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UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday and Saturday, April 15-16, 2011
 

Free Registration Required
McCormick Auditorium, James L. Allen Center

The conference is co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Friday, April 15, 2011
8:45-9:00 Welcome
9:00-10:00 Robert Shimer (University of Chicago): Competitive Equilibrium in Asset Markets with Adverse Selection
10:00-10:30 coffee break
10:30-11:30 Rasmus Lentz (University of Wisconsin): An Equilibrium Model of Wage Dispersion with Sorting
11:30-11:45 break
11:45-12:45 Kenneth Burdett (University of Pennsylvania): Title TBA
12:45-2:00 lunch (served at 1pm)
2:00-3:00 David Easley (Cornell University): Network Formation in the Presence of Contagious Risk
3:00-3:30 coffee break
3:30-4:30 John Kennan (University of Wisconsin): Higher Education Subsidies and Human Capital Mobility
4:30-5:30 Ronald Ehrenberg (Cornell University): Diversifying the Faculty across Gender Lines: Do Trustees and Administrators Matter?
5:30-6:30 reception
Saturday, April 16, 2011
9:00-10:00 Randall Wright (University of Wisconsin): Buyers, Sellers and Middlemen: Variations on Search-Theoretic Theme
10:00-10:15 coffee break
10:15-11:30 Panel Discussion: Macroeconomic Policy and Labor Markets: Lessons from Dale Mortensen's Research.
Moderated by Martin Eichenbaum (Northwestern University)

David Andolfatto (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
Gadi Barlevy (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Lawrence Christiano (Northwestern University)
Robert Hall (Stanford University)
Gianluca Violante (New York University)

11:30-12:30 Guido Menzio (University of Pennsylvania): Social Insurance for Frictional Wage Inequality
12:30 Adjournment and lunch

Download a one-page PDF of the program.

There is no fee for attending the conference, but advanced registration is required. You should e-mail James Burns by Monday April 4 with your name and affiliation.

Download a map and parking information. Parking on campus is by permit only on Friday, but permits are not necessary on Saturday.

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