Economic Fluctuations and Growth Program Meeting

Ellen McGrattan and Ludwig Straub, Organizers

July 13, 2024

Ballroom A

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

Conference Code of Conduct

Saturday, July 13
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Andrew Atkeson, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Jonathan Heathcote, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Fabrizio Perri, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Reconciling Macroeconomics and Finance for the US Corporate Sector: 1929 - Present
Discussant: Sydney C. Ludvigson, New York University and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am
Rohan Kekre, University of Chicago and NBER
Moritz Lenel, Princeton University and NBER

Exchange Rates, Natural Rates, and the Price of Risk
Discussant: Oleg Itskhoki, Harvard University and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am
Richard Hornbeck, University of Chicago and NBER
Shanon H. Hsu, University of Chicago
Anders Humlum, University of Chicago
Martin Rotemberg, New York University

Gaining Steam: Incumbent Lock-in and Entrant Leapfrogging
Discussant: Jane Olmstead-Rumsey, London School of Economics
12:30 pm
Lunch - Ballroom B
1:30 pm
Fabian Eckert, University of California, San Diego
Sharat Ganapati, Georgetown University and NBER
Conor Walsh, Columbia University

Urban-Biased Growth: A Macroeconomic Analysis
Discussant: Benny Kleinman, Stanford University and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm
Anmol Bhandari, University of Minnesota and NBER
Jaroslav Borovička, New York University and NBER
Yuki Yao, University of Kent

Robust Bounds on Optimal Tax Progressivity
Discussant: Eric Zwick, University of Chicago and NBER
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm
Jan Eeckhout, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Laura Veldkamp, Columbia University and NBER

Data and Markups: A Macro-Finance Perspective
Discussant: Nicolas Crouzet, Northwestern University
5:00 pm
Adjourn