Economic Fluctuations and Growth Program Meeting

Fabrizio Perri and Carolin Pflueger, Organizers

October 25, 2024

Format: 20 minutes each for the author, discussant, and general discussion.

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, October 25
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Alexandre Gaillard, Brown University
Christian Hellwig, Toulouse School of Economics
Philipp Wangner, Columbia Business School
Nicolas D. Werquin, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Consumption, Wealth, and Income Inequality: A Tale of Tails
Discussant: Ludwig Straub, Harvard University and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am
Andrés Blanco, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Corina Boar, New York University and NBER
Callum J. Jones, Federal Reserve Board
Virgiliu Midrigan, New York University and NBER

The Inflation Accelerator
Discussant: John V. Leahy, University of Michigan and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am
Boaz Abramson, Columbia University
Job Boerma, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Aleh Tsyvinski, Yale University and NBER

Macroeconomics of Mental Health
Discussant: Dirk Krueger, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch - Illinois Room, 3rd Floor
1:30 pm
Francesco Bianchi, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
Sydney C. Ludvigson, New York University and NBER
Sai Ma, Federal Reserve Board

Monetary-Based Asset Pricing: A Mixed Frequency Structural Approach
Discussant: Tim Landvoigt, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm
Christopher Clayton, Yale University and NBER
Matteo Maggiori, Stanford University and NBER
Jesse Schreger, Columbia University and NBER

A Theory of Economic Coercion and Fragmentation
Discussant: Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm
Yueran Ma, University of Chicago and NBER
Mengdi Zhang, Northwestern University
Kaspar Zimmermann, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

Business Concentration around the World: 1900--2020
Discussant: John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn