Economic Policies and Economic Activity Conference

Friday, October 22, 2010

1:00 - 1:15	Welcome
1:15 - 2:15	"Specialization, Agriculture, and Cross-Country Productivity Differences" David Lagakos (co-author, Michael Waugh)
2:15 - 3:15	"Capital Taxation during the U.S. Great Depression" Ellen McGrattan
3:15 - 3:45	Break, refreshments
3:45 - 4:45	"Optimal Price Setting with Observation and Menu Costs" Fernando Alvarez(co-authors, Francesco Lippi and Luigi Paciello)
6:00 PM	Dinner at Caffe Boa

8:30 - 9:30	Continental breakfast (Tempe Mission Palms - Delores Room)
9:30 - 10:30	"On the Optimality of a Dominant Unit of Account" Martin Schneider(co-author, Matthias Doepke)
10:30- 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00	"Cartelization Policies and the International Great Depression" Hal Cole(co-author, Lee Ohanian)
12:00 - 1:00	Lunch (Tempe Mission Palms â€“ Campanile Room)
1:00 - 2:00	"Fixed Costs, Retirement and the Elasticity of Labor Supply" Richard Rogerson (co-author, Johanna Wallenius)
2:00 - 3:00	TBD Hugo Hopenhayn
3:00 - 3:30	Break
3:30 - 4:30	"Firm Level Productivity, Risk and Return" Ayse Imrohoroglu
4:30 - 5:30	"Housing Market(s) of San Diego" Monika Piazzesi and Martin Schneider (co-author Tim Landvoigt)
6:30	Dinner