4th edition of the Macroeconomics Network in the Southwest

José Víctor Ríos Rull (University of Pennsylvania), Huw Dixon (Cardiff), Aliaksandr Zaretski (Surrey), Julian Neira (Exeter), Tai-Wei Hu (Bristol), Lee Tyrrell-Hendry (Bath)

Venue: University of Bath

Co-organised by Nikos Kokonas (University of Bath), Anastasios Karantounias (University of Surrey) and Arpad Abraham (University of Bristol)
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Coffee & Registration  10:00 – 10:30
Contributed Session #1 10:30 - 12:00

Title: Should I Stay (in School) or Should I Go (to Work)

Presenter:  Lee Tyrrell-Hendry (Bath)

  

Title: Voter polarization and extremism  

Presenter:  Tai-Wei Hu (Bristol)

  
Lunch and PhD Poster session 12:00 – 13:30

  • “How do wage, welfare benefits and the hukou system affect internal migration in China: a dynamic analysis,” Zhuotong Liu (Bristol)

  • “Skewness and Monetary Policy Decisions," Francesco Fusari (Surrey)

  • “Optimal Wealth Tax with Evasion and Financial Frictions,” Ridhwaan Korimbocus (Bristol)

  • “International Trade, Environment and Directed Technical Change,” Luigi Pivano (Bath)

 13:30 – 15:00
Contributed Session #2
  

Title: Firm Dynamics and Sectoral Reallocation

Presenter:  Julian Neira (Exeter)

 

Title: Optimal preemptive bailouts

Presenter:  Aliaksandr Zaretski (Surrey)

  
Coffee Break 15:00 – 15:30
Contributed Session #3 15:30 – 17:00 
Title: Endogenous frequencies and large shocks: price setting in Greece during the crisis

Presenter:  Huw Dixon (Cardiff) 

 

Title: Government debt management and inflation with real and nominal bonds

Presenter:  Vytautas Valaitis (Surrey) 

  
Coffee Break 17:00 – 17:15
Keynote Lecture 17:15 – 18:15 
Title: Interest Rate Changes and Economic Activity

Presenter:  José Víctor Ríos Rull (University of Pennsylvania)

  
Workshop Dinner 18:45

Contact information

For any questions, please contact the co-organizers: Nikos Kokonas, Anastasios Karantounias, Arpad Abraham.