| Fall 2009 |
Thursday,
1:30-2:30, 28 Hillhouse Avenue, Room B1 |
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| Spring 2009 |
Thursday, 1:30 -
2:30, 28 Hillhouse Avenue, Room B1 |
| February 19 |
Bloom, Floetotto and Jaimovich (2008),
"Really
Uncertain Business Cycles." Presenter: Eduardo Engel |
| February 26 |
Beaudry and Portier (2004), "An Exploration into Pigou's Theory
of Cycles." Journal of Monetary Economics, 51:
1183-1216. Presenter: David Berger |
| March 5 |
Jaimovich and Rebelo (2008), "Can News About the Future Drive the
Business Cycle?" forthcoming American Economic Review. Presenter: Joe
Vavra |
| March 26 |
Blanchard, L'Huillier and Lorenzoni (2008),
"News, Noise
and Fluctuations: An Empirical Exploration." Presenter: Mark Klee |
| April 2 |
(2009), "Expectations Driven Business
Cycles: An Empirical Evaluation" and
Barsky and Sims (2009), "Information,
Animal Spirits, and the Meaning of Innovations in Consumer Confidence." Presenter:
Chris Fiore |
| April 9 |
Empirical Facts about the Financial Crisis.
Presenter Bill Brainard. Most of the "facts about the financial crisis" I
have gathered are elements of Kindleberger's description of a mania/panic in Ch 2. I
will also present some of the material in Martin Hellwig's piece.
Kindleberger (1978), "Anatomy
of a Typical Crisis" and Hellwig (2008), "The Causes of the Financial Crisis" |
| April 16 |
Kiyotaki and Moore (1997), "Credit Cycles" JPE.
Presenter: Bjoern Bruegemann |
| April 23 |
Kiyotaki and Moore (2008), "Liquidity, Business Cycles and
Monetary Policy" mimeo. Presenter: Giuseppe Moscarini |
| April 30 |
Allen and Gale (2004), "Financial Intermediaries and Markets."
Econometrica. Presenter: David Rappoport |
| May 7 |
Fostel and Geanakoplos (2008), "Leverage Cycles and the Anxious
Economy." AER. Presenter: Marnix Amand |
| Fall 2008 |
Thursday,
2:30-3:00, 28 Hillhouse Avenue, Room B1 |
| September 18 |
Lee and Mukoyama, "Entry, Exit and Plant-level Dynamics
over the Business Cycle" (2008) Presenter: Giuseppe Moscarini |
| September 25 |
Ross-Hansberg and Wright, "Establishment Size Dynamics
in the Aggregate Economy (AER 2007). Presenter: Marnix Amand |
| October 2 |
Atkeson and Kehoe, "Modeling and Measuring Organization
Capital" (JPE Forthcoming). Presenter: Bjoern Bruegemann |
| October 9 |
Krueger and Fernandez-Villaverde, "Consumption and
Saving over the Life Cycle: How Important are Consumer Durables"
(2005). Presenter: Juan Eberhard |
| October 23 |
Leahy and Zeira, "The Timing of Purchases and Aggregate
Fluctuations" (2005 ReStud). Presenter: David Rappoport |
| October 30 |
Khan and Thomas, "Inventories and the Business
Cycle: An Equilibrium Analysis of (S,s) Policies." Presenter: Joe
Vavra |
| November 6 |
Kryvtsov and Midrigan, "Inventories, Markups and
Real Rigidities in Menu Cost Models" (2008). Presenter: Eduardo Engel |
| November 13 |
James Kahn, Durable Goods Inventories and the Great Moderation? (2008 Fed
Report). Presenter: Mark Klee |
| November 20 |
Gopinath and Itskhoki, "Frequency of Price
Adjustment and Pass-Through" (2008). Presenter: Chris Fiore |
| December 4 |
Atkeson and Burstein, "Pricing to Market, Trade Costs
and International Relative Prices? (AER Forthcoming). Presenter: David
Berger |
