2018 HKUST Workshop on Macroeconomics

June 13-14, 2018
Department of Economics, School of Business and Management
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Conference Venue: Room 1005, Lee Shau Kee (LSK) Business Building, HKUST

HKUST's Economics Department is honored to host the 2018 HKUST Workshop on Macroeconomics. We are extremely lucky that 14 distinguished scholars have kindly agreed to present their research at this year’s Workshop.



Confirmed Invited Speakers (alphabetical):
Stephen Hansen University of Oxford
Yan Ji HKUST
Ye Li Ohio State University
Ernest Liu Princeton University
Yang Lu HKUST
Christian Matthes Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Jianjun Miao Boston University
Christopher Phelan University of Minnesota
Thomas Sargent New York University
Edouard Schaal Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Jin Xie The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Jenny Xu HKUST
Zhiwei Xu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Tao Zha Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Emory University

The full list of confirmed speakers can be found through the Program Schedule link when it becomes available.


This exciting two-day workshop is fully funded by the Department of Economics. This year’s organizing committee consists of Pengfei Wang (committee chair, HKUST) and Yang Lu (HKUST). In case of any questions, please contact Yang Lu at yanglu@ust.hk or our assistant, Julie Wong, at fnjuwong@ust.hk.


We hope to see you in June!


Warm regards,

Pengfei and Yang