The topics to be discussed are related, but are not necessarily limited to, the following questions: - How effective have monetary policy measures been in the recent and past crises? What is the relationship between interest rate and balance sheet policies of central banks? How does the...

Topics: - Labor market asymmetries among new and old EU countries and institutional reforms - The impact of asymmetries on the on common monetary policy and vice versa: the impact of a common currency on labor market flexibility - Synchronization of economic activities (optimum and enogenous...

This course will study the interaction between liquidity, asset prices and aggregate economic activity over the business cycle. The course begins with alternative theoretical approaches to liquidity which emphasize limited commitment and limited market participation. We use these frameworks to...

The course will review the foundations of the new neoclassical synthesis (new Keynesian) model of monetary policy, and the nature of welfare-maximizing interest rate policy in the new synthesis model. It will address the determination of the exchange rate, the trade balance, international...

This course covers the core econometric ideas and empirical modeling strategies that I see as most useful for empirical micro. The main theoretical ideas are illustrated with examples. Our text is Mostly Harmless Econometrics: An Empiricist’s Companion by Angrist and Pischke (Princeton...

Submissions are solicited both for the meeting’s thematic sessions on GLOBALIZATION: PATTERNS AND CHALLENGES and for the meeting’s general sessions (on any topic relevant to the SSES) where submissions across a wide range of topics in Economics, Finance and Econometrics are welcome.

Academics and practitioners in the field, including those who currently are not members of the Society, are invited to submit papers.Papers can only be submitted electronically via e-mail to sofie@stern.nyu.edu.