These are 2008 AEA Conference Papers; please see also the full 2008 ASSA Preliminary Program Schedule.
Conference papers will be uploaded as they become available from the authors.

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Dennis Fixler (Bureau of Economic Analysis)

Sunday, January 6, 8:00 AM

Sunday, January 6, 8:00 AM
Session: The Output of Banking and Finance (AEA)
Presiding: J. Steven Landefeld (Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis)

New Measures of the Services of Commercial Banks in US GDP
Dennis Fixler (Bureau of Economic Analysis)
Marshall Reinsdorf (Bureau of Economic Analysis)
George Smith (Bureau of Economic Analysis)

Technological Progress, "Money" in the Utility Function, and the "User Cost of Money"
Susanto Basu (Boston College and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)
J. Christina Wang (Boston College and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)

Measuring the Contribution of Recent Financial Innovations in the National Accounts
Adam Ashcraft (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)


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