Conference in Honor of William C. Brainard
October 26-27, 2001
| FRIDAY | |
| 1:30 | Welcoming Remarks |
| 1:45 | SESSION 1: Economic Theory, Investment Behavior, and Financial Markets — Chair: Herbert Scarf |
| John Geanakoplos, “General Equilibrium, Bounded Rationality, and the American Mortgage Market” Discussant: Laurence Weiss |
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| David Swensen, “Using Economic Theory to Manage Yale’s Endowment” Discussant: Richard Attiyeh |
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| 4:00 | SESSION 2: Public Economics — Moderator: James Friedman |
| PANEL: Jeremy Bulow, F. Trenery Dolbear, Peter Mieszkowski, Frank Westhoff | |
| SATURDAY | |
| 9:30 | SESSION 3: Financial Intermediaries and Individual Saving for Retirement — Chair: Donald Brown |
| Andrew Caplin, “Retirement Consumption: Survey Evidence on Expectations and Outcomes” Discussant: Alice Rivlin |
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| John Shoven, “Asset Location for Retirement Savers” (with James M. Poterba, Clemens Sialm) Discussant: Gary Smith |
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| 1:00 | SESSION 4: International Economic Policy — Chair: T.N. Srinivasan |
| Richard Cooper, “Growth and Inequality: The Role of Foreign Trade and Investment” Discussant: Dale Henderson |
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| John Whalley, “An Internalization Based on World Environmental Organization” Discussant: Gary Yohe |
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| 3:45 | SESSION 5: Current Issues in Macroeconomic Policy — Moderator: William Nordhaus |
| PANEL: Edward Gramlich, George Perry, Jeffrey Shafer, Matthew Shapiro | |