Applications of Economics Workshop

The Applications workshop meets on Tuesdays 3:30-4:50 p.m. in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, SHFE Room 021. For questions, please contact Ada Barbosa. Speakers and topics are subject to change. View past workshops here: Spring 2024 | Fall 2023.

October 1
Michele Modungo, Board of Governors of the Fed Reserve System
“Decoding Equity Market Reactions to Macroeconomic News"

October 8
No Meeting

October 15
Orazio Attanasio, Yale University*
"Subjective Earnings and Employment Dynamics”

October 22
Eric Budish, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
"Trust at Scale: The Economic Limits of Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains”

October 29
No Meeting

November 5
No Meeting

November 12
Kilian Huber, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
“Corporate Discount Rates” 

November 19
Anup Malani, University of Chicago Law School
“Effective Fertility: A New Measure of Surviving Children to Analyze Fertility Decline”

November 26
No Meeting

December 3
Casey Mulligan, University of Chicago
“Can Price Ceilings Increase Prices? Reference Pricing and the Inflation Reduction Act”

December 10
No Meeting

*Please note that this workshop only will begin at 3:45 p.m.