RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA
QUANTITATIVE MACROECONOMICS WORKSHOP
Agenda
Thursday, 12 December 2013
Time
Event
Details
07.15 – 08.50
Breakfast
Level 5 Dining Room
08.55 – 09.00
Welcome
Christopher Kent, Reserve Bank of Australia
09.00 – 10.00
Session One
Chair
Michael Plumb, Reserve Bank of Australia
Presenter
Martin Uribe, Columbia University
The Making of a Great Contraction with a Liquidity Trap and Jobless Recovery
Discussant
Qingyuan Du, Monash University
10.00 – 10.30
Morning Coffee
10.30 – 12.30
Session Two
Chair
Heather Anderson, Monash University
Presenter
James Morley, University of New South Wales
Structural Evolution of the Postwar US Economy
Discussant
Barry Rafferty, University of Melbourne
Presenter
Ozer Karagedikli, Reserve Bank of New Zealand
International Spill-Overs of Uncertainty Shocks: Evidence from a FAVAR
Discussant
Daniel Rees, Reserve Bank of Australia
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch
Level 5 Dining Room
13.30 – 15.00
Session Three
15.00 – 15.30
Chair
Bruce Preston, Monash University
Keynote Presenter
Martin Schneider, Stanford University
Uncertainty Shocks, Asset Supply and Pricing over the Business Cycle
Afternoon Coffee
Agenda continued
Thursday, 12 December 2013
Time
Event
15.30 – 17.30
Session Four
Details
Chair
Mariano Kulish, University of New South Wales
Presenter
Eric Swanson, Federal Reserve Bank San Francisco
Risk Aversion, Risk Premia and the Labor Margin with Generalized Recursive Preferences
Discussant
Andrew John, Melbourne Business School
Presenter
Greg Kaplan, Princeton University
Understanding the Long-Run Decline in Interstate Migration
Discussant
Gianni La Cava, Reserve Bank of Australia
17.30 – 18.30
Pre-dinner Drinks
Level 5 Lounge Room
18.30
Workshop Dinner
Level 5 Dining Room
Friday, 13 December 2013
Time
Event
Details
07.15 – 08.30
Breakfast
Level 5 Dining Room
08.30 – 09.30
Session Five
Chair
Yu-Chin Chen, Melbourne Business School
Presenter
Markus Brueckner, National University of Singapore
Fiscal Stimulus and Households’ Non-Durable Consumption Expenditures: Evidence from
the 2009 Australian Nation Building and Jobs Plan
Discussant
Chung Tran, Australian National University
09.30 – 10.00
Morning Coffee
10.00 – 12.00
Session Six
Chair
Jonathan Kearns, Reserve Bank of Australia
Presenter
Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé, Columbia University
Prudential Policy for Peggers
Discussant
Pedro Gomis-Porqueras, Deakin University
Presenter
Andrea Tambalotti, Federal Reserve Bank New York
The Effect of the Saving and Banking Glut on the US Economy
Discussant
Nicolas Groshenny, University of Adelaide
12.00 – 13.00
Lunch
Level 5 Dining Room
13.00 – 14.30
Session Seven
14.30 – 14.35
Chair
Chris Edmond, University of Melbourne
Keynote Presenter
Monika Piazzesi, Stanford University
Segmented Housing Search
Final Comments
Michael Plumb, Reserve Bank of Australia