Boston AEA
Meetings, January 7-9, 2000
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
