Empirical Macroeconomics Workshop: Monetary policy and firm heterogeneity
The Department of Economics at Wake Forest University is hosting a one-day empirical macroeconomics workshop. The workshop will take place on Friday March 31, on the campus of Wake Forest University in Benson 401.
Program:
9:15 to 10:05 Paper 1 by Martina Jasova (Barnard): “Monetary Policy, Credit and Labor Income Redistribution: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee and Credit Registers”. Discussant: Cooper Howes (Fed Board)
10:05 to 10:20 Coffee break
10:20 – 11:10 Paper 2 by Sudheer Chava (Georgia Tech): “Monetary Policy Guidance and the Cross-section of Returns” Discussant: Ali Ozdagli (Dallas Fed)
11:10 – 12:00 Paper 3 by Isha Agarwal (UBC): “Lending by Servicing: How Shadow Banks Dampen Monetary Policy Transmission” Discussant: Camelia Miniou (Atlanta Fed)
12:00 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 2:20 Paper 4 by Julien Champagne (Bank of Canada): “Monetary Policy and Employment: Do Financial Constraints Matter?“ Discussant: Daniel Greenwald (NYU)
2:20 – 3:10 Paper 5 by Thiago Ferreira (Fed Board): “Firm Financial Conditions and the Transmission of Monetary Policy“ Discussant: Aeimit Lakdawala (Wake Forest)
3:10 – 3:40 Coffee break
3:40 – 4:30 Paper 6 by Timothy Moreland (UNCG): “Firm-level uncertainty and transmission of monetary policy“ Discussant: Daisoon Kim (NC State)
5:00 – 6:00 Keynote talk by Eric Swanson: “Does the Federal Reserve Have Superior Information about the Economy?”
The Department of Economics at Wake Forest University is hosting a one-day empirical macroeconomics workshop. The workshop will take place on Friday March 31, on the campus of Wake Forest University in Benson 401.
Program:
9:15 to 10:05 Paper 1 by Martina Jasova (Barnard): “Monetary Policy, Credit and Labor Income Redistribution: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee and Credit Registers”. Discussant: Cooper Howes (Fed Board)
10:05 to 10:20 Coffee break
10:20 – 11:10 Paper 2 by Sudheer Chava (Georgia Tech): “Monetary Policy Guidance and the Cross-section of Returns” Discussant: Ali Ozdagli (Dallas Fed)
11:10 – 12:00 Paper 3 by Isha Agarwal (UBC): “Lending by Servicing: How Shadow Banks Dampen Monetary Policy Transmission” Discussant: Camelia Miniou (Atlanta Fed)
12:00 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 2:20 Paper 4 by Julien Champagne (Bank of Canada): “Monetary Policy and Employment: Do Financial Constraints Matter?“ Discussant: Daniel Greenwald (NYU)
2:20 – 3:10 Paper 5 by Thiago Ferreira (Fed Board): “Firm Financial Conditions and the Transmission of Monetary Policy“ Discussant: Aeimit Lakdawala (Wake Forest)
3:10 – 3:40 Coffee break
3:40 – 4:30 Paper 6 by Timothy Moreland (UNCG): “Firm-level uncertainty and transmission of monetary policy“ Discussant: Daisoon Kim (NC State)
5:00 – 6:00 Keynote talk by Eric Swanson: “Does the Federal Reserve Have Superior Information about the Economy?”
