Economic fluctuations and growth research meeting.

• Position: Program and Working Group Meetings - Conference news - Brief article

The NBER's Program on Economic Fluctuations and Growth met at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on February 4, 2011. NBER Research Associates Russell Cooper of European University Institute and Mark Gertler of New York University organized the meeting. These papers were discussed:

* Robert Shimer, University of Chicago and NBER, "Wage Rigidities and Jobless Recoveries"

* Alan B. Krueger, Princeton University, and Andreas Meuller, Stockholm University, "Job Search and Job Finding in a Period of Mass Unemployment: Evidence from High-Frequency Longitudinal Data"

* Virgiliu Midrigan and Daniel Xu, New York University and NBER, "Finance and Misallocation: Evidence from Plantlevel Data" (NBER Working Paper No. 15647)

* Craig Burnside, Duke University and NBER, and Martin S. Eichenbaum and Sergio Rebelo, Northwestern University and NBER, "Understanding Booms and Busts in...