Department of Economics

Macro Lunch Schedule, Fall 2007

If you wish to present, please contact:
Ruben Durante (Ruben_Durante@brown.edu)
Ömer Özak (Omer_Ozak@brown.edu)

Date	Title	Speaker	Abstract/Paper
09/03/07	Labor Day
09/17/07	Education, Health, Environment and Growth	Natacha Raffin	Abstract
09/24/07	On the Mechanics of Financial and Technological Innovation: Implications for Growth	Ross Levine & Stelios Michalopoulos	Abstract
10/01/07	Do all Countries Follow the Same Growth Process?	Ann Owen	Abstract
10/08/07	Columbus Day
10/29/07	State Uncertainty Aversion and The Term Structure Of Interest Rates	Frode Brevik (HSG & NYU)
11/08/07	Cascade Preferences, Wealth Distribution and Growth	Boris Gershman	Abstract
11/12/07	Shanghai Surprise: Estimating the Value of Political Connections in China's Real Estate Market	Weiye Li	Abstract Paper
11/19/07	The Economic Effects of Salt Iodization in Switzerland: Some Preliminary Evidence	Dimitra Politi	Abstract
11/26/07	Free Trade Results from a Dynamic General Equilibrium Model: The Role of Differences in Fertility and Longevity	Eren Arbatli	Abstract
12/03/07	Monetary Policy Rules and Macroeconomic Stability: Some New Evidence	Sophocles Mavroeidis	Abstract Paper
12/06/07	Learning Your Comparative Advantages (Joint Macro-Theory Lunch)	Theodore Papageorgiou (Yale)	Abstract Paper