30th Annual Conference on Macroeconomics
Organized by Jonathan A. Parker and Martin S. Eichenbaum
April 17-18, 2015
The Royal Sonesta Hotel
Friday, April 17
9:00 am

Expectations and Investment

Nicola Gennaioli, Bocconi University
Yueran Ma, University of Chicago and NBER
Andrei Shleifer, Harvard University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Trends and Cycles in China's macroeconomy

Tao Zha, Emory University and NBER
Chun Chang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Kaiji Chen, Emory University
Daniel F. Waggoner, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
12:30 am
Break
2:00 pm

Demystifying the Chinese Housing Boom

Hanming Fang, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Quanlin Gu, Peking University
Wei Xiong, Princeton University and NBER
Li-An Zhou, Peking University
3:30 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Networks and the Macroeconomy: An Empirical Exploration

Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Ufuk Akcigit, University of Chicago and NBER
William R. Kerr, Harvard University and NBER
5:30 pm
Adjourn
Dinner speaker: Ben Bernanke, Brookings Institution
Saturday, April 18
9:00 am

Declining Desire to Work and Downward Trends in Unemployment and Participation

Regis Barnichon, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Andrew Figura, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

External and Public Debt Crises

Cristina Arellano, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Andrew Atkeson, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Mark L. J. Wright, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
5:30 pm
Adjourn