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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC. |
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International Seminar on Macroeconomics |
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Lucrezia Reichlin and Kenneth West, 2006 Program
Organizers |
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Jeffrey Frankel and Francesco Giavazzi, ISOM
Co-Chairs |
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June 16-17, 2006 |
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Radisson SAS Hotel Tallinn |
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Ravala 3, 10143 Tallinn |
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Estonia |
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PROGRAM |
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FRIDAY,
JUNE 16: |
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9:00
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Welcome |
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9:45
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GIANCARLO
CORSETTI, European University Institute |
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LUCA
DEDOLA, European Central Bank |
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SYLVAIN
LEDUC, Federal Reserve Board |
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Evidence
on the Transmission Mechanism Among G7 Countries |
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Discussants: SUSANTO BASU, Boston College and NBER |
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ROBERT KOLLMAN,
University of Paris XII |
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11:00
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Break |
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11:15
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LANS
BOVENBERG, Tilburg University |
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HARALD
UHLIG, Humboldt University |
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Discussants:
HENNING BOHN, UC, Santa Barbara |
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PHILIPPE WEIL,
Universite Libre de Bruxelles and NBER |
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12:30
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Lunch |
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1:30 pm |
TROY
DAVIG, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas |
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ERIC
LEEPER, Indiana University and NBER |
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Threshold Regime Switching: Spillovers, Asymmetries, and
Preemptive Actions |
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Discussants:
RICHARD CLARIDA, Columbia University
and NBER |
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JESPER LINDE, Sveriges
Riksbank |
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2:45 pm |
CHRYSSI
GIANNITSAROU, University of Cambridge |
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ANDREW
SCOTT, London Business School |
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Discussants: DOMENICO GIANNONE, Universite Libre de
Bruxelles |
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ERIC LEEPER, Indiana
University and NBER |
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4:00 pm |
JULIO
ROTEMBERG, Harvard University and NBER |
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Cyclical Wages
in a Search-and-Bargaining Model with Large Firms |
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Discussants: RODOLFO MANUELLI, University of
Wisconsin and NBER |
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ANTONELLA TRIGARI, Universita
Bocconi |
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5:15 pm |
Adjourn |
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7:00 pm |
Group
Dinner |
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Egoist
Restaurant |
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Vene
33, Tallinn |
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SATURDAY,
JUNE 17: |
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9:00
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MORTEN
RAVN, European University Institute |
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Discussants:
KAI CHRISTOFFEL, European Central
Bank |
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JULIO ROTEMBERG,
Harvard University and NBER |
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10:15
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Break |
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10:30
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LINDA
TESAR, University of Michigan and NBER |
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Production Sharing and Business Cycle Synchronization in the
Accession Countries |
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Discussants:
PAUL BERGIN, UC, Davis and NBER |
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AURELIJUS DABUSINSKAS,
Bank of Estonia |
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11:45
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FRANCIS
DIEBOLD, University of Pennsylvania and NBER |
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KAMIL
YILMAZ, Koç University |
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Discussants: MICHAEL BINDER, University of Frankfurt |
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KATHRYN DOMINGUEZ,
University of Michigan and NBER |
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1:00
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Lunch
and Adjourn |
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3:30
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Meet in Hotel Lobby for Visit to Monastery
and Guided Tour of the Old Town of Tallinn |
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5:30
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Group
Dinner |
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Restaurant
Olde Hansa |
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Vana
Turg 1, Tallinn |
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6/14/06 |
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