Monetary Economics Program Meeting

Ludwig Straub and Jing Cynthia Wu, Organizers

March 11, 2022

Cambridge and on Zoom

Friday, March 11

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

9:00 am

Frederic Boissay, Bank for International Settlements
Fabrice Collard, Toulouse School of Economics
Jordi Galí, CREI and NBER
Cristina Manea, Bank for International Settlements

Monetary Policy and Endogenous Financial Crises

Discussant:

François Gourio, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

10:00 am

Break

10:15 am

Yuriy Gorodnichenko, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Dmitriy Sergeyev, Bocconi University

Zero Lower Bound on Inflation Expectations

Discussant:

Morton O. Ravn

11:15 am

Break

11:30 am

Xavier Gabaix, Harvard University and NBER
Ralph S. J. Koijen, University of Chicago and NBER

In Search of the Origins of Financial Fluctuations: The Inelastic Markets Hypothesis

Discussant:

Monika Piazzesi, Stanford University and NBER

12:30 pm

Lunch - Room University A

1:30 pm

Leland Farmer, University of Virginia
Emi Nakamura, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Jón Steinsson, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Learning About the Long Run

Discussant:

Lars A. Lochstoer, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

2:30 pm

Break

2:45 pm

Yoon J. Jo, Texas A&M University
Sarah Zubairy, Texas A&M University and NBER

State Dependent Government Spending Multipliers: Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity and Sources of Business Cycle Fluctuations

Discussant:

Johannes Wieland, University of California, San Diego and NBER

3:45 pm

Break

4:00 pm

Francesco Bianchi, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
Cosmin L. Ilut, Duke University and NBER
Hikaru Saijo, University of California, Santa Cruz

Diagnostic Business Cycles

Discussant:

Sanjay R. Singh, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and UC Davis

5:00 pm

Adjourn