The 34th Annual Conference on Macroeconomics.

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The 34th NBER Annual Conference on Macroeconomics took place April 11-12 in Cambridge. Research Associates Martin S. Eichenbaum of Northwestern University, Erik Hurst of the University of Chicago, and Jonathan A. Parker of MIT organized the meeting. These researchers' papers were presented and discussed:

* Nir Jaimovich, University of Zurich; Sergio Rebelo, Northwestern University and NBER; Arlene Wong, Princeton University and NBER; and Miao Ben Zhang, University of Southern California, "Trading up and the Skill Premium"

* Davide Debortoli, Universitat Pompeu Fabra; Jordi Gali, CREI and NBER; and Luca Gambetti, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, "On the Empirical (Ir)Relevance of the Zero Lower Bound Constraint"

* Michael McLeay, Bank of England, and Silvana Tenreyro, London School of Economics, "Optimal Inflation and the Identification of the Phillips Curve"

* Margherita Borella, Universita di Torino; Mariacristina De Nardi, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and NBER...