SI 2015 Income Distribution and Macroeconomics

Roland Bénabou, Oded Galor, and Fabrizio Zilibotti, Organizers

July 14-16, 2015

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Conference Code of Conduct

Wednesday, July 15
9:00 am
9:00 am
Xavier Gabaix, Harvard University and NBER
Jean-Michel Lasry, Université Paris Dauphine
Pierre-Louis Lions, College de France
Benjamin Moll, London School of Economics

The Dynamics of Inequality
10:15 am
10:15 am
Stefania Albanesi, University of Miami and NBER
Jaromir Nosal, Boston College

Insolvency After the 2005 Bankruptcy Reform
11:30 am
11:30 am
Julien Bengui, Bank of Canada
Toan Phan, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Inequality and Bubbles
1:30 pm
1:30 pm
Jeanet Bentzen, University of Copenhagen

Acts of God? Religiosity and Natural Disasters Across Subnational World Districts
2:45 pm
2:45 pm
Solomon M. Hsiang, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Amir Jina, University of Chicago and NBER

The Causal Effect of Environmental Catastrophe on Long-run Economic Growth: Evidence from 6,700 Cyclones
4:00 pm
Maia Guell, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Michele Pellizzari, University of Geneva
Jose Rodriguez Mora, University of Edinburgh
Giovanni Pica, University of Salerno

Correlating Social Mobility and Economic Outcomes
5:00 pm
Thomas Gall, University of Southampton
Patrick Legros, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Andrew Newman, Boston University

College Diversity and Investment Incentives
Thursday, July 16
9:00 am
Glen Weyl, Microsoft

The Openness-Equality Trade-Off in Global Redistribution
10:15 am
10:15 am
Kiminori Matsuyama, Northwestern University

The Home Market Effect and Patterns of Trade Between Rich and Poor Countries
11:30 am
11:30 am
Guido Cozzi, University of St. Gallen
Giammario Impullitti, University of Nottingham

Globalization and Wage Polarization
1:30 pm
Matthias Doepke, Northwestern University and NBER
Fabian Kindermann, University of Regensburg

Bargaining over Babies: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications
2:45 pm
2:45 pm
Moshe Hazan, Monash University
David Weiss, Tel Aviv University
Hosny Zoabi, New Economic School

Women's Liberation as a Financial Innovation
4:00 pm
Gilles J. Saint-Paul, Paris School of Economics

Bobos in Paradise: Urban Politics and the New Economy
5:00 pm
5:00 pm
Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis, Barcelona GSE
Yu Zheng, Queen Mary University of London

The Price of Growth: Consumption Insurance in China 1989-2009