EF&G Research Meeting

Raquel Fernández and Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé, Organizers

October 19, 2018

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, October 18
6:30 pm
Dinner at Federal Reserve Bank of New York
West Wing, First Floor
(Participants should enter at 44 Maiden Lane for the dinner)
Friday, October 19
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Martin S. Eichenbaum, Northwestern University and NBER
Sergio Rebelo, Northwestern University and NBER
Arlene Wong, Princeton University

State Dependent Effects of Monetary Policy: The Refinancing Channel
Discussant: Daniel Greenwald, New York University and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am
Simon Jaeger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Benjamin Schoefer, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Samuel G. Young, Arizona State University
Josef Zweimueller, University of Zurich

Wages and the Value of Nonemployment
Discussant: Andreas I. Mueller, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am
Chris Edmond, University of Melbourne
Virgiliu Midrigan, New York University and NBER
Daniel Xu, Duke University and NBER

How Costly Are Markups?
Discussant: Ariel Burstein, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch - Liberty Room, First Floor
1:30 pm
Bill Dupor, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
M. Saif Mehkari, University of Richmond
Rong Li, Renmin University of China
Yi-Chan Tsai, National Taiwan University

The 2008 U.S. Auto Market Collapse
Discussant: John V. Leahy, University of Michigan and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm
David Baqaee, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Emmanuel Farhi, Harvard University

Productivity and Misallocation in General Equilibrium
Discussant: Jennifer La'O, Columbia University and NBER
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm
Ernest Liu, Princeton University and NBER
Atif R. Mian, Princeton University and NBER
Amir Sufi, University of Chicago and NBER

Low Interest Rates, Market Power, and Productivity Growth
Discussant: Thomas Philippon, New York University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn