Thursday, April 20
1:20 pm

Bottlenecks: Sectoral Imbalances and the US Productivity Slowdown

Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Christina Patterson, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
John Fernald, INSEAD
Jennifer La'O, Columbia University and NBER
2:35 pm
Break
2:55 pm

MacroPru in the Shadow of Declining Balance Sheet Model of Banking

Greg Buchak, Stanford University
Gregor Matvos, Northwestern University and NBER
Tomasz Piskorski, Columbia University and NBER
Amit Seru, Stanford University and NBER

Discussant:
Jeremy C. Stein, Harvard University and NBER
Itamar Drechsler, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
4:10 pm
Break
4:30 pm
Panel: “The Return of Inflation: Why and What to Do About It”
Moderator: Kristin Forbes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Panelists:
Jason Furman, Harvard University
Ricardo Reis, London School of Economics
Silvana Tenreyro, London School of Economics
5:45 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Reception
6:30 pm
Group Dinner
Friday, April 21
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Inflation Strikes Back: The Role of Import Competition and the Labor Market

Mary Amiti, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Sebastian Heise, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Fatih Karahan, Amazon
Ayşegül Şahin, Princeton University and NBER

Discussant:
Ṣebnem Kalemli-Özcan, Brown University and NBER
Mathias Trabandt, Goethe University Frankfurt
10:15 am
Break
10:30 am

An Anatomy of Monopsony: Search Frictions, Amenities and Bargaining in Concentrated Markets

David W. Berger, Duke University and NBER
Kyle F. Herkenhoff, University of Minnesota and NBER
Andreas R. Kostol, BI Norwegian Business School
Simon Mongey, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and NBER

Discussant:
Giuseppe Moscarini, Yale University and NBER
Katarína Borovičková, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
11:45 am
Break
12:00 n

Long Term Expectations and Aggregate Fluctuations

Pedro Bordalo, University of Oxford
Nicola Gennaioli, Bocconi University
Rafael La Porta, Brown University and NBER
Andrei Shleifer, Harvard University and NBER

Discussant:
Venky Venkateswaran, New York University and NBER
George-Marios Angeletos, Northwestern University and NBER
1:15 pm
Adjourn and Lunch in the Charles Suites