SI 2019 Impulse and Propagation Mechanisms

Lawrence Christiano and Martin S. Eichenbaum, Organizers

July 8-12, 2019

University Room

Royal Sonesta Hotel, Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 8
12:00 pm
Lunch
Joint session with ME in Charles Room
1:00 pm
Adrien Auclert, Stanford University and NBER
Matthew Rognlie, Northwestern University and NBER
Ludwig Straub, Harvard University and NBER

Micro Jumps, Macro Humps: Monetary Policy and Business Cycles in an Estimated HANK Model
2:00 pm
Break
2:30 pm
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Walker Ray, London School of Economics

Unbundling of Quantitative Easing: Taking a Cue from Treasury Auctions (slides)
3:30 pm
Daniel Greenwald, New York University and NBER

Firm Debt Covenants and the Macroeconomy: The Interest Coverage Channel (slides)
4:30 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 9
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
Tuesday in University BC Room
9:00 am
Germán Gutiérrez, University of Washington
Thomas Philippon, New York University and NBER
Callum J. Jones, Federal Reserve Board

Entry Costs and the Macroeconomy
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am
David R. Baqaee, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Emmanuel Farhi, Harvard University

Productivity and Misallocation in General Equilibrium
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am
Leena Rudanko, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Firm Wages in a Frictional Labor Market
12:30 pm
Adjourn and Lunch
Wednesday, July 10
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
Wednesday in University BC Room
9:00 am
Michael Woodford, Columbia University and NBER
Rava Azeredo da Silveira, Ecole Normale Superieure
Yeji Sung, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Noisy Memory and Over-Reaction to News
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am
Christopher Gust, Federal Reserve Board
Edward P. Herbst, Federal Reserve Board
David López-Salido, Federal Reserve Board

Short-Term Planning, Monetary Policy, and Macroeconomic Persistence (slides)
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am
George-Marios Angeletos, Northwestern University and NBER
Fabrice Collard, Toulouse School of Economics
Harris Dellas, University of Bern

Business Cycle Anatomy (slides)
12:30 pm
Adjourn and Lunch
6:00 pm
Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
Thursday, July 11
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
Thursday meeting in Parkview Room
9:00 am
Parkview room
Ricardo J. Caballero, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Alp Simsek, Yale University and NBER

A Risk-centric Model of Demand Recessions and Macroprudential Policy
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am
Parkview room
Javier Bianchi, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Jorge Mondragon, University of Minnesota

Monetary Independence and Rollover Crises (slides)
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am
Parkview room
Mark Gertler, New York University and NBER
Simon Gilchrist, New York University and NBER

The Channels of Financial Distress During the Great Recession: Some Evidence on the Aggregate Effects
12:30 pm
Adjourn and Lunch
Friday, July 12
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
Friday meeting in Parkview Room
9:00 am
Parkview room
Yueran Ma, University of Chicago and NBER
Tiziano Ropele, Bank of Italy
David Sraer, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
David Thesmar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Do Managerial Forecasting Biases Matter?
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am
Parkview room
Zheng Liu, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Pengfei Wang, Peking University
Tao Zha, Emory University and NBER

A Theory of Housing Demand Shocks
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am
Parkview room
Philippe Andrade, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Jordi Galí, CREI and NBER
Herve Le Bihan, Banque de France
Julien Matheron, Banque de France

The Optimal Inflation Target and the Natural Rate of Interest
12:30 pm
Adjourn and Lunch