Thursday, February 22
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Of Cities and Slums

Alexander Monge-Naranjo, European University Institute
Pedro Cavalcanti Gomes Ferreira, Fundacao Getulio Vargas
Luciene T. Pereira, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Discussant:
Tommaso Porzio, Columbia University and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

Structural Change in Consumption and Investment: A Unified Approach

Berthold Herrendorf, Arizona State University
Richard Rogerson, Princeton University and NBER
Akos Valentinyi, University of Manchester

Discussant:
Todd Schoellman, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

Optimal Spatial Policies, Geography and Sorting

Pablo Fajgelbaum, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Cecile Gaubert, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Discussant:
Rebecca Diamond, Stanford University and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Engel's Law in the Global Economy: Demand-Induced Patterns of Structural Change, Innovation, and Trade

Kiminori Matsuyama, Northwestern University

Discussant:
Danial Lashkari, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Financing Ventures

Jeremy Greenwood, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Pengfei Han, University of Pennsylvania
Juan M. Sanchez, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Discussant:
Ellen McGrattan, University of Minnesota and NBER
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Consumption-led Growth

Markus K. Brunnermeier, Princeton University and NBER
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Oleg Itskhoki, Harvard University and NBER

Discussant:
Christopher Tonetti, Stanford University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn