Georgetown University
Macroeconomics Seminar

2006-7 Schedule

Time: 11:00 - 12:30

Place: 550 ICC (Intercultural Center) Bldg
September 8
  joint with the BUSINESS SCHOOL SEMINAR, Martin Uribe, Duke University, " Individual Versus Aggregate Collateral Constraints and the Overborrowing Syndrome," .
September 15
   Camilo Mondragon, Georgetown University, " Entrepreneurship, Human Capital and the Distribution of Wealth.,"
September 22
  joint with the BUSINESS SCHOOL SEMINAR, Urban Jermann, Wharton, " Financial Innovations and Macroeconomic Volatility,".
September 29
   Fatih Guvenen, University of Texas, " Ben-Porath Meets Sill-Biased Technical Change"
October 6
   Francisco Buera, Northwestern University, Financial Constraints and the Persistence of History: A Quantitative Exploration
October 13
 
 Igor Livshitz, University of Western Ontario, 
" Accounting for the Rise in Consumer Bankruptcies,"
October 20
   Marek Kapicka, UC Santa Barbara, " The Dynamics of Optimal Taxation when Human Capital is Endogenous ,"
October 27
 
 
Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, Princeton University, " 
Trading Tasks: A Simple Theory of Offshoring ,"

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November 3
 
S. Chatterjee, Philly Fed,
November 10
 
 Amir Yaron, Wharton, .
November 17 
 Ananth Seshadri, University of Wisconsin, 
 " Human Capital and the Wealth of Nations,"
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December 1
  joint with the BUSINESS SCHOOL SEMINAR, Laura Veldcamp, NYU- Stern , " Information Acquisition and Portfolio Under-Diversification," .
December 8
   Richard Rogerson, ASU , Micro and Macro Elasticities in a Life Cycle Model with Taxes . P
Jan - March, 2007 
 JOB MARKET SEMINARS
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March 2, 2007 
 Fabrizio Zilibotti, University of Zurich, 
 " Rotten Parents and Disciplined Children:  A Politico-Economic Theory of Public Expenditure and Debt,"
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March 16, 2007 
 Roberto Samaniego, George Washington University, 
 " An R&D-Based Model of Multi-Sector Growth,"
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March 23, 2007 
 Mark Huggett , Georgetown University, 
 " Sources of Lifetime Inequality,"
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March 30, 2007 
 Hal Cole, University of Pennsylvania, 
 "The International Great Depression: A Productivity Puzzle ,"
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April 13, 2007 
 Gustavo Ventura, University of Iowa, 
 "  ,"Taxation, Aggregates and the Household"
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April 20, 2007 
 Graduate Students Presentations, 
 
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April 27, 2007 
 No Seminar- Midwest Macro Meetings, 
 
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May 4, 2007 
 Tim Bollerslev, Duke University, 
 "  ,"Realized Volatility: Current Themes and New Directions"
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HOTEL ARRANGEMENTS FOR SPEAKERS: contact Marcia Suss with the date you need a hotel room. [sussma@georgetown.edu or (202) 687- 6074]

TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS: (1) Take a taxi to O St. and 37th St. This is the front gate of Georgetown University, (2) Econ Dept is on 5th floor of ICC bldg. This is Bldg 27 next to "Red Square" on the campus map. Note that the ``BIG I'' on the far right of the campus map is essentially at the intersection of 37th and O St. Click here for campus map

SEMINAR EXPENSES: Mail to Marcia Suss, Macro Seminar, 581 ICC Bldg, Economics Department, Georgetown University, Washington DC 20057. You will need to include (1) a home mailing address and (2) BOARDING PASSES along with your plane receipt.