Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
October 20-21, 2000
| Friday, October 20 | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Continental breakfast |
| Opening Remarks | |
| 10:00 a.m. | V. V. Chari, University of Minnesota and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis |
| Session I: European Inter War Experience | |
| 10:10 a.m. | Franck Portier, University of Toulouse, and Paul Beaudry, University of British Columbia, CIAR, and NBER |
| Title: The French Depression in the Thirties Discussant: Kevin M. Murphy, University of Chicago Moderator: Marvin Goodfriend, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
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| 11:15 a.m. | Coffee break |
| 11:30 a.m. | Harold L. Cole, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and Lee E. Ohanian, University of California-Los Angeles and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis |
| Title: A Neoclassical Analysis of Britain’s Interwar Depression Discussant: Thomas J. Sargent, Stanford University Moderator: Gary Hansen, University of California-Los Angeles |
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| 12:35 p.m. | Buffet luncheon |
| 1:40 p.m. | Jonas Fisher, University of Chicago, and Andreas Hornstein, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
| Title: A Neoclassical Perspective on the German Economy 1925-1938 Discussant: Arthur J. Rolnick, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Moderator: Russell Cooper, Boston University |
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| 2:45 p.m. | Coffee break |
| 3:00 p.m. | Fabrizio Perri, New York University, and Vincenzo Quadrini, New York University and CPER |
| Title: Understanding the Great Depression: What Can We Learn from the Italian Experience? Discussant: Ellen McGrattan, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Moderator: Ayse Imrohoroglu, University of Southern California |
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| 4:05 p.m. | Coffee break |
| Session II: Japan in the 1990s | |
| 4:20 p.m. | Fumio Hayashi, University of Tokyo, and Edward C. Prescott, University of Minnesota and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis |
| Title: The 1990s in Japan: A Lost Decade Discussant: Nobu Kiyotaki, London School of Economics Moderator: Tomoyuki Nakajima, Brown University |
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| 5:30 p.m. | Reception and social hour |
| 6:30 p.m. | Conference dinner |
| Saturday, October 21 | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Continental breakfast |
| Session III: Latin American Depressions | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Raphael Bergoeing and Raimundo Soto, ILADES-Georgetown University, Universidad Alberto Hurtado,Patrick J. Kehoe, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and Timothy J. Kehoe, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and University of Minnesota |
| Title: A Decade Lost and Found: Mexico and Chile in the 1980s Discussant: Pete Klenow, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Moderator: Randall Wright, University of Pennsylvania |
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| 12:10 p.m. | Finn E. Kydland, Carnegie Mellon University and Carlos E. J. M. Zarazaga, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas |
| Title: Argentina’s Lost Decade Discussant: Fernando Alvarez, University of Chicago Moderator: Rody Manuelli, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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| 1:15 p.m. | Buffet luncheon |
| Session IV: The Great U.S. Depression | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Casey Mulligan, University of Chicago |
| Title: A Dual Method of Empirically Evaluating Dynamic Competitive Equilibrium Models with Distortionary Taxes, including Applications to the Great Depression and World War II Discussant: Richard Rogerson, University of Pennsylvania Moderator: Ben Bernanke, Princeton University |
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| 3:35 p.m. | Coffee break |
| 3:50 p.m. | Harold L. Cole, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and Lee E. Ohanian, University of California-Los Angeles and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis |
| Title: New Deal Policies and the Persistence of the Great Depression: A General Equilibrium Analysis Discussant: Nancy L. Stokey, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and University of Chicago Moderator: Boyan Jovanovic, New York University |
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| 5:00 p.m. | Robert E. Lucas, Jr., Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and University of Chicago Remarks on the Great U.S. Depression |
| 5:30 p.m. | Reception and social hour |