SI 2022 Micro Data and Macro Models

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

July 18-21, 2022

Longfellow Room

Format: 50 min per paper including questions, with a 10 min break between papers

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 18
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:30 am

A Parsimonious Model of Idiosyncratic Income (slides)
9:20 am
Break
9:30 am

The Marginal Propensity to Consume in Heterogeneous Agent Models
10:20 am
Break
10:30 am

Stimulus through Insurance: The Marginal Propensity to Repay Debt
11:20 am
Break
11:30 am

Micro MPCs and Macro Counterfactuals: The Case of the 2008 Rebates
12:20 pm
Adjourn and Lunch
Tuesday, July 19
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:30 am

Borrowing Premia in Unsecured Credit Markets
9:20 am
Break
9:30 am

The Welfare Effects of Eviction and Homelessness Policies (slides)
10:20 am
Break
10:30 am

The Downward Spiral
11:20 am
Break
11:30 am

Growing by the Masses: Revisiting the Link between Firm Size and Market Power
12:20 pm
Adjourn and Lunch
Wednesday, July 20
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:30 am

Welfare Assessments with Heterogeneous Individuals
9:20 am
Break
9:30 am

Asset-Price Redistribution
10:20 am
Break
10:30 am

Firm Heterogeneity, Capital Misallocation and Optimal Monetary Policy
11:20 am
Break
11:30 am

Optimal Policy Rules in HANK
12:20 pm
Adjourn and Lunch
Thursday, July 21
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Joint Session with Macro Perspectives
8:30 am

Markups Across the Income Distribution: Measurement and Implications (slides)
9:20 am
Break
9:30 am

What Drives Wage Stagnation: Monopsony or Monopoly?
10:20 am
Break
10:30 am

Did Racist Labor Policies Reverse Equality Gains for Everyone?
11:20 am
Break
11:30 am

Work from Home Before and After the COVID-19 Outbreak
12:20 pm
Adjourn and Lunch