33rd International Seminar on Macroeconomics.

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NBER's 33rd International Seminar on Macroeconomics (ISOM) took place on June 18 and 19, 2010. NBER Research Associates Richard H. Clarida of Columbia University and Francesco Giavazzi of Bocconi University organized this year's program, which was hosted by the Dutch National Bank. The following papers were discussed:

* Morten O. Ravn, European University Institute, and Karel Mertens, Cornell University, "Technology-Hours Redux: Tax Changes and the Measurement of Technology Shocks"

* S. Boragan Aruoba, University of Maryland; Francis X. Diebold, University of Pennsylvania and NBER; and M. Ayhan Kose and Marco Terrones, International Monetary Fund, "Globalization, the Business Cycle, and Real-Time Macroeconomic Monitoring"

* Thomas Laubach, Goethe University Frankfurt, "Fiscal Policy and Interest Rates...