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
Program Schedule [ PDF version ]
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Day 1: June 13, 2018 (Wednesday) |
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till 9:00 am |
Breakfast at the UniQue (Ground Floor of the Conference Hotel) |
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9:15 am |
Opening Remarks |
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Morning Session (Chair: Ye Li) |
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9:30 – 10:30 am |
Tom Sargent, New York University |
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10:30 – 10:50 am |
Group Photo + Coffee break |
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10:50 – 11:40 am |
Yan Ji, HKUST “Customer Capital, Financial Constraints, and Stock Returns”, with Winston Dou, David Reibstein and Wei Wu |
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11:40 am – 12:30 pm |
Ye Li, Ohio State University “Fragile New Economy: The Rise of Intangible Capital and Financial Instability” |
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12:30 – 2:00 pm |
Lunch by invitation |
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Afternoon Session (Chair: Pengfei Wang) |
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2:00 – 2:50 pm |
Christopher Phelan, University of Minnesota, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and NBER “Reputation and Sovereign Default”, joint with Manuel Amador |
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2:50 – 3:40 pm |
Yang Lu, HKUST “Managing Expectations in the New Keynesian Economy” joint with Robert G. King |
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3:40 – 4:00 pm |
Coffee break |
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4:00 – 4:50 pm |
Stephen Hansen, Oxford University “The Long-Run Information Effect of Central Bank Narrative” joint with Michael McMahon and Metthew Tong |
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4:50 – 5:40 pm |
Tao Zha, Emory University “A Theory of Housing Demand” joint with Zheng Liu and Pengfei Wang |
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6:00 pm |
Departure for dinner |
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Day 2: June 14, 2018 (Thursday) |
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till 9:15 am |
Breakfast at the UniQue (Ground Floor of the Conference Hotel) |
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Morning Session (Chair: Ernest Liu) |
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9:30 – 10:20 am |
Edouard Schaal, CREI “Herd-driven Business Cycles” joint with Mathieu Taschereau-Dumouchel |
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10:20 – 11:10 am |
Zhiwei Xu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University “Cycles of Credit Expansion and Misallocation: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”, joint with Feng Dong |
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11:10 – 11:40 am |
Coffee break |
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11:40 am – 12:30 pm |
Ernest Liu, Princeton University “Low Interest Rates, Market Power, and Productivity Growth”, joint with Atif Mian and Amir Sufi |
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12:30 – 2:00 pm |
Lunch by invitation |
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Afternoon Session (Chair: Feng Dong) |
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2:00 – 2:50 pm |
Christian Matthes, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond “Indeterminacy and Imperfect Information” joint with Elmar Mertens and Thomas Lubik |
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2:50 – 3:40 pm |
Jenny Xu, HKUST and Jin Xie, CUHK “Sticky Prices and the Value of Public Information: What Can Financial Markets Tell Us?” |
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3:40 – 4:00 pm |
Coffee break |
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4:00 – 4:50 pm |
Jianjun Miao, Boston University “Asset Bubbles and Monetary Policy”, joint with Pengfei Wang and Feng Dong |
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5:30 pm |
Departure for dinner |
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For inquiries, please contact Julie Wong (fnjuwong@ust.hk, 852-23587621) |
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