News and Workshops

Money & Banking Workshop

Spring 2004

This workshop meets every Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. in SS 401.
For questions, please contact Shirley Ogrodowski

March 30
Ivan Werning (MIT)
"Optimal Commitment"

April 6
Fabrizio Perri (New York University)
"The International Diversification Puzzle is Not as Bad as You Think", joint with Jonathan Heathcote.

April 13
Per Krusell (University of Rochester)
"Time-Consistent Debt" joint with Fernando Martin and Jose-Victor Rios-Rull

April 20
Francois Gourio (University of Chicago)
"Putty-Clay Technology and Asset Pricing" joint with thesis proposal.

April 27
Eva Nagypal (Northwestern University)
"Worker Reallocation Over the Business Cycle: the Importance of Job-to-Job Transitions"
Worker Reallocation...(Part 1), Worker Reallocation...(Part 2)

May 4
Angel Gavilan (University of Chicago)
"The Effect of the Decline in the Price of Capital on Workers' Segregation by Skill" joint with thesis proposal.

May 11
Fernando Alvarez (University of Chicago)
"General Equilibrium Analysis of the Eaton-Kortum Model of International Trade" joint with Robert E. Lucas, Jr.

May 18
Sam Kortum (University of Minnesota)
"An Anatomy of International Trade: Evidence from French Firms" joint with Jonathan Eaton and Francis Kramarz.

May 25
Hanno Lustig (University of Chicago) joint with Adrien Verdelhan
"Exchange Rates and Aggregate Consumption Growth Risk: Evidence and Some Theory"

June 1
Kelly Ragan (University of Chicago)
"Explaining Cross-Country Labor Supply in a Model with Household Production: The Case of Sweden."

June 8
Natalia Ramondo (University of Chicago)
"The Effect of Foreign Plants on Industry Productivity: Evidence from Chile" joint with thesis proposal.

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