Economic Fluctuations and Growth

Benjamin Moll and Valerie A. Ramey, Organizers

July 11, 2020

on Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Saturday, July 11
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. For the general audience discussion, participants may write questions in the Q&A box and the session chairs will either call on them or read their question.

11:00 am
Vasco M. Carvalho, University of Cambridge
Juan R. García, BBVA Research
Stephen Hansen, University College London
Jose Rodriguez Mora, University of Edinburgh
Alvaro Ortiz, BBVA Research
Tomasa Rodrigo, BBVA Research
Jose Ruiz, BBVA Research

Tracking the COVID-19 Crisis with High-Resolution Transaction Data (slides)

Discussion Slides
Discussant: Michaela Pagel, Washington University in St. Louis and NBER
11:50 am
Break/ Set-up for Next Speaker
12:00 pm
Martin S. Eichenbaum, Northwestern University and NBER
Sergio Rebelo, Northwestern University and NBER
Mathias Trabandt, Goethe University Frankfurt

The Macroeconomics of Epidemics (slides)

Companion Paper1
Companion Paper2



Discussion Slides
Discussant: Andrew Atkeson, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
12:50 pm
Break/ Panel Set-up
1:00 pm
Panel on COVID-19
Panel Questions

Veronica Guerrieri, University of Chicago and NBER
Slides

Marc Lipsitch, Harvard School of Public Health
Slides

James Stock, Harvard University and NBER
Slides

Giovanni Violante, Princeton University and NBER
Slides
2:20 pm
Break/ Set-up for Next Speaker
2:30 pm
Kevin Donovan, Yale University
Jianyu Lu, Central Bank of Chile
Todd Schoellman, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Labor Market Dynamics and Development
Discussant: Niklas Engbom, New York University and NBER (slides)
3:20 pm
Break/ Set-up for Next Speaker
3:30 pm
Antonio Coppola, Stanford University
Matteo Maggiori, Stanford University and NBER
Brent Neiman, University of Chicago and NBER
Jesse Schreger, Columbia University and NBER

Redrawing the Map of Global Capital Flows: The Role of Cross-Border Financing and Tax Havens (slides)
Discussant: Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, University of California, Berkeley and NBER (slides)
4:20 pm
Break/ Set-up for Next Speaker
4:30 pm
Alisdair McKay, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Johannes Wieland, University of California, San Diego and NBER

Lumpy Durable Consumption Demand and the Limited Ammunition of Monetary Policy
Discussant: Arlene Wong, Princeton University
5:20 pm
Thank you and Wrap Up
5:30 pm
Adjourn