Department of Economics

Harris Dellas

5th Hydra Workshop on Dynamic Macroeconomics - Santorini, 28-29 September 2007

Program

Program (PDF)

Thursday, June 15th

21:00

Dinner

Day 1 (Friday, June 16th)

09:00-09:10

09:15-10:30

Gold Rush Fever in Business Cycles

Franck Portier* (Université de Toulouse, AMeN), Paul Beaudry (University of British Columbia) and Fabrice Collard (Université de Toulouse)

Discussant:

Evi Pappa (Università Autònoma Barcelona) and Oreste Tristani (ECB)

10:30-10:45

Coffee break

10:45-12:00

A Theory of Growth and Cycles

Michele Boldrin* (University of Minnesota) and Jesús Fernández-Villaverde (University of Pennsylvania)

Discussant:

Bart Hobijn (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) and Pietro Reichlin (LUISS, Roma)

12:00-13:15

Can News about the Future Drive the Business Cycle

Sergio Rebelo* (Northwestern University) and Nir Jaimovich (UCSD)

Discussant:

Fabrice Collard (Université de Toulouse) and Wouter Denhaan (London Business School)

13:15-14:30

Light lunch

17:00-18:15

Does Neoclassical Theory Account for the Effects of Big Fiscal Shocks? Evidence from World War II

Lee Ohanian* (UCLA) and Ellen McGrattan (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)

Discussant:

Dirk Niepelt (Study Center Gerzensee, IIES Stockholm) and Roberto Perotti (IGIER-Università Bocconi)

18:15-18:30

Coffee break

18:30-19:45

Volatility and Dispersion in Business Growth Rates: Publicly Traded versus Privately Held Firms

Steve Davis* (University of Chicago), John Haltiwanger (University of Maryland), Ron Jarmin (U.S. Census Bureau) and Javier Miranda (Universidad de Gran Canaria)

Discussant:

Wouter Denhaan (London Business School) and Martin Ellison (Warwick University)

21:00

Dinner

Day 2 (Saturday, June 17th)

9:00-10:15

Back to Square One: Identification Issues in DSGE Models

Fabio Canova* (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, AMeN) and Luca Sala (Università Bocconi)

Discussant:

Andreas Beyer (European Central Bank) and Patrick Fève (Université de Toulouse)

10:15-10:30

Coffee break

10:30-11:45

Taxes, Wedges and Labour Supply: Evidence from OECD Countries, 1956-2004

Richard Rogerson* (Arizona State University), Lee Ohanian (UCLA) and Andrea Raffo (Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City)

Discussant:

Mark Doms (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco) and Christian Haefke (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

11:45-13:15

Stock Market Volatility and Learning

Klaus Adam* (European Central Bank), Albert Marcet (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) and Juan Pablo Nicolini (Universidad Torcuato die TElla)

Discussant:

Bartosz Mackowiak (Humboldt University)

13:15-14:15

Light lunch

21:00

Dinner

Harris Dellas (University of Bern)

Plutarchos Sakellaris (AUEB, IMOP & Ministry of Economy and Finance)

Frank Smets (European Central Bank)

* = presenting