39th Annual Conference on Macroeconomics

John V. Leahy, Martin S. Eichenbaum, and Valerie A. Ramey, Organizers

April 18-19, 2024

Royal Sonesta Hotel, Riverfront Room, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA, Zoom

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, April 18
1:15 pm
Martin Kornejew, University of Bonn
Chen Lian, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Yueran Ma, University of Chicago and NBER
Pablo Ottonello, University of Maryland and NBER
Diego J. Perez, New York University and NBER

Bankruptcy Resolution and Credit Cycles (slides)
Discussants: Dean Corbae, University of Wisconsin-Madison and NBER
Carola Frydman, Northwestern University and NBER
Break
2:45 pm
Santiago Camara, McGill University
Lawrence Christiano, Northwestern University and NBER
Hüsnü Dalgic, University of Mannheim

The International Monetary Transmission Mechanism (slides)
Discussants: Ṣebnem Kalemli-Özcan, University of Maryland and NBER
Jón Steinsson, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Break
4:20 pm
Panel: Industrial Policy
Moderator: Martin Eichenbaum, Northwestern University and NBER
Panelists: Laura Alfaro, Harvard University and NBER
Réka Juhász, University of British Columbia and NBER
N. Gregory Mankiw, Harvard University and NBER
Dani Rodrik, Harvard University and NBER
Adjourn
Reception and Group Dinner, Charles Suites
Friday, April 19
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
David Altig, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Alan J. Auerbach, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Erin F. Eidschun, Boston University
Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Boston University and NBER
Victor Yifan Ye, Opendoor Technologies

Inflation's Impact on American Households (slides)
Discussants: Adrien Auclert, Stanford University and NBER
Deborah J. Lucas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Break
10:30 am
Paul Beaudry, University of British Columbia and NBER
Franck Portier, University College London
Chenyu Hou, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

The Dominant Role of Expectations and Broad Based Supply Shocks in Driving Inflation
Discussants: Jonathon Hazell, London School of Economics
Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, Harvard University and NBER
Break
12:00 n
Davide Debortoli, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Jordi Galí, CREI and NBER

Heterogeneity and Aggregate Fluctuations: Insights from TANK Models
Discussants: Matthew Rognlie, Northwestern University and NBER
Johannes Wieland, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Lunch (Charles Suites) and Adjourn