Spring Term 2010/11

January 2011
Thursday 20 January
Kevin Lee (Nottingham)
"Measuring the Natural Output Gap using Actual and Expected Output Data"

Thursday 27 January
Fabio Canova (Pompeu Fabra)
"Measurement with some theory: a new approach to test business cycle models"

February
Thursday 3 February
Matthias Paustian (Bank of England)
"Optimal conventional and unconventional monetary policy in the presence of collateral constraints and the zero bound"

Thursday 17 February
Paul Levine (Surrey)
"Endogenous Persistence in an Estimated DSGE Model under Imperfect Information"

Thursday 24 February
Andy Snell (Edinburgh)
"Minu, Startu and all that:- Pitfalls in estimating the sensitivity of a worker’s wage to aggregate unemployment"

March
Monday 7 March
Serguei Maliar (Alicante)
"A new solution method for economic models with high dimensionality"

Thursday 10 March
Lucio Sarno (City)
"Currency Momentum Strategies"

Thursday 17 March
Liam Graham (UCL)
"Learning from Prices"

Thursday 24 March
Silvana Tenreyro (LSE)
"Diversification through Trade"

Thursday 31 March
Catherine Waddams (UEA)
"Attention and confidence in consumer decisions"