EF&G Research Meeting
Organized by Alessandra Fogli and Simon Gilchrist
October 23, 2020
Friday, October 23
The format for each paper will be a 15-minute presentation by the author, followed by one 20-minute discussion, and then another 15 minutes of general audience discussion.
11:00 am

Efficient Redistribution

Corina Boar, New York University and NBER
Virgiliu Midrigan, New York University and NBER

Discussant:
Dirk Krueger, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
11:50 am
Break
12:00 pm

Real-Time Economics: A New Public Platform to Analyze the Impacts of COVID-19 and Macroeconomic Policies Using Private Sector Data

Raj Chetty, Harvard University and NBER
John N. Friedman, Brown University and NBER
Nathaniel Hendren, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Michael Stepner, University of Toronto

Discussant:
Erik Hurst, University of Chicago and NBER
12:50 pm
Break
1:30 pm

How the Wealth Was Won: Factor Shares as Market Fundamentals

Daniel Greenwald, New York University and NBER
Martin Lettau, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Sydney C. Ludvigson, New York University and NBER

Discussant:
Andrea L. Eisfeldt, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
2:20 pm
Break
2:30 pm

This Time It's Different: The Role of Women's Employment in a Pandemic Recession

Titan Alon, University of California, San Diego
Matthias Doepke, Northwestern University
Jane Olmstead-Rumsey, London School of Economics
Michèle Tertilt, University of Mannheim

Discussant:
Stefania Albanesi, University of Miami and NBER
3:20 pm
Break
3:40 pm

Effective Demand Failures and the Limits of Monetary Stabilization Policy

Michael Woodford, Columbia University and NBER

Discussant:
Guido Lorenzoni, University of Chicago and NBER
4:30 pm
Adjourn