Workshop Schedule:
10am - 10:30am: Welcome, Coffee, and Refreshments
10:30am - 12pm: "Are Exchange Rate Appreciations Contractionary or Expansionary? Evidence From Switzerland" Effie Karfaki (Colby)
12pm - 1:30pm: Lunch
1:30pm - 3pm: "Leadtime and Innovation" Michael Klein (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
3pm - 4:15pm: Refreshments
4:15pm - 5:45pm: "COVID and Endogenous Amenities" Loris Rubini (UNH)
6pm: Dinner at Lockwood in downtown Waterville
Workshop Participants:
Zara Contractor (Middlebury)
Jake Blackwood (Amherst College)
Kristina Sargent (Middlebury College)
Loris Rubini (UNH)
Lucie Lebeau (Wellesley College)
Kyeongmin Park (Bowdoin College)
Neil White (Amherst College)
Paul Ko (Swarthmore College)
Pubali Chakraborty (Bates College)
Effie Karfaki (Colby)
Kevin Kuruc (Middlebury College)
Loris Rubini (UNH)
Michael Klein (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Erin Wolcott (Middlebury College)
Rob Lester (Colby College)
Seth Neumuller (Wellesley College)
Workshop Location and Parking: Room 141 of the Diamond Building. The most convenient parking lots are behind the Diamond Building and the (adjacent) Gordon Center.
Nearby Hotels: We have a block of rooms reserved at the Lockwood Inn (click on this link for special workshop rate) in downtown Waterville for the nights of 08/13 and 08/14. If you are attending the conference and looking to stay a night or two, this is the nicest place in the area. Two other options are the Holiday Inn Express and the Hampton Inn.