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29th Annual Economic Policy Conference

Productivity, Labor, and the Business Cycle

October 21-22, 2004


Program Information

Thursday, October 21, 2004

"Organizational Dynamics Over the Business Cycle: A View on Jobless Recoveries"
Richard Rogerson and Kathryn Koenders, Arizona State University

Discussant: Fernando Alvarez, University of Chicago

"The Cyclicality of Hires, Separations, and Job-to-Job Transitions"
Robert Shimer, University of Chicago

Discussant: Randall Wright, University of Pennsylvania

"Reassessing the Monetarist Case Against Interest Rate Rules"
Robert G. King, Boston University, and Mau-Ting Lin, National University of Singapore

Discussant: Julio J. Rotemberg, Harvard University

"Productivity and the Post-1990 U.S. Economy"
Edward C. Prescott, Arizona State University

Discussant: Ricardo Caballero, MIT

Friday, October 22, 2004

"What's Real about the Business Cycle?"
James D. Hamilton, University of California, San Diego

Discussant: Mark W. Watson, Princeton University

"Trends in Hours Worked and the Role of Technology in the Business Cycle: Theory and International Evidence"
Jordi Gali, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Discussant: Christopher A. Sims, Princeton University


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