Friday, October 25

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

9:00 am

Consumption, Wealth, and Income Inequality: A Tale of Tails

Alexandre Gaillard, Brown University
Christian Hellwig, Toulouse School of Economics
Philipp Wangner, Columbia University
Nicolas D. Werquin, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Discussant:
Ludwig Straub, Harvard University and NBER

10:00 am

Break

10:15 am

The Inflation Accelerator

Andrés Blanco, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Corina Boar, New York University and NBER
Callum J. Jones, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Virgiliu Midrigan, New York University and NBER

Discussant:
John V. Leahy, University of Michigan and NBER

11:15 am

Break

11:30 am

Macroeconomics of Mental Health

Boaz Abramson, Columbia University
Job Boerma, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Aleh Tsyvinski, Yale University and NBER

Discussant:
Dirk Krueger, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

12:30 pm

Lunch - Illinois Room, 3rd Floor

1:30 pm

Monetary-Based Asset Pricing: A Mixed Frequency Structural Approach

Francesco Bianchi, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
Sydney C. Ludvigson, New York University and NBER
Sai Ma, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Discussant:
Tim Landvoigt, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

2:30 pm

Break

2:45 pm

A Theory of Economic Coercion and Fragmentation

Christopher Clayton, Yale University and NBER
Matteo Maggiori, Stanford University and NBER
Jesse Schreger, Columbia University and NBER

Discussant:
Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

3:45 pm

Break

4:00 pm

Business Concentration around the World: 1900--2020

Yueran Ma, University of Chicago and NBER
Mengdi Zhang, Northwestern University
Kaspar Zimmermann, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

Discussant:
John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER

5:00 pm

Adjourn