Green Line Macro Meeting

Friday, May 2, 2008

Room 110: School of Hospitality Administration

1:00 pm: Andrei Zlate , Boston College

Production Sharing and Business Cycle Comovements with Heterogeneous Firms pdf

Discussant: Marianne Baxter, Boston University

2:00 pm: Denny Lie, Boston University

Sticky Prices, Endogenous Export Participation, and Real Exchange Rate Fluctuations pdf

Discussant: Fabio Ghironi, Boston College

3:00 pm: Coffee and Poster Session

Alex Wai-Yip Ho, Boston University, Welfare Effects of Growth and Risk Sharing in China

Jahir Ojeda, Boston University, Purchasing Power Parity and Breaking Trends in the Real Exchange Rate

Margarita Rubio, Boston College, Housing Market Heterogeneity in a Monetary Union

4:00 pm: Francois Gourio, Boston University

Rare Disasters and Asset Returns pdf

Discussant: Peter Ireland, Boston College

All sessions will have a 30 minute author presentation, a 20 minute discussant presentation, and a 10 minute general discussion

Sessions will be held at building 7 on the map below; the Economics Department is building 26. The closest T stop is St. Paul Street (MBTA description including photo).  Faculty parking at the Babcock Street lot (adjacent to building 2): arrangements must be made in advance.