Gator Macro Workshop 2025

Please join us this spring for the first Gator Macroeconomics Workshop hosted at the University of Florida, made possible with many thanks to the generous support of the Robert F. Lanzillotti Public Policy Research Center (PPRC). The theme of this year is:

Macro, Firms, and Public Policies

Friday, April 4, 2025 

Warrington Conference Room, Emerson Alumni Hall, University of Florida

1938 W University Ave, Gainesville, FL 32603

Sponsored by the Robert F. Lanzillotti Public Policy Research Center 

and the Economics Department at the University of Florida

Organized by Jonathan Adams, Min Fang, and Eugenio Rojas

Flyer and Agenda in PDF 

08:30 am - 08:55 am    Registration and Breakfast

08:55 am - 09:00 am    Welcome 

09:00 am - 09:45 am    "Growth Accounting for the States"

                                          by Noah Williams (Miami) | Joint with Chang Liu (National University of Singapore)

09:45 am - 10:30 am     "The Empirical Distribution of Firm Dynamics and Its Macro Implications" 

                                          by Stephen Terry (Michigan) | Joint with Nir Jaimovich (UCSD) and Nic Vincent (HEC Montreal)

10:30 am - 11:00 am      Coffee Break

11:00 am - 11:45 am       "What Determines State Heterogeneity in Response to US Tariff Changes?"

                                         by Jing Zhang (Chicago Fed) | Joint with Ana Maria Santacreu (St. Louis Fed) and Michael Sposi (SMU)

11:45 am - 12:30 pm       "Volatile Rates, Fragile Growth: Global Financial Risk and Productivity Dynamics" 

                                         by Eugenio Rojas (Florida) | Joint with Nils Gornemann (Fed Board) and Felipe Saffie (UVA Darden)

12:20 pm - 01:45 pm      Lunch Break

01:45 pm - 03:00 pm    "Public Debt Bubbles, Liquidity and Risk: Policy Assessments Based on the Zero-Beta Interest Rate"

                                         Keynote by Narayana Kocherlakota (Rochester)

03:00 pm - 03:30 pm   Coffee Break

03:30 pm - 04:15 pm    "A Theory of International Official Lending"

                                        by Vivian Yue (Emory) | Joint with Qing Liu (Tsinghua) and Zanhui Liu (Tsinghua)

04:15 pm - 05:00 pm   "Price Setting During a Currency Changeover"

                                        by David Argente (Yale) | Joint with Fernando Alvarez (Chicago), Alberto Cavallo (Havard), and Francesco Lippi (LUISS)

05:00 pm - 05:30 pm   Reallocation and Transportation

05:30 pm - 08:30 pm   Cocktail Party and Dinner at Harry's Seafood Bar & Grille