34th Annual Conference on Macroeconomics

Martin S. Eichenbaum, Erik Hurst, and Jonathan A. Parker, Organizers

April 11-12, 2019

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, April 11
3:00 pm

Special Deals with Chinese Characteristics (slides)
Discussants: Maurice Obstfeld, Peterson Institute for International Economics and NBER
Antoinette Schoar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
4:30 pm
Break
5:00 pm

Explaining the Rising Concentration of U.S. Industries: Superstars, Intangibles, Globalization or Market Power? (slides)
Discussants: Janice C. Eberly, Northwestern University and NBER
Chad Syverson, University of Chicago and NBER
6:30 pm
Adjourn
7:00 pm
Group Dinner, Parkview Room
Speaker: James Stock, Harvard University and NBER
Friday, April 12
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am

On the Empirical (Ir)Relevance of the Zero Lower Bound Constraint (slides)
Discussants: Ben S. Bernanke, The Brookings Institution
Mark W. Watson, Princeton University and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:30 am

Optimal Inflation and the Identification of the Phillips Curve (slides)
Discussants: Marc P. Giannoni, Barclays Corporate and Investment Bank
Matthew Rognlie, Northwestern University and NBER
12:00 n
Lunch
1:30 pm

The Lost Ones: The Opportunities and Outcomes of Non-College Educated Americans Born in the 1960s (slides)
Discussants: Richard Blundell, University College London and IFS
Greg Kaplan, University of Chicago and NBER
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm

Trading up and the Skill Premium (slides)
Discussants: Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Jonathan Vogel, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn