core Monetary Trade in the Lagos-Wright Model"
December 4, 2008 TODD WALKER
Indiana University
"Fiscal Foresight: Analytics and Econometrics"
December 11, 2008 CHARLES ENGEL
UW-Madison
"Currency Misalignments and Optimal Monetary Policy: A Reexamination"
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  • Labor Economics
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  • International Economics
  • Industrial Organization
  • Macroeconomics
  • Econometrics 
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