SED at ASSA

Each year, the Society for Economic Dynamics organizes two sessions at the Allied Social Sciences Association meeting. The next meeting is held in Atlanta, January 3-5, 2010. The following sessions are on the program:

• Risk and Uncertainty in Business Cycles
  Date: Jan. 4, 2:30 pm, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M302
  Presiding: Guido Lorenzoni (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
  
  

  Risk Matters: The Real Effects of Volatility Shocks

  Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde (University of Pennsylvania)
  Pablo Guerron-Quintana (North Carolina State)
  Juan F. Rubio-Ramirez (Duke University)

  Really Uncertain Business Cycles

  Nicholas Bloom (Stanford University)
  Max Floetotto (Stanford University)
  Nir Jaimovich (Stanford University)

  Credit Crises and Liquidity Traps

  Guido Lorenzoni (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
  Veronica Guerrieri (University of Chicago)

  Financial Factors in Business Cycles

  Lawrence Joseph Christiano (Northwestern University)
  Roberto Motto (European Central Bank)
  Massimo Rostagno (European Central Bank)

• Unconventional Policies in Times of Crisis
  Date: Jan. 5, 10:15 am, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, M103
  Presiding: Ricardo Reis (Columbia University)
  
  

  Can Tax Cuts Deepen the Recession?

  Gauti Eggertsson (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)

  Public-Private Partnerships for Liquidity Provision

  Ricardo Caballero (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
  Pablo Kurlat (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  The Unconventional U.S. Monetary Policy of 2008-09

  Ricardo Reis (Columbia University)