Contents

Foreword
Cathy E. Minehan HTML | biography

Beyond Shocks: What Causes Business Cycles?
Jeffrey C. Fuhrer and Scott Schuh PDF | Fuhrer biography | Schuh biography

Summing Up on Business Cycles: Opening Address
Paul A. Samuelson PDF | biography

The Causes of American Business Cycles: An Essay in Economic Historiography
Peter Temin PDF | biography

Discussion
Christina D. Romer PDF | biography

Historical Evidence on Business Cycles: The International Experience
U. Michael Bergman, Michael D. Bordo, and Lars Jonung PDF | Bergman biography | Bordo biography | Jonung biography

Discussion
Richard Cooper PDF | biography

The Role of Interest Rate Policy in the Generation and Propagation of Business Cycles: What has Changed Since the '30s?
Christopher A. Sims PDF | biography

Discussion
Lawrence J. Christiano PDF | biography

Benjamin M. Friedman PDF | biography

Financial Markets and Business Cycles: A Panel Discussion

After Asia: New Directions for the International Financial System
Rudinger Dornbusch PDF | biography

Financial Shocks and Business Cycles: Lessons from Outside the United States
Maurice Obstfeld PDF | biography

Market Mechanisms for Avoiding the Next Currency Crash: Lessons from Asia
Avinash Persaud PDF | biography

Technology and Business Cycles: How Well Do Standard Models Explain the Facts?
Susanto Basu PDF | biography

Discussion
Mark Bils PDF | biography

Thomas F. Cooley PDF | biography

Job Reallocation and the Business Cycle: New Facts For An Old Debate
Scott Schuh and Robert K. Triest PDF | Schuh biography | Triest biography

Discussion
Ricardo J. Caballero PDF | biography

Steven J. Davis PDF | biography

Policy Implications: A Panel Discussion

The New Financial World: Policy Shortcomings and Remedies
Henry Kaufman PDF | biography

A View of Recessions, from the Automotive Industry
Martin B. Zimmerman PDF | biography

Emerging Economies and the Business Cycle
Agustin G. Carstens PDF | biography

The Effects of International Policy
Michael Mussa PDF | biography

About the Conference Participants (authors of papers, discussants, panelists)

List of Conference Attendees