CIGS Conference on Macroeconomic Theory and Policy 2011

Presentations and papers

Opening Remarks

• Toshihiko Fukui

  
  President, The Canon Institute for Global Studies
  

Presentation

• Presentator：Gary Hansen

  
  Professor, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)
  "Health Insurance Reform: The Impact of a Medicare Buy-In."

  • Presentation SlidePDF：417KB
  

• Presentator：Shouyong Shi

  
  Professor, University of Tronto
  "Liquidity, Assets and Business Cycles."

  • Presentation SlidePDF：166KB
  

• Presentator：Frank Schorfheide
  

  Professor, University of Pennsylvania
  "Forecasting with DSGE Models: Theory and Practice"

  • Presentation SlidePDF：599KB
  

• Presentator：Yongsung Chang
  

  Professor, University of Rochester & Yonsei University
  "Asymmetric Phase Shifts in the U.S. Industrial Production Cycles"

  • Presentation Slide PDF：1,932KB
  

• Presentator：Tomoyuki Nakajima
  

  Professor, Kyoto University
  "Systemic Bank Runs in a DSGE Model"

  • Presentation SlidePDF：1,034KB
  • Paper PDF：310KB
  

• Presentator：Kjetil Storesletten
  

  Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
  "Chinese Pension Reform in the Face of Financial Frictions"

  • Presentation Slide PDF：391KB
  

• Presentator：Andrew Sim
  

  Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo
  "Wage Dynamics with Private Learning-by-doing and On-the-job Search"
  

• Presentator：Hugo Hopenhayn
  

  Professor, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)
  "Firm Microstructure and Aggregate Productivity"

  • Presentation SlidePDF：1,334KB
  • PaperPDF：470KB
  

• Presentator：Sagiri Kitao
  

  Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
  "Sustainable Social Security: Four Options"

  • Presentation SlidePDF：2,770KB
  • PaperPDF：271KB
  

• Presentator：Richard A. Braun
  

  Research Economist and Policy Adviser, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
  "New Keynesian Dynamics in a Low Interest Rate Environment."

  • Presentation Slide PDF：386KB
  • PaperPDF：550KB
  

• Presentator：Selahattin Imrohoroglu
  

  Professor, USC Marshall School of Business
  "Fiscal Reform and Government Debt in Japan: A Neoclassical Perspective"