2013

Organizers: Marco Bassetto, Juanpa Nicolini

Tuesday, July 30

Equilibrium Labor Turnover, Firm Growth and Unemployment

Dale Mortensen
Northwestern University
Melvyn Coles
University of Essex

Unemployment Benefits and Unemployment in the Great Recession: The Role of Macro Effects

Iourii Manovskii
University of Pennsylvania
Marcus Hagedorn
Institute for Advanced Studies
Fatih Karahan
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Kurt Mitman
University of Pennsylvania

Women’s Emancipation through Education: A Macroeconomic Analysis

Michelle Rendall
University of Zurich
Fatih Guvenen
University of Minnesota and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Wednesday, July 31

Sparse Dynamic Programming and Aggregate Fluctuations

Xavier Gabaix
New York University – Stern School of Business

Economic Development and the Organization of Production

Nicolas Roys
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Ananth Seshadri
University of Wisconsin - Madison

Segmented Housing Search

Johannes Stroebel
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
Martin Schneider
Stanford University and NBER
Monika Piazzesi
Stanford University and NBER

Price Setting with Customer Retention Concerns

Luigi Paciello
Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance
Andrea Pozzi
Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance
Nicholas Trachter
Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance

Thursday, August 1

Uncertainty Shocks, Asset Supply and Pricing over the Business Cycle

Cosmin Ilut
Duke University
Francesco Bianchi
Duke University
Martin Schneider
Stanford University and NBER

Rising Intangible Capital, Shrinking Debt Capacity, and the US Corporate Savings Glut

Dalida Kadyrzhanova
University of Maryland
Antonio Falato
Federal Reserve Board
Jae Sim
Federal Reserve Board

Is There "Too Much" Inequality in Health Spending Across Income Groups?

Roozbeh Hosseini
Arizona State University
Laurence Ales
Carnegie Mellon University
Larry Jones
University of Minnesota and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Old, Sick, Alone and Poor: A Welfare Analysis of Old-age Social Insurance Programs

Karen Kopecky
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Tony Braun
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Tatyana Koreshkova
Concordia University and CIREQ

Friday, August 2

Extensive and Intensive Investment over the Business Cycle

Boyan Jovanovic
New York University
Peter Rousseau
Vanderbilt University

Fiscal Rules and Discretion under Persistent Shocks

Pierre Yared
Columbia University
Marina Halac
Columbia University

Crisis and Commitment: Inflation Credibility and the Vulnerability to Sovereign Debt Crises

Mark Aguiar
Princeton University
Manuel Amador
Stanford University
Emmanuel Farhi
Harvard University
Gita Gopinath
Harvard University

Bailouts, Time Inconsistency, and Optimal Regulation

Patrick Kehoe
University of Minnesota and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
V. V. Chari
University of Minnesota and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis