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.

Second I-85 Macro Workshop

May 3, 2019

Clemson University

Program:

8:30am-9:00am: Welcome, coffee and refreshments.

9:00am-10:00am: Simon Fuchs, Atlanta Fed, “The Spoils of War: Trade Shocks during WWI and Spain's Regional Development

10:00am-10:15am: Coffee Break

10:15am-11:15am: Can Tian, UNC Chapel Hill, “Forecast Shocks in Production Networks

11:15am-11:30am: Coffee Break

11:30am -12:30pm: Cheng Chen, Clemson, “Uncertainty, Imperfect Information, and Learning in the International Market

12:30pm -1:30pm: Lunch and Student Presentations

12:40pm-12:55pm: Nicholas Maeder, Vanderbilt, “Macroeconomic Transmission of a Financial Fire Sale: A Story of Aggregate Demand

12:55pm-1:10pm: Aliaksandr Zaretski, Emory, “Optimal Macroprudential Policy without Default Risk

1:10pm-1:25pm: Frank Ciarliero, Vanderbilt, “The Market for Business Loans in a DSGE Framework

1:30pm-2:30pm: Kathleen McKiernan, Vanderbilt “Modeling Informality: Implications for Taxes and Transfers"

2:30pm-2:45pm: Coffee Break

2:45pm-3:45pm: Stanislav Rabinovich, UNC Chapel Hill “What Do Worker Flows Say about the Wage Gains from Unemployment Insurance"

3:45pm:  Adjourn