Friday, 15  September

10:20am or so: Wisconsin team arrives and goes directly to 1-107 Herbert M. Hanson, Jr. Hall (1925 Fourth Street South, Minneapolis, MN 55455) for coffee and donuts

10:40am–11:40am: Leonardo Barreto (UMN), “Sovereign default risk and monetary policy: The role of the world interest rate”

11:50am–12:50pm: Xinyi Peng (UW), “In search of labor: The role of internal labor market”

12:50pm–1:50pm: Lunch

1:50pm–2:50pm: Teresa Belestrini (UMN), “Sovereign defaults with aggreements”

3:00pm–4:00pm: Philip Coyle (UW), “Debt maturity portfolios and firm outcomes”

4:00pm–4:20am: Break

4:20pm–5:20pm: Scott Sommers (UMN), “Trade liberalization, structural change, and skill premium growth in India”

5:30: UW team checks into the Courtyard by Marriott Minneapolis Downtown (1500 South Washington Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454)

7:00pm: Dinner at Manuel Amador's house

Saturday, 16  September

Workshop in 1-107 Herbert M. Hanson, Jr. Hall

9:00am–9:20: Coffee and donuts

9:20am: 10:20: Matthew Carl (UW), “Heterogeneous investment responses to government spending shocks”

10:30am–11:30am: Carlos Bolivar (UMN), “Bondholders and self-fulfilling crises”

11:40am–12:40pm: Alexander von Hafften (UW) “Heterogeneous firms, emissions, and optimal carbon taxes”

12:40pm–1:30pm: Lunch