Jinan IESR Workshop in Quantitative Macroeconomics was hosted online on March 3-4. Organized by the Institute for Social and Economic Research (IESR)， the event invited scholars from institutions worldwide including Stanford University, Princeton University, New York University, University of Sydney, Seoul National University, Bank of Canada, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and Jinan University.

Workshop Participants (Partial)

In the two-day workshop, in-depth discussions were held on topics related to macroeconomics such as marginal propensity to consume, taxation, monetary policies, exchange rates and pricing models. Positive feedback was received from the participants. 

Gianluca Violante, Princeton University:

“The Marginal Propensity to Consume in Heterogeneous Agent Models”

Yena Park, Seoul National University: 

“Tax Incidence and Optimal Taxation with

General Equilibrium Effects and Transition”

Youngsoo Jang, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics:

“Taxation without Commitment in a Heterogeneous-Agent Economy”

James Morley,University of Sydney:

“Marginal Propensities to Consume Before and After the Great Recession”  

Makoto Nakajima, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia:

 “Monetary Policy with Racial Inequality”

Virgiliu Midrigan, New York University: 

“Why Are Returns to Private Business Wealth So Dispersed?”

  Sushant Acharya,Bank of Canada:

 “Inequality and the Optimal Exchange Rate”

Adrien Auclert,  Stanford University: 

“New Pricing Models, Same Old Phillips Curve?”