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David Backus - Scholar, Leader, Friend
September 16-17, 2016
September 16-17, 2016
Friday, September 16 - 11:30am - 5:15pm
Opening remarks by Luis Cabral
Session 1:
Chair: Kim Ruhl
Opening remarks by Luis Cabral
Session 1:
Chair: Kim Ruhl
- Tim Kehoe (Minnesota) and Jaime Serra Puche (SAI Consulting) - What We Learned from Dave Backus in Graduate School
- Finn Kydland (UCSB) - International Puzzles
- Video
Chair: Mike Waugh
- Patrick Kehoe (Stanford) - What I Learned from Dave Backus after Graduate School
- Mario Crucini (Vanderbilt) - The Terms of Trade: From the Mundane to the Metaphysical
- Video
Saturday, September 17 - 8:30am - 3:00pm
Session 3:
Chair: Laura Veldkamp
- Stan Zin (NYU Stern) - Cyclical Volatility and Inflation Dynamics
- Chris Telmer (CMU) - Reverse Engineering Exchange Rates
- Video
Chair: Bryan Routledge
- Axelle Ferriere (EUI) - The Heterogeneous Effects of Government Spending: It's All About Taxes
- Video
Session 5:
Chair: Gian Luca Clementi
- Mike Chernov (UCLA) - A Macrofinance View of US Sovereign CDS Premiums
- Tom Cooley (NYU Stern) - The Demographic Deficit
- Video
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