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Graduate Economics Reunion

April 1 – 2, 2011


A Celebration of Harvard Economics

 

Join us for a reunion of graduate alumni from economics, business economics, and political economy and government.


Friday, April 1, 2011

Renew your connections and hear from some of the world’s leading economists on topics that command headlines every day.

To register, please return this registration form, along with a check for $25 per attendee, to:

Graduate School Alumni Association
Holyoke Center 350
1350 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02138

or e-mail the registration form to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and send your check separately.

We also invite you to stay on campus for GSAS Alumni Day, Saturday, April 2, featuring a keynote address by Professor of Economics Kenneth Rogoff entitled "From Financial Crash to Debt Crisis." Plus, faculty symposia from across the disciplines and a collegial luncheon at the Harvard Faculty Club!

 

Economics Graduate Reunion Schedule of Events

11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Registration
Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

Luncheon and Welcoming Remarks

John Campbell John Y. Campbell, Chair of the Economics Department; Morton L. and Carole S. Olshan Professor of Economics; Harvard College Professor
Jerry Green Jerry Green, Chair of Business Economics;David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy and John Leverett Professor in the University
1:45 - 3:00 p.m.

Health and Education in the 21st Century
Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street

David Cutler Moderated by: David Cutler, Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics
Raj Chetty Raj Chetty, PhD '03, Professor of Economics
Roland Fryer Roland G. Fryer, Jr., Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics
Nava Ashraf Nava Ashraf, PhD '05, economics, Associate Professor,
Harvard Business School
Erica Field Erica Field, Associate Professor of Economics
3:00 - 3:30 p.m.

Refreshment Break

3:30 - 4:45 p.m.

What Have We Learned from the Global Financial Crisis?
Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street

Donald van Deventer Moderated by: Donald van Deventer, PhD '77, Founder and Chairman, Kamakura Corporation
Benjamin Friedman Benjamin Friedman, AB '66, PhD '71, William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy
Andrei Shleifer Andrei Shleifer, AB '82, Professor of Economics
Jeremy Stein Jeremy Stein, Moise Y. Safra Professor of Economics
Gita Gopinath Gita Gopinath, Professor of Economics
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Reception, co-sponsored by the Graduate School Fund