Economic Fluctuations and Growth Program Meeting

Mark Gertler and Peter J. Klenow, Organizers

July 16, 2022

Ballroom A

Cambridge, MA and Zoom

Conference Code of Conduct

Saturday, July 16
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Jane Olmstead-Rumsey, London School of Economics

Market Concentration and the Productivity Slowdown
Discussant: Thomas Philippon, New York University and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am
Benjamin Jones, Northwestern University and NBER
Xiaojie Liu, Northwestern University

A Framework for Economic Growth with Capital-Embodied Technical Change
Discussant: Charles I. Jones, Stanford University and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am
Alessandra Peter, New York University and NBER
Gideon Bornstein, University of Pennsylvania

Nonlinear Pricing and Misallocation
Discussant: Michael Peters, Yale University and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch - Ballroom B
1:30 pm
David W. Berger, Duke University and NBER
Kyle F. Herkenhoff, University of Minnesota and NBER
Simon Mongey, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and NBER

Minimum Wages, Efficiency and Welfare (slides)
Discussant: Erik Hurst, University of Chicago and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm
Christian K. Wolf, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Alisdair McKay, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

What Can Time-Series Regressions Tell Us About Policy Counterfactuals?
Discussant: Valerie A. Ramey, Stanford University and NBER
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm
Adrien Auclert, Stanford University and NBER
Rodolfo D. Rigato, European Central Bank
Matthew Rognlie, Northwestern University and NBER
Ludwig Straub, Harvard University and NBER

New Pricing Models, Same Old Phillips Curves?
Discussant: John V. Leahy, University of Michigan and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn