Vienna Macro Café
Established 2004
Vienna Macro Café
The Macro Café opens every October at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Vienna. Our conference aims to give scholars, especially young scholars, an opportunity to present their work in a vibrant setting with unique conference protocols and traditions. A spring version of our conference, the Global Macro Café, is hosted by our partners located in cities around the world.
Meet the Organizers
Vienna Macro 2024, October 17 - 19, 2024!
Save the date!
Call for Papers Coming Soon!
(Last Update: March 15, 2024)
Our Sponsors for 2023:
Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS). The institute was founded in 1963 by Paul F. Lazarsfeld and Oskar Morgenstern, and is currently under the direction of Klaus Neusser
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Carlos Garriga)
Manchester School (Akos Valentinyi)
Rutgers Business School Newark and New Brunswick: Center for Real Estate (Mo Davis)
John Deutsch Institute (Christopher Cotton, Allen Head)
Previous Sponsors:
Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS). (2004-22)
European Economic Review: Please consider the EER as your first choice of journal for your article! (2013/2015/2017/2018)
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2015-22)
Rutgers Business School Newark and New Brunswick: Center for Real Estate (2016-17, 21-22)
James C. Bonbright Center at UGA (21-2022)
Conference Location
Institute for Advanced Studies, Josefstädter Straße 39 (Palais Strozzi), 1080 Wien
Suggested Hotels: Hotel Graf Stadion ; Motel One (Westbahnhof) ; Ibis Wien Haupbahnhof; Ibis Wien Mariahilfe; Flemings Hotel Stadthalle; Pension Pharmador, Hotel Zipser
Historical Notes
Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB). A research grant (David Andolfatto and Gabe Lee) from the Austrian National Bank helped us to launch our first Vienna Macroeconomics Workshop in 2004. The bank is a part of the European System of Central Banks.
In 2010, the conference took place in Rome, at the Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance.
Vienna Macroeconomics Workshop Protocols
The standard protocol in most conferences with discussants restricts questions from the audience during the presentation to be clarifying questions only. This is not the way our conference works.
Presenters should be prepared for frequent interruptions and a lively discussion throughout their presentation. The organizers will, of course, ensure that inquisitors do not dwell overly long on the point they wish to discuss. The allotted time for presentation is 45 minutes. Presenters should prepare a slide deck designed for something closer to a 40-minute presentation.
Discussants. Discussants will be allotted 15 minutes. The same rules apply to discussants: be prepared to be interrupted if people feel the need to question your interpretations/comments/criticisms. Also, please do not waste time rehashing the presentation. A one page summary of the model should in most cases be sufficient. Much of your thunder may already have been stolen by the audience during the presentation. This is perfectly fine. Just focus on what you believe to be the key substantive points of the paper. Feel free to support or critique audience comments.
Audience. We encourage full participation throughout the conference. Be prepared to engage. Please do not open your laptops or check your phones during the presentations or discussions. There will be time during the breaks for you to do this. If you absolutely need to check messages or surf the web during the presentations, please feel welcome to leave the seminar room and return only after you are done. Thank you for your consideration.
Anyone can register for the conference without any fees: Please send an email to vienna.macro@gmail.com if you would like to participate.
