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Research Update
Papers Presented by Economists in the Research and Statistics Group
Number 2, 2008
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“Human Capital and Economic Activity in Urban America,” Jaison Abel. Southern Regional Science Association conference, Washington, D.C., March 29. With Todd M. Gabe.
 
“The Relative Importance of Amenities and Firm Productivity Advantages in Metropolitan Areas,” Jaison Abel and Richard Deitz. Southern Regional Science Association conference, Washington, D.C., March 28.
 
“Liquidity and Contagion,” Tobias Adrian. Banque de France workshop, Paris, France, June 10. With Hyun Song Shin.
 

“Procyclical Leverage,” Tobias Adrian. Toulouse School of Economics–Banque de France conference, Paris, France, June 24. With Hyun Song Shin.

 
“Spillover Risk of Financial Institutions,” Tobias Adrian. Joint workshop of the Research Task Force of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the Centre for Economic Policy Research, and the Journal of Financial Intermediation, held at the Bank for International Settlements, Basel, Switzerland, May 29. With Markus Brunnermeier.
 
“Are Charter Schools Perceived to Be Better Than Regular Public Schools? Evidence from a New Approach Using Private School Enrollment Patterns,” Rajashri Chakrabarti. American Education Finance Association conference, Denver, Colorado, April 12. With Joydeep Roy.
 
“Optimal Monetary Policy under Sudden Stops,” Vasco Cúrdia. Banco de Portugal seminar, Lisbon, Portugal, May 19.
 
“Current Account Dynamics and Monetary Policy,” Andrea Ferrero. Cornell University Department of Economics seminar, Ithaca, New York, April 24. With Mark Gertler and Lars Svensson. Also presented at the 2008 Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society, held at the David A. Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 19.
 
“Monetary Policy Tick-by-Tick,” Michael Fleming. Queens University Management School seminar, Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 11. With Monika Piazzesi.
 
“Banking Globalization, Monetary Transmission, and the Lending Channel,” Linda Goldberg. Deutsche Bundesbank conference, Eltville, Germany, May 23. With Nicola Cetorelli.
 
“European Competitiveness and Exchange Rate Pass-Through,” Linda Goldberg. European Central Bank workshop, Frankfurt, Germany, April 29.
 
“Macroeconomic Interdependence and the International Role of the Dollar,” Linda Goldberg. European Central Bank seminar, Frankfurt, Germany, April 28. With Cédric Tille. Also presented at a Fordham University Graduate School of Business seminar, Bronx, New York, May 19.
 
“Public Disclosure, Risk, and Performance by Bank Holding Companies,” Beverly Hirtle. Financial Intermediation Research Society conference, Anchorage, Alaska, June 8.
 
“Liquidity Crises and Productivity Growth,” Todd Keister. Midwest Macroeconomics Meetings, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 9. With Huberto M. Ennis.
 
“Run Equilibria in a Model of Financial Intermediation,” Todd Keister. 2008 Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society, held at the David A. Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 19. With Huberto M. Ennis.
 
“Review of U.S. Home Price Indices,” Jonathan McCarthy and Richard Peach. New Jersey League of Community Bankers conference, Iselin, New Jersey, April 9.
 
“The Effect of Employee Stock Options on Bank Investment Choice, Borrowing, and Capital,” Hamid Mehran. Johns Hopkins University seminar, Baltimore, Maryland, February 28. With Joshua Rosenberg.
 
“The Impact of Tax Law Changes on the Bank Conduct and Industry Structure,” Hamid Mehran. Stern Financial Inter­mediation Group seminar, New York City, March 11. With Michael Suher. Also presented at an MIT Sloan School of Manage­ment seminar, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 28, and a Brandeis University seminar, Waltham, Massachusetts, April 29.
 
“Open-Economy Models for Policy Evaluation,” Paolo Pesenti. Workshop cosponsored by the Centre for Economic Performance and the Economic and Social Research Council, held at the London School of Economics, London, England, May 2.
 
“Varieties and the Transfer Problem: The Extensive Margin of Current Account Adjustment,” Paolo Pesenti. George Washington University Department of Economics seminar, Washington, D.C., April 16. With Giancarlo Corsetti and Philippe Martin.
 
“How Do Treasury Dealers Manage Their Positions?” Joshua Rosenberg. Rutgers University Department of Economics seminar, New Brunswick, New Jersey, May 1. With Michael Fleming.
 
“The Information Content of FOMC Minutes,” Joshua Rosenberg. Fordham University Graduate School of Business seminar, Bronx, New York, April 24.
 
“Banks as Liquidity Providers of Second-to-Last Resort,” Til Schuermann. Columbia University Center for Financial Engineering seminar, New York City, April 4.
 
“Liquidity, Securitization, and Policy,” Til Schuermann. 5th Annual Credit Risk Conference, cosponsored by Moody’s Corporation and New York University’s Stern School of Business, New York City, May 14.
 
“Measuring the Impact of Securitization on Imputed Bank Output,” Charles Steindel. 2008 World Congress on National Accounts and Economic Performance Measures for Nations, Arlington, Virginia, May 13. With Adam Ashcraft.
 
“Social Spillovers in Personal Bankruptcies,” Giorgio Topa. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona conference, Barcelona, Spain, May 29. With Astrid Dick and Andreas Lehnert.
 
“Performance Maximization of Actively Managed Funds,” Zhenyu Wang. Society for Financial Econometrics Inaugural Conference, held at New York University’s Stern School of Business, New York City, June 4. With Gur Huberman and Paolo Guasoni.