
	Thursday, April 10
1:15 pm	Geoeconomics, Economic Statecraft, and Macroeconomic Policy Christopher Clayton, Yale University and NBER Matteo Maggiori, Stanford University and NBER Jesse Schreger, Columbia University and NBER Discussants: Jeffry Frieden, Harvard University Thierry Mayer, Sciences-Po
2:30 pm	Break
2:45 pm	Deep Roots and Reality Steven N. Durlauf, University of Chicago and NBER Discussants: Hans-Joachim Voth, University of Zurich Romain Wacziarg, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
4:00 pm	Break
4:20 pm	Panel: The Steep Decline in Global Fertility: Causes and Consequences Moderator: Valerie Ramey, Stanford University and NBER Panelists: Jésus Fernandez-Villaverde, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Michael Geruso, University of Texas at Austin and NBER Jeanne Lafortune, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
5:35 pm	Adjourn
6:00 pm	Reception and Group Dinner Dinner Speaker: Olivier Blanchard, Peterson Institute for International Economics and NBER
	Friday, April 11
8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	Local Projections or VARs? A Primer for Macroeconomists José Luis Montiel Olea, Cornell University Mikkel Plagborg-Møller, Princeton University Eric Qian, Princeton University Christian K. Wolf, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Discussants: Christiane Baumeister, University of Notre Dame and NBER Òscar Jordà, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
10:15 am	Break
10:30 am	Tradeoffs: Rate Cycles, Inflation and Activity Kristin Forbes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Jongrim Ha, World Bank M. Ayhan Kose, World Bank Discussants: Lucrezia Reichlin, London Business School Mark W. Watson, Princeton University and NBER
11:45 am	Break
12:00 pm	Credit Scores and Inequality Across the Life Cycle Satyajit Chatterjee, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Dean Corbae, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER Kyle P. Dempsey, Ohio State University José-Víctor Ríos-Rull, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Discussants: Stefania Albanesi, University of Miami and NBER Kyle F. Herkenhoff, University of Minnesota and NBER
1:15 pm	Adjourn and Lunch

Participants

Elena Afanasyeva, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Stefania Albanesi, University of Miami and NBER
Susanto Basu, Boston College and NBER
Marianne Baxter, Boston University and NBER
Christopher Clayton, Yale University and NBER
Kyle P. Dempsey, Ohio State University
Erin F. Eidschun, Boston University
Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Kristin Forbes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Benjamin M. Friedman, Harvard University and NBER
Michael Geruso, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Erin P. Gibson, University of Michigan
Martin Kornejew, Bocconi University
Jeanne Lafortune, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

John V. Leahy, University of Michigan and NBER
Matteo Maggiori, Stanford University and NBER
Jeffrey A. Miron, Harvard University and NBER
Frederic S. Mishkin, Columbia University and NBER
Mikkel Plagborg-Møller, Princeton University
Eric Qian, Princeton University
Valerie A. Ramey, Stanford University and NBER
Lawrence D.W. Schmidt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Yongseok Shin, Washington University in St Louis and NBER
Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi, Northwestern University
David N. Weil, Brown University and NBER
Christian K. Wolf, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Victor Yifan Ye, Opendoor Technologies
Nathan Zorzi, Dartmouth College