15th Texas Monetary ConferenceDepartment of Economics, Rice University
April 21-22, 2007 | |
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Saturday, April 21
8:00 Continental Breakfast
8:25-8:30: Welcome & Rules of the Game
8:30 - 9:20 Maria Cristina Di Nardi (Chicago Fed and NBER) " "Differential Mortality, Uncertain Medical Expenses, and the Saving of Elderly Singles" (with E. French and J. B. Jones) Version updated March 6
9:20 - 9:40 John Bryan (Rice University) Discussant
9:40 - 9:55 Open discussion
9:55 - 10:45 Rody Manuelli (University of Wisconsin)" Explaining International Fertility Differences" Version updated March 28
10:45 - 11:05 Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan (University of Houston) Discussant.
11:05 - 11:20 Open Discussion
11:20 - 11:35 BREAK
11:35 - 12:25 Daniele Coen-Pirani (Carnegie Mellon University) " Understanding Gross Workers Flows Across U.S. States" Version updated April 9
12:25 - 12:45 Nathan Balke (Southern Methodist University) Discussant
12:45 - 1:00 Open Discussion
1:00 - 2:15 LUNCH
2:15 - 3:05 B. Ravikumar (University of Iowa) " The Return to Capital and the Business Cycle" Version updated March 19
3:05 - 3:25 Jian Wang (Dallas Fed) Discussant
3:25 - 3:40 Open discussion
3:40 - 4:00 BREAK
4:00 - 4:50 Lee E. Ohanian(UCLA) "Herbert Hoover's Cartelization Policies and the Start of the Great Depression" Version updated April 20
4:50 - 5:10 Paula Hernandez (Texas A&M University) Discussant
5:10 - 5:25 Open Discussion
7:00: (Faculty and Invited Guests) DINNER at Nelore Churrascaria
Sunday, April 22
8:30 Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:50 Ted Temzelides (University of Pittsburgh) " Payments and Mechanism Design" Version updated April 16
9:50 - 10:10 Borghan Nezami Narajabad (UT & Rice University), Discussant
10:10 - 10:25 Open Discussion
10:25 - 10:45 BREAK
10:45 - 11:35 Mark Aguiar (University of Rochester) " Efficient Expropriation " (with M. Amador and G. Gopinath) Version updated April 18
11:35 - 11:55 Dietrich Vollrath (University of Houston) Discussant
11:55 - 12:10 Open Discussion
12:10 LUNCH AND FAREWELL UNTIL 2008