Monetary Economics Program Meeting

Joshua K. Hausman, Arlene Wong, Emi Nakamura, and Jón Steinsson, Organizers

March 5, 2021

on Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, March 5
FORMAT: 20 minutes for Presentation, 15 minutes
for Discussant, and 10 minutes for General Discussion
11:00 am
Ricardo Reis, London School of Economics

The People versus the Markets: A Parsimonious Model of Inflation Expectations
Discussant: Monika Piazzesi, Stanford University and NBER
11:50 am
Carola Binder, Haverford College and NBER
Gillian Brunet, Smith College

Inflation Expectations and Consumption: Evidence from 1951
Discussant: Ruediger Bachmann, University of Notre Dame
12:35 pm
Break with virtual socializing
1:15 pm
David A. Matsa, Northwestern University and NBER
Nittai Bergman, Tel Aviv University
Michael Weber, University of Chicago and NBER

Heterogeneous Labor Market Effects of Monetary Policy
Discussant: Giovanni L. Violante, Princeton University and NBER
2:05 pm
Martin Beraja, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Christian Wolf, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Demand Composition and the Strength of Recoveries
Discussant: Johannes Wieland, University of California, San Diego and NBER
2:50 pm
Break with virtual socializing
3:15 pm
Marcus Biermann, Bielefeld University
Kilian Huber, University of Chicago and NBER

Tracing the International Transmission of a Crisis Through Multinational Firms
Discussant: Isabelle Mejean, Sciences Po
4:05 pm
Jennifer La'O, Columbia University and NBER
Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi, Northwestern University

Optimal Monetary Policy in Production Networks
Discussant: Elisa Rubbo, University of Chicago and NBER
4:50 pm
Adjourn to Social hour on Gather