2008
COWLES SUMMER CONFERENCE

Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics

"MACROECONOMICS WITH HETEROGENEOUS HOUSEHOLDS"

June 12 – 13, 2008

Organizers: Mark Huggett, Jose-Victor Rios-Rull, and Tony Smith

Location: Yale School of Management, Watson Center,
60 Sachem Street, Room A51

(PRELIMINARY PROGRAM)

List of Attendees

THURSDAY JUNE 12, 2008
9:00-9:50 Matthew Johnson (CRA International), Michael Keane (University of Technology Sydney & Arizona State University), "A Dynamic Equilibrium Model of the U.S. Wage Structure, 1968-1996"
9:50-10:00 Coffee Break
10:00-10:50 Burhan Kuruscu (University of Texas at Austin), Fatih Guvenen (University of Minnesota), and Serdar Ozkan (University of Pennsylvania), "Understanding Cross-Country Inequality Trends, the Role of Human Capital and Labor Market Policies"
10:50-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:50 Andres Erosa (University of Toronto), Luisa Fuster (University of Toronto), and Gueorgui Kambourov (University of Toronto), "The Heterogeneity and Dynamics of Individual Labor Supply over the Life-Cycle: Facts and Theory"
12:00-2:00 Lunch
2:00-2:50 Xavier Mateos-Planas (University of Southampton) and Jose-Victor Rios-Rull (University of Minnesota), "Credit Lines"
2:50-3:00 Coffee Break
3:00-3:50 Makoto Nakajima (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), "Equilibrium Bankruptcy and Temptation"
3:50-4:00 Coffee Break
4:00-4:50 Kartik Athreya (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond), Xuan S. Tam (University of Virginia), and Eric Young (University of Virginia), "A Quantitative Theory of Information and Unsecured Credit"
7:00 Dinner

FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2008
9:00-9:50 Carlos Garriga (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis), Karsten Jeske (Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta), and Don Schlagenauf (Florida State University), "Foreclosures and House Prices"
9:50-10:00 Coffee Break
10:00-10:50 Martin Schneider (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis & New York University), "Booms and Busts in Segmented Asset Markets"
10:50-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:50 Greg Kaplan (New York University) and Giovanni L. Violante (New York University), "How Much Insurance in Bewley Models?"
12:00-2:00 Lunch
2:00-2:50 Dirk Krueger (University of Pennsylvania) and Fabrizio Perri (University of Minnesota), "How Does Household Consumption Respond to Income Shocks?"
2:50-3:00 Coffee Break
3:00-3:50 Jeremy Lise (University College London), Costas Meghir (University College London), and Jean-Marc Robin (Paris School of Economics & University College London), "Matching, Sorting and Wages"
3:50-4:00 Coffee Break
4:00-4:50 Mark Bils (University of Rochester), Yongsung Chang (University of Rochester), and Sun-Bin Kim (Korea University), "Comparative Advantage in Cyclical Unemployment"
7:00 Dinner
ATTENDEES
Kartik Athreya, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Jinhui Bai, Georgetown University
Mark Bils, University of Rochester
Yongsung Chang, University of Rochester
Francisco Covas, Federal Reserve Board
Flavio Cunha, University of Pennsylvania
Andres Erosa, University of Toronto
Giovanni Gallipoli, The University of British Columbia
Carlos Garriga, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Douglas Gollin, Williams College
Jonathan Heathcote, Georgetown University
Dmytro Hryshko, University of Alberta
Mark Huggett, Georgetown University
Matthew Johnson, CRA International
Gueorgui Kambourov, University of Toronto
Greg Kaplan, New York University
Michael Keane, University of Technology Sydney
    & Arizona State University
Sun-Bin Kim, Korea University
John Knowles, University of Pennsylvania
Burhan Kuruscu, University of Texas at Austin		 Donghoon Lee, New York University
Jeremy Lise, University College London
Xavier Mateos-Planas, University of Southampton
Costas Meghir, University College London
Alexander Micharlides, London School of Economics
Toshihiko Mukoyama, University of Virginia
Nakajima Makoto, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Serdar Ozkan, University of Pennsylvania
Fabrizio Perri, University of Minnesota
Jose-Victor Rios-Rull, University of Minnesota
Jean-Marc Robin, Paris School of Economics
    & University College London
Aysegul Sahin, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Virginia Sanchez-Marcos, University of Cantabria
Martin Schneider, Federal Reserve Bank of
    Minneapolis & New York University
Sam Schulhofer-Wohl, Princeton University
Bent Sorensen, University of Houston
Xuan S. Tam, University of Virginia
Giovanni L. Violante, New York University
Kenneth Wolpin, University of Pennsylvania
Eric Young, University of Virginia
Christian Zimmermann, University of Connecticut