Program

Special Plenary Sessions:

Afternoon of Thursday, June 21:
Bayesian Empirical Macroeconomics
Fabio Canova, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Frank Schorfheide, University of Pennsylvania
Moderator: Juan Rubio-Ramirez, Duke University

Development Economics
Dilip Mookherjee, Boston University

Petra Todd, University of Pennsylvania
Moderator: Christopher Timmins, Duke University

Labor Economics
Robert S. Miller, Carnegie Mellon University
Kenneth Wolpin, University of Pennsylvania
Moderator: Peter Arcidiacono, Duke University

Financial Economics
Ravi Bansal, Duke University
Douglas Breeden, Duke University
Lars Hansen, University of Chicago
Moderator: George Tauchen, Duke University

Afternoon of Friday, June 22:
Incentive Theory
Jonathan Levin, Stanford University

Huseyin Yildirim, Duke University
Moderator: Curtis Taylor, Duke University

International Macroeconomics
Ariel Burstein, University of California, Los Angeles
Enrique Mendoza, University of Maryland
Moderator: Martin Uribe, Duke University

Public/Political Economy
Antonio Merlo, University of Pennsylvania
James Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Moderator: Pat Bayer, Duke University

Volatility
Peter R. Hansen, Stanford University
Nour Medahi, Imperial College of London
Moderator: Tim Bollerslev, Duke University

Afternoon of Saturday, June 23:
Globalization and Financial Development
Frederic Mishkin, Federal Reserve Board
Moderator: Craig Burnside, Duke University

Econometric Theory
Whitney Newey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
James Powell, University of California, Berkeley
Moderator: Shakeeb Khan, Duke University

Economics of Education
Eric Hanushek, Stanford University
Caroline Hoxby, Harvard University
Moderator: Tom Nechyba, Duke University

Industrial Organization
Patrick Bajari, University of Minnesota
C. Lanier Benkard, Stanford University
Moderator: Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Duke University