Winter 2015 Schedule

Schedule: Winter 2015
Date Location Topic Speaker
1/16 PLC 410 Can Agents Learn to Optimize? Bruce McGough
University of Oregon
1/23 PLC 410 N/A N/A
1/30 PLC 410 Computational Ability and Social Security Erin Hunt
University of Oregon
2/6 PLC 410 Measuring the Output Responses to Fiscal Policy Jeremy Piger
University of Oregon
2/13 PLC 410 A Schumpeterian Model of Top Income Inequality Shankha Chakraborty
University of Oregon
2/20 PLC 410 Expectational Stability in a News-Driven Business Cycle Model
Brian Dombeck
University of Oregon
2/27 PLC 410 Fiscal Multipliers in the New Keynesian Model with Learning  George Evans
University of Oregon
3/6 PLC 410 Robust Monetary Policy with Imperfect Knowledge Tristan Nighswander
University of Oregon
3/13 PLC 410 Disaggregation Solves the Equity Premium Puzzle Matt Wilson
University of Oregon

Spring 2014 Schedule


Schedule: Spring 2014
Date Location Topic Speaker
4/11 PLC 410 “The Eductive
Question: Rationality vs Rationalizability”
Bruce McGough
University of Oregon
4/18 PLC 410 N/A N/A
4/25 PLC 410 “Computation Challenge: Preliminary Results” Jeremy Piger
University of Oregon
5/2 PLC 410 “Changing Macroeconomic Volatility in a New Keynesian Model with Financial Frictions” C. Rich Higgins
University of Oregon
5/9 PLC 410 “Optimal Prices in a Multisector Model under Rational Inattention” Chad Fulton
University of Oregon
5/16 PLC 410 TBA Nathan Kubota
University of Oregon
5/23 PLC 410 “Eductive Stability in Real Business Cycle Models” Bruce McGough
University of Oregon
5/30 PLC 410 “Persistence of Power, Elites, and Institutions” Jeffrey Allen
University of Oregon
6/6 PLC 410 “The Size Distribution of Farms and International Productivity Differences” Tyler Schipper
University of Oregon

Fall 2014 Schedule

 

Schedule: Fall 2014
Date Location Topic Speaker
10/10 PLC 410 Adaptive Learning, Public Signals, and Macroeconomic Volatility Sacha Gelfer
University of Oregon
10/17 PLC 410 A Real Business Cycle Model with Money as a Sunspot Variable Matthew Wilson
University of Oregon
10/24 PLC 410 The Quantity Theory of Money Revisted Adam Check
University of Oregon
10/31 PLC 410 Prices: Stickiness, Aggregation, and Dynamic Factors Chad Fulton
University of Oregon
11/7 PLC 410 Expectations and Information in Business Cycles Brian Dombeck
University of Oregon
11/14 PLC 410 N-State Endogenous Markov-Switching Models Jeremy Piger
University of Oregon
11/21 PLC 410 Canceled N/A
11/28 PLC 410 Thanksgiving Break N/A
12/05 PLC 410 Canceled N/A