Macroeconomics Workshops

Sponsored by Rice University Department of Economics and University of Houston Department of Economics.

Workshops are held every Monday (unless otherwise indicated) from 3:30 PM -5:00 PM at Rice (Baker Hall Rm 116) or UH (Rm 212 McElhinney Hall). Topics will be announced.

Monday, September 14:  David Papell (University of Houston) @ UH
 "Taylor Rules and the Great Inflation: Lessons from the 1970's for the Road Ahead for the Fed" 

 
Monday, September 21:  Rafael Di Tella (HBS) @ UH - Joint with Empirical Economics
 "Anger and Regulation" 

 
Wednesday, September 30:  Mark Wright (UCLA) @ UH
 "Recovery Before Redemption: A Theory of Delays in Sovereign Debt Renegotiations" 

 
Monday, October 5:  Amelie Carlton (University of Houston) @ Rice
 "Oil Prices and Real-Time Output Growth"

 
Monday, October 12:  Jim Feyrer (Dartmouth) @ UH
 "Trade and Income - Exploiting Time Series in Geography" 

 
Thursday, October 15:  David Levine (UCLA) @ Rice - Joint with Microeconomic Theory
 "The Dual Self Model" 

 
Monday, October 19:  Andrei Levchenko (Michigan) @ UH
 "Firm Entry, Trade, and Welfare in Zipf's World" 

 
Monday, October 26:  Cyril Monnet (Federal Reserve-Philadelphia) @ Rice
 "Banking: A Mechanism Design Approach" 

Monday, November 2:  Peter Thompson (Florida International University) @ UH
"Employee Spinoffs and the Solipsistic Entrepreneur"

 
Monday, November 9:  Victor Rios Rull (University of Minnesota) @ Rice
 "Credit Cycles" 

Monday, November 16:  Chris Foote (Board of Governors) @ UH

Monday, November 30:  Chris Meissner (UC-Davis) @ UH

Monday, December 7:  Brent Neiman (Chicago) @ UH 

If you have any questions, please email Ted Temzelides at Rice University, or Sebnem Kalmli-Ozcan at University of    Houston.