EF&G Research Meeting

Alessandra Fogli and Simon Gilchrist, Organizers

October 23, 2020

Friday, October 23

The format for each paper will be a 15-minute presentation by the author, followed by one 20-minute discussion, and then another 15 minutes of general audience discussion.

11:00 am

Corina Boar, New York University and NBER
Virgiliu Midrigan, New York University and NBER

Efficient Redistribution

Discussant:

Dirk Krueger, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

11:50 am

Break

12:00 pm

Raj Chetty, Harvard University and NBER
John N. Friedman, Brown University and NBER
Nathaniel Hendren, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Michael Stepner, University of Toronto

Real-Time Economics: A New Public Platform to Analyze the Impacts of COVID-19 and Macroeconomic Policies Using Private Sector Data

Discussant:

Erik Hurst, University of Chicago and NBER

12:50 pm

Break

1:30 pm

Daniel Greenwald, New York University and NBER
Martin Lettau, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Sydney C. Ludvigson, New York University and NBER

How the Wealth Was Won: Factor Shares as Market Fundamentals

Discussant:

Andrea L. Eisfeldt, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

2:20 pm

Break

2:30 pm

Titan Alon, University of California, San Diego
Matthias Doepke, Northwestern University and NBER
Jane Olmstead-Rumsey, London School of Economics
Michèle Tertilt, University of Mannheim

This Time It's Different: The Role of Women's Employment in a Pandemic Recession

Discussant:

Stefania Albanesi, University of Miami and NBER

3:20 pm

Break

3:40 pm

Michael Woodford, Columbia University and NBER

Effective Demand Failures and the Limits of Monetary Stabilization Policy

Discussant:

Guido Lorenzoni, University of Chicago and NBER

4:30 pm

Adjourn