Trends in Macroeconometrics

The workshop "Trends in Macroeconometrics" will be held on the 10th of November 2023, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL. The workshop is being organized by Marcelo C. Medeiros, Shihan Xie, Ji Hyung Lee, Eun Yi Chung, and Joshua Shea.  

Confirmed Speakers

Minsu Chang (Department of Economics, Georgetown University)

Philippe Goulet Coulombe (Department of Economics, Université du Québec à Montréal)

Geert Mesters (Department of Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

Raul Riva (Finance Department, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)

Cynthia Wu (Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame)

Jin Xi (Department of Economics University of California at San Diego)

Program

08:30 am - 9:30 am: breakfast

09:30 am - 10:20 am: "On the effects of monetary policy shocks on earnings and consumption inequality" –  Minsu Chang

10:20 am - 11:10 am: "Evaluating Policy Institutions ---150 years of US Monetary Policy"  – Geert Mesters

11:10 am - 01:30 pm: lunch

01:30 pm - 02:20 pm: "Machine Learning Using Nonstationary Data" – Jin Xi

02:20 pm - 03:10 pm: "Asymmetric Violations of the Spanning Hypothesis" – Raul Riva

03:10 pm - 03:40 pm: Coffee-Break

03:40 pm - 04:30 pm: "Yield Curves" – Cynthia Wu

04:30 pm - 05:20 pm: "From Reactive to Proactive Volatility Modeling with Hemisphere Neural Networks" – Philippe Coulombe

Registration and Venue

Registration is free but mandatory. Anyone interested in attending should register by clicking here. 

The workshop will take place at 213 Gregory Hall located at 810 S Wright St, Urbana, IL 61801.