Yale Department of Economics

Macro Reading Group

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Fall 2009 Thursday, 1:30-2:30, 28 Hillhouse Avenue, Room B1
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

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Schedule maintained by Nancy King

Last updated: October 31, 2009