MEA 2011 Conference - The Economics of Inequality, Education and Copyrights

MEA 2011 Annual Conference

Hamline University
Sundin Music Hall
St. Paul, Minnesota
October 14, 2011

8:30 a.m.	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:10 a.m.	Welcome and Introductory Comments Jan Werner, University of Minnesota, MEA President
9:20 a.m.	Hurwicz Distinguished Lecture — Moral Hazard Credit Cycles Roger Myerson,* Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Slides [PDF]
10:30 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m.	Unequal We Stand: Economic Inequality in the United States Speakers: Jonathan Heathcoate, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Slides [PDF] Fabrizio Perri, University of Minnesota Slides [PDF]
11:55 a.m.	Luncheon—Klas Center, Kay Fredericks Room, 3rd Floor
	12:30 p.m. Presentation of Awards 12:45 p.m. Business Meeting 1:00 p.m. Luncheon Speaker Joel Waldfogel, Frederick R. Kappel Chair in Applied Economics, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota Slides [PDF]
2:10 p.m.	Recent Issues in Education Reform—Sundin Music Hall Session Moderator: Judy Temple, University of Minnesota Panelists: Brenda Cassillius, Minnesota Commissioner of Education Aaron Sojourner, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota Rob Meyer, Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin Slides [PDF]
3:20 p.m.	Closing Remarks and Adjournment Fahima Aziz, Hamline University, incoming MEA President

*Shared the 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics with Leonid Hurwicz