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639 Evans
Instructor: Maury Obstfeld
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ECONOMICS 237: MONEY, MACROECONMICS,
AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCE SEMINAR
Spring 2000
Instructor: Professor
Maury Obstfeld
All materials are in PDF format, which requires Adobe's Acrobat Reader
to view. See the link to the left if you wish to download the Reader
from Adobe's web site (free).
Jan. 18, Joint with Departmental Junior Recuiting Seminar
Jan. 25, Steve Turnovsky, University of Washington, visitng UCB,
"The Transitional Dynamics of Fiscal policy: Long-Run Capital
Accumulation and Growth".
Paper [PDF],
Tables [PDF]:
1,
2a,
2b,
Figures [PDF]:
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9,
10.
Feb. 1, Helene Rey, LSE, visiting UCB,
"Financial Super-markets: Size
Matters for Asset Trade" joint with Philippe Martin - NOTE ROOM
CHANGE:
this session will be held in 608-7 Evans
Feb. 8, George Akerlof, UCB, "The Macroeconomics of Low Inflation"
Feb. 15, Michael Moore, Queen's University, Belfast, visiting UCB,
"Less of a Puzzle: A New Look at the Forward Forex Market" with
Maurice J. Roche
Feb. 22, Harald Hau, INSEAD, visiting UCB,
"Information and Geography: Evidence from the German
Stock Market"
Feb. 29, Gadi Barlevy, Northwestern University,
"Stabilization Policy
in a Model of Endogenous Growth"
March 7, joint with Departmental Seminar on March 9th
March 14, Luisa Lambertini, UCLA,
"Fiscal Discretion Destroys Monetary Commitment," joint with Avinash Dixit
March 21, Wei-Kang Wong, UCB, "The Channels of Economic
Growth: An Empirical Study"
March 28, Spring Break
April 4, Michael Woodford, Princeton University,
"Implementing Optimal Policy through Inflation-Forecast
Targeting", with Lars Svesson
April 11, Pablo Andres Neumeyer, Di Tella University,
"Business Cycles in Emerging
Economies: The Role of Country Risk," with Fabrizio Perri
April 18, Robert P. Flood, International Monetary
Fund, "An Interest Rate Defense
of a Fixed Exchange Rate?" joint with
Olivier Jeanne
April 25, Lee Ohanian, UCLA, "New Deal
Policies and the Persistence of
the Great Depression," joint with Harold Cole
May 2, Ross Starr, UCSD,
"Why Is There Money? Convergence to a
Monetary Equilibrium in a General Equilibrium Model with Transaction
Costs"
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