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Continental breakfast |
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Fiscal Volatility Shocks and Economic Activity 
Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde, University of Pennsylvania Pablo Guerron-Quintana, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Keith Kuester, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Juan Rubio-Ramirez, Duke University
Discussant: Stefano Eusepi, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
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| 10:00 a.m. |
Coffee break |
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| 10:15 a.m. |
The Size of the U.S. Finance Industry: A Puzzle? 
Thomas Philippon, New York University
Discussant: Paul Krugman, Princeton University |
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| 11:15 a.m. |
Coffee break |
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| 11:30 a.m. |
Pegs and Pains 
Stephanie Schmitt-Grohe, Columbia University Martin Uribe, Columbia University
Discussant: Paolo Pesenti, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
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| 12:30 p.m. |
Lunch
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| 1:45 p.m. |
Inflation Dynamics and Time-Varying Uncertainty: New Evidence and an Ss Interpretation 
Joseph Vavra, Yale University
Discussant: John Leahy, New York University |
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| 2:45 p.m. |
Coffee break |
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| 3:00 p.m. |
Financial Crisis, Bank Risk Exposure and Government Financial Policy 
Mark Gertler, New York University Nobuhiro Kiyotaki, Princeton University Albert Queralto, New York University
Discussant: Frederic Mishkin, Columbia Business School |
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| 4:00 p.m. |
Coffee break |
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| 4:15 p.m. |
Foreign Ownership of U.S. Safe Assets: Good or Bad? 
Jack Favilukis, London School of Economics Sydney C. Ludvigson, New York University Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, New York University
Discussant: Jaromir Nosal, Columbia University |
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| 5:15 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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| 5:30 p.m. |
Drinks at Pounds and Pence |
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