Organized by Ariel Burstein, Christian Hellwig and Pierre-Olivier Weill

Friday, October 21, 2011

8:45 - 9:15: Coffee and pastries in Bunche 9383
9:15 - 10:30: Jennifer Lao, Booth School of Business
"Optimal Monetary Policy with Informational Frictions"
10:30 - 11:00: Coffee
11:00 - 12:15: Pierre Jared, Columbia Business School
"The Political Economy of Indirect Control"
12:30 - 2:00: Lunch at the Faculty Center
2:00 - 3:15: Valerie Ramey, UCSD
"Does Government Spending Stimulate Private Activity?"
3:15 - 3:45: Coffee
3:45 - 5:00: Jon Steinsson, Columbia
"Fiscal Stimulus in a Monetary Union: Evidence from U.S. Regions"