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Fall 1999
Instructor: Professor Maury Obstfeld

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August 24, Organizational Meeting
August 30, Abhijit Banerjee (joint w/ Development)
September 7, Richard Lyons, UCB, Order Flow and Exchange Rate Dynamics
September 14, Jaume Ventura, MIT, Current Accounts in Debtor and Creditor Countries
September 20, Dani Rodrik (joint w/ Development)
September 27 Avinash Dixit (joint w/Development)
October 5, John Rogers, Federal Reserve Board, Shooting Around: In Search of the Exchange Rate Response to Money Shocks
October 13, (joint w/ Departmental)
October 19, Olivier Jeanne, IMF, Sovereign Debt Crises and the Global Financial Architecture
October 26, Richard Friberg, Stockholm School of Economics, One Money, One Market? Exchange Rate Variability and the Decision to Segment Markets
October 27, (joint w/ Departmental)
November 2, Gianluca Benigno, University of California, Berkeley, Real Exchange Rate Persistence with Endogenous Monetary Policy and Petra Geraats, Transparency and Reputation: The Publication of Central Bank Forecasts
November 10, (joint w/ Departmental)
November 16, Tsung-Tao Yan, University of California, Berkeley, The Value of Nurturing Environments: A Look at Social Infrastructure and Human Capital and
Stefan Palmqvist, University of California, Berkeley, The Choice of Monetary Regime--Money or Inflation Targets?
November 23, No meeting; rescheduled for December 7
December 1, (joint w/ Departmental)
December 7, Student presentations ***CANCELLED ***