Thursday, November 20

8:00 p.m. Welcoming Reception – Holiday Inn Select-University Center

Friday, November 21

8:15 a.m. Molly’s Trolleys from Holiday Inn to CMU/GSIA-Posner Hall

8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m. Conference Session I: GSIA – Posner Hall – Room 151

· Authors: S. Brock Blomberg, Gregory D. Hess and Athanasios Orphanides

Discussant: Michelle Garfinkel

· Authors: Jeffrey R. Brown, J. David Cummins, Christopher M. Lewis, Ran Wei

Title: An Empirical Analysis of the Economic Impact of Federal Terrorism Reinsurance

Discussant: V.V. Chari

12:00 p.m. Lunch – GSIA Grand Room – 3^rd floor Posner Hall

1:30 p.m. Conference Session II: GSIA – Posner Hall – Room 151

· Author: Jeffrey Lacker

Title: Payment System Disruptions and Federal Reserve Policy Following September 11, 2001

Discussant: Stephen Williamson

· Author: Esteban Rossi-Hansberg

Title: Cities Under Stress

Discussant: Pierre Sarte

5:00 p.m. Molly’s Trolleys from Posner Hall to Holiday Inn

7:15 p.m. Molly’s Trolleys from Holiday Inn to The Pittsburgh Golf Club

7:30 p.m. Dinner at The Pittsburgh Golf Club

8:00 a.m. Molly’s Trolleys from Holiday Inn to CMU/GSIA-Posner Hall

8:15 a.m. Continental Breakfast

8:45 a.m. Conference Session III: GSIA – Posner Hall – Room 151

Chairman: Stanley Zin

· Authors: Zvi Eckstein and Daniel Tsiddon

Title: Macroeconomics of Terrorism: The Case of Israel

Discussant: Alex Cukierman

· Author: Jose Tavares

Title: The Open Society Assesses Its Enemies: Shocks, Disasters, and Terrorist Attacks

Discussant: Norman Loayza