Programme
Here is a pdf version of the poster with the programme.
Here is a pdf version of the poster with the programme.
Morning Sessions
Morning Sessions
09:05-09:15 Opening and welcome remarks, Robert Van de Noort (Vice-Chancellor, University of Reading)
09:05-09:15 Opening and welcome remarks, Robert Van de Noort (Vice-Chancellor, University of Reading)
Session 1: Climate Change and Pandemics
Session 1: Climate Change and Pandemics
10:45-11:00 Coffee break
10:45-11:00 Coffee break
Session 2: Beyond the Representative Firm and Consumer
Session 2: Beyond the Representative Firm and Consumer
11:00-11:45 “Firm Heterogeneity and Granular Business Cycles”, Isabelle Méjean (CREST - Ecole Polytechnique, Paris)
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)
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
12:30-13:30 Lunch break
Afternoon Sessions
Afternoon Sessions
Session 3: Information and Big Data
Session 3: Information and Big Data
14:15-15:00 “A Growth Model of the Data Economy”, Laura Veldkamp (Columbia Business School), 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
15:00-15:15 Coffee break
Session 4: Computational Advances
Session 4: Computational Advances
15:15-16:00 “Solving Heterogeneous-Agent Models by Deep Learning”, Jesús Fernández-Villaverde (University of Pennsylvania)
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
16:00-16:45 “Macroeconomies as Locally Constructive Sequential Games”, Leigh Tesfatsion (Iowa State University), slides
16:45-17:00 Coffee break
16:45-17:00 Coffee break
Session 5: Politics and Society
Session 5: Politics and Society
17:00-17:45 “Macroeconomic Origins and Consequences of Political Identity”, Steven Bosworth (University of Reading), slides
17:00-17:45 “Macroeconomic Origins and Consequences of Political Identity”, Steven Bosworth (University of Reading), slides