2006

Organizers: Andy Atkeson, Ivan Werning

Tuesday, August 1

Household Heterogeneity and Real Exchange Rates

Narayana Kocherlakota
University of Minnesota and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Luigi Pistaferri
Stanford University

Adjusting to Capital Account Liberalization

Kosuke Aoki
London School of Economics
Gianluca Benigno
London School of Economics
Nobu Kiyotaki
London School of Economics

Cross Section of Risk Premia

Hanno Lustig
UCLA
Adrien Verdelhan
Boston University

Wednesday, August 2

The Economics of Social Networks

Matthew Jackson
CalTech

Learning from Private and Public Observations of Others Actions

Manuel Amador
Stanford University
Pierre-Olivier Weill
NYU - Stern School of Business

The Rise of the Service Economy

Francesco Buera
Northwestern University
Joe Kaboski
Ohio State University

Thursday, August 3

The Distribution of Wealth and Redistributive Policies

Jess Benhabib
New York University
Alberto Bisin
New York University

Sources of Lifetime Inequality

Mark Huggett
Georgetown University
Gustavo Ventura
Pennsylvania State University
Amir Yaron
University of Pennsylvania-Wharton

Understanding Wage Inequality: Ben-Porath Meets Skill-Biased Technical Change

Fatih Guvenen
University of Texas-Austin
Burhanettin Kuruscu
University of Texas-Austin

Friday, August 4

On the Return to Venture Capital

Boyan Jovanovic
New York University
Balazs Szentes
University of Chicago

Selection, Growth and the Size Distribution of Firms

Erzo Luttmer
University of Minnesota

Why Has CEO Pay Increased So Much?

Xavier Gabaix
MIT
Agustin Landier
NYU - Stern School of Business

Saturday, August 5

Do Taxes Explain European Employment? Indivisible Labor, Human Capital, Lotteries, and Savings

Lars Ljungqvist
Stockholm School of Economics
Thomas Sargent
New York University

Mismatch

Robert Shimer
University of Chicago

Work-Consumption Preferences and Employment Volatility

Robert Hall
Stanford University