Economic Fluctuations and Growth Program Meeting

Andrea L. Eisfeldt and Charles I. Jones, Organizers

February 24, 2023

The format will be 20 minutes for the authors, 20 minutes for the discussant, and 20 minutes for general discussion.

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, February 24
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Corina Boar, New York University and NBER
Denis Gorea, Bank for International Settlements
Virgiliu Midrigan, New York University and NBER

Why Are Returns to Private Business Wealth So Dispersed?
Discussant: Ellen McGrattan, University of Minnesota and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am
Fernando E. Alvarez, University of Chicago and NBER
David Argente, Yale University and NBER
Francesco Lippi, LUISS Guido Carli University
Esteban Méndez, Central Bank of Costa Rica
Diana Van Patten, Yale University and NBER

Strategic Complementarities in a Dynamic Model of Technology Adoption: P2P Digital Payments
Discussant: Nicolas Crouzet, Northwestern University
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am
Arpit Gupta, New York University
Vrinda Mittal, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, Columbia University and NBER

Work From Home and the Office Real Estate Apocalypse
Discussant: Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, University of Chicago and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm
Ezra Oberfield, Princeton University and NBER

Inequality and Measured Growth
Discussant: Danial Lashkari, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
2:30 pm
Break
2:45pm
Bruno Pellegrino, Columbia University

Product Differentiation and Oligopoly: A Network Approach
Discussant: Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi, Northwestern University
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm
Jacob Orchard, Federal Reserve Board
Valerie A. Ramey, Stanford University and NBER
Johannes Wieland, University of California, San Diego and NBER

Micro MPCs and Macro Counterfactuals: The Case of the 2008 Rebates
Discussant: Christina Patterson, University of Chicago and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn