Economic fluctuations and growth research meeting.

• Position: Program and Working Group Meetings - Brief article

The NBER's Program on Economic Fluctuations and Growth met in Cambridge on July 16. NBER Research Associates Susanto Basu of Boston College and John Cochrane of the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business organized the meeting. These papers were discussed:

* George-Marios Angeletos, MIT and NBER, and Jennifer La'O, University of Chicago, "Decentralization, Communication, and the Origins of Fluctuations"

* Paul Beaudry, University of British Columbia and NBER; David A. Green, University of British Columbia; and Benjamin M. Sand, Copenhagen Business School, "How Elastic is the Job Creation Curve?"

* Veronica Guerrieri, University of Chicago and NBER, and Guido Lorenzoni, MIT and NBER, "Credit Crises, Precautionary Savings, and the Liquidity Trap"

* Mark A. Aguiar and Mark Bils, University of Rochester and NBER, "Has Consumption...