Seminars
The Macro Inequality Lab organizes jointly with the Department of Economics the Macro-CRC Seminar Series, which discusses recent research projects in the field of macroeconomics on a weekly basis. The seminars takes place in lecture room 001, L7 3-5, every Thursday from 12:15 am to 1:30 pm. The exact dates, presenters and topics are shown below.
Date
Speaker
Topic
February 2, 2026
Rüdiger Bachman
University of Michigan
The Nature of Capital Expenditures over the Business Cycle
February 19, 2026
Morten Olsen
University of Copenhagen
Pareto Technologies, Firm Dynamics, and the Cobb-Douglas Production Function
February 26, 2026
Leonardo Elias
Federal Bank of New York
The Global Credit Cycle
with Nina Boyarchenko
March 5, 2026
Michelle Rendall
Monash University
College Majors and Skill Mismatch in Labour Markets: A General Equilibrium Approach
with Satoshi Tanaka and Yi Zhang
March 12, 2026
Christian Bayer
University of Bonn
Fiscal Constraints on Monetary Policy: How Debt Limits Monetary Effectiveness
with Keith Kuester and Zheng Gong
March 19, 2026
Sergio Salgado
University of Pennsylvania
Monopsony Power and the Transmission of Monetary Policy
with Bence Bardóczy and
Gideon Bornstein
March 26, 2026
Frederica Romei
University of Oxford
TBA
April 16, 2026
Basile Grassi
Bocconi University
TBA
April 30, 2026
Mariacristina de Nardi
University of Minnesota
TBA
May 7, 2026
Dominik Wehr
Stockholm School of Economics
TBA
May 21, 2026
Boragan Aruoba
University of Maryland
TBA
May 28, 2026
Yongs Shin
Washington University of St. Louis
TBA
2025 Seminar Schedule
Date
Speaker
Topic
September 4, 2025
Edouard Schaal
CREI
Echoes and Delays: Time-to-build in Production Networks
with Mathieu Taschereau-Dumouchel
September 11, 2025
Wei Cui
University College London
Risk-taking with Financing Constraints
with Richard Cong Xie and Renbin Zhang
September 18, 2025
Wendy Morrison
Duke University
Optimal Monetary Policy with Redistribution
with Jennifer La’O
September 25, 2025
Morgane Richard
Sciences Po Paris
The Spatial and Distributive Implications of Working-from-Home: A General Equilibrium Model
October 2, 2025
Jeanne Commault
Sciences Po Paris
Heterogeneity in MPC Beyond Liquidity Constraints: The Role of Permanent Earnings
October 9, 2025
Andreas I. Mueller
Universität Zürich
The Ins and Outs of Vacancies
with Damian Osterwalder and Josef Zweimüller
October 16, 2025
Axelle Ferriere
Sciences Po Paris
Optimal Redistribution: Rising Inequality vs. Rising Living Standards
with P. Grübener and D. Sachs
October 23, 2025
Ludo Visschers
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Cyclical Earning, Career and Employment Transitions
with Carlos Carrillo-Tudela and David Wiczer
October 30, 2025
Davide Porcellacchia
European Central Bank
The Macroeconomics of Liquidity in Financial Intermediation
with Kevin Sheedy
November 13, 2025
Francesco Zanetti
University of Oxford
The Causal Effects of Global Supply Chain Disruptions on Macroeconomic Outcomes: Theory and Evidence
with Xiwen Bai, Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, and Yiliang Li
November 20, 2025
Joachim Hubmer
University of Pennsylvania
Investment in Demand and Dynamic Competition for Customers
with Lukas Nord
November 27, 2025
Kieran Larkin
Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES)
The Rise of Women and Decline of Education
with A.S. Kolm, P. Krusell, and K. Mitman
December 4, 2025
Tatajana Kleineberg
World Bank
When Barriers Fall: Gender, Structural Change, and Economic Development Around the Globe