ECON 286 - Fall 2009

Macro Reading Group

Meetings: Wednesdays 12:15 - 1:30 pm, Sequoyah Hall 244

Topic

News Shocks and the Business Cycle

Download the reading list HERE

Tell us what you read!

Upload the title of your 5-minutes presentation HERE

Deadline is 11.45 am on each Wednesday

Presentation Schedule

Sep. 30   Michael Bauer, "Term Premia and the News", own research.

Oct. 07   Jess Diamond, "Non-Standard Employment and Earnings in Japan", own research.

Oct. 14   Myungkyu Shim and Ji Zhang, Barsky and Sims (2009), "Information, Animal Spirits, and the meaning of innovations in consumer confidence" , NBER wp 15049.

Oct. 21   Cynthia Wu, Cochrane (1994), "Shocks", Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy,Vol. 41, pp. 295-364.

Oct. 28   Chim Lau, Romer and Romer (2000), "Federal Reserve Information and the Behavior of Interest Rates", AER.

Nov. 04   Aiemit Lakdawala, "Estimating preferences of the central bank", own research.

Nov. 11   VETERANS DAY, no meeting

Nov. 18   Will Peterman, own research, title TBA.

Nov. 25   Soojin Jo, Blanchard et al. (2009), "News, Noise, and Fluctuations: An Empirical Exploration" NBER wp 15015.

Dec. 02   Ben Kay, title TBA.