Programme

A printable version is available. (7/5/2014)

Thursday 8 May

11.30-12.15

Teviot Row House

Arrival, welcome and registration

12.15-13.45

Teviot Row House

Poster session 1 in the Dining Room,  with lunch (list below)

14.00-15.25

Old College -175

Plenary Session 1 : Unemployment, Savings and Financial markets

15.25-15.45

Old College -175

Coffee break

15.45-17.05

Old College -175

Plenary Session 2: Search and Entrepreneurship/Capital Investment

17.05-17.30

Old College -175

Coffee break

17.30-18.30

Old College - 183

Keynote speaker: Per Krusell: "Gross Worker Flows over the Business Cycle", joint with Toshihiko Mukoyama, Richard Rogerson, and Aysegul Sahin

18.30

End of session

 

Hunter's Coach to restaurant: There will be 2 pick-up points to take delegates to the restaurant La Barca in South Queensferry (around 40 minutes’ drive away).
19:15: at Pollock Halls entry gate (Masson House and Salisbury Green hotels), on Dalkeith Road.
19.25 Pick up outside Old College on South Bridge, Nicholson Street, opposite Blackwells bookshop
The coaches are unable to wait for late arrivals.
Note it is possible to leave luggage on the coach in case you wish to check into hotel after the meal.

20.10-23.30

 

Informal dinner at La Barca, South Queensferry

Friday 9 May

09.00-10.50

Old College -175

Plenary Session 3: Housing and Geography in Search Models

Plamen Nenov: Buying First or Selling First? Buyer-Seller Decisions and Housing Market Volatility

10.50-11.10

Old College -175

Coffee break

11.10-13.00

Old College -175

Plenary Session 4: Sorting and Heterogeneity

13.30-15.00

Teviot Row House

Poster session 2 in the Debating Hall, with lunch (list below)

15.30-17.20

Old College -175

Plenary Session 5: (Mostly) Consumer Search

Ken Burdett: (Q,S,s) Pricing Rules

17.20-17.40

Old College -175

Coffee break

17.40-17.55

Old College -175

Special Session in honour of Dale Mortensen with speaker: Ken Burdett

17.55-18.15

Old College -175

Coffee break - continued

18.15-19.15

Old College -175

Keynote speaker: Costas Meghir: Wages and Informality in Developing Countries

19.15

End of Session

 

19.30

Teviot Row House

Reception at 19.30, conference dinner at Teviot Row House starts at 20.00

Saturday 10 May

9.30-10.55

Old College -175

Plenary Session 6: Search, Credit and Liquidity

10.55-11.15

Old College -175

Coffee break

11.15-13.10

Old College -175

Plenary Session 7: Heterogeneity and Policy in Search Models

13.10 onwards

Old College -175

Lunch (optional)

Poster session – Thursday 8 May

Poster session – Friday 9 May