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**David Backus - Scholar, Leader, Friend**
September 16-17, 2016

**Friday, September 16** - 11:30am - 5:15pm

Opening remarks by [Luis Cabral](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/luis-cabral)

**Session 1**:
**Chair**: Kim Ruhl

- [Tim Kehoe](http://users.econ.umn.edu/~tkehoe/) (Minnesota) and [Jaime Serra Puche](http://www.sai.com.mx/jsp.php) (SAI Consulting) - **What We Learned from Dave Backus in Graduate School**
- [Finn Kydland](http://econ.ucsb.edu/people/people/finn-kydland-ph.d) (UCSB) - **International Puzzles**
- [**Video**](http://nyustern.mediasite.com/Mediasite/Play/aa29bf327f804a0ba2f02a89255ae0321d)

**Session 2**:
**Chair**: Mike Waugh- [Patrick Kehoe](https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/faculty/patrick-kehoe) (Stanford) - **What I Learned from Dave Backus after Graduate School**
- [Mario Crucini](http://as.vanderbilt.edu/econ/bio/mario-crucini) (Vanderbilt) - **The Terms of Trade: From the Mundane to the Metaphysical**
- [**Video**](http://nyustern.mediasite.com/Mediasite/Play/0d0831e6ac844f0da6525ae3e80fe1fd1d)

**Saturday, September 17** - 8:30am - 3:00pm

**Session 3**:
**Chair**: Laura Veldkamp- [Stan Zin](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/stanley-zin) (NYU Stern) - **Cyclical Volatility and Inflation Dynamics**
- [Chris Telmer](http://bertha.gsia.cmu.edu/telmerc/) (CMU) - **Reverse Engineering Exchange Rates**
- [**Video**](http://nyustern.mediasite.com/Mediasite/Play/84aafc81609243f683d4b5348daf19fc1d)

**Session 4**:
**Chair**: Bryan Routledge- [Axelle Ferriere](http://www.eui.eu/DepartmentsAndCentres/Economics/People/Professors/Ferriere.aspx) (EUI) - **The Heterogeneous Effects of Government Spending: It's All About Taxes**
- [**Video**](http://nyustern.mediasite.com/Mediasite/Play/c1ad28a8c11e4b479af17e5038f0d4231d)

**Session 5**:

**Chair**: Gian Luca Clementi- [Mike Chernov](http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/faculty/finance/faculty/chernov) (UCLA) - **A Macrofinance View of US Sovereign CDS Premiums**
- [Tom Cooley](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/thomas-cooley) (NYU Stern) - **The Demographic Deficit**
- [**Video**](http://nyustern.mediasite.com/Mediasite/Play/55ea8217279449118e3cf1ed4a312b981d)

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