EF&G Research Meeting
Organized by Raquel Fernández and Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé
October 19, 2018
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Thursday, October 18
6:30 pm
Dinner at Federal Reserve Bank of New York
West Wing, First Floor
(Participants should enter at 44 Maiden Lane for the dinner)
Friday, October 19
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

State Dependent Effects of Monetary Policy: The Refinancing Channel

Martin S. Eichenbaum, Northwestern University and NBER
Sergio Rebelo, Northwestern University and NBER
Arlene Wong, Princeton University

Discussant:
Daniel Greenwald, New York University and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

Wages and the Value of Nonemployment

Simon Jaeger, Princeton University and NBER
Benjamin Schoefer, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Samuel G. Young, Arizona State University
Josef Zweimueller, University of Zurich

Discussant:
Andreas I. Mueller, University of Zurich
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

How Costly Are Markups?

Chris Edmond, University of Melbourne
Virgiliu Midrigan, New York University and NBER
Daniel Xu, Duke University and NBER

Discussant:
Ariel Burstein, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch - Liberty Room, First Floor
1:30 pm

The 2008 U.S. Auto Market Collapse

Bill Dupor, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
M. Saif Mehkari, University of Richmond
Rong Li, Renmin University of China
Yi-Chan Tsai, National Taiwan University

Discussant:
John V. Leahy, University of Michigan and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Productivity and Misallocation in General Equilibrium

David Baqaee, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Emmanuel Farhi, Harvard University

Discussant:
Jennifer La'O, Columbia University and NBER
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Low Interest Rates, Market Power, and Productivity Growth

Ernest Liu, Princeton University and NBER
Atif R. Mian, Princeton University and NBER
Amir Sufi, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
Thomas Philippon, New York University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn