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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

 

Twenty-sixth Annual Conference on Macroeconomics

 

Daron Acemoglu and Michael Woodford, Organizers

 

April 8 and 9, 2011

 

The Royal Sonesta Hotel

Riverfront Room

40 Edwin H. Land Blvd.

Cambridge, MA

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*_PRELIMINARY PROGRAM_*

	

 

 

	

 

*_FRIDAY APRIL 8:_*

	

 

 

	

 

	

 

 8:30 am

	

Continental Breakfast

	

 

 

	

 

	

 

 9:00 am

	

Andreas Fuster and Ben Hebert, Harvard University

David Laibson (Harvard University and NBER

	

 

 

	

/Natural Expectations, Macroeconomic Dynamics, and Asset Pricing /
<http://www.nber.org/confer/2011/Macro11/Fuster_Hebert_Laibson.pdf>//

	

 

 

	

 

	

 

 

	

Discussants/:/ Martin Eichenbaum, Northwestern University and
NBER                      

	

 

 

	

                      George Evans, University of Oregon//

	

 

 

	

/ /

	

 

10:30 am

	

Break

	

 

 

	

 

	

 

11:00 am

	

Klaus Adam, University of Mannheim

Pei Kuang (Frankfurt University

Albert Marcet, London School of Economics

	

 

 

	

/House Prices and the Current Account <adam.pdf>/

	

 

 

	

 

	

 

 

	

Discussants/: / Edward Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER

	

 

 

	

                       Lars Peter Hansen, University of Chicago and NBER//

	

 

 

	

 

	

 

12:30 pm

	

Lunch

	

 

 

	

 

	

 

 2:00 pm

	

Markus K. Brunnermeier, Princeton University and NBER

Gary B. Gorton, Yale University and NBER

Arvind Krishnamurthy, Northwestern University and NBER

	

 

 

	

/Risk Topography /
<http://www.nber.org/confer/2011/Macro11/Brunnermeier_Gorton_Krishnamurthy.pdf>//

	

 

 

	

 

	

 

 

	

Discussants/: /Darrell Duffie, Stanford University and NBER 

	

 

 

	

                      Hyun Song Shin, Princeton University

	

 

 

	

 

	

 

 3:30 pm

	

Break

	

 

 

	

 

	

 

 4:00 pm

	

Deniz Igan, Prachi Mishra, and Thierry Tressel, International Monetary Fund

 

	

/A Fistful of Dollars: Lobbying and the Financial Crisis
<IMT%20-%20Lobbying%20and%20Crisis.pdf> /

	

 

 

	

 

	

 

 

	

Discussants:/ /Jeremy Stein, Harvard University and NBER

	

 

 

	

                      Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago and NBER//

	

 

 

	

/ /

	

 

 5:30 pm

	

Adjourn

	

 

 

	

 

	

 

 6:00 pm

	

Reception and Group Dinner

	

 

 

	

Dinner Speaker/: / Olivier J. Blanchard 

	

 

 

	

International Monetary Fund and NBER

	

 

 

	

 

	

 

*_SATURDAY APRIL 9:_*

	

 

 

	

 

	

 

 8:30 am

	

Continental Breakfast

	

 

 

	

 

	

 

 9:00 am

	

Gianluca Benigno, London School of Economics

Pierpaolo Benigno, LUISS Guido Carli and NBER

	

 

	

Salvatore Nistico' from LUISS

	

 

 

	

/Risk, Monetary Policy and the Exchange Rate/

(not available)

	

 

 

	

 

	

 

 

	

Discussants/: /Charles Engel, University of Wisconsin and NBER

	

 

 

	

                      Martin Uribe, Columbia University and NBER

	

 

 

	

 

	

 

10:30 am

	

Break

	

 

 

	

 

	

 

11:00 am

	

Jordi Gali, CREI and NBER

Frank Smets, European Central Bank

Rafael Wouters, National Bank of Belgium

	

 

 

	

/Unemployment in an Estimated New Keynesian Model <gsw_april_2011.pdf>/

	

 

 

	

 

	

 

 

	

Discussants/: /Lawrence Christiano, Northwestern University and NBER

	

 

 

	

                      Richard Rogerson, Arizona State University and NBER

	

 

 

	

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12:30 pm

	

Adjourn