Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
September 2009 Conference
Attendance at conferences of the
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity is by invitation only.
| The Age of Reason: Financial Decisions over the Life-Cycle with Implications for Regulation |
| Authors: |
Sumit Agarwal, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, John Driscoll, Federal Reserve Board, Xavier Gabaix, New York University, and David Laibson, Harvard University |
| Discussants: |
Giovanni Dell'Ariccia, International Monetary Fund, and Karen Pence, Federal Reserve Board |
| An Interpretation of the Unconventional U.S. Monetary-Policy Response to the 2007-09 Crisis |
| Author: |
Ricardo Reis, Columbia University |
| Discussants: |
Timothy Besley, London School of Economics, and Donald Kohn, Federal Reserve Board |
| By How Much Does GDP Rise If the Government Buys More Output? |
| Authors: |
Robert Hall, Stanford University |
| Discussants: |
Alan Auerbach, University of California, Berkeley, and Christopher House, University of Michigan |
| When the North Heads South: The World in Crisis |
| Author: |
Carmen Reinhart, University of Maryland, and Vincent Reinhart, American Enterprise Institute |
| Discussants: |
Gita Gopinath, Harvard University, and Chang-Tai Hsieh, University of Chicago |