Held on Thursday, February 28 and Friday, March 1, 2013, on the Princeton University campus, this conference combined economic and historical analysis to shed light on how to overcome the slow recovery. Videos, papers presented, and corresponding slides from are posted below. Selected photos from the conference are here.
Read the conference summary.
Videos, Papers, & Slides
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Session I: Lessons from the Great Depression
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Chair: Atif Mian, Princeton University
Michael Bordo, Rutgers University
"Deep Recessions, Fast Recoveries and Financial Crises: Evidence from the American Record"
(Paper | Slides)Gary Gorton, Yale University
"The Flight from Maturity"
(Slides)Alan Taylor, University of Virginia
"When Credit Bites Back"
(Paper | Slides)Video: Deep Recessions, Fast Recoveries and Financial Crises: Evidence from the American Record
Video: The Flight from Maturity
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Session II: Policy Uncertainty
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Chair: Brandice Canes-Wrone, Princeton University
Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University
"Measuring Economic Policy Uncertainty"
(Paper | Slides | Video)Casey B. Mulligan, University of Chicago
"Uncertainty, Redistribution, and the Labor Market"
(Paper | Slides | Video)Pietro Veronesi, Chicago Business School
"Political Uncertainty and Risk Premia"
(Paper | Slides | Video)Video: Measuring Economic Policy Uncertainty
Video: Uncertainty, Redistribution, and the Labor Market
Video: Political Uncertainty and Risk Premia
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Keynote Address
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Anne Krueger, Johns Hopkins University
Former Deputy Managing Director of the IMF
"Sovereign Debt Crises and Sovereign Debt Restructuring"
(Speech)Video: Sovereign Debt Crises and Sovereign Debt Restructuring
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Session III: Financial Innovation
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Chair: Ashoka Mody, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
Sebastian Di Tella, MIT
"Uncertainty Shocks and Balance Sheet Recessions"
(Paper | Slides)Edward Kung, UCLA
"A Structural Model of Continuous Workout Mortgages"
(Slides)Alp Simsek, Harvard University
"Speculation and Risk Sharing with New Financial Assets"
(Paper | Slides)Video: Uncertainty Shocks and Balance Sheet Recessions
Video: A Structural Model of Continuous Workout Mortgages
Video: Speculation and Risk Sharing with New Financial Assets
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Session IV: Policy Responses
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Chair: Hyun Song Shin, Princeton University
Giovanni Dell'Ariccia, IMF
"A Banking Union for the Euro"
(Paper | Slides)Linda Goldberg, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
"International Dollar Use, Global Finance and Central Bank Responses"Jean-Pierre Landau, Sciences-Po
"Problems with the Helicopter"
(Slides)Loretta J. Mester, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
"Federal Reserve Policy During and After the Crisis"
(Slides)Video: A Banking Union for the Euro
Video: Problems with the Helicopter
Video: Federal Reserve Policy During and After the Crisis
Keynote Speaker
Anne Krueger, Johns Hopkins University