Seminar Series

The Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis is sponsoring a Seminar Series on a wide variety of economic topics. Economists from across the country and around the world are invited to participate.

The seminars are open to the public. If you wish to attend, you must call Sandra Butler at (314) 444-8591 at least 24 hours in advance. All attendees are required to go though a security screening and will be asked to show a picture ID.

Please Note: The Research Division seminars will be held at either the Research Conference Room at St. Louis Place, 200 N. Broadway, 11th Floor, St. Louis, MO, OR at the Gateway Conference Center, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, One Federal Reserve Bank Plaza, at the corner of Broadway and Locust Street, St. Louis, MO.
Please refer to the current seminar schedule to determine the exact location.

Questions or suggestions should be directed to Subhayu Bandyopadhyay (Subhayu.Bandyopadhyay@stls.frb.org), Carlos Garriga (Carlos.Garriga@stls.frb.org), or Rajdeep Sengupta (Rajdeep.Sengupta@stls.frb.org).

Fall 2008 Seminars

September 4, 2008 — 2:00 PM
Devashish Mitra, Syracuse University
"Can Offshoring Reduce Unemployment?"
Host: Subhayu Bandyopadhyay

September 9, 2008, Tuesday — 10:00 AM
Valerie A. Ramey, University of California—San Diego
"Identifying Government Spending Shocks: It's All in the Timing"
Host: Carlos Garriga

September 19, 2008, Friday — 2:00 PM
Pravin Krishna, Johns Hopkins University
"International Trade and Labor Income Risk in the United States"
Host: Silvio Contessi

September 25, 2008* — 4:00 PM
Thomas Lubik, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
"Aggregate Hours Adjustment in Frictional Labor Markets"
Host: Silvio Contessi, Tennessee Room/6th floor

October 2, 2008 — 2:00 PM
Todd Sandler, University of Texas—Dallas
"The Impact of Terrorism and Conflicts on Growth in Asia"
Host: Subhayu Bandyopadhyay

October 9, 2008* — 4:00 PM
Dirk Krueger, University of Pennsylvania
"How Does Household Consumption Respond to Income Shocks? Evidence from Italy and Theoretical Explanations"
Host: Carlos Garriga, Missouri Room/6th floor

October 23, 2008* — 4:00 PM
Virgiliu Midrigan, New York University
"Inventories, Markups and Real Rigidities in Menu Cost Models"
Host: Carlos Garriga, Missouri Room/6th floor

November 6, 2008* — 4:00 PM
Martín Uribe, Duke University
"What's News in Business Cycles"
Host: Riccardo Di Cecio, Missouri Room/6th floor

November 13, 2008 — 2:00 PM
David E. Wildasin, University of Kentucky
Host: Subhayu Bandyopadhyay

November 20, 2008 — 4:00 PM
André Kurmann, Université du Québec à Montréal
Host: Daniel L. Thornton, Memphis Room/6th floor

* Joint with the Department of Economics, Washington University in St. Louis. These seminars will take place at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (as noted). Unless noted otherwise, all seminars are on Thursdays in the Research Conference Room, St. Louis Place, 11th floor.

Fall 2008 Schedule (PDF)

Past Seminars (PDF)

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