Season 2011-2012
This year's Macro Workshop will be held on Tuesdays, 2:00pm-3:00pm. The new room is Amphi S (MS001).
Session 01: Tuesday, October 18, 2011: Special presentation by Ernesto Pasten, "Rational Inattention, Multi-Product Firms and the (non?-)Neutrality of Money" (Extended slot: 12:30pm-2:00pm)
Session 02: Tuesday, November 8, 2011: Juan-Felipe Bernal, "Intellectual property rights induced trade"
Session 03: Tuesday, November 15, 2011: Lorenzo Prosperi, "The equity risk premium: empirical evidence from emerging markets"
Session 04: Tuesday, November 22, 2011: Paula Margaretic, "Sequential Bank Runs"
Session 05: Tuesday, December 6, 2011: Tatyana Zhuravleva, "Corruption in Russia: evidence from microdata"
Session 06: Tuesday, December 13, 2011: Marti Mestieri "Dynamics of Technology Adoption and Growth: 1800-2000" (with Diego Comin)
Session 07: Tuesday, January 17, 2012: Ahmed Jidoud, "Remittances and Macroeconomic Volatility in African Economies"
Session 08: Tuesday, January 24, 2012: Eric Mengus, "Foreign debt and the Ricardian Equivalence"
Session 09: Tuesday, February 07, 2012: Zhang Rui, "A New study of Two-Tier Unemployment Compensation Reforming"
Session 10: Tuesday, February 14, 2012: Kyriacos Lambrias, "Real Exchange Rates in News-Driven Economies"
Session 11: Tuesday, February 28, 2012: Special presentation by Jean Tirole titled: "Country Solidarity, Private Sector Involvement and the Contagion of Sovereign Crisis" (special room MF 323)
Session 12: Tuesday, March 06, 2012: George Lukyanov, "The Labor Wedge in a Two-Period model"
Session 13: Tuesday, March 13, 2012: Tatyana Zhuravleva, "Private-public wage differentials and corruption in Russia"
Session 14: Tuesday, March 27, 2012: Giorgio Presidente, "Human Capital, Productivity, and The Timing of Reforms"
Session 15: Tuesday, April 24, 2012: Loic Batte, "The political economy of education and redistribution"
Session 17: Tuesday, May 01, 2012:
Session 16: Tuesday, May 15, 2012: Oscar M. Valencia, "R&D Investment and Financial Frictions"
Session 17: Tuesday, May 22, 2012: Special presentation by Yang K. Lu (Hong Kong University), "The Power of Whisper: A Theory of Rumor, Communication and Revolution"
Session 18: Tuesday, June 05, 2012: Kyriacos Lambrias, "News, Real Exchange Rates and International Co-Movements"
Session 19: Tuesday, June 12, 2012: Markus Gebauer, "Temporary Labor and Fluctuating Demand" (special room MD103)