Money & Banking Workshop

Fall 2005

This workshop meets every Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. in Ro 329.
For questions, please contact Shirley Ogrodowski
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Archives (Fall 2004), Archives (Winter 2005), Archives (Spring 2005)

September 27
Fernando Alvarez (University of Chicago)
“Fixed Term Employment Contracts in an Equilibrium Search Model” joint with Marcelo Veracierto.
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October 4
Filippo Occhino (Rutgers)
“Estimation and Evaluation of a Segmented Markets Monetary Model” joint with John Landon-Lane.

October 11
Robert Shimer (University of Chicago)
"Liquidity and Insurance for the Unemployed" joint with Ivan Werning.

October 18
Aart Kraay (The World Bank Group)
“What Has 100 Billion Dollars Worth of Debt Relief Done for Low-Income Countries?”

October 25
Anil Kashyap (University of Chicago)
“Zombie Lending and Depressed Restructuring in Japan” joint with Ricardo Caballero and Takeo Hoshi.

November 1
Robert Shimer (University of Chicago)
"A Competitive Theory of Unemployment, Vacancies, and Labor Market Flows"

November 8
Stephanie Schmitt-Grohe (Duke University)
“Optimal Fiscal and Monetary Policy in a Medium-Scale Macroeconomic Model.” joint research with Martin Uribe.

November 15
Leena Rudanko (University of Chicago)
“Labor Market Dynamics Under Long Term Wage Contracting” joint with thesis proposal.

November 22
Weerachart Kilenthong (University of Chicago)
"Collateralized Contracts as a Risk Sharing Mechanism"

November 29
Mariacristina De Nardi (Federal Reserve Bank of Minnesota)
"Taxation, Entrepreneurship, and Wealth" joint paper with Marco Cagetti.

December 6
Thomas Sargent (New York University)
“Jobs and Unemployment in Macroeconomic Theory” joint with Lars Ljungqvist.


Economics Workshops and Seminars:
500 Economic Theory
512 Econometrics
516 Applied Dynamic Economics
530 Money & Banking
590 Applications of Economics
Rational Choice
592 Economics Policy and Public Finance