Seminars: Macroeconomics

Seminar in Macroeconomics

Term: Spring 2024

Location: Hansen Mason

Meeting Time: Mondays 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM 

Description: Seminar speakers present papers on macroeconomic topics, including issues relating to monetary and fiscal policies, economic growth, the role of institutions, and other research issues in the field.

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* = Joint with International Seminar

 

 

DATE

SPEAKER

TITLE

  February 5, 2024

Simone Lenzu (NYU)

 "Anatomy of the Phillips Curve: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications"

  February 12, 2024

Matteo Maggiori (Stanford)

"A Framework for Geoeconomics"

  February 19, 2024

  NO SEMINAR

President's Day - University Holiday

  February 26, 2024

Pierre Yared (Columbia)

"A Theory of Fiscal Responsibility and Irresponsibility" 

  March 4, 2024

Christian Wolf (MIT)

"Evaluating Policy Counterfactuals: A "VAR-Plus" Approach"

  March 11, 2024

  NO SEMINAR 

 Spring Break

  March 18, 2024

*Joint with International

Ariel Burstein (UCLA)

 

  March 25, 2024

*Joint with International

Ishan Nath (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)

“Agriculture, Trade, and the Spatial Efficiency of Global Water Use” co-authored with Tamma Carleton and Levi Crews

  April 1, 2024

NO SEMINAR

Harris Lecture

  April 8, 2024

Juan Felipe Riano (Georgetown) 

 "Bureaucratic Nepotism"

  April 15, 2024

*Joint with IO & International 

Anders Humlum (University of Chicago) 

"Gaining Steam: Incumbent Lock-in and Entrant Leapfrogging”

  April 22, 2024

*Joint with international

Ester Faia (Goethe University Frankfurt)