Univertsity of Chicago: Department of Economics

News and Workshops

Money & Banking Workshop

Spring 2005

This workshop meets every Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. in Ro 329.
For questions, please contact Shirley Ogrodowski

March 29
Hal Cole (UCLA)
“A Dynamic Theory of Optimal Capital Structure and Executive Compensation” joint with Andrew Atkeson.

April 5
Samuel Kortum (University of Minnesota)
“Moore's Law and the Semiconductor Industry: A Vintage Model” joint with Ana Aizcorbe.

April 12
John Leahy (New York University)
"A Phillips Curve with an Ss Foundation" joint with Mark Gertler.

April 19
Ivan Werning (MIT)
"Inequality and Social Discounting" joint with Emmanuel Farhi.

April 26
Balazs Szentes (University of Chicago)
“Competition for Default” joint with Natalia Kovrijnykh.

May 3
Espen Moen (Northwestern University)
“Incentives in Competitive Search Equilibrium and Wage Rigidity”

May 10
Marcelo Veracierto (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
"Firing Costs and Business Cycle Fluctuation"

May 17
No meeting

May 24
Onsel Emre (University of Chicago)
"Designing Optimal Social Security" joint with thesis proposal.

May 31

Bin Li (University of Chicago)
"Measuring the Effects of Monetary Shocks with VARs" joint with thesis proposal.

June 7
No meeting


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