Fourteenth Annual Meeting of
the
Canadian Macroeconomics Study Group
Quatorzième rencontre annuelle du
Groupe d'étude canadien en
macroéconomique
10 - 11 November 2000 Conference Organizers/Organisateurs: Thursday - Jeudi, November 9
Reception/Réception:
Paper presentations: Connaught Square
Breakfasts, Lunches, and Coffee Breaks: Ontario Room
Friday - Vendredi, November 10 Coffee and Muffins/Café et muffins 8:00 - 8:45 AM Session I. 8:45 - 10:15 AM 1.
McMaster University
Alok Johri, Marc-Andre Letendre and William Scarth
McMaster University
8:00 - 11:00 PM
Larry's (hotel bar)
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES I
Chair/Président: Bill Scarth, McMaster University
M. DEVEREUX, University of
British Columbia
C. Engel, University of
Washington . Discussant/Commentateur: M. Boileau, University
of Colorado at Boulder
2. Speculative Attacks with Unpredictable or Unknown Reserves
G. SMITH, Queen's University.
Discussant/Commentateur:B. Paal, Stanford University
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Coffee/Café 10:15 - 10:35 AM |
Session II. 10:35 AM - 12:05
PM
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES II
Chair/Président:
Kenneth Chan, McMaster University
1. Output Costs, BOP Crises and Interest Rate Policy
A. LAHIRI and C.Vegh, University of California, Los Angeles.
Discussant/Commentateur:B. Lapham, Queen's University
2. Utility-Based Measures of International Risk Sharing
A. Head, T. MATTINA and G. Smith, Queen's University.
Discussant/Commentateur: S. Ambler, Université du Québec à Montréal
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LUNCH/DINER 12:05 - 1:20 PM |
1. Private and Public Circulating Liabilities,
C. Azariadis, University of California, Los Angeles
J. Bullard, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
B. SMITH, University of Texas, Austin.
Discussant/Commentateur:E. Nosal, University of
Waterloo/The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
2. Price Setting and Price Dispersion in a Monetary Economy; or The Law of Two Prices
E. Soller-Curtis, Drexel University
R. WRIGHT, University of Pennsylvania
Discussant/Commentateur: A. Head, Queen's University
3. Screening, Bidding and Loan Market Tightness
M. Cao and S. SHI, Queen's University.
Discussant/Commentateur: J. Leach, McMaster University
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Coffee/Café 3:35 - 4:00 PM |
Session IV. 4:00 - 5:30 PM
MONETARY POLICY
Chair/Président:
Alok Johri, McMaster University
1. Learning About Monetary Policy Rules
J. BULLARD, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
K. Mitra, University of York, U.K.
Discussant/Commentateur:
J. Yetman, Bank of Canada
2. The Real Interest Rate Gap as an Inflation Indicator
K. NEISS and E. NELSON, Bank of England.
Discussant/Commentateur: S. Van Norden, HEC Montreal.
Saturday - Samedi, November 11
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Coffee and Muffins/Café et muffins 8:00 - 8:45 AM |
Session V. 8:45 - 10:15 AM
1. Persistent and Transitory Shocks, Learning and Investment Dynamics
B. Moore, Fordham University
H. SCHALLER, Carleton University.
Discussant/Commentateur:
A. Maynard, University of Toronto.2.An Equilibrium Analysis of Information Aggregation in Investment Markets with Discrete Decisions.
P. Beaudry and F. GONZALEZ, University of British Columbia.
Discussant/Commentateur:
H. Lloyd-Ellis, University of Toronto/Queen's University
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Coffee/Café 10:15 - 10:35 AM |
Session VI. 10:35 AM - 12:05 PM
1.
Portfolio Choice in the Presence of Personal Illiquid ProjectsM. Faig,University of Toronto.
P. SHUM, York University.
Discussant/Commentateur:
M. Gervais, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond2. Total Wealth, Consumption and Portfolio Shares: Evidence and Theory .
M. Normandin, UQAM
P. ST-AMOUR. HEC Montreal
Discussant/Commentateur:
A. Melino, University of Toronto.
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LUNCH/DINER 12:05 - 1:20 PM |
Session VII. 1:20 - 3:35 PM
LABOUR MARKETS I
Chair/Président: Brian
Krauth, Simon Fraser University
1. The Economics of Labor Adjustment: Minding the GAP
R. COOPER and J. WILLIS, Boston University.
Discussant/Commentateur:
Chris Ragan, McGill University
2.Asset Accumulation and Short Term Employment
M. Browning, University of Copenhagen
T. CROSSLEY, Australian National University.
E. Smith, University of Essex.
Discussant/Commentateur: A. Bowlus, University of Western
Ontario
3. Can Shirking Efficiency Wages Explain the Presence of Persistent Inter-Industry Wage Differentials?
M. ALEXOPOLOUS, University of Toronto,
Discussant/Commentateur: S. Jones, McMaster University
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Coffee/Café 3:35 - 4:00 PM |
Session VIII. 4:00 - 5:30 PM
LABOUR MARKETS II
Chair/Président: David
Johnson, Wilfrid Laurier University
1. Can Human Capital Theory Explain the Distribution of Earnings and Income?
D. ANDOLFATTO, University of Waterloo/Simon Fraser University.
C. Ferral, Queen's University
P. Gomme, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
Discussant/Commentateur: Rui Castro,
Université de Montréal
2. Persistence.
Y. Chang, J. Gomes University of Pennsylvania
Frank SCHORFHEIDE, The Wharton School.
Discussant/Commentateur: C. Zimmermann, Université du Québec à Montréal
