Tiomkin School of Economics
The Tiomkin School of Economics cordially invites you to
ECONOMICS WORKSHOP AT IDC in honor of Zvi Eckstein’s 70th birthday
Sunday - Monday, June 16th-17th 2019 The Weinrebe Auditorium SL201, Radzyner-Sistainability building IDC Campus, Kanfei Nesharim st., Herzliya
Sunday, June 16 Chair: Omer Moav, IDC Herzliya 09:00 Reception
09:30 keynote lecture: Stanley Fischer, Former Vice-Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board and Former Governor of the Bank of Israel 10:30 Jonathan Eaton, Pennsylvania State University "Firm-to-Firm Trade: Imports, Exports, and the Labor Market" (with Samuel Kortum & Francis Kramarz) Discussant: Alon Eizenberg, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 11:30 Coffee Break 11:55 Lawrence J. Christiano, Northwestern University “Discouraging Deviant Behavior in Monetary Economics” (with Yuta Takahashi)
Discussant: Jeffrey R. Campbell, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 12:55 Lunch 13:55 Elhanan Helpman, Harvard University “Identity Politics and Trade Policy” (with Gene Grossman) Discussant: Assaf Razin, Tel Aviv University 15:00 Martin Eichenbaum, Northwestern University “State Dependent Effects of Monetary Policy: the Refinancing Channel” (with Sergio Rebelo & Arlene Wong) Discussant: Eran Hoffmann, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 16:00 Coffee Break 16:25 keynote lecture: Christopher Sims, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Princeton University 17:30 Reception for the Panel
18:00 Panel: Policy Prospective A318 Arison-Lauder Building IDC Campus
Moderator: Martin Eichenbaum, Northwestern University
Participants: Lars P. Hansen, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, University of Chicago Christopher A. Sims, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Princeton University Kenneth Wolpin, Rice University
Monday, June 17 Chair: Rafi Melnick, IDC Herzliya 9:00 Reception 9:30 keynote lecture: Lars Hansen, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, University of Chicago "Pricing Uncertainty Induced by Climate Change" (with William A. Brock & Michael Barnett) 10:30 Joel Mokyr, Northwestern University “The Holy Land of Industrialism: Great Britain and the Industrial Revolution revisited for the nth time” Discussant: Omer Moav, IDC Herzliya 11:30 Coffee Break 12:00 Michael Keane, University of New South Wales "Effects of Taxes and Safety Net Pensions on life-cycle Labor Supply, Savings and Human Capital: the Case of Australia" (with Fedor Iskhakov) Discussant: Barbara Petrongolo,University of London 13:00 Lunch 14:00 Yona Rubinstein, London School of Economics and Political Science "Selection Into Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment" (with Ross Levine) Discussant: Sarit Cohen Goldner, Bar Ilan University 15:00 Zvi Eckstein, IDC Herzliya "Child Care, Population Growth and Occupational Choice: insights from Jewish History in Central and Eastern Europe, 1500–1930" (with Maristella Botticini & Anat Vaturi) 15:30 Conclusion
The Conference will be held in English. Closed event. For invited guests only.