2006
Organizers: Andy Atkeson, Ivan Werning
Tuesday, August 1
Household Heterogeneity and Real Exchange Rates
- Naryana Kocherlakota (University of Minnesota and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
- Luigi Pistaferri (Stanford University)
Adjusting to Capital
Account Liberalization
- Kosuke Aoki (London School of Economics)
- Gianluca Benigno (London School of Economics)
- Nobu Kiyotaki (London School of Economics)
Cross Section of Risk Premia
- Hanno Lustig (UCLA)
- Adrien Verdelhan (Boston University)
Wednesday, August 2
The Economics of Social Networks
- Matthew Jackson (CalTech)
Learning from Private and Public Observations of Others Actions
- Manuel Amador (Stanford University)
- Pierre-Olivier Weill (NYU - Stern School of Business)
The Rise of the Service Economy
- Francesco Buera (Northwestern University)
- Joe Kaboski (Ohio State University)
Thursday, August 3
The Distribution of Wealth and Redistributive Policies
- Jess Benhabib (New York University)
- Alberto Bisin (New York University)
Sources of Lifetime Inequality
- Mark Huggett (Georgetown University)
- Gustavo Ventura (Pennsylvania State University)
- Amir Yaron (University of Pennsylvania-Wharton)
Understanding Wage Inequality: Ben-Porath Meets Skill-Biased Technical Change
- Fatih Guvenen (University of Texas-Austin)
- Burhanettin Kuruscu (University of Texas-Austin)
Friday, August 4
On the Return to Venture Capital
- Boyan Jovanovic (New York University)
- Balazs Szentes (University of Chicago)
Selection, Growth and the Size Distribution of Firms
-
Erzo Luttmer (University of Minnesota)
Why Has CEO Pay Increased So Much?
- Xavier Gabaix (MIT)
- Agustin Landier (NYU - Stern School of Business)
Saturday, August 5
Do Taxes Explain European Employment? Indivisible Labor, Human Capital, Lotteries, and Savings
- Lars Ljungqvist (Stockholm School of Economics)
- Thomas Sargent (New York University)
Mismatch
-
Robert Shimer (University of Chicago)
Work-Consumption Preferences and Employment Volatility
- Robert Hall (Stanford University)
