Learning from Unemployment
Francisco Gonzalez (University of Calgary)
Discussant
Andre Kurmann (UQAM)
Unemployment in Developing Economies
David Cook (HKUST)
Discussant
B. Ravikumar (University of Iowa)
2005 CMSG Vancouver
Session 1: Unemployment
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Learning from Unemployment Francisco Gonzalez (University of Calgary) |
Discussant Andre Kurmann (UQAM) |
Unemployment in Developing Economies David Cook (HKUST) |
Discussant B. Ravikumar (University of Iowa) |
Session 2: Marriage Trends and Gender Wage Gaps
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A Quantitative Theory of the Gender Wage Gap Luisa Fuster (University of Toronto) |
Discussant Jeremy Lise (Queen's University) |
The Demographic Transition and Long-Run Marriage Trends Shannon Seitz (Queen's University) |
Discussant Elizabeth Caucutt (University of Western Ontario) |
Luncheon Seminar by Jeremy Greenwood (University of Rochester): Social Change
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| "And now, I'd like to introduce you to the man who just about failed me out of graduate school..." | "...social change spawned by a remarkable technological advance in withdrawal methods relative to prevailing lemon technology... " | Impressed Graduate Students... Ross Hickey, Michael Maschek, Ivan Tchinkov, Yuriy Zabolotnyuk, Lei Han (Mei Dong in background). |
Session 3: Bank of Canada Session
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Relative Prices, Trade, and the Great Canadian Depression Jim MacGee (University of Western Ontario) |
Discussant Beverly Lapham (Queen's University) |
The Transmission of Monetary Policy in a Multisector Model Francisco Ruge-Murcia (University of Montreal) |
Discussant Gregor Smith (Queen's University) |
Session 4: Bruce D. Smith Session on Monetary Theory
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Efficient Monetary Allocations and the Illiquidity of Bonds Gabrielle Camera (Purdue University) |
Discussant Shouyong Shi (University of Toronto) |
Price Stickiness and the Optimal Return to Money Andres Erosa (University of Toronto) |
Discussant Randall Wright (University of Pennsylvania) |
Session 5: International Finance
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Vehicle Currencies Mick Devereux (UBC) |
Discussant Craig Burnside (Duke University) |
Time-Varying Risk, Interest Rates andExchange Rates in General Equilibrium Pat Kehoe (FRBM and University of Minnesota) |
Discussant Wai-Ming Ho (York University) |
Session 6: Trade and Development
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Import Protection as Export Destruction Hiroyuki Kasahara (University of Western Ontario) |
Discussant Martin Boileau (University of Colorado) |
Legal Institutions, Sectoral Heterogeneity and Economic Development Gian Luca Clementi (NYU) |
Discussant Bart Taub (University of Illinois UC) |
Session 7: Language and Disease
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Dynamic Language Policy Ian King (University of Otago) |
Discussant Allen Head (Queen's University) |
Diseases and Development Shankha Chakraborty (University of Oregon) |
Discussant Eric Fisher (Ohio State University) |
Session 8: Business Cycles
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Schumpeterian Restructuring Huw-Lloyd Ellis (Queen's University) |
Discussant Igor Livshits (University of Western Ontario) |
A Theory of Business Cycles Michele Boldrin (University of Minnesota) |
Discussant Paul Beaudry (UBC) |
Miscellaneous Shots
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Front Row: Gian Luca, Rui, Patrick and Igor Second Row: Fernando and Ian |
Nice shot of a water glass (who took this?) |
Wosk Centre |
Front Rows: Gian Luca, Jeremy and Rui; Back Rows: Gregor, David Love, Craig, Paul Storer and...Paul Klein (you feeling OK there, Paul?) |
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Back of Shannon's head...very nice. |
Huw beginning to exhibit Schumpterian convulsions... |
Igor's hand begins to vibrate uncontrollably ... |
...climaxing in ferociously wild oscillations!!! |
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Luisa, Finn, Pat and David (Jim and Igor in background). |
Jim pleading his case. |
Randy looking a little confused... |
Gian Luca showing off the Italian "hand-wave" method of communication. |
