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
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.