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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

EF&G Research Meeting

Varadarajan Chari and Xavier Gabaix, Organizers

July 14, 2012

Royal Sonesta Hotel
Ballroom A
40 Edwin Land Boulevard
Cambridge, MA

PROGRAM

Friday, July 13:

6:30 pm Reception and Dinner – Ballroom B

Saturday, July 14:

8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	Alessandra Fogli, University of Minnesota Laura Veldkamp, New York University and NBER Germs, Social Networks and Growth Discussant: Charles Jones, Stanford University and NBER
10:00 am	Break
10:30 am	Ali Shourideh, University of Pennsylvania Optimal Taxation of Capital Income: A Mirrleesian Approach to Capital Accumulation Discussant: Florian Scheuer, Stanford University and NBER
11:30 am	Atif Mian, University of California at Berkeley and NBER Amir Sufi, University of Chicago and NBER What Explains High Unemployment? The Aggregate Demand Channel Discussant: Robert Hall, Stanford University and NBER
12:30 pm	Lunch - Ballroom B
1:30 pm	Zhiguo He, University of Chicago and NBER Arvind Krishnamurthy, Northwestern University and NBER A Macroeconomic Framework for Quantifying Systemic Risk Discussant: Mark Gertler, New York University and NBER
2:30 pm	Break
3:00 pm	Mikhail Golosov, Princeton University and NBER Pricila Maziero, University of Pennsylvania Guido Menzio, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Taxation and Redistribution of Residual Income Inequality Discussant: Ivan Werning, MIT and NBER
4:00 pm	Chang-Tai Hsieh, University of Chicago and NBER Peter Klenow, Stanford University and NBER The Life Cycle of Plants in India and Mexico Discussant: James Tybout, Pennsylvania State University and NBER
5:00 pm	Adjourn