Economics

2009 Iowa Alumni Workshop

Saturday, April 4, 2009

W401 Pappajohn Business Building
Sponsored by the Clarence Tow Fund

Program

8:30–9:15 AM  -   Continental Breakfast, W401 PBB

9:15–10:45 AM  -   Chair: Dan Kovenock (University of Iowa)

Gagan Ghosh (University of Iowa) —Efficiency in a Class of Multi-Unit Auctions

Hikmet Gunay (University of Manitoba) — Exposure Problem in Multi-Unit Auctions

Abdullah Yavas (Pennsylvania State University) — Boom and Bust Periods in Real Estate versus Financial Markets: An Experimental Study (coauthor: Nuriddin Ikromov)

11:00–12:00 PM  -   Chair: Shawn Ulrick (Federal Trade Commission)

Piyusha Mutreja (University of Iowa) — Capital Composition, International Trade and Cross-Country Income Differences

Michael Waugh (NYU Stern and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis) — Specialization, Economic Development and Aggregate Productivity Differences (coauthor: David Lagakos)

12:00–1:30 PM  -   Lunch, W401 PBB

1:30–3:00 PM  -   Chair: Bryce Kanago (University of Northern Iowa)

Todd Walker (Indiana University) — Fiscal Foresight and Information Flows (coauthors: Eric Leeper and Shu-Chun Yang)

James Chapman (Bank of Canada) — Central Bank Haircut Policy (coauthors: Jonathan Chiu and Miguel Molico)

James Feigenbaum (University of Pittsburgh) — Optimal Irrational Behavior (coauthors: James Feigenbaum, Frank Caliendo, and Emin Gahramanov)

3:00–3:30 PM  -   Coffee Break, W401 PBB

3:30–4:30 PM  -   Chair: Dave DeJong (University of Pittsburgh)

Ahmet Akyol (York University) — Consumption and Credit in a Life-Cycle Model with Limited Commitment (coauthor: Kartik Athreya)

Nicole Simpson (Colgate University) — The Market for Private School Loans: The Intergenerational Transmission of Credit Scores (coauthor: Felicia Ionescu)

6:00 PM  -   Reception and Dinner at Hotel Vetro