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Last Updated: 10/8/2014

Frontiers of Macroeconomics

A Conference Recognizing Martin Eichenbaum's Contributions to Economics

The Chicago Fed sponsored this conference organized by Lawrence Christiano, Northwestern University and Chicago Fed consultant, and Jonas Fisher, Chicago Fed, to be held on October 10-11, 2014. We are pleased to have Frank Smets of the European Central Bank as our keynote speaker. Charles Evans of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago will introduce him. The program included presentations of eight papers with discussants. Presenters along with their discussants included the following:

  • Mark Gertler, New York University, discussed by Jordi Gali, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
  • Robert Hall, Stanford University, discussed by Susanto Basu, Boston College
  • Lars Hansen, University of Chicago, discussed by Martin Schneider, Stanford University
  • Per Krusell, Stockholm University, discussed by Victor Rios-Rull, University of Minnesota
  • Valerie Ramey, University of California—San Diego, discussed by Richard Rogerson, Princeton University
  • Thomas Sargent, New York University, discussed by John Leahy, New York University
  • Christopher Sims, Princeton University, discussed by Marco Bassetto, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and University College London
  • Mike Woodford, Columbia University, discussed by Mirko Wiederholt, Goethe University Frankfurt
Friday, 10/10/14
9:00 AM
Session 1
Mark Gertler, New York University
Christopher Huckfeldt, Cornell University
Antonella Trigari, Universita' Bocconi
Discussant
Jordi Gali, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
10:00 AM
Break
10:15 AM
Session 2
Lars Hansen, University of Chicago
Discussant
Martin Schneider, Stanford University
11:15 AM
Break
11:30 AM
Session 3
Presentation
Per Krusell, Stockholm University
Discussant
Victor Rios-Rull, University of Minnesota
12:45 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM
Keynote Address
Introduction
Charles L. Evans, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Frank Smets, European Central Bank
2:45 PM
Session 4
Valerie Ramey, University of California, San Diego
Discussant
Richard Rogerson, Princeton University
3:45 PM
Break
4:00 PM
Session 5
Robert Hall, Stanford University
Discussant
Susanto Basu, Boston College
6:00 PM
Offsite Cocktails and Dinner (By Invitation Only)

Dinner will conclude at 10 p.m.

Saturday, 10/11/14
9:30 AM
Session 6
Presentation
Christopher Sims, Princeton University
Discussant
Marco Bassetto, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, University College London
10:30 AM
Break
10:45 AM
Session 7
Presentation
Mike Woodford, Columbia University
Discussant
Mirko Wiederholt, Goethe University Frankfurt
12:00 PM
Session 8

Box lunches will be ready to grab-and-go at start of this session.

Lars Ljungqvist, Stockholm School of Economics and New York University
Thomas Sargent, New York University
Discussant
John Leahy, New York University
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