MN Macro 2002
July 30 – August 3, 2002
Organized by Michele Boldrin and Robert Shimer
Tuesday, July 30
Understanding European Real Exchange Rates
A Unified Framework for Monetary Theory and Policy Analysis
Can a Baumol-Tobin Model Account for the Short-Run Behavior of Velocity?
Wednesday, July 31
The Opportunity Cost of Funds and the Demand for Risky Assets
Growth and Welfare Effects of Business Cycles in Economies with Idiosyncratic Human Capital Risk
Heckscher-Ohlin Business Cycles
Thursday, August 1
Skill and Luck in the Theory of Turnover
Directed Search on the Job and Wage Dispersion
The Cost of Employment Protection in the Presence of Match-Specific Learning
Friday, August 2
R&D? A Small Contribution to Productivity Growth
Pursuing Problems in Growth
Inappropriate Technology
Saturday, August 3
Who Gains from Child Labor? A Politico-Economic Investigation
Slow Boom, Sudden Crash
Stock Market Boom and the Productivity Gains of the 1990s