Conferences & workshop

Conference on “Macroeconomic Issues after the Crisis”

Thursday, 15 June 2017

19.30 Reception and Dinner – Hotel Il Melograno

Friday, 16 June 2017

9.15 – 9.30 Welcome address

Morning Session – Chair: Saverio Simonelli (CSEF)

9.30 – 10.30 Larry Christiano (Northwestern University)
“Is there a Uniqueness Problem in the New Keynesian Model?”
Discussant: Klaus Adam (Mannheim University)

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break

11.00 – 12.00 Claudio Michelacci (Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance)
“Aggregate Demand Networks” (joint with Luigi Paciello and Andrea Pozzi)
Discussant: Luigi Iovino (Bocconi University)

12.00 – 13.00 Arlene Wong (FRB of Minneapolis and Princeton)
“Trading down and the business cycle” (joint with Nir Jaimovich and Sergio Rebelo)
Discussant: Pontus Rendahl (Cambridge University)

13.00- 14.30 Lunch

Afternoon Session – Chair: Martin Eichenbaum (Northwestern University)

14.30 – 15.30 Harald Uhlig (University of Chicago)
“The Macroeconomic Impact of Money Market Disruptions” (joint with Fiorella de Fiore and Marie Hoerova)
Discussant: Saverio Simonelli (CSEF)

15.30 – 16.30 Pierre Yared (Columbia Business School)
“Fiscal Rules and Discretion in a World Economy” (joint with Marina Halac)
Discussant: Facundo Piguillem (Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance)

20.00 Reception and Dinner (by invitations only)

Saturday, 17 June 2017

Morning Session – Chair: Klaus Adam (University of Mannheim)

9.30 – 10.30 Morten Ravn (University College London)
“Macroeconomic Fluctuations with HANK & SAM: an Analytical Approach” (joint with Vincent Sterk)
Discussant: Xavier Ragot (Sciencespo)

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break

11.00 – 12.00 Giancarlo Corsetti (University of Cambridge)
“The Missing Internal Devaluation Puzzle: Nominal and Real Adjustment to the Great Recession within the US” (joint with Luca Dedola and Riccardo Trezzi)
Discussant: Juan Passadore (Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance)

12.00 – 13.00 Martin Eichenbaum (Northwestern University)
“Monetary Policy and the Predictability of Nominal Exchange Rates” (joint with Benjamin K. Johannsen and Sergio Rebelo)
Discussant: Gaetano Gaballo (European Central Bank)

13.00- 14.30 Lunch

Afternoon Session – Chair: Morten Ravn (University College London)

14.30 – 15.30 Giorgio Primiceri (Northwestern University)
“The Mortgage Rate Conundrum“ (joint with A. Justiniano and A Tambalotti)
Discussant: Ethan Ilzetzki (London School of Economics)

Organizers:
Klaus Adam (Mannheim University)
Martin Eichenbaum (Northwestern University)
Luigi Paciello (Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance)
Morten Ravn (University College London)
Saverio Simonelli (University of Naples Federico II and CSEF)

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