August 5 & 6,
2008
Drew University
Madison, NJ
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WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
Tuesday, August 5th
1:00 – 2:00 pm |
Arrival and Registration (Foyer, Dorothy Young) |
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2:00 – 3:45 pm |
Session 1
Monetary Economics (ARTS 106)
Chair: Roisin O'Sullivan (rosulliv@email.smith.edu)
• Dean Scrimgeour, Colgate University (dscrim@econ.Berkeley.edu)
Empirical Evidence on Monetary Policy Spillovers
• • Discussant: Ellis Tallman, Oberlin College (ellistallman@yahoo.com)
• Shannon Mudd, Ursinus College (smudd@ursinus.edu)
Contestability in Banking Markets and Small Firm Use of Bank Financing: A Cross-Country Investigation
• • Discussant: Cynthia Bansak, St. Lawrence University (cbansak@stlawu.edu)
• Ellis Tallman, Oberlin College (ellistallman@yahoo.com)
Recent Evidence of a Philips Curve in United States Data: A Re-examination
• • Discussant: Roisin O'Sullivan, Smith College (rosulliv@mail.smith.edu) |
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3:45 – 4:00 pm |
Break (Foyer, Dorothy Young) |
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4:00 – 5:45 pm |
Session 2
Open - Economy Macroeconomics (ARTS 106)
Chair: Nicole Simpson (nsimpson@mail.colgate.edu)
• Maria Colacelli, Barnard College (mcolacel@barnard.edu)
Export Responses to Real Exchange Rate Fluctuations: Development Status and Exported Good Effects
• • Discussant: Julian Diaz, Bowdoin College (jdiaz@bowdoin.edu)
• Michael Rolleigh, Williams College (mrolleig@williams.edu)
Plant Heterogeneity and Applied General Equilibrium Models of Trade: the CA-US Experience
• • Discussant: Ahmed Rahman, United States Naval Academy (rahman@usna.edu)
• Tomas Dvorak, Union College (dvorakt@union.edu)
A New Dataset of Foreign Portfolio Investment in the United States
• • Discussant: Mark Hopkins, Gettyburg College (mhopkins@gettysburg.edu)
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6:30 pm |
Workshop Dinner (Mead Hall)
Followed by
Moderator: Ann Owen, Hamilton College
Panelists:
Sharon Harrison, Barnard College
Peter Matthews, Middlebury College
Ellis Tallman, Oberlin College
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Wednesday, August 6th
8:30 – 9:00 am |
Continental Breakfast (Foyer, Dorothy Young) |
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9:00 – 10:45 am |
Session 3
Consumption and Business Cycles (ARTS 106)
Chair: Robert Rebelein, Vassar College (rebelein@vassar.edu)
• Pao-Lin Tien, Wesleyan University (ptien@artsci.wustl.edu)
Reproducing Business Cycle Features: How Important are Nonlinear Dynamics versus Multivariate Information?
• • Discussant: Ed Gamber, Lafayette College (gambere@lafayette.edu)
• Paola Boel, Bowdoin College (pboel@bowdoin.edu)
Heterogeneity and the Welfare Costs of Inflation
• • Discussant: Felicia Ionescu, Colgate University (fionescu@mail.colgate.edu)
• Ryan Brady, United States Naval Academy (rbrady@usna.edu)
Understanding Credit Card Liquidity
• • Discussant: Ann Owen, Hamilton College (aowen@hamilton.edu)
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10:45 – 11:00 am |
Break (Foyer, Dorothy Young) |
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11:00 – 11:45 pm |
Breakout Sessions by area of research interest (location)
Topic |
Facilitator |
Room |
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General Macro: |
Robert Rebelein |
Mead 102 |
Money and Banking: |
Roisin O'Sullivan |
Mead 103 |
International: |
Nicole Simpson |
Mead 104 |
Growth: |
Ann Owen |
Mead 105 |
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11:45 – 1:00 pm |
Lunch (Mead Hall, Founders Room) |
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1:00 pm – 2:45 pm |
Session 4
Macroeconomic Theory (ARTS 106)
Chair: Mark Hopkins, Gettysburg College (mhopkins@gettysburg.edu)
• Malhar Nabar, Wellesley College (mnabar@wellesley.edu)
Job Creation, Job Destruction and External Financial Dependence: Theory and Evidence
• • Discussant: Philip Jefferson, Swarthmore College (pjeffer1@swarthmore.edu)
• Sharon Harrison, Barnard College (sh411@columbia.edu)
Indeterminacy with No-Income-Effect Preferences and Sector-Specific Externalities
• • Discussant: Robert Rebelein, Vassar College (rebelein@vassar.edu)
• Peter Matthews, Middlebury College (pmatthew@middlebury.edu)
Labor Discipline, Reputation and Underemployment Traps
• • Discussant: Lewis Davis, Union College (davisl@union.edu)
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