Saturday, July 17
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

Tasks, Automation, and the Rise in US Wage Inequality

Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Pascual Restrepo, Yale University and NBER

Discussant:
Per Krusell, Stockholm University and NBER
11:50 am
Break
12:00 pm

Why Does Capital Flow from Equal to Unequal Countries?

Sergio de Ferra, University of Oxford
Kurt Mitman, Institute for International Economic Studies
Federica Romei, University of Oxford

Discussant:
Cristina Arellano, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
12:50 pm
Lunch Break
1:30 pm

Big Push in Distorted Economies

Francisco J. Buera, Washington University in St Louis and NBER
Hugo Hopenhayn, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Yongseok Shin, Washington University in St Louis and NBER
Nicholas Trachter, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Discussant:
Charles I. Jones, Stanford University and NBER
2:20 pm
Break
2:30 pm

Fiscal Policy at the Zero Lower Bound without Rational Expectations

Martin S. Eichenbaum, Northwestern University and NBER
Joao Guerreiro, University of California, Los Angeles
Riccardo Bianchi Vimercati, Northwestern University

Discussant:
John V. Leahy, University of Michigan and NBER
3:20 pm
Break
3:40 pm

Risk-Taking and Monetary Policy Transmission: Evidence from Loans to SMEs and Large Firms

Cecilia R. Caglio, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Matthew Darst, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Ṣebnem Kalemli-Özcan, Brown University and NBER

Discussant:
Yueran Ma, University of Chicago and NBER
4:30 pm
Break
4:40 pm

Financial and Total Wealth Inequality with Declining Interest Rates

Daniel Greenwald, New York University and NBER
Matteo Leombroni, Boston College
Hanno Lustig, Stanford University and NBER
Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, Columbia University and NBER

Discussant:
Atif R. Mian, Princeton University and NBER
5:30 pm
Adjourn