Economic Fluctuations and Growth Program Meeting
Organized by Veronica Guerrieri and Giorgio Primiceri
October 28, 2022
Chicago, IL and Zoom

Friday, October 28

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

9:00 am

The Distributional Impact of the Minimum Wage in the Short and Long Run

Erik Hurst, University of Chicago and NBER
Patrick J. Kehoe, Stanford University and NBER
Elena Pastorino, Stanford University and NBER
Thomas Winberry, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

Discussant:
Marianna Kudlyak, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

10:00 am

Break

10:15 am

Inefficient Automation

Martin Beraja, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Nathan Zorzi, Dartmouth College

Discussant:
Pascual Restrepo, Yale University and NBER

11:15 am

Break

11:30 am

A Monetary Policy Asset Pricing Model (slides)

Ricardo J. Caballero, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Alp Simsek, Yale University and NBER

Discussant:
Carolin Pflueger, University of Chicago and NBER

12:30 pm

Lunch - Lounge 450

1:30 pm

An Alternative Explanation for the "Fed Information Effect"

Michael D. Bauer, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Eric T. Swanson, University of California, Irvine and NBER

Discussant:
Peter Karadi, European Central Bank

2:30 pm

Break

2:45 pm

The Dual U.S. Labor Market Uncovered (slides)

Hie Joo Ahn, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Bart Hobijn, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Ayşegül Şahin, Princeton University and NBER

Discussant:
Robert Shimer, University of Chicago and NBER

3:45 pm

Break

4:00 pm

Global Supply Chain Pressures, International Trade and Inflation

Julian di Giovanni, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Ṣebnem Kalemli-Özcan, Brown University and NBER
Alvaro N. Silva, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Muhammed A. Yildirim, Harvard University

Discussant:
Elisa Rubbo, University of Chicago and NBER

5:00 pm

Adjourn