This is a reading group of Yonsei University whose research interests lie in macroeconomics/finance/international (macro+trade) or related fields. We always welcome new participants! Please contact Myungkyu Shim (myungkyushim@yonsei.ac.kr) if you are interested in joining this group.
If you're Yonsei University Alumni who are still interested in the related fields, join YONSEI MACRO MEETING!
2025 Spring/Summer Schedule (subject to change)
2025/03/24 (Monday, 12pm)
(1) Green or Brown: The Vicious and Virtuous Cycles of Environmental Investment: Soobin Kim (UC Berkeley, Finance)
(2) Substitution between Clean and Dirty Energy with Biased Technical Change: Seoyoon Jeong and Jinhee Park
(3) Natural Gas and the Macroeconomy: Not All Energy Shocks are Alike: Seungjoon Kim and Jisoo Kim
2025/04/28 (Monday, 12pm)
(1) Extreme Temperature Shocks and Labor Market Heterogeneity: Regional Evidence from Korea (with Soojin Jo and Myungkyu Shim): Joontae Kim
(2) Granular Instrumental Variables: Hyunpyung Kim and Jiyoon Jeong
(3) The Macro-Financial Effects of International Bank Lending on Emerging Markets: Chaewon Kim and Kyungho Kim
2025/05/26 (Monday, 12pm)
(1) Aging Demographics, Public Transfers, and Fertility Rates in Developed Countries (with DongIk Kang and Youngjae Lee): Jiyoon Jeong
(2) Monetary Policy Stabilization in a New Keynesian Model under Climate Change: Sangheon Ahn and Joohyun Park
(3) Min(d)ing the President: A Text Analytic Approach to Measuring Tax News: Hyunwook Jeong and Myungjoo Kim
2025/06/23 (Monday, 12pm)
(1) Fiscal and Monetary Policy with Heterogeneous Agents: Jongsoo Kim
(2) Local Projections or VARs? A Primer for Macroeconomists: Joontae Kim and Sungkwon Hahm
(3) Habit Formation and News-Driven Business Cycles: Hyojean Song
2025/07/21 (Monday, 12pm)
(1) Overconfidence in Private Information Explains Biases in Professional Forecasts: Joonsung Bae
(2) The Geography of Consumption and Local Economic Shocks: The Case of the Great Recession: Jaehyuk Lee and Jongwook Byun
(3) Work From Home and the Office Real Estate Apocalypse: Sekwang Hahm and Jaehyun Park
2025/08/11 (Canceled-> will be rescheduled to September 22nd)
(1) Monetary Tightening, Commercial Real Estate Distress, and US Bank Fragility: Amal Varghese
(2) Indirect Consumer Inflation Expectations: Theory and Evidence: Hyunkyu Kang
(3) The Macroeconomic Impact of Europe's Carbon Taxes: Doosung Kim
2025/08/27 (Wednesday, 12pm)
(1) Does Unilateral Decarbonization Pay For Itself?: Jieun Ahn and Yeonseo Cho
Useful Tips for Students (provided by Prof. Jungjae Park)