SI 2020 Impulse and Propagation Mechanisms

Lawrence Christiano and Martin S. Eichenbaum, Organizers

July 6-10, 2020

on Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 6
11:00 am

Macroeconomic Implications of COVID-19: Can Negative Supply Shocks Cause Demand Shortages? (slides)
11:45 am

Optimal Mitigation Policies in a Pandemic
12:30 pm
Break
12:45 pm

Macroeconomic Dynamics and Reallocation in an Epidemic (slides)
1:30 pm

Pandemic Shocks, Effective Demand, and Stabilization Policy
2:15 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 7
11:00 am

Robots or Workers? A Macro Analysis of Automation and Labor Markets (slides)
11:45 am

Forward Guidance and Household Expectations (slides)
12:30 pm
Break
12:45 pm

Dynamic Oligopoly and Price Stickiness (slides)
1:30 pm
Adjourn
Wednesday, July 8
11:00 am

Economic Agents as Imperfect Problem Solvers (slides)
11:45 am

Confidence and the Propagation of Demand Shocks (slides)
12:30 pm
Break
12:45 pm

Real Credit Cycles
1:30 pm
Adjourn
Thursday, July 9
11:00 am

Asset Specificity of Non-Financial Firms (slides)
11:45 am

Reservation Raises: The Aggregate Labor Supply Curve at the Extensive Margin
12:30 pm
Break
12:45 pm

The Fed's Response to Economic News Explains the "Fed Information Effect" (slides)
1:30 pm
Adjourn
Friday, July 10
11:00 am

Inside the Mind of a Stock Market Crash
11:45 am

Risk Premium Shocks Can Create Inefficient Recessions
12:30 pm
Break
12:45 pm

Search Complementarities, Aggregate Fluctuations, and Fiscal Policy (slides)
1:30 pm

Aggregate and Distributional Impacts of Housing Policy: China’s Experiment (slides)
2:15 pm
Adjourn