5th Nordic Summer Symposium in Macroeconomics
	Smögen, Sweden, August 10-13, 2011 Main funding from Svenska Handelsbanken

OBJECTIVE

The symposium is an academic research conference in the area of macroeconomics. It is primarily aimed at promoting frontier contributions by junior macroeconomic researchers who are active in, or have a connection with, the Nordic countries. The symposium allows the junior researchers to present and discuss their research and to receive advice and constructive criticism from more senior macroeconomic scholars.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Robert Shimer, University of Chicago

TOPICS
Papers on all topics broadly associated with macroeconomics are welcome including "standard" macroeconomic analysis (real and monetary business cycles, labor markets, growth etc.) and issues such as public finance, human capital accumulation, firm dynamics, asset pricing, heterogeneous agents, income distribution, credit markets and political economy.

FORMAT
One hour sessions with discussants

Preliminary program

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Papers to be presented

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QUESTIONS
If you have any questions about the symposium please contact Annika Andreasson (annika@iies.su.se ) or John Hassler (john@hassler.se, mobile: +46 708 117263)

VENUE

Smögens havsbad – in the beautiful fishing village Smögen on the Swedish westcoast.

TRAVEL

Make early preparations for the transportation. The closest international airport is Oslo, 250 km north of Smögen. Gothenburg airport (Landvetter) is 150 km away. The drive from Copenhagen is 440 km and from Stockholm 500 km. If you get to Gothenburg, there is a bus that takes 2:20 hours. This means that sharing a rental car may be a good option for many people. Please contact potential persons for this well in advance. Also, try to make cheap travel arrangements and check with Annika <annika@iies.su.se> before making expensiv reservations. Also note that there is likely to be several seats in cars leaving Stockholm early in the morning of Wednesday August 10. Contact us if you think this may be a good option for you.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

John Hassler, IIES, Stockholm University
Per Krusell, IIES, Stockholm University
Niku Määttänen, Research Institute of the Finnish Economy
Morten O. Ravn, University College London
Jon Steinsson, Columbia University
Kjetil Storesletten, University of Oslo and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Annika Andreasson, IIES, Stockholm University (administration)