The Liverpool Workshop on Macroeconomics

The Liverpool Workshop on Macroeconomics

Join us for a free two-day workshop in Liverpool to discuss high-quality theoretical and empirical research in macroeconomics.

Open to: any PhD students and researchers

Cost: free, including free coffee, tea and lunch (travel and accommodation not included)

Times: 9am-5pm

Dates: 13-14 June 2024

  • Paper submission deadline: 14 April 2024 (submit your paper)
  • Registration deadline: 5 June 2024 

Place: University of Liverpool Management School, Chatham Street, L69 7ZH – Seminar Room 5


Event details 

Co-hosted by the Management School’s Economics Group and Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), 'The Liverpool Workshop on Macroeconomics' is an ideal opportunity for PhD students and academics to discuss their latest research in this area.

The workshop will create a space for knowledge exchange among researchers working on macroeconomics with a focus on most recent advancements in:

  • Heterogeneity
  • Monetary policy
  • Labour Markets
  • Inflation Dynamics
  • Financial Stability

Submit your paper

If you are currently undertaking high-quality theoretical or empirical research on any topic related to macroeconomics, particularly encouraging submissions of new work on the above topics, we would like to invite you to submit your paper or extended abstract before 14 April 2024.

You will be notified with the outcome of your application by 30 April 2024. 

Submit your paper or extended abstract

In your submission email, please also indicate whether you require any funding support. Some funding is available for travel and/or accommodation expenses for participants presenting papers and will be awarded on a discretionary basis.

If you experience any issues submitting your application, please contact liverpoolmacro2024@gmail.com.

Please note if submitting an application, you must also 'Book your place' for the workshop to register your attendance and any dietary requirements.

Keynote speaker

Organisers

  • Dr Alexey Gorn - Lecturer in Economics at University of Liverpool Management School
  • Dr Yavuz Arslan - Lecturer in Economics at University of Liverpool Management School
  • Professor Oliver de Groot - Head of Economics and Chair of Macroeconomics at University of Liverpool Management School

Agenda

13 June:

10:30 - 11:00

Registration and welcome 

11:00 - 13:00

Session 1

Kee-Youn Kang (University of Liverpool) – “Haircut, Interest Rate, and Collateral Quality in the Repo Market: Evidence and Theory” Jacopo Bonchi (University of Bologna) – “A Theory of Public Debt as a Macro-Financial Stability Tool” Francesco Saverio Gaudio (Aix-Marseille University) – “Asset Market Participation, Redistribution, and Asset Pricing”

13:00 - 14:30 

Lunch

14:30 - 16:30

Session 2

Peter Paz (Bank of Spain) – “Navigating by Falling Stars: Monetary Policy with Fiscally Driven Natural Rates” Vincenzo Cuciniello (Bank of Italy) – “Market Perceptions, Monetary Policy, and Credibility” Morteza Ghomi (Bank of Spain) – “Monetary Policy, Economic Uncertainty, and Firms R&D”

16:30 -17:00

Refreshment Break

17:00 - 18:30

Keynote Speaker

Franck Portier (UCL and CEPR) – “The Dominant Role of Expectations and Broad-Based Supply Shocks in Driving Inflation”

19:00

Dinner

14 June:

08:45 - 09:00

Welcome Refreshments 

09:00 - 11:00

Session 3

Adam Spencer (University of Nottingham) – “Labour Market Monopsony Power and the Dynamic Gains to Openness Reforms” Yao Chen (Erasmus School of Economics) – “Output Divergence in Fixed Exchange Rate Regimes” Daniele Siena (Politecnico di Milano) – “Global Value Chains and the Phillips Curve: a Challenge for Monetary Policy”

11:00 - 11:30 

Refreshment Break

11:30 - 12:50

Session 4

Amalia Repele (Bocconi University) – “Endogenous Job Sorting and Cyclical Income Risk” Victor Saldarriaga (University of Edinburgh) – “The Distributional Dynamics of Wages Over the Business Cycle”

12:50 - 14:30

Lunch

14:30 - 15:50

Session 5

Aicha Kharazi (University of Exeter) – “How Did Business Closure Orders during the Covid-19 Pandemic Affect Labor Market Inequalities?” Anand Chopra (University of Liverpool) – “Insurance Cyclicality”

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