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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"