1995 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY FOR ECONOMIC DYNAMICS AND CONTROL
Program
- July 2-5, 1995
The conference was organized jointly by the Society for Economic Dynamics and Control (SEDC) and CREI. The purpose of this annual meeting which takes place every year in a different part of the world and which enjoys a very high reputation, is to assemble specialists in Economic Dynamics, a central field of Economics in order to exchange ideas, to comment on present research and to propose new lines of investigation.
- SUNDAY JULY 2, 1995
Economic Policy and Distribution
- Supply Side Interventions and Redistribution. T. Garcia-Mila, A. Marcet, E. Ventura
- Altruism and Markets. E. Ligon
- Unemployment Spells and the Income Distribution Dynamics. A. Castaneda, J. Diaz Gimenez, J. V. Rios-Rull
- Contracts
- Deregulation with Consensus. S. Brusco, H. Hopenhayn
- Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection in a Principal-Agent Insurance Model. A. Chassagnon
- When Are Non-Anonymous Players Negligible?. D. Fudenberg, D. Levine, W. Pesendorfer
- Inefficiency of Competitive Equilibrium with Asymmetric Information and Financial Intermediaries. A. Bisin, D. Guaitoli
- Money and Credits
- Welfare of Alternative Equilibrium Paths in the Kiyotaki-Wright Model. J. M. Renero
- On Money as a Medium of Exchange When Goods Vary by Supply and Demand. X. Cuadras-Morat�, R. Wright
- Credit Markets with Differences in Abilities: Education, Distribution, and Growth. J. De Gregorio, S. Kim
- Industry Dynamics
- An Application of a General Equilibrium Model with Entry and Exit to the Spanish Economy. C. Diaz Moreno, J. E. Galdon Sanchez
- Thick-Markets Extenalities in US Manufacturing: a Dynamic Study with Panel Data. M. Jimenez, D. Jr. Marchetti
- Competitive Pricing and Efficiency in Search Equilibrium. D. Mortensen, R. Wright
- Cost Reducing Investment Competition and Industry Dynamics. E. Petrakis, S. Roy
- Learning and Market Structure
- Social Learning in a Changing World. G. Moscarini, M. Ottaviani
- Evolving Market Structure: a Model of Price Dispersion and Loyalty. A. Kirman, J. Vriend.
- On Learning and the Stability of Cycles. J. Bullard, J. Duffy
- Altruism and Social Security
- A Positive Theory of Social Security Based on Reputation. T. Cooley, J. Soares
- New Evidence on Altruism: a Study of Tiaa-Cref Retirees. J. Laitner
- Asset Pricing
- Asset Pricing Implications of Real Market Frictions. J-P Danthine, J. B. Donaldson
- Peso Problems: Their Theoretical and Empirical Implementacions. M. Evans
- Growth and Technological Diffusion
- International Patenting and Technology Diffusion. Jonathan Eaton, S. Kortum
- Human Capital Accumulation, Endogenous Comparative Advantage, and Technological Change. A. Ciccone
- Banks and Liquidity
- A Model of Banking with Fiat Currency and Aggregate Risk. M. Loewy
- Bank Runs and Deposit Insurance: Market Fragility and the Futures Market Performance Guarantee. R. Craine
- Nonlinearities: Trade and Growth
- Hysteresis in Export Volumes and Prices: an Econometric Analysis. G. Giovannetti, H. Samiei
- Economic Reform as a Signal of Creditworthiness in Underdeveloped Counties. S. Parente
- Human Capital, Heterogenous Agents and Technological Change. J. Bailon, L. Rivera-Batiz
- Historical Economies
- The Debasement Puzzle: an Essay on Medieval Monetary Policy. A. Rolnick, F. Velde, W. Weber
- Dete Fabula Narrator? Growth, Structural Charge and Convergence in Europe 19th-20th Centuries. T. Daban, L. Prados
- Spurious Volatility for Historical Output Series: the Case of Germany, 1913-1938. A. Ritschl
- Matching
- Membership Rules, Matching and Unemployment, J. Ortega
- Matching Hetereogeneity and the Evolution of Income Distribution. D. Acemoglu
- Marriage Matching and Dynamics. K. Burdett, M. Coles
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Invited Lecture
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Some Aspects of the Transition to an Economic Union. A. Marcet
MONDAY JULY 3, 1995
- Imperfect Competition and Cycles
- Dynamics Complementarities: a Quantitative Analysis. R. Cooper, A. Johri
- The Origin of Asymmetry in Factor Input Dynamics. F. Palm, G. Pfann
- Bayesian Learning, Monopolistic Competition and the Real Business Cycle. B. Moore, D. Simard
- Effort and Cycle: What Is the Story?. H. Uhlig, Y. Xu
- Learning and Stability for Equilibrium
- Optimal Experimentation in a Changing Environment. G. Keller, S. Rady
- Non-Parametric Versus Linear Learning Devices: a Procedural Perspective. E. Barucci, L. Landi
- Stability for Competitive Equilibrium with Respect to Recursive and Learning Processes. Y. Balasko, D. Royer
- Equilibrium and Self Fulfilling Beliefs
- Intertemporal Cournot and Walras Equilibrium: an Illustration. T. Cordella, M.Datta
- Equilibrium Selections. B. Allen, J. Dutta, Hl Polemarchakis
- On the Robustness of Sunspot Phenomena in Dynamical Systems. J. Davila
- Arbitrage, Bubbles and Valuation. J. Werner.
- Economic Growth
- Technological Diffusion, Convergence and Growth. R. Barro, X. Sala-i-Martin
- Colonialism in the Theory of Growth. G. Bertocchi
- On Growth and Indeterminacy: Some Theory and Evidence. J. Benhabib, J. Gali
- Was Prometheus Unbound by Chance? Risk, Diversification and Growth. D. Acemoglu, F. Zilibotti
- Political Economy
- Are Consumption Taxes Really Better Than Income Taxes. P. Krusell, V. Quadrini, J. V. Rios-Rull
- On the Viability for Public Provision of Public Goods. G. Glomm
- Political Economy and Public Education Finance. R. Fernandez, R. Rogerson
- Job Creation, Job Destruction and Unemployment
- Is Job Turnover Countercyclical. T. Boeri
- Technological Progress, Job Creation and Job Destruction. D. Mortensen, C. Pissarides
- Learning Dynamics
- Economic Dynamics with Learning: New Stability Results. G. Evans, S. Honkaphja
- Choice Without Belief. D. Easley, A. Rustichini
- Political Economy
- Rational Debate Leads to Unidimensional Conflict. T. Piketty, D. Spector
- A Contribution to the Theory of Pork Barrel Spending .H. Cole, V. Chari
- Growth Models
- Accuracy Estimates For Numerical Solutions of Economic Growth Models. M. Santos, J. Vigo.
- Multisectoral Growth with Marshallian Externalities. K. Neusser
- Missed Oportunities Or Factor Reallocation Costs and Growth. J. P. Nicolini
- Empirical Models of the Labor Market
- Explaining the Time Path of Unemployment: the Differential Role of Growth, Business Cycles, Search Intensity and Labor Supply Factors. E. Yashiv
- Capital-Skill Complementarity and Inequality. P. Krusell, L. Ohanian, J. V. Rios- Rull, G. Violante
- Estimating a Dynamic Model of Labor Supply and Fertility in Intact Families: the Role of Part-Time Work. M. Francesconi
- Convergence and Growth
- The Poor Stay Poor: Convergence Across Countries and Regions with a Bayesian Data Approach. F. Canova, A. Marcet
- Modeling the Impact of Technological Change Across Sectors and Over Time in Manufacturing. M. Forni, L. Reichlin
- On Convergence in Endogenous Growth Models. S. Ortigueira, M. Santos.
- Central Banks
- Portuguese Banking Sector: a Mixed Oligopoly? F. Barros, L. Modesto
- Is There a Tragedy of a Common Central Bank? -A Dynamic Analysis. B. Van Aarle, A. Lans Bovenberg, M. Raith
- Do Exchange Rates Move to Address Regional Imbalances?. M. Canzoneri, J. Vallas
- Fluctuations in Open Economies
- The Sources of Business Fluctuactions in Small-Open Economies. A. Hoffmaister, J. Roldos
- Is There Consumption Risk Sharing in the European Union? A. Ubide
- Exchange-Rate Based Stabilizations: Theory and Evidence. S. Rebelo, C. Vegh
- Invited Lecture
- Theory and Measurement in Village Economies. R. Townsend
TUESDAY JULY 4, 1995
- Dynamic Trade Models
- The Poverty for Nations a Quantitative Exploration. V. Chari, P. Kehoe, E. McGrattan
- General International Financial Equilibrium Modeling and Computation with Variational Inequialities. A. Nagurney, S. Siokos
- Mark-Up Fluctuations in Us Manufacturing and Trade: Empirical Model Based on a Model of Optimal Storage. R. Kollman
- A Forward Premium Anomaly: Three examples in Search of a Solution. D. Backus, S. Foresi, C. Telmer
- Social Security
- Is Social Security Really Bad For Growth? G. Bellettini, C. Berti Ceroni
- Sustaining Fiscal Policy Through Immigration. K. Storesletten
- Equilibrium with Social Security. M. Boldrin, A. Rustichini
- Are Taxes Too Low?. P. Manasse
- Asset Price Dynamics
- Asset Price Dynamics and Infrequent Trades. P. Balduzzi, G. Bertola, S. Foresi
- The Predictability for Security Returns with Simple Technical Trading Rules. R.Gencay
- Stock Returns and Real Activity: a Structural Approach. F. Canova, G. De Nicolo
- On the Impact of Leverage Constraints on Asset Prices and Trading Volume. J. M. Maron, J. Olivier
- Growth and Income Distribution
- Dynamics of the Income Distribution Across OECD Countries. J. Andres, A. Lamo
- Sustained Growth, Government Expenditures and Inflation. P. Ferreira
- Catch Up, Growth and Convergence in the OECD. A. De La Fuente
- Home Production with Endogenous Growth. T. Einarsson, M. Marquis
- Endogenous Fluctuations and Growth
- Trade Dynamics and Endogenous Growth. an Overlapping Generations Analysis. A. Mountford
- Monetary Emission, Financial Market Regulations and Real Exchange Rates in a Two-Country Growth Model. C. M. Betts
- Increasing Returns to Scale and Endogenous Fluctuations in Overlapping Generations Models with Cournot Competition. T. Lloyd Braga
- Endogenous Fluctuations in Multi-Sector ProductiveEconomies: Factor Intensity and Substitution. L. De Mello
- Meeting and Contracting
- Implementing the Efficient Allocation in a Model of Financial Intermediation. E. Green
- Dynamic Bargaining Theory and Applications. M. Coles, R. Wright
- Capital Mobility
- Capital Mobility, Fiscal Policy and Growth with Self-Financing of Human Capital Formation. W. Buiter, K. Kletzer
- Capital Flows and the Northamerican Free Trade Agreement. T. Kehoe
- Investment and Firm Dynamics
- Machine Replacement and the Business Cycle: Lumps and Bumps. R. Cooper, J. Haltiwanger, L. Power
- (S, S) Inventory Policies in General Equilibrium. J. Fisher, A. Hornstein
- Debt and Capital Flows
- Recession Dynamics Following an External Price Shock in a Transition Economy. S.Gomulka, J. S. Lane
- The Optimal Quantity for Debt. E. McGrattan, S. Rao Aiyagari
- Estimated Models
- Time Varying Risk Premia in General Equilibria. A. Novales
- Can a Real Business Cycle Model Pass the Watson Test?. Y. Wen
- An Econometric Analysis of Us Inflation Dynamics with Learning About Rational Expectations. P. Zadrozny
- Calibrated Models of Animal Spirits
- Comparing Four Models of Aggregate Fluctuations Due to Self-Fulfilling Expectations. S. Schmidt-Grohe
- Can Animal Spirits Explain the European Unemployment Dynamics?. P. Feve, F. Langot
- Indeterminacy, Home Production, and the Business Cycle: a Calibrated Analysis. R. Perli
- European Integration
- Macroeconomic policy Games and Asset-Price Volatility in the EMS: A Linear Quadratic Control Analysis of France, Germany, Italy and Spain. P. McNelis, C. Asilis
- Currencies and the Allocation of Risk: the Welfare Effects of a Monetary Union. P, Andres Neumeyer
- Dynamic Strategic Interaction
- Dynamic Extenalities and Policy Coordination. M. Datta, L. Mirman
- Alternative Time Patterns of Decisions and Dynamic Strategic Interactions. P. Cahuc, H. Kempf
- Invited Lecture
- Market Structure and the Growth Process. P. Aghion (with P. Howitt)
- WEDNESDAY JULY 5. 1995
- International Dynamicss
- Transitional Dynamics, Convergence and International Capital Flows in Two-Country Models of Innovation and Growth. P. Tang, K. Waelde
- Risk-Related Asymmetries in Foreign Exchange Markets. G. Gallo, B. Pacini
- A Provincial Wiew of Capital Mobility. T. Bayoumi, M. Klein
- Real Exchange Rate Targeting and Macroeconomic Instability. M. Uribe
- Policy Coordination in Open Economies
- Growth Gains From Trade and Education. S. Kim, Y. Jin Kim
- Optimal Exchange Rate Targets and Macroeconomic Stabilization. E. Alberola Ila
- A Time-Consistent Solution to the Stochastic Dynamic Strategic Export Subsidy Problem with Two Governments .K. Gatsios, T. Kollintzas, C. Lagopoulus
- Monetary Innovations, Real Effects, and the European Monetary System. S. Baier
- Asset Pricing and Heterogeneity
- Double Lattices For Financial Analysis. D. Luenberger
- Asset Prices and Undiversifiable Income Risk in an Overlaping Generations Model. P. Labadie.
- The Order of Integration of Dividends and Excess Volatility for Stock Prices. M. Hagiwara, M. Herce
- The Simple Analytics of Assets’ Values and Infrequent Policy Changes. P. Balduzzi, G. Corsetti, S. Foresi
- CAPM-Based Minimax Hedging Strategy. M.A. Howe, B. Rustem, M. Selby
- Growth Trade and Uncertainty
- Marital Risk and Capital Accumulation. L. Cubeddu, J. V. Rios-Rull
- Investment in New Activities and the Welfare Cost of Uncertainty. J. Aizenman
- The Choice Between Leisure and Work and Modeling Endogenous Growth. A. Pelloni, R. Waldmann
- Growth and Interdependence. J. Ventura
- Issues in Monetary Economics
- Money as an Intermediate Good and the Welfare Cost of the Inflation Tax. I. Correia, P. Teles
- Liquidity Preference and Financial Intermediation. J. Dutta, S. Kapur
- Unanticipated Monetary Schocks and the Business Cycle. T. Cooley, G. Hansen
- The Effects of Monetary Policy in a Model with Reserve Requirements. J. Haslag
PANEL SESSION. (Organized by CREI)
- A Look At the Spanish Economy
- “Actual” Versus “Virtual” Employment in Europe: Why Is There Less Employment in Spain? R. Marimon, F. Zilibotti.
- Employment Fluctuations and Persistence in Spain. J. Gali
- Employment Creation and Destruction in the Spanish Economy. W. Garcia-Fontes, H. Hopenhayn
- Regional Integration and Public Investment in Spain. T. Garcia-Milia, R. Marimon
- A Monetary Union For a Heterogeneous Europe. G. Giovannetti, R. Marimon
- Panel Discusants
- M. Boldrin, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
- A. De La Fuente, IAE
- J. F. Jimeno FEDEA
- M. Nadal, Ministerio de Economia y Hacienda
- A. Novales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid