Friday, March 3, 2006 – Saturday, March 4, 2006
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Friday, March 3 |
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| 8:10 A.M. | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:50 A.M. | Welcoming Remarks: Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
| Morning Session Chair: Glenn Rudebusch, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | |
| 9:00 A.M. | The Interaction of Labor Markets and Inflation: Analysis of Micro Data from the International Wage Flexibility Project |
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Presenters:
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William Dickens, Brookings Institution
Lorenz Goette, University of Zurich Erica Groshen, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Steinar Holden, University of Oslo Julian Messina, Jarkko Turunen, Melanie Ward, European Central Bank Mark Schweitzer, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland |
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Discussants:
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Paul Beaudry, University of British Columbia
Jeffrey Fuhrer, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston |
| 10:30 A.M. | Break |
| 11:00 A.M. | Measuring Trends in Leisure |
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Presenters:
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Mark Aguiar, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Erik Hurst, University of Chicago |
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Discussants:
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Valerie Ramey, University of California, San Diego Justin Wolfers, University of Pennsylvania |
| 12:30 P.M. | Lunch — Market Street Dining Room, Fourth Floor |
| Afternoon Session Chair: John Williams, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | |
| 2:00 P.M. | The Labor Market and Macro Volatility: A Nonstationary General-Equilibrium Analysis |
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Presenter:
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Robert Hall, Stanford University |
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Discussants:
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Russell Cooper, University of Texas at Austin Martin Eichenbaum, Northwestern University |
| 3:30 P.M. | Break |
| 4:00 P.M. | Mismatch |
| Presenter: | Robert Shimer, University of Chicago |
| Discussants: | Eva Nagypal, Northwestern University Garey Ramey, University of California, San Diego |
| 5:30 P.M. | Reception — West Market Street Lounge, Fourth Floor |
| 6:30 P.M. | Dinner — Market Street Dining Room, Fourth Floor |
| Introduction: | Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
| Speaker: | Alan Krueger, Princeton University |
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Saturday, March 4 |
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| 8:00 A.M. | Continental Breakfast |
| Morning Session Chair: Richard Dennis, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | |
| 8:45 A.M. | Unemployment Fluctuations with Staggered Nash Wage Bargaining |
| Presenters: | Mark Gertler, New York University Antonella Trigari, Università Bocconi |
| Discussants: | Lawrence Christiano, Northwestern University Carl Walsh, University of California, Santa Cruz |
| 10:15 A.M. | Break |
| 10:30 A.M. | Cyclical Wages in a Search and Bargaining Model with Large Firms |
| Presenter: | Julio Rotemberg, Harvard University |
| Discussants: | V.V. Chari, University of Minnesota Thomas Lubik, Johns Hopkins University |
| 12:00 P.M. | Lunch |
| 1:00 P.M. |
Adjourn
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