TUESDAY 17 AUGUST 2010 09:00 - 10:45 PAIRED ... - netease.com

Volker Grossmann, University of Fribourg
Co-Authors: Thomas M. Steger, University of Leipzig and Timo Trimborn,
University of Hannover
11:15 - 12:45 FINANCIAL FRICTIONS I (MAX)
Chairperson: La'O Jennifer, MIT
Room Gran Melia B2
DO CREDIT CONSTRAINTS AMPLIFY MACROECONOMIC
FLUCTUATIONS?
Zheng Liu, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Co-Authors: Pengfei Wang, Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology and Tao Zha, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Emory
University
A MODEL OF MORAL-HAZARD CREDIT CYCLES
Roger Myerson, University of Chicago
COLLATERAL CONSTRAINTS AND NOISY FLUCTUATIONS
La'O Jennifer, MIT
11:15 - 12:45 ECONOMIC GROWTH: EXPLAINING CROSS-
COUNTRY INCOME DIFFERENCES (MAX)
Chairperson: Karlygash Kuralbayeva, University of
Oxford
Room Gran Melia B3
WHY ARE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SO SLOW IN ADOPTING NEW
TECHNOLOGIES?
Raphael Bergoeing, Universidad de Chile
Co-Authors: Norman Loayza, The World Bank and Facundo Piguillem,
Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance
AN ACCOUNTING METHOD FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH
Hongchun Zhao, University of Southern California
DE-SPECIALIZATION, DUTCH DISEASE AND SECTORAL
PRODUCTIVITY DIFFERENCES
Karlygash Kuralbayeva, University of Oxford
Co-Author: Radoslaw Stefanski, University of Oxford
11:15 - 12:45 CONSUMPTION AND RISK SHARING (MAX)
Chairperson: Olga Gorbachev, University of
Edinburgh
Room Gran Melia F1
CONSUMPTION RISK SHARING OVER THE BUSINESS CYCLE: THE
ROLE OF SMALL FIRMS' ACCESS TO CREDIT MARKETS
Mathias Hoffmann, International Trade and Finance, IEW, University of
Zurich
Co-Author: Iryna Stewen, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics
CONSUMPTION RISK SHARING UNDER PRIVATE INFORMATION
WHEN EARNINGS ARE PERSISTENT
Marek Kapicka, UC Santa Barbara
Co-Author: Paul Klein, IIES, Stockholm University
EVOLUTION OF CONSUMPTION VOLATILITY FOR THE LIQUIDITY
CONSTRAINED HOUSEHOLDS IN THE US OVER 1983 TO 2004.
Olga Gorbachev, University of Edinburgh
Co-Author: Keshav Dogra, Columbia University