Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
April 2009 Conference
Attendance at conferences of the
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity is by invitation only.
| Why Doesn't Capitalism Flow to Poor Countries? |
| Authors: |
Rafael Di Tella, Harvard University, and
Robert MacCulloch, Imperial College, London |
| Discussants: |
George Akerlof, UC Berkeley, and Peter Klenow, Stanford University |
| Causes and Consequences of the Oil Shock of 2007-08 |
| Author: |
James Hamilton, UC San Diego |
| Discussants: |
Alan Blinder, Princeton University, and Lutz Kilian, University of Michigan |
| The Causal Impact of Education on Economic Growth: Evidence from U.S. |
| Authors: |
Philippe Aghion, Harvard University, Leah Boustan, UCLA,
Caroline Hoxby, Stanford, and Jerome Vandenbussche, IMF |
| Discussants: |
Daron Acemoglu, MIT, and Kevin Murphy, University of Chicago |
| The Financial Crisis: An Inside View |
| Author: |
Phillip Swagel, formerly U.S. Treasury Department |
| Discussants: |
Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago, and
Rene Stulz, Ohio State University |
| Understanding Inflation-Indexed Bond Markets |
| Authors: |
Authors: John Campbell, Harvard University, Robert Shiller, Yale University, and Luis Viceira, Harvard |
| Discussants: |
Frederic Mishkin, Columbia University, and
Jonathan Wright, Johns Hopkins University |