Boston AEA Meetings, January 7-9, 2000
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There is a session organized by the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) at the forthcoming meeting of the Allied Social Science Association in Boston, MA. The meeting runs from Sunday, January 7-9, 2000.
Attention LACEA Members: There will be a short LACEA general
membership meeting, Saturday January 8th from 6:00 to 6:30 pm in the
Marriott/Boston Room to discuss the new Journal, Latin American Economic Policy
and other LACEA activities. All LACEA
members and interested parties are invited to attend.
LACEA-Boston AES-ASSA 2000 Sessions
January 7-9th
1. LACEA General Membership Meeting Saturday, January 8th - 6:00-6:30 pm, Marriott/Boston Univ. Room
2. Sunday,
January 9, 2000 - 8:00-10:00 a.m.Marriott/Salon J&K
THE MICROECONOMICS OF INCOME DISTRIBUTION
DYNAMICS IN EAST ASIA
AND LATIN AMERICA (Joint
session with the American Economic Association)
Presiding: Gary
Fields, Cornell University
Vivi
Alatas, Princeton University,
and Francois Bourguignon, DELTA,France—
The Evolution of the Distribution of Household Incomes in Indonesia: 1980-1996
Benu
Bidani, World Bank, and Hyeok Jeong, University of Chicago—
Explaining the Dynamics of Inequality in
Thailand: 1981-1996
Francisco
Ferreira, World Bank, and Ricardo Paes de Barros, IPEA—
Climbing a Moving Mountain: Explaining the Decline
in Income Inequality in Brazil from 1976 to 1996
Cesar
Bouillon, Arianna Legovini, and Nora Lustig, Inter-American Development
Bank—
Mexico's Rising Inequality: The Contribution of
Returns to Education, Participation Rates and Occupational Choice
Discussants: James
Heckman, University of Chicago
Ravi Kanbur, The World Bank Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace
3. Sunday, January 9, 2000 - 1:00 - 3:00pm; Mariott/Boston
College Room
CHALLENGE OF
EXCHANGE RATE MANAGEMENT
Presiding:
Guillermo A. Calvo,
University of Maryland
Caroline
Betts, University of California
and Timothy Kehoe, University of
Minnesota—
Tradability of Goods and Real Exchange Rate Fluctuations
Carlos
Vegh and Amartya Lahiri, University of California, Los Angeles—
Delaying the Inevitable: Optimal Interest Rate
Policy and Balance of Payment Crises
Enrique
G. Mendoza, Duke University and Martin Uribe, University of
Pennsylvania—
The Disastrous Trade-Offs of Exchange Rate
Management: An Exploration in the Light of the Mexican Experience
Discussants:
Amartya Lahiri, University of
California, Los Angeles
Michael
Kumhof, Stanford University
Timothy
Kehoe, University of Minnesota
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