Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

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Spring 2008 Conference

Thursday, April 10, 2008

1:15pm Macroeconomic Crises since 1870 
Authors: Robert Barro and Jose Ursua, Harvard University.
Discussants: Olivier Blanchard, MIT, and George Constantinides, University of Chicago.
2:30pm Coffee Break
2:45pm The Economics of Place-Making Policies 
Author: Edward Glaeser and Josh Gottlieb, Harvard University.
Discussants: Robert Hall and Paul Romer, Stanford University.
4:00pm Coffee Break
4:15pm Economic Growth and Subjective Well-Being: Reassessing the Easterlin Paradox 
Authors: Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers, University of Pennsylvania.
Discussants: Gary Becker, University of Chicago, and Alan Krueger, Princeton University.
5:30pm Break
6:00pm Cocktails
6:30pm Dinner

Friday, April 11, 2008

8:00am Continental Breakfast
8:30am Earning from History? Financial Markets and the Approach of World Wars
Author: Niall Ferguson, Harvard University.
Discussants: Barry Eichengreen, University of California, Berkeley, and Hélène Rey, London Business School.
9:45am Coffee Break
10:00am When Does Policy Reform Work? The Case of Central Bank Independence 
Authors: Daron Acemoglu, MIT, Simon Johnson, IMF, Pablo Querubín, MIT, and James Robinson, Harvard University.
Discussants: Alberto Alesina, Harvard University, and David Romer, University of California, Berkeley.
11:15am Coffee Break
11:30am Trade and Wages, Reconsidered
Authors: Paul Krugman, Princeton University.
Discussants: Douglas Irwin, Dartmouth College, and Lawrence Katz, Harvard University.
12:45pm Buffet Lunch