Cornell/Penn State Macro Workshop

Co-Directors: Karl Shell (Cornell)
Neil Wallace (Penn State)

November 15-16, 2003
at Cornell University

Yale/Princeton Room
Statler Hotel, Ithaca

SATURDAY, November 15

8:00 - 8:55
Light Refreshments (Conference Foyer)
8:55 - 9:00
Karl Shell (Cornell), Introduction and Welcome (Yale/Princeton Room)
Saturday morning chair:  Nezih Guner (Penn State University)
9:00 - 10:00
Luis Aguiar-Conraria (Cornell University): Forecasting in Data-Rich Environments
10:00 - 10:10
Coffee Break (Conference Foyer)
10:10 - 11:10
Gustavo Ventura (Penn State University): Do Migration Restrictions Matter? (joint w/Paul Klein)
11:10 - 12:10
Todd Keister (ITAM): Bank Runs and Investment Decisions Revisited (joint w/ Huberto Ennnis)
12:15 - 1:15
Lunch (Rowe Room)
Saturday afternoon chair:  Levon Barseghyan (Cornell University)
1:30 - 2:30
Yi Wen (Cornell University): On the Chain-Multiplier Effect of Consumption Demand in a Multi-Stage-Fabrication Economy with Inventories
2:30 - 3:30
Nezih Guner (Penn State University): Marital Instability and the Distribution of Wealth (joint w/ John Knowles)
3:30 - 3:45
Coffee Break (Conference Foyer)
3:45 - 4:45
Patrick Nolen (Cornell University): Vulnerability, Unemployment and Poverty: A New Class of Measures, its Axiomatization and Applications
4:45 - 5:45
Tatiana Tchesnokova (Penn State University): Trade and Welfare in a Dynamic Model with Credit Constraints
7:30

Dinner at Karl & Susan Shell's
917 Wyckoff Road, 607-272-3579

SUNDAY, November 16

8:00 - 9:00
Light Refreshments (Conference Foyer)
Sunday morning chair:  Gustavo Ventura (Penn State University)
9:00 - 10:00
Tao Zhu (Cornell University): Float on a Note (joint w/Neil Wallace)
10:00 - 11:00
Jun Xue (Penn State University): Endogenous Timing and Efficiency in Coordination Games with Incomplete Information
11:00 - Noon
Levon Barseghyan (Cornell University): Non Performing Loans, Prospective Bailouts, and Japan's Slowdown
Noon - 1:00
Box Lunch (Pennsylvania Room)

 

        Conference Staff:

        Amy Hyatt (weekdays only): alg5@cornell.edu; 607-255-5617
        Emily Box: shelloffice@cornell.edu; 607-255-5618
        Marie Hoerova: mh272@cornell.edu
        Luis Conraria: lgc9@cornell.edu

 

Directions from State College, PA to the Statler Hotel, Ithaca, NY

Directions from the Statler Hotel to Karl and Susan Shell's House at 917 Wyckoff Road, Ithaca

Directions from Uris Hall, Cornell University to Karl and Susan Shell's House at 917 Wyckoff Road, Ithaca