Programme

Here is a pdf version of the poster with the programme.

Morning Sessions

09:00-09:05 Rules for the sessions, Angus Armstrong (Director, Rebuilding Macroeconomics)

09:05-09:15 Opening and welcome remarks, Robert Van de Noort (Vice-Chancellor, University of Reading)

Session 1: Climate Change and Pandemics

Chair: Uma Kambhampati (University of Reading)

09:15-10:00 “Climate Change and Macroeconomics”, Per Krusell (Stockholm University)

10:00-10:45 “Macroeconomics and Pandemics”, Mathias Trabandt (Free University Berlin), slides, paper 1, paper 2, paper 3, paper 4

10:45-11:00 Coffee break

Session 2: Beyond the Representative Firm and Consumer

Chair: Mark Guzman (University of Reading)

11:00-11:45 “Firm Heterogeneity and Granular Business Cycles”, Isabelle Méjean (CREST - Ecole Polytechnique, Paris)

11:45-12:30 “Optimal Policy If Equality Also Matters”, Alexander Mihailov (University of Reading), slides, paper (to appear after the conference)

12:30-13:30 Lunch break

Afternoon Sessions

Session 3: Information and Big Data

Chair: James Reade (University of Reading)

13:30-14:15 “Information, VARs and DSGE Models”, Paul Levine (University of Surrey), slides, paper

14:15-15:00 “A Growth Model of the Data Economy”, Laura Veldkamp (Columbia Business School), slides, paper

15:00-15:15 Coffee break

Session 4: Computational Advances

Chair: Carl Singleton (University of Reading)

15:15-16:00 “Solving Heterogeneous-Agent Models by Deep Learning”, Jesús Fernández-Villaverde (University of Pennsylvania)

16:00-16:45 “Macroeconomies as Locally Constructive Sequential Games”, Leigh Tesfatsion (Iowa State University), slides

16:45-17:00 Coffee break

Session 5: Politics and Society

Chair: Marina Della Giusta (University of Reading)

17:00-17:45 “Macroeconomic Origins and Consequences of Political Identity”, Steven Bosworth (University of Reading), slides

17:45-18:30 “Social Macroeconomics”, Angus Armstrong (Rebuilding Macroeconomics)

18:30-18:40 Closing remarks, Mark Casson (University of Reading)

18:40-18:45 Thank you to participants, Alexander Mihailov (University of Reading)