Economic fluctuations and growth.

• Position: Program and Working Group Meetings - Brief article

The NBER's Program on Economic Fluctuations and Growth met in Chicago on October 24, 2014. NBER Research Associates Veronica Guerrieri of the University of Chicago and Richard Rogerson of Princeton University organized the meeting. These papers were discussed:

* Patrick Kehoe, University of Minnesota and NBER; Virgiliu Midrigan, New York University and NBER; and Elena Pastorino, University of Minnesota, "Debt Constraints and Employment"

* Atif Mian, Princeton University and NBER, and Amir Sufi, University of Chicago and NBER, "House Price Gains and U.S. Household Spending from 2002 to 2006" (NBER Working Paper No. 20152)

* George-Marios Angeletos, MIT and NBER, and Fabrice Collard and Harris Dellas, University of Bern, "Quantifying Confidence"

* Ufuk Akcigit, University of Pennsylvania and NBER; Harun Alp, University of Pennsylvania; and...