| macroeconomics seminar schedule | |||
| fall 2006 | |||
| Seminars are on selected Thursdays from 3:30 to 5:00 in room 315 at 270 Bay State Road. For more information, contact Professor Francois Gourio at fgourio@bu.edu. | |||
| date | speaker | topic | |
| Sept 07 | Efraim Benmelech (Harvard) |
"The Political Economy of Financial Regulation: Evidence from U.S. State Usury Laws in the 18th and 19th Century" | |
| Sept 14 | Francois Gourio (BU) | "Investment Spikes: New Facts and a General Equilibrium Exploration" |
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| Sept 21 | Luis Viceira (HBS) |
"Global Currency Hedging" | |
| Sept 28 | Claudia Olivetti (BU) |
"Gender Roles and Technological Progress" | |
| Oct 05 | Robert Barro (Harvard) |
"On the Welfare Costs of Consumption Uncertainty" | |
| Oct 12 | Jae Sim (BU) |
"Uncertainty and Irreversible Investment in General Equilibrium" | |
| Oct 19 | Jianjun Miao (BU) | "Firm Heterogeneity and the Long-Run Effect of Dividend Tax Reform" | |
| Oct 26 | Stavros Panageas (Wharton) |
"Optimal Retirement Benefit Systems in the Presence of Moral Hazard" | |
| Nov 02 | Chris House (Michigan) |
"Temporary Investment Tax Incentives: Theory with Evidence from Bonus Depreciation" | |
| Nov 09 | Marc Melitz (Princeton) |
"Endogenous Entry, Product Variety, and Business Cycles" | |
| Nov 16 | Arpad Abraham (Rochester) |
"Endogenous Trading Constraints with Incomplete Asset Markets" | |
| Nov 30 | Christophe Chamley (BU) |
"Debt Policy and Expectations about Future Interest Rates in England, 1743-1792" | |
| Dec 05 *Tue, 12:30-2pm, KCB 106 |
Virgiliu Midrigan (NYU, visiting Minneapolis Fed) |
"Menu Costs, Multi-Product Firms, and Aggregate Fluctuations" | |
| Dec 07 | Simon Gilchrist (BU) |
"TBA" | |
Fall 2007 schedule and papers
Spring 2007 schedule and papers
Fall 2006 schedule and papers
Spring 2006 schedule and papers