Rome Workshop on Macroeconomics a.k.a. “Pizzanomics”

Every year EIEF hosts “The Rome Conference on Macroeconomics”, a.k.a. Pizzanomics. The aim is to bring together junior economists from around the world with a strong interest in Macroeconomics, and to generate a friendly environment with intensive interaction, not only during the presentations but also informally before and after. Speakers received direct invitation. The conference takes place on June with the speakers receiving invitations between January and March of each year.

Organizers until 2019: Guillermo Ordoñez (University of Pennsylvania), Luigi Paciello (EIEF), Facundo Piguillem (EIEF) and Nicholas Trachter (FRB Richmond).

Organizers 2020-2022: David Argente (Penn State University), Salome Baslandze (Atlanta FED), Juan Passadore (EIEF), Liyan Shi (EIEF).

Organizers since 2023: David Argente (Yale School of Management) Salome Baslandze (Atlanta FED), Liyan Shi (CMU), Liangjie Wu (EIEF).


The conference has been very successful attracting very high-quality participants.  Bellow is the list of Previous speakers:

11th Workshop: 22-23 June 2023

10th Workshop: 20-21 June 2022

9th Workshop: 23-25 June 2021

8th Workshop: 10-11 June 2019

7th Workshop: 11-12 June 2018

6th Workshop: 26-27 June 2017

5th Workshop: 27-28 June 2016

4th Workshop: 22-23 June 2015

3rd Workshop: 12-13 June 2014

2nd Workshop: 17-18 June 2013

1st Workshop: June 18 - 20, 2012