University of Chicago GSB

2007 Conference on Chicago Economics

November 10, 2007, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Registration begins at 8:00 am

Theme

Chicago Economics has been at the forefront of economics research in a wide range of areas including finance, monetary economics, corporate governance, unemployment, the economics of the household, and the rational and behavioral models of human behavior.  These topics represent some of the most important areas of research in economics over the past 40 years.  Many of these areas had their roots here at Chicago. This conference brings together many of Chicago’s top economists working in these fields to discuss the evolution of these ideas over the past several decades.  The focus will be on how past contributions have evolved into today’s cutting edge thinking.

Location

Charles M. Harper Center
5807 South Woodlawn Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637

Registration

Please RSVP with Amber Doctor no later than October 31, 2007.  Space is limited to three hundred so we advise you to register early as we will be filling those spaces on a first come basis.  No registration fee is required for this event.

Contact Information

Amber Doctor
adoctor@uchicago.edu
773.834.3498

Schedule

Registration
8:00

Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:15

Opening Remarks
9:15-9:30

Room 104 A&B
Kevin M. Murphy
 George J. Stigler Distinguished Service Professor of Economics

Plenary Session One
9:30-10:30

Room 104 A&B
Banking & International Finance: Progress and Pitfalls
Presenters:
Douglas W. Diamond
    Merton H. Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance
Anil Kashyap
    Edward Eagle Brown Professor of Economics and Finance
Raghuram Rajan
    Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance
Moderator:
John Huizinga
    Walter David "Bud" Fackler Distinguished Service Professor of Economics

Break
10:30-11:00

Plenary Session Two
11:00-12:00

Room 104 A&B
Understanding Human Behavior
Presenters:
Gary S. Becker
    University Professor Department of Economics and Sociology and Graduate School of Business
Richard H. Thaler
    Ralph and Dorothy Keller Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics
Moderator:
Jesse Shapiro
    Assistant Professor of Economics at The Graduate School of Business

Lunch Presentation
12:00-1:30

Winter Garden
Philip J. Reny - Welcome and Introduction
    The William C. Norby Professor in Economics and the College and the Chairman of the Department of Economics
Steven D. Levitt - Talk
    Alvin Baum Professor of Economics, Director of the Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory

Break
1:30-2:00

Parallel Session
2:00-3:00

Rooms 104 A&B
Managerial Incentives and Management of the Firm
Presenters:
Marianne Bertrand
    Fred G. Steinbgraber/ A.T. Kearney Professor of Economics
Robert H. Gertner
    Wallace W. Booth Professor of Economics and Strategy
Steven Neil Kaplan
    Neubauer Family Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance
Moderator:
Austan Goolsbee
    Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics

 Room 104 C
Consumption, Leisure, and the Household
Presenters:
Erik Hurst
    Professor of Economics and Neubauer Family Faculty Fellow
Bruce D. Meyer
    McCormick tribune Professor
Robert M. Townsend
    Charles E. Merriam Distinguished Service Professor
Moderator:
Robert H. Topel
    Isidore Brown & Gladys J. Brown Professor in Urban & Labor Economics

Plenary Session Three
3:30-4:30

Room 104 A&B
The Efficient Markets Hypothesis-An Update
Presenters:
 John H. Cochrane
    Myron S. Scholes Professor of Finance
Eugene F. Fama
    Robert R. McCormick Distinguished Service Professor of Finance
Lars Peter Hansen
    Homer J. Livingston Distinguished Service Professor
Moderator:
Kevin M. Murphy
    George J. Stigler Distinguished Service Professor of Economics

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