NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics 2008, Volume 5

The distinguished International Seminar on Macroeconomics has met annually in Europe for thirty years. The 2008 papers from that meeting discuss the employment effects of workweek regulation in France, trade pricing effects of the Euro, reflections on monetary policy in the open economy, firm-size distribution and cross-country income differences, and exchange rates and the margin of trade.