Economic Fluctuations and Growth Program Meeting
Organized by Janice C. Eberly and Guido Lorenzoni
October 27, 2023
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Illinois Room, 3rd Floor, 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois
Format: 20 minutes each for the author, discussant, and general discussion.
Friday, October 27
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Are Inflationary Shocks Regressive? A Feasible Set Approach

John R. Grigsby, Princeton University and NBER
Conor Walsh, Columbia University
Felipe Del Canto, Harvard University
Eric Qian, Princeton University

Discussant:
Simon Mongey, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

Good Rents versus Bad Rents: R&D Misallocation and Growth

Philippe Aghion, Collège de France
Antonin Bergeaud, HEC Paris
Timo Boppart, IIES, Stockholm University
Peter J. Klenow, Stanford University and NBER
Huiyu Li, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Discussant:
Nicolas Crouzet, Northwestern University
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

Can Deficits Finance Themselves?

George-Marios Angeletos, Northwestern University and NBER
Chen Lian, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Christian K. Wolf, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Discussant:
Francesco Bianchi, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch - LaSalle Dining Room
1:30 pm

Balance Sheet Policy Above the Effective Lower Bound

Annette Vissing-Jorgensen, Federal Reserve Board of Governors and NBER

Discussant:
Ricardo Lagos, New York University and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Macroeconomic Effects of UI Extensions at Short and Long Durations

Miguel Acosta, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Andreas I. Mueller, University of Zurich
Emi Nakamura, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Jón Steinsson, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Discussant:
Rohan Kekre, University of Chicago and NBER
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Supply Chain Constraints and Inflation

Diego A. Comin, Dartmouth College and NBER
Callum J. Jones, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Robert C. Johnson, University of Notre Dame and NBER

Discussant:
Ṣebnem Kalemli-Özcan, Brown University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn