Conference on Networks

1st Conference on Networks in Economics: Theory and Evidence

(Location: UNSW Business School E12, Kensington Campus, Room BUS232, Level 2. Sydney, Australia)

Organizers:   Jorge Miranda-Pinto, James Morley, Valentyn Panchenko, Pierre Sarte, and Christiern Rose

Tuesday, December 12, 2023 (UNSW Kensington Campus, Room BUS232, Level 2)

8:45 - 9:00: Arrival and coffee

9:00 - 9:05: Opening remarks Valentyn Panchenko (UNSW)

 9:05 - 10:00: “Keynesian Micromanagement”

                        Mishel Ghassibe (CREi)

10:00 – 10:15: Discussion by Jorge Miranda-Pinto (IMF and UQ)

 10:15 - 11:10: “Supplier Churn and Growth: A Micro-to-Macro Analysis”

                        David Baqaee (UCLA)     

11:10 – 11:25: Discussion by John Romalis (Macquarie University)        

11:25 - 11:55: Coffee break

11:55 - 12:50: “Measuring Cross-country Spillovers in Growth-at-Risk”

                     Natalia Bailey (U. of Monash)

12:50 - 13:05:  Discussion by Luke Hartigan (U. of Sydney)

13:05-14:30 Lunch

14:30 - 15:25: “Endogenous Production Networks under Supply Chain Uncertainty”

                            Kristoffer Nimark (Cornell University)

15:25 - 15:40:  Discussion by Petr Sedláček (UNSW)

15:40 - 16:35: "Multilateral Comovement in a New Keynesian World: A Little Trade Goes a Long Way”

                         Pierre-Daniel Sarte (Richmond Fed)

16:35 - 16:50:  Discussion by Mariano Kulish (U. of Sydney)

17:30:   Dinner (by invitation): Location: TBA

  Wednesday, December 13 (UNSW Kensington Campus, Room BUS232, Level 2)

8:45 - 9:05: Arrival and coffee

09:05 - 10:00: “Monetary Non-Neutrality in the Cross-section”

         Elisa Rubbo (Chicago Booth)

10:00 – 10:15: Discussion by Greg Kaplan (Chicago)

10:15 - 11:10: "The Network Origins of Entry"

                 Yves Zenou (U. of Monash)

11:10 – 11:25: Discussion by Mikhail Anufriev (UTS)

11:25 - 11:55: Coffee break

11:55 - 12:50: “Unobserved Networks and Common Factors in Macroeconomic Fluctuations”               

Jorge Miranda-Pinto (IMF and UQ)

12:50 - 13:05:  Discussion by Eric Eisenstat (U. of Queensland)

13:05-14:30 Lunch

14:30 – 15:25:: “Trade Credit and Exchange Rate Risk Pass Through”

                         Felipe Saffie (U. of Virginia, Darden School of Business)

15:25 - 15:40:  Discussion by Gang Zhang (Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business)

UNSW received funds Australian Research Council (Discovery Project “Unobserved Networks and Common Factors in Macroeconomics" led by Jorge Miranda-Pinto, James Morley, Valentyn Panchenko, and Christiern Rose)