Citibank Workshop in Macroeconomics

Wednesdays, 4:00 pm-5:30 pm, Robinson Hall 301. Organized by Peter Howitt and Ross Levine.

September 16, 2009
The Monopoly of Violence: Evidence from Columbia
Jim Robinson (Harvard University)

September 23, 2009
Family Values and the Regulation of Labor
Alberto Alesina (Harvard University)

September 30, 2009
Time, Quality and Growth
Francisco Alcala (University of Murcia and NYU)

October 7, 2009
Learning and Discovery
Boyan Jovanovic (NYU)

October 14, 2009
Climate Variablity, Risk Sharing and the Economic Origins of Trust: Evidence from Europe
Ruben Durante (Brown University)

October 21, 2009
Where Should Liquidity Be Injected During a Financial Crisis?
Ricardo Reis (Columbia Universtiy)

October 28, 2009
Fixed Costs and Long-Lived Investments
Christopher House (University of Michigan)

November 4, 2009
Innovation-Based Growth & Long-Run Economic Development
Petros Milionis (Brown Universtiy)

November 11, 2009
Longevity and Aggregate Savings
Eytan Sheshinski (Princeton University and Hebrew University)
Background Paper

November 18, 2009
A Bioeconomic Foundation of the Malthusian Equalibrium: Body Size and Population Size in the Long Run
Carl-Johan Dalgaard (University of Copenhagen)

December 2, 2009
TBA
Gita Gopinath (Harvard University)

December 9, 2009
Trade Induced Technical Change? The Impact of Chinese Imports on Innovation and Information Technology
Nick Bloom (Stanford)

December 16, 2009
Wealth Evolution and Financial Market Instability
Blake Lebaron (Brandeis University)