I-85 Macroeconomics Workshop

I-85 Macroeconomics Workshop is an effort to build ties between macroeconomics researchers in the Southeast and to expose graduate students pursing a PhD in economics to macroeconomic research.

Ninth I-85 Macro Workshop

October 26-27, 2023

Virginia Commonwealth University

Program for Friday, Oct. 27: (Download PDF)

7:30 - 8:00    Breakfast

8:00 - 9:00    Paul Ho (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond): “Multilateral Comovement in a New Keynesian World: A Little Trade Goes a Long Way”

9:00 - 9:15    Break

9:15 - 10:15  Daisoon Kim (North Carolina State University): “Aggregate Fluctuations from Clustered Micro Shocks”

10:15 - 10:30   Break

10:30 - 11:30   Leland Farmer (University of Virginia): “Zoomers and boomers: asset prices and intergenerational inequality”

11:30 - 12:30   Adam Blandin (Vanderbilt University): “Hours Worked and Lifetime Earnings Inequality”

12:30 - 1:15  Lunch

1:15 - 2:15    Benjamin Bridgman (Bureau of Economic Analysis): “Structural Transformation or Marketization? The Role of Household Production in Consumption Expenditure”

2:15 - 3:15    Emily Moschini (William & Mary): “Family Policies and Child Skill Accumulation”

3:15 - 3:30    Break

3:30 - 4:30    Joe Spearing (University of Georgia): “The welfare effects of work restrictions for disability benefit claimants: evidence from the UK”

Details:

- Dinner at 7:00 pm on Oct. 26. Details to follow.


- Workshop will run from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm on Oct. 27.


- Location: VCU Snead Hall, Room B2147 – 301 W. Main Street, Richmond, VA 23284.


- Recommended hotels near VCU: The Graduate, Quirk Hotel, Linden Row Inn, The Jefferson


- Parking is available in the JL Lot at 200 W. Cary St. for $2/hour up to $16 max/day.

Organizers:

Toni Braun (Atlanta Fed)

Paul Gaggl (UNC Charlotte)

Aspen Gorry (Clemson University)

Roozbeh Hosseini (University of Georgia)

Juan Rubio-Ramirez (Emory University)

Christopher Herrington (Virginia Commonwealth University)

For more details contact us at i85macro@gmail.com.