The Macroeconomics Seminar: Time: 12:15 pm - 13:30 pm Date: 07 th of March 2022 Room Masashige Hamano (Waseda University) "t.b.a." Abstract : A tractable model with heterogeneous households is proposed to analyze the two-way interactions between demographic and macroeconomic variables. Total population and labor-market participation are both endogenous and affected by economic as well […]
The Macroeconomics Seminar: Time: 12:15 pm - 13:30 pm Date: 14th of March 2022 Room 3001 + Zoom Room Michael BENZAQUEN (Polytechnique) "Confidence collapse in a multi-household, self-reflexive DSGE model" Abstract : Despite their inability to cope with the global financial crisis, dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models are still at the forefront of monetary […]
The Macroeconomics Seminar: Time: 12:15 pm - 13:30 pm Date: 14th of March 2022 Room 3001 + Zoom Room Michael BENZAQUEN (Polytechnique) "Confidence collapse in a multi-household, self-reflexive DSGE model" Abstract : Despite their inability to cope with the global financial crisis, dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models are still at the forefront of monetary […]
The Macroeconomics Seminar: Time: 12:15 pm - 13:30 pm Date: 18th of March 2022 Room 3001 + zoom Clément IMBERT ( Warwick University) "Urban Public Works in Spatial Equilibrium: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia" Abstract : This paper evaluates Ethiopia's Urban Productive Safety Net Program, which provides employment on local public works to the urban […]
The Macroeconomics Seminar: Time: 12:15 pm - 13:30 pm Date: 18th of March 2022 Room 3001 + zoom Clément IMBERT ( Warwick University) "Urban Public Works in Spatial Equilibrium: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia" Abstract : This paper evaluates Ethiopia's Urban Productive Safety Net Program, which provides employment on local public works to the urban […]
The Macroeconomics Seminar: Time: 12:15 pm - 13:30 pm Date: 28th of March 2022 Room Thomas LAMBERT (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University) "(In)dependent Central Banks" Abstract : Over the past three decades, many countries reformed the institutional framework governing their central banks to increase their operational independence from the executive and elected politicians. Collecting […]
The Macroeconomics Seminar: Time: 12:15 pm - 13:30 pm Date: 28th of March 2022 Room Thomas LAMBERT (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University) "t.b.a" Abstract : Over the past three decades, many countries reformed the institutional framework governing their central banks to increase their operational independence from the executive and elected politicians. Collecting systematic biographical […]
The Macroeconomics Seminar: Time: 12:15 pm - 13:30 pm Date: 04 th of April 2022 Room 3001 Basile GRASSI (Bocconi University) "The Hitchhiker's Guide to Markup Estimation" Abstract : How do estimates of firm-level markups that rely on production function estimations depend on common data limitations? With a tractable analytical framework, simulation from a quantitative […]
The Macroeconomics Seminar: Time: 12:30 pm - 13:45 pm Date: 11 th of April 2022 Room 3001 Eric MENGUS (HEC) "Optimal Price Level Determination by Short-Run Redistribution Policies " Abstract : To what extent do typical fiscal objectives such as redistribution or financing public expenditures deter a public authority from ensuring a stable value to […]
The Macroeconomics Seminar: Time: 12:15 pm - 13:30 pm Date: 09 th of May 2022 Room 3001 Francesco PAPPADA (PSE and Banque de France) "Sovereign default and imperfect tax enforcement" Abstract : In economies with imperfect tax enforcement, the dynamics of tax compliance mitigates the impact of fiscal policy on default risk. We build a […]
The Macroeconomics Seminar: Time: 12:15 pm - 13:30 pm Date: 16 th of May 2022 Room 3001 Christoph SIEMROTH (ESSEX) - "Ending Wasteful Year-End Spending: On Optimal Budget Rules in Organizations" Abstract : What can organizations do to minimize wasteful year-end spending before the annual budget expires? I introduce a two-period model to derive the […]
The Macroeconomics Seminar: Time: 12:15 pm - 13:30 pm Date: 23 th of May 2022 Room 3001 Stéphane DUPRAZ (Banque de France) "Make-up Strategies with Finite Planning Horizons but Forward-Looking Asset Prices " Abstract : How effective make-up strategies are depends heavily on how forward-looking agents are. Workhorse monetary models, which are much forward-looking, find […]