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Winter 2016

Schedule: Winter 2016
Date Location Topic Speaker
1/15 PLC 410 Cancelled
1/22 PLC 410 Learning to Optimize Bruce McGough
University of Oregon
1/29 PLC 410 Gender, Development and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa Christian Imboden
University of Oregon
2/5 PLC 410 Uncertainty in a Two-Period OLG Model with Government Debt and Social Security Erin Hunt
University of Oregon
2/12 PLC 410 Desirability of Nominal GDP Targeting Under Adaptive Learning Ben Brennan
University of Oregon
2/19 PLC 410 Credit Frictions and Optimal Monetary Policy George Evans
University of Oregon
2/26 PLC 410 TBA David Evans
University of Oregon
3/4 PLC 410 Learning and Expectational Stability in a Model of Pigouvian Cycles Brian Dombeck
University of Oregon
3/11 PLC 410 Determinacy and E-Stability in a Markov-Switching Rational Expectations Models with Lagged Endogenous Variables Nigel McClung
University of Oregon

While macro group is comprised primarily of UO faculty and graduate students, we welcome faculty and students from other institutions. Please contact Bruce McGough at bmcgough “at” uoregon “dot” edu for more about scheduling.

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Expectations in Dynamic Macroeconomics Models Conference

The Department of Economics at the University of Oregon was proud to host the annual Expectations in Dynamic Macroeconomics Conference at the Eugene Hilton, August 13-15, 2015. The conference brought top researchers from around the world to share the cutting-edge research being done to highlight the role uncertainty, expectations, and information play in the workings and predictions of macroeconomic models. Featuring Keynote Speaker Thomas Sargent (New York University) and Conference Address by James Bullard (President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis), the conference was organized by George Evans (University of Oregon), Roger Guesnerie (Collège de France), Bruce McGough (University of Oregon) and Bruce Preston (Melbourne University).

Video of all presentations and discussions, as well as the final program, can be found on the University of Oregon’s Department of Economics website. Please contact Brian Dombeck (University of Oregon) with any questions about video footage.