Schedule: Winter 2019 | |||
DATE | TOPIC | SPEAKER(S) | |
Jan. 18 | Stochastic Continuous-Time Models | Chandler Lester | |
Jan. 25 | Canceled | ||
Feb. 1 | Alex Li | ||
Feb. 8 | Social Learning | Bruce McGough | |
Feb. 15 |
Machine Learning: An Applied Econometric Approach
By: Sendhil Mullainathan and Jann Spiess
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John Morehouse | |
Feb. 22 |
The Impact of Machine Learning on Economics
By: Susan Athey
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Chandler Lester | |
March 1 |
Regularized Regression
The Elements of Statistical Learning pg. 57-79
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Youssef Ait Benasser | |
March 8 | Tree Methods | Alex Li | |
March 15 | Boosting | Jeremy Piger |
Schedule
Spring 2018 Schedule
Schedule: Spring 2018 | |||
DATE | TOPIC | SPEAKER(S) | |
April 6 |
Canceled |
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April 13 |
Canceled |
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April 20 | Using price-level targeting to escape the zero bound on nominal interest rates | Seppo Honkapohja | |
April 27 | Canceled | ||
May 4 |
E-stability and various learning themes in |
Nigel McClung | |
May 11 |
Chapters 6 & 7 of Evans and Honkapohja’s Expectations and Learning in Macroeconomics (Stochastic Recursive Algorithms) |
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May 18 | Infinite-horizon learning | Erin Hunt | |
May 25 | Select papers on learning and monetary policy | TBA | |
June 1 | Taking learning models to the data | TBA | |
June 8 | Experimental and behavioral macro | TBA |
Fall 2017 Schedule
Schedule: Fall 2017 | |||
DATE | TOPIC | SPEAKER(S) | |
October 6 |
“Life-cycle Horizon Learning, Social Security Reform, and Uncertainty” “Performance of Simple Interest Rate Rules Subject to Fiscal Policy” |
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October 13 |
“Present Bias, Preference Heterogeneity, and Wealth Inequality over the Life-Cycle” |
Tristan Nighswander | |
October 20 | “Cyclicality of U.S. Discretionary Fiscal Policy” | Jean Falconer | |
October 27 | Canceled | ||
November 3 |
“Performance of Simple Interest Rate Rules Subject to Fiscal Policy” |
Nigel McClung | |
November 10 | “Life-cycle Horizon Learning, Social Security Reform, and Uncertainty” | Erin Hunt | |
November 17 | “Present Bias, Preference Heterogeneity, and Wealth Inequality over the Life-Cycle” | Tristan Nighswander | |
November 24 | Thanksgiving | ||
December 1 | “Cyclicality of U.S. Discretionary Fiscal Policy” | Jean Falconer |
Spring 2017 Schedule
April 14 | |
April 21 | |
April 28 | Bruce McGough |
May 5 | |
May 12 | |
May 19 | |
May 26 | |
June 2 | |
June 9 | Ben Brennen |
Winter 2017 Schedule
Macro Group will meet beginning Feb 24.
Feb 24 | Shankha Chakraborty |
Mar 3 | Jean Falconer: Presentation |
Mar 10 | Tristan Nighswander |
Mar 17 | Erin Hunt |
Fall 2016 Schedule
Schedule: Fall 2016 | |||
Date | Location | Topic | Speaker |
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10/7/16 | PLC 410 | Myopia and SMarT plans, joint work with Scott Findley | Erin Hunt University of Oregon |
10/14/16 | PLC 410 | Learning vs News: What Drives Business Cycles? | Brian Dombeck University of Oregon |
10/21/16 | PLC 410 | Interest Rate Pegs in New Keynesian Models | George Evans University of Oregon |
10/28/16 | PLC 410 | Revisiting the Great Moderation: Empirical Evidence | Jeremy Piger University of Oregon |
11/4/16 | PLC 410 | Nigel McClung University of Oregon |
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11/11/16 | PLC 410 | Bruce McGough University of Oregon |
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11/18/16 | PLC 410 | Ben Brennan University of Oregon |
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11/25/16 | PLC 410 | Happy Thanksgiving | Holiday |
12/2/16 | PLC 410 | Learning vs News: What Drives Business Cycles? | Brian Dombeck University of Oregon |
Spring 2016 Schedule
Unless otherwise noted, the UO Macro Group meets every Friday from 10:30am-12pm in PLC 410. Please see the schedule below for a list of recent and upcoming presentations. Schedules from past quarters are available here.
Schedule: Spring 2016 | |||
Date | Location | Topic | Speaker |
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4/08 | PLC 410 | Life and Growth | Ryan Walch University of Oregon |
4/15 | PLC 410 | ||
4/22 | PLC 410 | Comparing approaches for the estimation of dynamic factor models | Chad Fulton University of Oregon |
4/29 | PLC 410 | Fiscal Foresight | Jean Falconer University of Oregon |
5/06 | PLC 410 | TBA | Bruce McGough University of Oregon |
5/13 | PLC 410 | TBA | Isabelle Salle University of Oregon |
5/20 | PLC 410 | TBA | David Evans University of Oregon |
5/27 | PLC 410 | Income and Wealth Heterogeneity | Tristan Nighswander University of Oregon |
6/03 | PLC 410 | What’s News in Business Cycles | Brian Dombeck 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.
Fall 2015
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.
Winter 2016
Schedule: Winter 2016 | |||
Date | Location | Topic | Speaker |
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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.
Spring 2015