Economic fluctuations and growth research meeting.

• Position: Program and Working Group Meetings

The NBER's Program on Economic Fluctuations and Growth met at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on February 5, 2010. NBER Research Associates Andrew Atkeson of University of California, Los Angeles and Harald Uhlig of the University of Chicago organized the meeting. These papers were discussed:

* Francois Gourio, Boston University and NBER, "Disaster Risk and Business Cycles"

* Veronica Guerrieri and Erik Hurst, University of Chicago and NBER, and Daniel Hartley, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, "Endogenous Gentrification and Housing Price Dynamics" Jack Favilukis, London School of Economics, and Sydney C. Ludvigson and Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, New York University and NBER, "The Macroeconomic Effects of Housing Wealth, Housing Finance, and Limited Risk-Sharing in General Equilibrium"

* YiLi Chien, Purdue University; Harold Cole, University of Pennsylvania and...