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, Center for Research in Economics and Statistics 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