Saturday, July 11
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. For the general audience discussion, participants may write questions in the Q&A box and the session chairs will either call on them or read their question.
11:00 am

Tracking the COVID-19 Crisis with High-Resolution Transaction Data (slides)



Discussion Slides
Vasco M. Carvalho, University of Cambridge
Juan R. García, BBVA Research
Stephen Hansen, University College London
Jose Rodriguez Mora, University of Edinburgh
Alvaro Ortiz, BBVA Research
Tomasa Rodrigo, BBVA Research
Jose Ruiz, BBVA Research

Discussant:
Michaela Pagel, Washington University in St Louis and NBER
11:50 am
Break/ Set-up for Next Speaker
12:00 pm

The Macroeconomics of Epidemics (slides)



Companion Paper1
Companion Paper2


Discussion Slides
Martin S. Eichenbaum, Northwestern University and NBER
Sergio Rebelo, Northwestern University and NBER
Mathias Trabandt, Goethe University Frankfurt

Discussant:
Andrew Atkeson, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
12:50 pm
Break/ Panel Set-up
1:00 pm
Panel on COVID-19
Panel Questions

Veronica Guerrieri, University of Chicago and NBER
Slides

Marc Lipsitch, Harvard School of Public Health
Slides

James Stock, Harvard University and NBER
Slides

Giovanni Violante, Princeton University and NBER
Slides
2:20 pm
Break/ Set-up for Next Speaker
2:30 pm

Labor Market Dynamics and Development

Kevin Donovan, Yale University and NBER
Jianyu Lu, Central Bank of Chile
Todd Schoellman, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Discussant:
Niklas Engbom, New York University and NBER (slides)
3:20 pm
Break/ Set-up for Next Speaker
3:30 pm

Redrawing the Map of Global Capital Flows: The Role of Cross-Border Financing and Tax Havens (slides)

Antonio Coppola, Stanford University
Matteo Maggiori, Stanford University and NBER
Brent Neiman, University of Chicago and NBER
Jesse Schreger, Columbia University and NBER

Discussant:
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, University of California, Berkeley and NBER (slides)
4:20 pm
Break/ Set-up for Next Speaker
4:30 pm

Lumpy Durable Consumption Demand and the Limited Ammunition of Monetary Policy

Alisdair McKay, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Johannes Wieland, University of California, San Diego and NBER

Discussant:
Arlene Wong, Princeton University
5:20 pm
Thank you and Wrap Up
5:30 pm
Adjourn