It is with great pleasure to inform you of our Distinguished Visitor, Atif Mian, who will be visiting us from October 6th - 9th, 2015. He is Theodore A. Wells '29 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at , and Director of the Julis- Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance at the Woodrow Wilson School. He holds a bachelors degree in Mathematics with Computer Science and Ph.D. in Economics from MIT. Prior to joining Princeton in 2012, he taught at the University of California, Berkeley and the Booth School of Business. Professor Mian's work studies the connections between finance and the macro economy. His latest book, House of Debt with Amir Sufi, builds upon powerful new data to describe how debt precipitated the Great Recession. The book explains why debt continues to threaten the global economy, and what needs to be done to fix the financial system. House of Debt is critically acclaimed by The New York Times, Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and The Atlantic, among others. Professor Mian's research has appeared in top academic journals, including the American Economic Review, Econometrica, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies and Journal of Financial Economics.

Atif Mian will give the regularly scheduled Macroeconomics Seminar, and two lectures, one of which will be open to the public with a reception to follow:

Seminar: “Household Debt and Business Cycles World Wide” on Thursday, October 8th at 3:30-5pm in Room 315 http://nber.org/papers/w21581

Lecture 1: "Debt and Global Growth" Open to the public, Tuesday, October 6th at 5- 6:30pm with a reception to follow at the GSU Terrace Lounge

Lecture 2: “Empirical Macro and Finance” Scheduled for Wednesday, October 7th from 3pm to 4:30pm in Room 315

Please note that our Distinguished Visitors Guest Office is Room 417. To schedule office hours, please email Gillian Gurish at [email protected] with your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices. You can view the open times on the calendar at http://www.bu.edu/econ/research/lectures/distinguished-visitors/. Every attempt will be made to give you your desired time; however, it will be based on a first-come-first-serve basis. The following are the dates and times to request a 30-minute meeting: Tuesday, October 6th from 10am to Noon Thursday, October 8th from 10am to Noon Additional hours to be added if needed The Department and the IED hope that you will enjoy Professor Mian's visit and take the opportunity to attend his scheduled seminar and lectures. If you have any questions, please contact Eleanor Langdon at the IED or visit her office located at 264 Bay State Rd, Room 512.