NABE Sessions at the 2007 ASSA Meeting
NABE is hosting two sessions at the ASSA Meeting in Chicago on January 5-7, 2007.
Session 1
Friday, January 5, 2007, 2:30 PM
Stetsen Suite F, Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 E. Wacker Drive
Current Trends and Issues in the American Labor Market
Presiding: Carl R. Tannenbaum, NABE and LaSalle Bank
“NABE Outlook for Economic Activity, Job Creation, Wages, and Productivity Growth”
Carl R. Tannenbaum, NABE and LaSalle Bank
“Compensation and Labor Costs”
Mark E. Schweitzer, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
“Decomposition of Trends in Labor Force Participation: How Much Slack Exists in the Job Market?”
Daniel G. Sullivan, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Discussant: Carl R. Tannenbaum, NABE and LaSalle Bank
Session 2
Saturday, January 6, 2007, 10:15 AM
Stetsen Suite BC, Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 E. Wacker Drive
International Capital Flows: Measurement, Implications, and Policy Analysis
Presiding: Catherine L. Mann, Brandeis University and Peterson Institute for International Economics
“Is There a 'Global Savings Glut'?”
Menzie D. Chinn, University of Wisconsin
“Debtor-Creditor Discrepancy in Official Financing”
Brad Setser, Roubini Global Economics and University College, Oxford
“The U.S. Current Account Deficit and the Expected Share of World Output”
John H. Rogers, Federal Reserve Board, and Charles Engel, University of Wisconsin
“An Equilibrium Model of Global Imbalances and Low Interest Rates”
Ricardo Cabellero, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Emanuel Farhi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, University of California, Berkeley
Discussants:
Catherine L. Mann, Brandeis University and Peterson Institute for International Economics
Anna Wong, University of Chicago and Peterson Institute for International Economic
