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.
Third I-85 Macro Workshop
October 25, 2019
Emory University
Conference Dinner:
October 24, 2019 in Midtown Atlanta, Location TBA
Program:
9:00am-10:00am: Mi Luo, Emory University, “Sequential Movement Pattern of Firm Births and Deaths at the State Level”
10:00am-10:15am: Coffee Break
10:15am-11:15am: Ia Varishvili, Auburn University, “Entry Decision, Option Value of Delay, and Business Cycles”
11:15am -12:15pm: Veronika Penciakova, FRB Atlanta, “Political Connections and Government Spending Allocation in the U.S.: A Firm Level Analysis”
12:15pm -12:45pm: Lunch
12:45pm-1:45pm: Andrew Hanson, UNC Chapel Hill, “Parsing Speculative Value in Asset Prices”
1:45pm-2:00pm: Coffee Break
2:00pm-3:00pm: Kaiji Chen, Emory University, “Aggregate and Distributional Impacts of Housing Policy: China’s Experiment”
3:00pm-4:00pm: Federico Mandelmann, FRB Atlanta, “Search Complementarities, Aggregate Fluctuations and Fiscal Policy”
4:00pm: Adjourn
Organizers:
Toni Braun (Atlanta Fed)
Paul Gaggl (UNC Charlotte)
Aspend Gorry (Clemson University)
Roozbeh Hosseini (University of Georgia)
Juan Rubio-Ramirez (Emory University)
please confirm your attendance at the conference, any dietary restrictions and also whether you plan to attend the conference dinner on Oct. 24 by emailing us at: I85macro@gmail.com.