Spring 2023 Schedule

Schedule: Spring 2023
DATE TOPIC SPEAKER(S)
April 7 N/A
April 14 Organizational Meeting
April 21 N/A
April 28 Presentation
May 5 Presentation David Evans
May 12 Presentation Sophie Yan Wang
May 19 Presentation Edder Martínez Lazo
May 26 Presentation Evan Hart
June 2 Presentation Giorgi Nikolaishvili
June 9 Presentation

 

Winter 2023 Schedule

Schedule: Winter 2023
DATE TOPIC SPEAKER(S)
Jan 13 Organizational Meeting
Jan 20 Presentation George Evans
Jan 27 Presentation Bruce McGough
Feb 3 Presentation Sophie Yan Wang
Feb 10 Presentation David Evans
Feb 17 Presentation
Feb 24 Presentation
Mar 3 Presentation
Mar 10 Presentation Giorgi Nikolaishvili
Mar 17 Presentation Edder Martínez Lazo

 

Fall 2022 Schedule

Schedule: Fall 2022
DATE TOPIC SPEAKER(S)
Sept 30 Organizational Meeting
Oct 7 Presentation George Evans
Oct 14 Presentation Bruce McGough
Oct 21 Presentation Evan Hart
Oct 28 Presentation David Evans
Nov 4 Presentation Jeremy Piger
Nov 11 Presentation Gio Nikolaishvili
Nov 18 Presentation Kevin Song
Nov 25 Presentation
Dec 2 Presentation Edder Martinez Lazo

 

Spring 2022 Schedule

Schedule: Spring 2022
DATE TOPIC SPEAKER(S)
Apr 1 Organizational Meeting
Apr 8 No Meeting!
Apr 15 No Meeting!
Apr 22 Presentation David Evans
Apr 29 Presentation
May 6 Presentation Kevin Song
May 13 Presentation Edder Martinez Lazo
May 20 Presentation Evan Hart
May 27 Presentation James Holste
Jun 3 Presentation Giorgi Nikolaishvili

 

Fall 2021 Schedule

Schedule: Fall 2021
DATE TOPIC SPEAKER(S)
Oct 1 Organizational Meeting
Oct 8 Presentation Edder Martínez Lazo
Oct 15 Presentation David Evans
Oct 22 Presentation Gio Nikolaishvili
Oct 29 Presentation Kevin Song
Nov 5 Presentation Evan Hart
Nov 12 Presentation Youssef Ait Benasser
Nov 19 Nothing scheduled
Nov 26 No Meeting (Thanksgiving)
Dec 3 Nothing scheduled

 

Winter 2021 Schedule

Schedule: Winter 2021
DATE TOPIC SPEAKER(S)
Jan 8 Organizational Meeting
Jan 15 No Meeting!
Jan 22 Presentation Bruce McGough
Jan 29 Presentation Alex Li
Feb 5 Presentation David Evans
Feb 12 Presentation Kevin Song
Feb 19 Presentation Gio Nikolaishvili
Feb 26 Presentation James Holste
Mar 5 Presentation Evan Hart
Mar 12 No Meeting!

 

Fall 2020 Schedule

 

Schedule: Fall 2020
DATE TOPIC SPEAKER(S)
Oct 9

Thomas Stockwell;

Alex Li

Oct 16

Chandler Lester;

Xiang Li

Oct 23 David Evans
Oct 30

Youssef Ait Benasser;

TBD

Nov 6 JMP Presentation Thomas Stockwell
Nov 13 JMP Presentation Chandler Lester
Nov 20 JMP Presentation Xiang Li
Nov 27 THANKSGIVING BREAK
Dec 4 JMP Presentation Alex Li

 

Fall 2019 Schedule

 

Schedule: Fall 2019
DATE TOPIC SPEAKER(S)
Oct 11 A unified model of learning to forecast George Evans
Oct 18 Macroeconomics: Theory and/or Practice Bruce McGough
Oct 25 The aggregate and distributional effects of Urban Transit Infrastructure. Shan Zhang
Nov 1 The econometrics of DSGE models Jake Thompson
Nov 8 Voluntary Informality in an Equilibrium Search Model with Heterogenous workers Hoa Duong
Nov 15 David Evans
Nov 22 Boundedly Rational Decision Making in Continuous-Time Chandler Lester
Nov 29 THANKSGIVING BREAK
Dec 6 Xiang Li

 

Pushing on a String: US Monetary Policy Is Less Powerful in Recessions

Authors: Silvana Tenreyro and Gregory Thwaites

Abstract:

We investigate how the response of the US economy to monetary policy shocks depends on the state of the business cycle. The effects of monetary policy are less powerful in recessions, especially for durables expenditure and business investment. The asymmetry relates to how fast the economy is growing, rather than to the level of resource utilization. There is some evidence that fiscal policy has counteracted monetary policy in recessions but reinforced it in booms. We also find evidence that contractionary policy shocks are more powerful than expansionary shocks, but contractionary shocks have not been more common in booms. So this asymmetry cannot explain our main finding.

Fall 2018 Schedule

 

Schedule: Fall 2018
DATE TOPIC SPEAKER(S)
October 5  Alex Li
October 12  “Pushing on a String: US Monetary Policy Is Less Powerful in Recessions”  Thomas Stockwell
October 19 Canceled
October 26  “Determinacy and E-Stability of Nominal GDP Targeting Interest Rate Rules”  Ben Brennan
November 2 Cory Briar
November 9  Interest Rate Uncertainty as a Policy Tool”  Kemal Ozhan
November 16  “The value of bulk information in the age of search engines” Grant McDermott
November 23 Thanksgiving Break
November 30 Chandler Lester