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Current and Upcoming Events for 2008: Macroeconomics

Fall 2007    Winter 2008    

Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics*
Friday, 9/7/2007; 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

John Leahy - New York University and N.B.E.R.
"Phillips Curve with an Ss Foundation" - joint with Mark Gertler

*non-standard time, day and location

Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics
Wednesday, 9/12/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Angus C. Chu - Univeristy of Michigan
Student Seminar
"A Generalized Quality-Ladder Growth Model with Patent Breadth: Quantifying the Effects of Blocking Patents on R&D"

Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics
Wednesday, 9/19/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

John Cochrane - Chicago GSB
Inflation Determination with Taylor Rules: A Critical Review"
and "Identification with Taylor Rules: A Critical Review"


Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics
Wednesday, 9/26/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Nikolay Iskrev - University of Michigan
Student Seminar
"How much do we learn from the estimation of DSGE models? A case study of identifcation issues in a New Keynesian business cycle model."

Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics
Wednesday, 10/3/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Ron Alquist - University of Michigan
Student Seminar
"What Do We Learn from the Price of Oil Futures?"

Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics
Wednesday, 10/10/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Nick Bloom - Stanford
"The Impact of Uncertainty Shocks"

Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics
Wednesday, 10/17/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Lutz Kilian - University of Michigan
"Not All Oil Price Shocks Are Alike: Disentangling Demand and Supply Shocks in the Crude Oil Market"

Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics*
Wednesday, 10/24/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde - University of Pennsylvania
“How Structural are Structural Parameters?”

*Joint with Econometrics

Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics
Wednesday, 10/31/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Guido Menzio - UPenn
"On-the-Job Search over the Business Cycle"

*Joint with Labor and Theory

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Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics
Wednesday, 11/7/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Harald Uhlig - Chicago
"How Far Are We From The Slippery Slope? The Laffer Curve Revisited"

Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics
Wednesday, 11/14/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

No Seminar

Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics
Wednesday, 11/21/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

No Seminar

Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics
Wednesday, 11/28/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Chris House - University of Michigan
"Fixed Costs and Long-Lived Investments"

Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics
Wednesday, 12/5/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Vincenzo Quadrini - USC
"Financial Liberalization and International Business Cycle"

*Joint with International

Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics*
Monday, 12/10/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Guido Lorenzoni - MIT
"Persistent Appreciations and Overshooting: A Normative Analysis."

*Joint with International - Nonstandard date, time or location

Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics*
Monday, 3/3/2008; 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Charles Horioka - Osaka University
"Bequest Motives and Parent-Child Relations in Japan and the U.S."

* NON-STANDARD DAY AND TIME.

Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics
Wednesday, 3/12/2008; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Michael Elsby - University of Michigan
"Marginal Jobs, Heterogeneous Firms, & Unemployment Flows."

Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics
Wednesday, 3/19/2008; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Jose-Victor Rios-Rull - University of Minnesota
Redistributive Shocks and Productivity Shocks

Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics
Wednesday, 3/26/2008; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

TBA

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Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics
Wednesday, 4/2/2008; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Segio Rebelo - Northwestern University
"Can News about the Future Drive the Business Cycle?"

*Joint with International

Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics
Wednesday, 4/9/2008; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas - University of California, Berkeley
TBA

*Joint with International



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