Economic fluctuations and growth.

• Position: Conferences - Brief Article

The NBER's Program on Economic Fluctuations and Growth met in Cambridge on July 1, NBER Research Associates Mark Bils of the University of Rochester and Matthew D. Shapiro, University of Michigan, organized this program:

David S. Johnson, Bureau of Labor Statistics; Jonathan A. Parker, NBER and Princeton University; and Nicholas S. Souleles, NBER and University of Pennsylvania, "Household Expenditure and the Income Tax Rebates of 2001" Discussant: Nicola FuchsSchundeln, Yale University

Marco Battaglini, Princeton University, and Stephen Coate, NBER and Yale University, "Pareto Efficient Income Taxation with Stochastic Abilities" Discussant: Narayana R. Kocherlakota, NBER and Stanford University

Giorgio E. Primiceri, Princeton University, "Why Inflation Rose and Fell: Policymakers' Beliefs and U.S. Postwar Stabilization Policy" Discussant: Eric M. Leeper, NBER and Indiana...