SI 2019 Micro Data and Macro Models

Erik Hurst, Greg Kaplan, and Giovanni L. Violante, Organizers

July 15-18, 2019

Longfellow Room

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

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 15
8:30 am
Coffee & Pastries
9:00 am
Rohan Kekre, University of Chicago and NBER
Moritz Lenel, Princeton University and NBER

Redistribution, Risk Premia, and the Macroeconomy
9:45 am
Laura Liu, University of Pittsburgh
Mikkel Plagborg-Møller, Princeton University

Full-Information Estimation of Heterogeneous Agent Models Using Macro and Micro Data
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am
Sushant Acharya, University of Melbourne
Edouard Challe, Paris School of Economics and CEPR
Keshav Dogra, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Optimal Monetary Policy in HANK Economies
11:30 am
Christina Patterson, University of Chicago and NBER

The Matching Multiplier and the Amplification of Recessions
12:15 pm
Adjourn & Lunch
Tuesday, July 16
8:30 am
Coffee & Pastries
9:00 am
Christian Wolf, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

The Missing Intercept: A Sufficient Statistics Approach to General Equilibrium Effects
9:45 am
Andres P. Sarto, New York University

Recovering Macro Elasticities from Regional Data
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am
David Sraer, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
David Thesmar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

A Sufficient Statistics Approach for Aggregating Firm-Level Experiments
11:30 am
Preston Mui, University of California at Berkeley
Benjamin Schoefer, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

The Aggregate Labor Supply Curve at the Extensive Margin: A Reservation Wedge Approach
12:15 pm
Adjourn & Lunch
Wednesday, July 17
8:30 am
Coffee & Pastries
9:00 am
Mark A. Aguiar, Princeton University and NBER
Mark Bils, University of Rochester and NBER
Corina Boar, New York University and NBER

Who are the Hand-to-Mouth?
9:45 am
Scott R. Baker, Northwestern University and NBER
Lorenz Kueng, Swiss Finance Institute
Steffen Meyer, Aarhus University
Michaela Pagel, Washington University in St Louis and NBER

Measurement Error in Imputed Consumption
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am
Michael Batty, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Jesse Bricker, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Joseph S. Briggs, Goldman Sachs
Kevin Moore, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Eric Nielsen, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Kamila Sommer, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Alice Henriques, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Introducing the Distributional Financial Accounts of the United States
11:30 am
Margherita Borella, Universita di Torino
Mariacristina De Nardi, University of Minnesota and NBER
Fang Yang, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

The Effects of Marriage-Related Taxes and Social Security Benefits
12:15 pm
Adjourn & Lunch
6:00 pm
Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
Thursday, July 18
8:30 am
Coffee & Pastries
9:00 am
Fernando E. Alvarez, University of Chicago and NBER
David O. Argente, Yale University and NBER

Consumer Surplus of Alternative Payment Methods: Paying Uber with Cash
9:45 am
Corina Boar, New York University and NBER
Virgiliu Midrigan, New York University and NBER

Markups and Inequality
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am
Joel David, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Lukas Schmid, University of Southern California
David L. Zeke, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Risk Adjusted Capital Allocation and Misallocation
11:30 am
Martin Beraja, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Rodrigo Adão, University of Chicago and NBER
Nitya Pandalai-Nayar, University of Texas at Austin and NBER

Technological Transitions with Skill Heterogeneity Across Generations
12:15 pm
Adjourn & Lunch