The fourth workshop of the Macroeconomics Network in the South West will focus on a variety of topics on the field of finance and macroeconomics. These include:
- Optimal Fiscal policy
- Firm dynamics and reallocation
- Price setting and inflation dynamics
Workshop programme
| Time | Session | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 10am - 10.30am | Coffee and Registration | |
| 10.30am - 12pm | Contributed session 1 | |
| Should I Stay (in School) or Should I Go (to Work) | Dr Lee Tyrrell-Hendry, University of Bath | |
| TBC | Professor Tai-Wei Hu, University of Bristol | |
| 12pm - 1.30pm | Lunch | |
| 1.30pm - 3pm | Contributed Session 2 | |
| Firm Dynamics and Sectoral Reallocation | Professor Julian Neira, University of Exeter | |
| Optimal preemptive bailouts | Dr Aliaksandr Zaretski, University of Surrey | |
| 3pm - 3.30pm | Coffee Break | |
| 3.30pm - 5pm | Contributed Session 3 | |
| Endogenous frequencies and large shocks: price setting in Greece during the crisis | Professor Huw Dixon, University of Cardiff | |
| Government debt management and inflation with real and nominal bonds | DrcVytautas Valaitis, University of Surrey | |
| 5pm - 5.15pm | Coffee break | |
| 5.15pm - 6.15pm | Keynote lecture: Interest rate changes and economic activity | Professor José-Víctor Ríos-Rull, University of Pennsylvania |
| 6.15pm onwards | Workshop dinner |
