St. Louis Fed's 35th Annual Economic Policy Conference To Focus on ''''Frictions in Financial and Labor Markets

October 14, 2010

ST. LOUIS — The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ 35th annual economic policy conference, "Frictions in Financial and Labor Markets," will be held Oct. 21-22, 2010, at the Bank’s Gateway Conference Center in St. Louis.

The conference attracts noted macro and monetary economists from around the country. For more information about the conference and the papers that will be presented, visit: https://research.stlouisfed.org/conferences/policyconf/35program.html.

Presenters and discussants include Vincenzo Quadrini of the University of Southern California, Nancy Stokey of the University of Chicago, Dirk Krueger of the University of Pennsylvania and John Kennan of the University of Wisconsin.  For more-detailed biographical information, see the full conference agenda available on the conference web site.

2010 St. Louis Fed Policy Conference Presenters and Discussants

Hernan J. Moscoso Boedo, assistant professor of economics at the University of Virginia.

Michele Boldrin, Joseph Gibson Hoyt Distinguished Professor of Economics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.

Jeremy Greenwood, professor of economics at the University of Pennsylvania.

Fatih Guvenen, assistant professor of economics at the University of Minnesota, visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research and an international research fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Gary Hansen, department chair and professor of economics at the University of California at Los Angeles and research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Selahattin Imrohoroglu, professor of finance and business economics at the University of Southern California.

Larry E. Jones, department chair and professor of economics at the University of Minnesota, visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. 

Boyan Jovanovic, professor of economics at New York University.

John Kennan, professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin and research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Dirk Krueger, professor of economics and director of graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

Guido Menzio, assistant professor of economics at the University of Pennsylvania.

Virgiliu Midrigan, assistant professor of economics at New York University, a research economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and a research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Vincenzo Quadrini, professor of economics and international business at the University of Southern California.

B. Ravikumar, Henry B. Tippie Research Professor of Economics at the University of Iowa.

Manuel Santos, department chair and professor of economics at the University of Miami.

Nancy Stokey, Frederick Henry Prince Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago.

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