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May 22-23, 2009 in Princeton, NJ |
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| Friday, May 22nd | |
| 1:00pm | Author: Lawrence Christiano presenting “When Is the Government Spending Multiplier Large?” by , Christiano, Eichenbaum, and Rebelo (Northwestern University) |
| Discussant: Todd B. Walker (Indiana University) | |
| 2:00pm | Author: John Cochrane (University of Chicago) "Fiscal theory, and fiscal and monetary policy in the financial crisis" |
| Discussant: David Bowman (Federal Reserve Board) | |
| 3:00pm | Coffee Break |
| 3:30pm | Author: Gauti Eggertsson (Federal Reserve Bank of New York), “Can a Tax Cut Deepen the Recession?” |
| Discussant: Lawrence Christiano (Northwestern University) | |
| 4:30pm | Author: Troy Davig (Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City) & Eric M. Leeper (Indiana University), “Expectations and Fiscal Stimulus” |
| Discussant: Jim Nason (Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta) | |
| 5:30pm | Conference Adjourns for the day |
| 6:30pm | Dinner will be held in the Convocation Room (113 Friend Center) and will be preceded by a cocktail hour |
| Saturday, May 23rd | |
| 8:30am | Author: Marvin Goodfriend (Carnegie Mellon University), "Central Banking in the Credit Turmoil: An Assesment of Federal Reserve Practice" |
| Discussant: Dave Altig (Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta) | |
| 9:30am | Author: George Hall (Brandeis University) and Thomas J. Sargent (New York University), “Measuring Interest Payments on the U.S. Federal Debt” |
| Discussant: Henning Bohn (University of California Santa Barbara) | |
| 10:30am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00am | Author: Christopher A. Sims (Princeton University), “Current Fiscal Policy, Future Fiscal Policy, the Fed Balance Sheet, and Inflation Control” |
| Discussant: Marco Del Negro (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) | |
| 12:30am | Lunch |
| 1:30pm | Author: Harald Uhlig (University of Chicago), "Some Fiscal Calculus" |
| Discussant: Thomas Lubik (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond) | |
| 2:30pm | Author: Leopold von Thadden (European Central Bank), “Monetary and Fiscal Policy Separations: ‘Single Economy’ vs. ‘Monetary Union’ Issues” |
| Discussant: Lars E.O. Svensson (Sveriges Riksbank) | |
| 3:30pm | Coffee Break |
| 4:00pm | Panel Discussion: Alan Blinder (Princeton University), Giancarlo Corsetti (European University Institute), Don Kohn (Federal Reserve Board), Paolo Pesenti (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) |
| 5:00pm | Conference Adjourns |
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