Friday, March 5

FORMAT: 20 minutes for Presentation, 15 minutes
for Discussant, and 10 minutes for General Discussion

11:00 am

The People versus the Markets: A Parsimonious Model of Inflation Expectations

Ricardo Reis, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Discussant:
Monika Piazzesi, Stanford University and NBER

11:50 am

Inflation Expectations and Consumption: Evidence from 1951

Carola Binder, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Gillian Brunet, Smith College

Discussant:
Ruediger Bachmann, University of Notre Dame

12:35 pm

Break with virtual socializing

1:15 pm

Heterogeneous Labor Market Effects of Monetary Policy

David A. Matsa, Northwestern University and NBER
Nittai Bergman, Tel Aviv University
Michael Weber, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
Giovanni L. Violante, Princeton University and NBER

2:05 pm

Demand Composition and the Strength of Recoveries

Martin Beraja, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Christian Wolf, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Discussant:
Johannes Wieland, University of California, San Diego and NBER

2:50 pm

Break with virtual socializing

3:15 pm

Tracing the International Transmission of a Crisis Through Multinational Firms

Marcus Biermann, Bielefeld University
Kilian Huber, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
Isabelle Mejean, Sciences Po

4:05 pm

Optimal Monetary Policy in Production Networks

Jennifer La'O, Columbia University and NBER
Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi, Northwestern University

Discussant:
Elisa Rubbo, University of Chicago and NBER

4:50 pm

Adjourn to Social hour on Gather