Macro

Workshop Schedule 2022-2023

Program Directors:

Steve Williamson and Baxter Robinson

Fall Term 2022

Tuesday, Sept. 20, Room 4161 SSC, 3:30-5:00 pm

Javier Bianchi (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
"Bank Runs, Fragility, and Credit Easing"
(joint with Manuel Amador)

Tuesday, Sept. 27, Room 4161 SSC, 3:30-5:00 pm

Duhyeong Kim (Western University)
"Negative Nominal Interest Rates and Monetary Policy"

Tuesday, Oct. 4, Room 4161 SSC, 3:30-5:00 pm

Mauricio Torres Ferro (Western University)
"Uncertain Expenses, Portfolio Choice and the Distribution of Money"

Tuesday, Oct. 11, Room 4161 SSC, 3:30-5:00 pm

Mark Rempel (University of Toronto)
"Stockpiling Liquidity to Acquire Innovation"

Tuesday, Oct. 18, Room 4161 SSC, 3:30-5:00 pm

Paulina Restrepo-Echavarria (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
"Resource Curse or Blessing? Sovereign Risk in Resource-Rich Emerging Economies"

Tuesday, Oct. 25, Room 4161 SSC, 3:30-5:00 pm

Ming Xu (Queen's University)
"Over-Optimism about Graduation and College Financial Aid"

Tuesday, Nov. 8, Room 4161 SSC, 3:30-5:00 pm

Joaqin Saldain (Bank of Canada)
"A Quantitative Model of High-Cost Consumer Credit"

Tuesday, Dec. 6, Room 4161 SSC, 3:30-5:00 pm

Jihyun Kim (Western University)
"The Role of Government Firm Finance Policy in the Rise of Zombie Firms"


Winter Term 2023 

Tuesday, Mar. 7, Room 4161 SSC, 3:30-5:00 pm

Kyle Herkenhoff (University of Minnesota)
"The Anatomy of Monopsony"

Tuesday, Mar. 21, Room 4161 SSC, 3:30-5:00 pm

Shouyoung Shi (Queens University)
"Learning, On-the-Job Search and Wage-Tenure Contracts"

Tuesday, Mar. 28, Room 4161 SSC, 3:30-5:00 pm

Jesse Perla (University of British Columbia)
TBA
CANCELLED

Tuesday, Apr. 4, Room 4161 SSC, 3:30-5:00 pm

Yongseok Shin (Washington University, St. Louis)
"Is Software Eating the World?"
Faculty Seminar
Short-Term Visitor

Wednesday, Apr. 5, Room 4161 SSC, 3:30-5:00 pm

Yongseok Shin (Washington University, St. Louis)
"Big Push in Distorted Economies"
Graduate Seminar
Short-Term Visitor

Tuesday, Apr. 11, Room 4161 SSC, 3:30-5:00 pm

Bettina Brüggemann (McMaster University)
"Entrepreneurial Rates of Return and Wealth Inequality"

Tuesday, Apr. 18, Room 4161 SSC, 3:30-5:00 pm

Henry Siu (University of British Columbia)
"The Occupational Ladder: Implications for Wage Growth and Wage Gaps over the Life Cycle"

Tuesday, April 25, Room 4161 SSC, 3:30-5:00 pm

Taizen Mori (Western)
"Pent-Up Demand and the Price Level"
Student Workshop


Summer Term 2023

Tuesday, May 9, Room 4161 SSC, 3:30-5:00 pm

Fenfang Xiang (Western)
"Adverse Selection, Private Collateral Provision, and Monetary Policy"
Student Workshop

Tuesday, May 23, Room 4161 SSC, 12:00-1:00 pm

Jihyun Kim (Western)
"The Role of Government Firm Finance Policy in the Rise of Zombie Firms"
Student Workshop

Tuesday, May 23, Room 4161 SSC, 3:30-5:00 pm

Chong Wang (Western)
"Endogenous Sovereign Debt Disclosure with Asymmetric Information"
Student Workshop